To Create an Anchor Tool

Use this procedure to create an anchor tool and add it to a tool palette. You may want to create your own anchor tools if you are placing multiple anchors of specific styles with additional properties that you want to be the same every time you add an anchor of each type.

You can use any of the following methods to create an anchor tool:

  1. Open the tool palette where you want to create a tool.
  2. Create the tool:
    If you want to… Then…
    copy a tool in the current tool palette right-click the tool, and click Copy. Right-click, and click Paste.
    copy a tool from another tool palette open the other tool palette, right-click the tool, and click Copy. Reopen the palette where you want to add the tool, right-click, and click Paste.
    copy a tool from the Content Browser click Home tab Build panel Tools drop-down Content Browser .

    Open the Content Browser, and locate the tool you want to copy. Position the cursor over the i-drop handle, and drag the tool to the tool palette.

  3. Right-click the new tool, and click Properties.
  4. Enter a name for the tool.
  5. Click the setting for Description, enter a description of the tool, and click OK.
  6. Click OK.