tamagg.blogg.se - Keyboard notes for shape of you

Anytime you need to access the Toolbox, Properties bar, or any other feature, you can activate it by hovering over where it would normally appear in the editor.ĥ. Select the full-screen button in the top right corner-all the panels in the editor will disappear, leaving you with an enlarged canvas for fleshing out all those ideas. Good thing there’s a one-click solution for that. You can make some pretty big diagrams in Lucidchart, and things can start to feel pretty cramped on your canvas. Ready for more? Watch this quick video of our top 5 keyboard shortcuts.

To make more precise adjustments to your shapes, select the desired shape, hold down the Shift key, and use the arrow key for subtle movements that get your shape just the way you want it.

To easily zoom in and out of your diagram, hold down the space bar and scroll up and down with your mouse-this is especially helpful when you’re dealing with large diagrams.

We’ve got quite a few, and you can view them all in the editor by clicking F1 or selecting Help > Hotkey Reference. Make life easier with our nifty keyboard shortcuts. Release your mouse, and you’ve got yourself a smart line that will make smart connections.

To create a smart line, rather than dragging and dropping a line directly to the edge of the next shape, pull the line just past the edge until the shape gets the blue “halo” effect. There's an easy hack for getting lines to make the most efficient (rather than the most creative) connections between shapes: smart lines.

You may notice that as you drag shapes around, sometimes the connecting lines have a mind of their own. Click Select > All Shapes, and then style your entire diagram the way you want. If you want to change formatting on a Lucidchart template or if you got halfway through your diagram before you decide that you hate the font, don't worry-Lucidchart makes mass formatting changes easy, too. After doing so, the styling you’ve chosen is automatically applied to every shape you drag and drop onto the canvas. Instead, before you drag any shapes onto the canvas, choose the font, font size, font color, and line style from the Properties bar at the top of the editor. You could go back and update these preferences for every single shape-but that would a) decrease productivity and b) give you a royal headache. When creating a diagram, chances are you’ve got specific fonts and colors in mind that you want used throughout. If you'd like to dive deeper into these features or follow along with one of our product pros, watch our on-demand webinar. Lucidchart can work wonders for increasing productivity-want to learn how? Check out these tips and tricks for making your work easier as you build, share, and present diagrams.