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Styles menu
  • The items below appear on the menu only when at least a suitable graphical item (node or link) is selected. 
  • To apply the same style to multiple items, select the items before applying the menu command. 
  • An alternative way to get these items is to right-click on the graphical. On a Mac, command-click instead.
     
    Border
    Sets the node's border to one of none, normal, shadow.

    Edge colour
    Presents a pallette to let you set the edge colour.

    Fill colour
    Presents a pallette to let you set the fill colour.

    Font
    Presents a menu to set the font name, style and size.

    Hyperlinks
    Presents the hyperlinks dialog.

    Label
    Sets the text of a node or link. This is an alternative to clicking on the text with the Pen.

    Label display
    Lets you conceal or reveal the text of a node or link.

    Note
    Lets you attach a 'help-balloon' note to a node. Insert a caret ('^') into the text to force a new line. The note appears when the mouse is above the node. The appearance of notes also depends upon the Help/'Balloon notes' setting.

    Picture
    Presents the pictures dialog.

    Shape
    Lets you set the shape of a node to one of Oval, Round box, Box, Prompt box, Sidebar.

    Text bg colour
    Presents a pallette to let you set the text background colour.

    Text colour
    Presents a pallette to let you set the text colour.

    Text width
    Lets you set the width of a node. By default this is 'auto' which means that Conception chooses a width it considers to be suitable for the node's text.

    Arrows 
    Lets you set arrows on a link to forward, backward, off.

    Line thickness
    Lets you set the thickness of a link to one of normal, thick, thicker, thickest.

    Line colour
    Presents a pallette to let you set the line colour.

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