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To move the window view without using the scroll bars, click the Hand tool and drag
anywhere inside the shape.
To add a point in the middle of a shape:
1
Open a vector shape in the Vector Shape window.
2
Click the Pen tool.
3
If the shape is closed, move the pointer over a line until it changes and then click the mouse
button. If the shape is open, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh) and move the
pointer over a line until it changes; then click the mouse button.
To add a new point that is connected to a certain end point:
1
Click the Arrow tool and select an end point.
2
Click the Pen tool, and click the location where you want to add the next point.
To join two curves:
1
Select a vertex in each curve.
If you select two endpoint vertices, you will join them. If you select points in the middle of the
curve, you will join the start of the second curve to the end of the first curve.
2
Select Modify > Join Curves.
To split two curves:
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Select two adjacent vertices, and select Modify > Split Curves.
To change the registration point:
1
Click the Registration Point tool.
The dotted lines in the window intersect at the registration point. The default registration
point is the center of the cast member.
The pointer changes to a cross hair when you move it to the window.
2
Click to set the new registration point.
You can also drag the dotted lines around the window to reposition the registration point.
3
To reset the default registration point at the center of the cast member, double-click the
Registration Point tool.
To change a vector shape cast member’s registration point with Lingo:
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Set the
regPoint
or
regPointVertex
cast member property. You can test the
centerRegPoint
property to determine whether Director automatically recenters the
registration point when the cast member is edited. (If you specify a value for
regPointVertex
,
any values in the
regPoint
and
centerRegPoint
properties are ignored.) See
centerRegPoint
,
regPoint
, and
regPointVertex
in the Lingo Dictionary.