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Dia
Introduction
Introduction
Quickstart
What Can You Do?
Starting Dia
Creating a Canvas
Making a Diagram
Saving and Printing Your Diagram
Running Dia From the Command Line
Who Does Dia Appeal To?
The Canvas
Canvas Introduction
Grid Lines
Rulers
Background Color
Zooming
Other View Menu Options
Undo and Redo
Objects and the Toolbox
Dia Toolbox Overview
Modify Control
Textedit Control
Magnify Control
Scroll Control
Basic Objects
Special Objects
Default Color, Line Width, and Line Style
Using Objects
Adding Objects
Moving Objects
Resizing Objects
Deleting Objects
Connecting Objects With Lines
Entering Text
Aligning Objects
How To Align Objects
Left, Center, and Right Align
Top, Middle, and Bottom Align
Spread Out Horizontally and Vertically
Align Adjacent or Stacked
Grouping Objects
Object Properties
Sources of Default Properties
Changing Object Properties
Changing Properties for One Object
Changing Properties for a Group of Objects
Colors
Select Color Box
Diagram Tree
Opening the Diagram Tree
Working With the Diagram Tree
Basic Objects
Basic Objects Introduction
Text
Box
Ellipse
Polygon
Beziergon
Line
Arc
Zigzagline
Polyline
Bezierline
Line Properties
Line Width
Line Color
Line Style
Arrows
Image
Outline
Special Objects
Special Objects
Special Object Categories
Assorted
Chemical Engineering
Chronogram
Circuit
Cisco - Computer
Cisco - Misc
Cisco - Network
Cisco - Switch
Cisco - Telephony
Civil
Cybernetics
DIN Electrical
ER
Flowchart
FS (Function Structure)
GRAFCET
Istar
Jackson
KAOS
Map 3D Isometric
Misc.
MSE
Network
PLC Ladder
Pneumatic/Hydraulic
SADT
SDL
Sybase
UML
Organizing Sheets and Objects
Selecting Objects
Selection Introduction
How To Select Objects
Selecting a Single Object
Deselecting Objects
Selecting Multiple Objects
Shift+Click Selection
Select By Area
Select All
Select None
Select Invert
Select Transitive
Select Connected
Select Same Type
Working With Selected Objects
Operations on All Selected Objects
Move Selected Objects
Copy, Cut, Paste, Duplicate, Delete
Working With Individual Objects
Creating an Object Group
Loading and Saving Diagrams
Loading and Saving Introduction
File Types
Dia Native Diagram Files
Import Formats
Exporting: Support for Other Formats
Customization
Preferences Dialog
User Interface
Diagram Defaults
View Defaults
File export favorites
Grid Lines
Diagram Tree
Managing Layers
Introduction to Layers
Managing Layers Basics
Create a New Layer
Selecting Layers
Ordering Layers
Deleting Layers
Renaming Layers
Viewing Layers
Custom Shape Module
Custom-shape Module introduction
Shapes
The Shape Description
Style attribute
Recognised drawing elements
Shapes in Shapes aka. Subshapes
Extented Attributes
The Sheet description
How Dia helps to create and manage sheets and shapes.
Design Notes
Dia command line
Introduction
Command line manual
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License
License
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