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Connecting Existing Callouts to Objects
To connect existing (connected or unconnected) callouts to graphical objects, use the Connected callout tool tool. (See Callout.)
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The first object you select when creating a connected callout is the “reference object” for that callout. (See Moving Objects with Connected Callouts.)
1. Open a file with one or more objects and existing (connected or unconnected) callouts.
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Existing callouts and drawing elements must both have object information assigned before you can connect them.
2. Select the Connected callout tool tool. If no objects are selected, the cursor becomes an object selection arrow tip .
3. Select the object or objects you want to connect the existing callout to. You can:
◦ Click an object in the drawing area.
◦ Click an object ID or object name in the Objects window tree.
◦ SHIFT-click to add objects to the current selection.
◦ CTRL-click a selected object to select its parent object.
◦ (For objects directly below the current layer only): Use the Arrow tool to drag a selection rectangle or ALT-drag to lasso objects in a selection area.
4. After you select objects, the cursor becomes an isometric symbol.
If you want to change your selection:
a. Press ESC; the cursor changes back to an object selection arrow tip .
b. Select objects again as described in Step 3.
5. While the cursor is an isometric symbol, click inside the text frame of an existing (connected or unconnected) callout. This connects all selected objects to that existing callout. (No new callout is created.)
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You can select multiple objects to connect to before you click the existing callout’s text frame. However, the existing callout’s leader line will only attach to the reference object. So, if you want the leader line to move with a particular object, be sure to select that object first. (See Moving Objects with Connected Callouts.)
6. When you finish creating a connected callout, the cursor becomes an object selection arrow tip again. To create another connected callout, repeat this procedure starting at Step 3 above.