Editing Boxes

You'll probably need to edit the boxes (rectangles) that contain the text specific to your discipline. They may be too big or too small and you'll probably have to add more of them.

The text inside the boxes have their own boxes. When moving and resizing boxes, make sure the text box is inside the box itself. You can resize the text boxes by selecting them and dragging a corner or side handle.

To move a box:

Select it and drag. (If you have ungrouped a box, group it first, choosing Ctrl/Cmd + G).

To make a box larger or smaller:

1. Click the box to select it. You see small selection handles (tiny boxes) at each corner.
2. Because the boxes are grouped objects, you need to ungroup them to edit them. Press Ctrl/Cmd + U.
3. Click one selection handle.
4. Press Shift and click a second selection handle. For example, for resize a box by dragging its bottom side up or down, click the two bottom handles.
5. Click and drag one of the two handles inward to make the box smaller or outward to enlarge the box.

To duplicate a box:

To add boxes, you should duplicate an existing box. The easiest way is to select a box and press Ctrl/Cmd + D (or choose Edit > Duplicate). Then drag the new object to where you want it. You can continue to duplicate objects and Freehand will place the new objects the same distance and direction you moved the new object the previous time.

To change the properties of a line (called a stroke), such as those that make up a box:

Choose Window > Inspectors > Stroke to open the Stroke Inspector. (If you have the Fill, Object, Text, or Document panel open, you can just click the Stroke tab.) In this panel, you can change the color, width, and type of a line. You can also add arrowheads.

• To change the color, select the line and choose a color from the drop-down list next to the color swatch.
• To change the width, choose from the Width drop-down list.
• To change the type of line, choose from the drop-down list that shows "No dash" in the figure.
• To add arrowheads, choose an arrowhead from the Arrowhead drop-down lists, one for each end.

Use the arrowheads to create arrows between the boxes. However, it's probably easier to copy the existing arrows.