dashed lines

[n_henderson]

going crazy trying to draw dashed lines and double headed arrows. Help tells me to double-click and select properties:appearance and choose line style. however there is no line style option and the dialogue box is titled pen style.

Anyone help?

[davidlloyd]

There's no facility to draw dashed lines in Studio. If you go to the Shared Line Library you'll find double ended arrows.

[tai_ann2003]

I created a flipchart that has dashed lines. I put the directions into it and I also have it so you can just drag it onto your shortcut tool bar or you can save it into your library. I have had many teachers ask me for help on this. It is very easy to create them, but there isn't a one click way of doing this... instead, they must be created. Because I am at my space limit, I can't attach the flipchart I created. Instead, you must send me a private message and provide me a non-Promethean address and I can e-mail it to you. :)

Hope this helps you out!

Tai

[scaulfield]

This is not a great solution, but if you use your eraser tool, you can erase parts of a line to make it dashed. Then group the whole item and save it in the Collections part of your resource library.

[tai_ann2003]

Scott - that is EXACTLY the way that I created one of my dashed lines. Hilary said she would attach it for me since I have used my 1 MB of space so that others can click and download them. Great minds think alike!!! :p

[Westlake]

Tai-ann's Dotted Lines flipchart...
Thanks for sharing [clap]

Hilary

[scaulfield]

Thanks for posting that flipchart.

That if funny that you did it the same way. Great minds indeed! :-)

[rgarden]

Another very quick way to create dashed or dotted lines is to make them in WORD. Draw a line, then choose the line style and dash style. Use the camera tool to put it into a flipchart. Now make the background to the image transparent. (Double click > Properties > Appearance > Transparent and pick through the background.
Now save it into your library. Spend just a little bit of time and you can create a variety of types and sizes.

[sheelagh]

Yet another way is to 'drag a copy' of a small rectangle several times using snap to grid and then hide or remove grid. Can also be done using points drawn using the line tool snapped to grid. Dotted and dashed lines drawn this way can be easily resized etc. - more difficult to do if drawn with the eraser tool. :)

[davidlloyd]

Can also be done using points drawn using the line tool snapped to grid. Dotted and dashed lines drawn this way can be easily resized etc. - more difficult to do if drawn with the eraser tool. :)
This is a very neat idea. It's also neater then using the eraser tool! Thanks so much for sharing.

[scaulfield]

sheelagh - Great idea!

[tai_ann2003]

This might be a good time to ask someone to provide any quick tips on the "snap to grid" feature. I can honestly say that it is a skill that I haven't practiced a great deal, because I never get the full functionality of it correctly. I try using the "snap to grid" and then draw lines, etc., but I never see anything actually "stick" to the lines - rather it looks the exact same as if I had not pressed the snap to grid option. I know I am doing something completely wrong, but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. :confused: I think Sheelagh's idea is great and her lines look 100 X better then mine. I just don't fully get how she created them or how to provide directions for other teachers on how to use the snap to grid feature.

[sheelagh]

Hi Tai-ann
I've attached the flipchart again showing details of how the lines were made. The pen tool by itself won't snap to grid - you need to select one of the line tools or a shape (or text). :)