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Format Tab - Diagram Ribbon

The Format tab contains commands related to formatting blocks and setting the diagram properties.

Format

  Select Font opens the font window which allows you to set the font properties for the selected blocks.

  Font Color opens the Color Palette, which allows you to set the font color for the selected text.

  Fill Color opens the Color Palette, which allows you to set the fill color for the selected text.

Styles

  Diagram Style opens the Diagram Style window, which allows you to customize the appearance of the current diagram and set the default properties for connectors and new blocks that are added to the diagram. (See Diagram Appearance.)

  Block Style opens the Block Style window, which allows you to customize the appearance of the selected block or annotation. (See Diagram Appearance.)

  Connector Style opens the Connector Style window where you can customize the appearance of the selected connectors. (See Diagram Appearance.)

Alignment and Spacing

  Align Blocks allows you to specify how you want the selected blocks to be aligned. (See Diagram Appearance.)

1. • Align Tops aligns the selected blocks to the top of the first selected block.

   • Align Middles aligns the selected blocks to the vertical center of the first selected block.

   • Align Bottoms aligns the selected blocks to the bottom of the first selected block.

   • Align Lefts aligns the selected blocks to the left of the first selected block.

   • Align Centers aligns the selected blocks to the horizontal center of the first selected block.

   • Align Rights aligns the selected blocks to the right of the first selected block.

   • Align to Grid aligns the selected blocks to the grid.

  Make Spacing Equal allows you to specify how you want the blocks to be equally spaced. (See Diagram Appearance.)

1. • Horizontal equally spaces the selected blocks according to the horizontal spacing of the first two selected blocks.

   • Vertical equally spaces the selected blocks according to the vertical spacing of the first two selected blocks.

   • Both equally spaces the selected blocks according to the horizontal and vertical spacing of the first two selected blocks.

  Make Same Size allows you to specify how you want the blocks to be resized. (See Diagram Appearance.)

1. • Width resizes the selected blocks to be the same width as the first selected block.

   • Height resizes the selected blocks to be the same height as the first selected block.

   • Both resizes the selected blocks to be the same width and height as the first selected block.

  Bring to Front moves the currently selected blocks in front of other objects on the diagram.

  Send to Back moves the currently selected blocks behind other objects on the diagram.