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Edit Custom Styles Tool

What it Does​

Lets you add your own colors to PatternMaker Pro, or delete the ones you no longer want. A style controls how a point, line, curve or text looks: its color and whether a line is solid or dashed.

When you add a style, PatternMaker Pro makes three versions of it for you:

  • Solid - a filled style, used for points and text
  • Outline - a plain line
  • Dash - a dashed line, using the dash pattern you pick

Your new styles are added to every style list, such as the one in the Change Style/Color tool, and you can use them in any draft you open in this browser.

How to Use​

  1. Activate the tool by clicking the Edit Custom Styles icon
  2. Choose what you want to do, then select Continue:
    • Add Style to create a new style
    • Delete Style to remove one you created

Add a Style​

  1. Enter a name for your style, such as Teal
  2. Select a color from the color palette
  3. Choose one of the ten dash patterns from the Dash list. A small picture shows each pattern
  4. Select Preview to see a sample of the three versions in the workspace
  5. Select Save to keep your style, or Cancel to close the tool without adding it

Delete a Style​

  1. Select the style you want to remove from the list
  2. Select Delete
  3. A message asks you to confirm. Select OK to delete the style or Cancel to keep it
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Only the styles you added are listed. The styles that come with PatternMaker Pro cannot be deleted.

tip

Anything that already uses a deleted style keeps its look, so your drafts won't change. The style simply won't be available for new work.

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Give your style a name that describes the color or the job it does. You will see the name, followed by Solid, Outline or Dash, in every style list.