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changed as desired while the insertion point is in place. When
the insertion point is moved using the edit bar , the text portion
becomes fixed, the actions becomes undo-able, and MacPaint
no longer recognizes the letters as such. They are merely
another set of dots comprising part of the whole drawing.
Figure 6.16 reflects th e previous two changes to the draw-
ing. Further examples of text entry will appear in the next
chapter.
Manipulations
Our dr aw ing, so far, has been a collection of images, some
of which are misplaced on the screen. To avoid the difficulty
with
having to precisely place each portion of th e picture,
MacPaint fea tur es thre e manipulation tool s:
• Selection rectangle
• Lasso
• Hand
Figure 6.16. Line width and text examp les