Editing Bitmap Objects - Brother GeoBook NB-80C Instructions Manual

Editing Bitmap Objects
Once you create a bitmap, you can use the Bitmap tools to change pixels in
the object, erase portions of it, and select all or part of the object to cut, copy,
and paste.
Whenever you use a bitmap tool in a bitmap object, the bitmap object
becomes the selected object. A frame appears around it to sbow you that it is
the selected object:
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You can use the Selection tool to select a rectangular region within a bitmap
so that you can perform copy, cut, and paste operations usin.g the pixels in
the region. You can select all or part of the object.
I_ To select a region within a bitmap object:
_ 1. Click on the Bitmap Selection tool. Tbepointer changes to crossbairs when
you move it over the drawing area.
you can cut or ¢opy_ 2. Move the pointer to v,there you want to anchor one comer of the
the selected region to selection; therLhold the Select button and drag until the selected regton is
the clipboard and the size you want.
paste it in a different
location in the bitraap. _ -- 3. Release the Select button. A rectangular selection region appears.
I)'To select all the pixels in a bitmap:
1. Select the Bitmap Selection tool from the Bitmap tools. Click inside the
bitmap. A dotted outline appears indicating that the bitmap is selected.
2. Press CTRL +/.
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