Author: John Merlino
Date: 18:57:30 12/01/00
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On December 01, 2000 at 21:06:22, Ratko V Tomic wrote: >> You can do all of the things that the little dialog does by >> COMBINING the above with certain keystrokes. I can't remember >> right now which ones do which, but the SHIFT, ALT and CTRL keys, >> when used WHILE you are clicking and dragging the mouse, can >> all modify the custom board in some way. > >They rotate it and stretch it into 3D perspective. Unfortunately, >there is no option to get the board back to flat, straight 2D. Once >the board got skewed I couldn't rotate/stretch it back the way it >was (regular 2D with all right angles, horizontal & vertical lines >only), there was always little bit of jagged edges or distortion. >Finally I deleted the player and created new player, then had to redo >all the sizing and colors I did before. And I told kids not to ever >touch the Ctl, Alt, Shift while moving the board. You can get it back, but it can take some effort. If you are having difficulty getting it exactly the way you want it using the mouse+keystroke combinations, THAT'S the best time to use the customize dialog. Clicking on any of those buttons ONCE will allow for fine adjustments. jm
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