Dia

Copyright © 2000 by Kevin Breit, Henry House, Judith Samson

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Introduction
1. Quickstart
1.1. What Can You Do?
1.2. Starting Dia
1.3. Quickstart Introduction
1.4. Creating a Canvas
1.5. Making a Diagram
1.6. Saving and Printing Your Diagram
1.7. Who Does Dia Appeal To?
2. The Canvas
2.1. Canvas Introduction
2.2. Gridlines
2.3. Rulers
2.4. Background Color
2.5. Zooming
3. Objects
3.1. Objects Introduction
3.2. Using Objects
3.2.1. Adding Objects
3.2.2. Moving Objects
3.2.3. Resizing Objects
3.2.4. Deleting Objects
3.2.5. Line Properties
3.2.6. Line Styles
3.2.7. Line Thickness
3.2.8. Arrows
3.2.9. Line Colors
3.3. Object Properties
3.4. Colors
4. Basic Objects
4.1. Basic Objects Introduction
4.1.1. Text
4.1.2. Box
4.1.3. Ellipse
4.1.4. Polygon
4.1.5. Beziergon
4.1.6. Line
4.1.7. Arc
4.1.8. Zigzag Line
4.1.9. Poly Line
4.1.10. Bezier Line
4.1.11. Images
5. Special Objects
5.1. Special Objects Introduction
5.2. Special Object Categories
6. Selecting Objects
6.1. Selection Introduction
6.2. How To Select Objects
6.2.1. Basic Selection
6.2.2. Multiple Selection
6.2.3. Other Ways for Selecting Objects
6.2.4. Selecting Connected Objects
6.2.5. Selecting Transitive Objects
6.2.6. Selecting Same Type of Objects
7. Loading and Saving Diagrams
7.1. Loading and Saving Introduction
7.2. File Types
7.2.1. Native Dia Diagram Files
7.2.2. Import Formats
7.2.3. Exporting: Support for Other Formats
8. Customization
8.1. Customization
9. Managing Layers
9.1. Introduction to Layers
9.2. Managing Layers Basics
9.2.1. Create a New Layer
9.2.2. Selecting Layers
9.2.3. Ordering Layers
9.2.4. Deleting Layers
9.3. Viewing Layers
10. Authors
11. License
11.1. License
List of Figures
1-1. Demo
3-1. Adjuster Dots
3-2. The line icon
3-3. Line properties
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