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Inserting a point

The Insert tool test00000075.gif can be used to insert a new point on an existing line (or area).

Select the Insert tool test00000076.gif from the Tools palette (note that the cursor appears as test00000077.gif on the screen). Click on the point on the line (which is then selected and highlighted) after which a new point is to be inserted.

When the cursor returns to its normal Plotting formtest00000078.gif, click (or drag to) the position of the new required point. This is then inserted on the line, following the initially selected point.

Note: once you have selected the insert point on the line (the cursor then appears as a Plotting tool test00000079.gif, but the Insert tool test00000080.gif is still selected in the Tools palette), you can use the keyboard to enter the position of the point to be inserted in the cursor display (see paragraph Using the keyboard to enter positions in the chapter High level functions).