Setting Attribute to Drawing Component Registered

You can set any string to drawing component created as an attribute.

  1. Click a drawing component to which an attribute is to be set in the List of Drawing Components Window
  2. Click on the toolbar on List of Drawing Components Window.
    [Drawing Component Attribute] dialog box will be displayed.
    3. Supplemental
    ▪ To input an attribute name or value, you can select it from attribute name or value candidates being used by shapes on the drawing.
    ▪ To delete an attribute already set, select an attribute to be deleted, and click [Delete].
    ▪ Select a string for an attribute name/value and click [Copy] to copy the selected string to the Windows Clipboard.
    ▪ Click [Copy All] to copy all attribute name/value strings to the Windows Clipboard with a tab delimiter.
    ▪ Turn on [Input attribute when drawing items are located.] to display [Drawing Component Attribute] dialog box when locating a drawing component, where you can edit attribute values. You cannot add or delete an attribute, or edit an attribute name.
  3. Click [Add].
    The attribute input space will be displayed in the Attribute List.
  4. Input any string to the input space for an attribute name/value.
    5. Supplemental
    ▪ To add more attributes, repeat Steps 3 and 4.
  5. Click [OK].
    The input string will be set as an attribute of the drawing component.
    6. Supplemental
    ▪ Selecting a drawing component to which an attribute is to be set, and clicking on [Attribute] box on Properties Window also displays [Drawing Component Attribute] dialog box.
    ▪ If you change attribute values, you are prompted to confirm that you want to change the attributes of the same drawing components used in the document.

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