Getting Started with Math Composer

Editing Your Angle


You can edit your angle.

Of course, before you can edit an angle, you must be able to create a basic angle. If you have not already made a basic angle, look at that page first and then come back and learn about editing�..


How to Edit any Angle
Once you have created an angle, all you have to do to edit it is Double Click on it. When you do, the Figure Editor box with your angle will open up again.



You can change the location and size of your angle easily. Simply Click and Drag the arrows around the screen until you have the angle you want.














 

 



Create Edited Angle #1

In this angle we changed the color, changed the angle style, and made the arrows smaller.






Create your Basic Angle

Double Click on the angle to open the figure box

Click and drag the arrows and the vertex until you have repositioned the angle.

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Click on the angle to highlight it. Then Right Click on the angle and select Angle Style and choose Arcs.

Click on an arrow to select it. Right Click and select Size. The size box will appear. Type in 6. Repeat with the other arrow

For each part of your figure. Click on it to highlight it. Right Click and select Color. The color box will appear. Select the color you want.

You can make the lines and angle thicker by selecting them, Right Clicking on them, and then selecting Line Width. In the Line width box type 2.

Now you have your edited angle. Click on the in the top right hand corner of the Figure Editor box to close the editor and your angle will appear on the composer screen.



Now feel free to click and drag your number line anywhere on the page you need it.
 



 

 

 

 

Create Edited Angle#2
 
In this angle we changed the line thickness and changed the number of tick marks on the angle









 

 

 

 

Create your Basic Angle
Double Click on the angle to open the figure box




This time the whole figure is a bit larger so we need a bigger canvas size.

To take care of this, select Grid Size from the Grid Menu and then select 15 x 15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click and drag the arrows and the vertex until you have repositioned the angle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

Click on the angle to highlight it.

Then Right Click on the angle and select Angle Number and select 2.

Then Right Click on the angle again and select Size and type 40 in the size box.

Then Right Click on the angle again and select Line Width and type 3 in the line width box.

 

 

You can make the lines thicker by selecting them, Right Clicking on them, and then selecting Line Width. In the Line width box type 3

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Now you have your edited angle. Click on the in the top right hand corner of the Figure Editor box to close the editor and your angle will appear on the composer screen.




Now feel free to click and drag your number line anywhere on the page you need it.



 

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