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To make previously saved line styles available in the current

presentation, click the Load Line Styles icon, select the saved list of

styles, and click Open.

Use the Modify button to change the name of the style.

Creating arrow styles

Use the third page of the Line dialog box to create new arrow styles

such as the ones in the figure below, modify existing arrow styles, or

load previously saved arrow styles.

1) First draw a curve with the shape you want for the arrowhead.

Note

The arrowhead must be a curve. A curve is something you could

draw without lifting a pencil. For example, is a curve but is

not a curve. You can however draw shapes which are not curves

and then at the end convert them to a curve.

The top part of the shape will point in the direction of the line. In

Figure 95 the corner at the top of the shape will point towards the

“outside” of the line.

Figure 95: To create your own

arrowhead, first draw a curve.

2) Select the curve. With the resizing handles showing, select

Format > Line from the menu bar, or right-click and choose Line

from the pop-up menu.

3) Go to the Arrow styles page (Figure 96), click the Add button,

type a name for the new arrow style, and click OK.

4) Now you can access the new style from the Arrow style list. When

you select the name of the new style, it is shown at the bottom of

the dialog box.

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