None

No pen is applied

Solid

Applies a solid pen style to the selected object; click the color box to select the pen color. To set the color by class, select the Color by Class option from the color palette.

Select the line thickness for the pen from the Line Thickness list. To create custom line thicknesses for this file, see Creating Custom Thicknesses for Lines.

Pattern

Applies a patterned pen style to the selected object; click the fill pattern box to select the desired pattern, and then select the foreground color and background color from the color boxes next to the pattern. To set the pattern colors by class, select the Color by Class option from the color palette.

To create custom patterns for this file, see Creating Custom Patterns for Fill and Pen Styles.

Line Type

Applies a line type resource to the selected object. From the Resource Selector, double-click a line type to apply it. If there are no line types defined in the file and default content is not enabled, you are prompted to create a line type definition.

Line types cannot be applied to worksheet objects.

Click the color box to select the pen color. To set the color by class, select the Color by Class option from the color palette. Select the desired thickness from the Line Thickness list.

To create line type resources for this file, see Using Line Types.

Class Style

The object takes on the pen attribute set by the object’s class.

●        If Use at Creation is enabled for the object’s class, the object’s pen style is automatically set by the class.

●        If Use at Creation is disabled for the class, the object only takes on the class style when the Class Style option is selected.

See Setting Class Attributes.