Tool Pop-up Menu

Access the tool menu by right-clicking the mouse while the select tool is active and no shape is currently selected.

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Select

Select existing shapes for modification, resizing, and moving. Select multiple shapes using the select tool while holding the Shift key.

Magnify

Quickly magnify part of the screen.

Click and hold down the left mouse button and drag a selection box around the area you want to magnify. When you release the mouse button, the selected area fills the window. (To make the area smaller, use Zoom in the View menu or the Zoom option on the Tool Bar.)

TIP: If the view in the Scantron DesignExpert workspace seems "fractured" after using the Magnify Tool, go to the Window menu and select Refresh.

Rotate

Rotate box, caption text (baseline), ellipse, line, and polygon shapes.

  1. With the rotate tool active, click a shape. A rotation "wrench" appears centered on the shape.
  2. Place the mouse pointer on rotation wrench, and click and hold the left mouse button.
  3. Drag the handle in the direction you wish to rotate the shape.

When you release it the Angle box in the Tool Bar is updated with the number of degrees you rotated the shape from its original position.

Shapes

Create a shape:

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Graphic

Create an area (box) for importing and displaying a graphic file.

  1. Select Tools > Graphic or click .
  2. Place the mouse pointer where you want the graphic to begin, click and drag the mouse pointer to where you want the graphic to end, then release the button.
  3. Double-click the graphic box to display the Open dialog, then find and select the graphic file you want to import.

See Importing Graphics for details.

Once you have created a graphic box and imported a graphic, you may modify the graphic settings.

Text

Create a text box that can contain paragraphs of text.

  1. Select Tools > Text or click .
  2. Place the mouse pointer where you want the text box to begin, click and drag the mouse pointer to where you want the text box to end, then release. The text cursor appears immediately inside the text box, where you can enter the text characters you need, or import a text file using the Text Menu.

TIP: When you create a text box that will be placed to the left-hand side of an OMR response grid, do not locate it edge to edge with the OMR response grid. Instead, provide a space between the two shapes of at least half a response position. This design strategy will help make your form easier to use and avoid the possibility of text inadvertently overlapping OMR response bubbles.

Once you have created a text box, you can modify the text box settings. You can also modify the text appearance. At any time, you can change the default text settings.

Caption

Create a caption box that only contains one line of text.

  1. Select Tools > Caption or click .
  2. Place the mouse pointer where you want the caption box to begin, click and drag the mouse pointer to where you want the caption box to end, then release the button.
  3. Enter the desired text and click Apply and/or OK.

Once you have created a caption box, you can modify the settings. At any time, you can change the default caption text that appears.

Response Grid

Create a response grid.

  1. Do one of the following
    • Select Tools > Response Grid
    • Click
    • Select Tools > Grid Wizard
  2. Place the mouse pointer where you want the grid to begin, click and drag the mouse pointer to where you want the grid to end, then release the mouse button.

Once you have created a response grid box, you can modify the response grid box settings.

Hand Print

Create a hand print area.

  1. Select Tools > Hand Print or click .
  2. Place the mouse pointer where you want the hand print to begin, click and drag the mouse pointer to where you want the area to end, then release the button.

TIP: Do not use the Hand Print tool to draw the write-in areas at the top of OMR response grids. Use the Box tool (below) instead to draw write-in boxes that are the exact size required.

Once you have created a hand print area, you can modify its settings.

Box

Draw a graphical box, which can be a square or a rectangle. The box can be filled or outlined or both.

  1. Select Tools > Box.
  2. Place the mouse pointer where you want the box to begin, click and drag the mouse pointer to where you want the box to end, then release the mouse button. To create a square, hold down the Shift key while you drag the mouse pointer.

Once you have drawn a graphical box, you can modify its settings.

Ellipse

Draw a graphical ellipse, which can be a circle or an oval. The ellipse can be filled, outlined, or both.

  1. Select Tools > Ellipse.
  2. Place the mouse pointer where you want the ellipse to begin, click and drag the mouse pointer to where you want the ellipse to end, then release the mouse button. To create a circle, hold down the Shift key while you drag the mouse pointer.

Once you have drawn a graphical ellipse, you can modify its settings.

Line

Draw a line.

  1. Select Tools > Line.
  2. Place the mouse pointer where you want the line to begin, click and drag the mouse pointer to where you want the line to end, then release the mouse button. To draw a vertical or horizontal line, hold down the Shift key while you drag the mouse pointer.

Once you have drawn a line, you can modify its settings.

Polygon

Draw a closed graphical polygon. The polygon can be filled, outlined, or both.

  1. Select Tools > Polygon.
  2. Place the mouse pointer where you want the polygon to begin, click the left mouse button and move the mouse pointer to the end of the first side, then click the left mouse button again.
  3. Continue to move and click with the left mouse button for each side, EXCEPT the LAST side.
  4. When you get to the next to the last point of the polygon, press the right mouse button to fill in the last side of the polygon. The software closes the polygon automatically.

Once you have drawn a polygon, you can modify its settings.