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PDFill PDF Drawing: Line or Arrow Tool

(See Example PDF and Example PDFill Project File  )

You can use this tool to draw a line or arrow into PDF document. You can change drawingýs Line Width, Dashed Style, Arrow Style, Line Color, Fill Color, Transparency and Layer properties.

1.  Steps on how to draw a Line or Arrow on PDF Page:

• Choose Insert Menu > Drawing > Select Line or Arrow ,

or click Line or Arrow Button in the Drawing Toolbar.

• Hold Left mouse button to create the first point.
• Move the mouse and release to create the second point

2. Access the properties:

• Click the Selection button first.
• Click inside the line to highlight it and click Properties Button
• Or, click the line and double-click again
• Or, Key F4

3. Set the properties:

Here is the list of the properties.

Line Weight	The thickness of the line.
Line Color	The color for the line.
Line Dashed	There are 8 Dashed Styles: Solid, Round Dot, Square Dot, Dash, Dash Dot, Long Dash, Long Dash Dot, Long Dash Dot Dot
Transparency	The Transparency of the drawing object
Begin Style	There are 6 styles: No Arrow, Arrow, Open Arrow, Stealth Arrow, Diamond Arrow, Oval Arrow
Begin Size	There are 9 sizes
End Style	There are 6 styles: No Arrow, Arrow, Open Arrow, Stealth Arrow, Diamond Arrow, Oval Arrow
End Size	There are 9 sizes
Position  (Begin X, Y)	the starting (X,Y) coordinates of the line.
Position  (End X, Y)	the ending (X,Y) coordinates of the line. You can enter the length or angle to adjust the second point.
Length	The total line length
Angle	The angle of the line relative to the begin (X,Y)
Blend Mode	Color Blend Mode for Line or Arrow. Please save into a new PDF to see the blending effect.
Order	It will show on the Foreground or Background of the PDF document
PDF Layer	Select a PDF Layer name if it belongs to a PDF Layer. Make it empty if it doesn't belong to a PDF Layer. See details in PDF Layer.
Action: Add Link, Submit, JavaScript and more ...	See PDF Actions.
Set this field as default	If set, the new object will have the same properties as this one.

4. Screenshot:

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