Operation Manual

196 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes
To edit base properties of a 3D object:
• Select the 3D object, then click the Edit button at the bottom right-
hand corner of the 3D object, i.e.
The original object's shape is shown,
allowing its selection handles to be
manipulated for resizing and rotating.
Using object styles
Object styles benefit your design efforts in much the same way as text styles
and color schemes. Once you've come up with a set of attributes that you like—
properties like line color, fill, border, and so on—you can save this cluster of
attributes as a named style. PagePlus remembers which objects are using that
style, and the style appears in the Styles tab, and can subsequently be applied to
new objects. For example a Quick Star can have a stone effect applied via an
object style you've saved previously (all object styles use a cog shape as the
default object preview type).
Here's how object styles work to your advantage:
• Each object style can include settings for a host of object attributes,
such as line color, line style, fill, transparency, filter effects, font, and
border. The freedom to include or exclude certain attributes, and the
nearly unlimited range of choices for each attribute, makes this a
powerful tool in the designer's arsenal.