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Tool
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Selection
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Lasso-select objects by dragging around them.
Marquee-select objects by dragging diagonally across them.
Selected objects can be further manipulated using menu commands.
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Structure Perspective
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Rotate a selected object in three dimensions.
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Mass Frag-mentation tool
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splits molecules across specific bonds.
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Bond
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Draw bonds and set bond properties.
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Eraser
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Delete objects. Click on an object to delete; drag to delete multiple objects.
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Multiple Bonds
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Draw multiple bonds and set bond properties. Bonds of different types can be selected from the Multiple Bonds tool palette.
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Text
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Create atom labels and captions.
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Pen
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Draw freehand shapes such as custom arrows and orbitals.
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Arrow
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Draw arrows. Arrows of different types can be selected from the Arrows tool palette.
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Orbital
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Draw orbitals. Orbitals of different types can be selected from the Orbitals tool palette.
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Drawing Elements
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Draw annotations that lack chemical significance, such as boxes and lines. Drawing Elements of different types can be selected from the Drawing Elements tool palette.
Includes the Arc tools.
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Brackets
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Draw brackets, parentheses, and braces. Brackets of different types can be selected from the Brackets tool palette.
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Chemical Symbols
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Draw chemically significant symbols such as charges, radicals, and lone pairs. Symbols of different types can be selected from the Symbols tool palette.
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Arc
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Draw arcs. Arcs of different degrees can be selected from the Arcs tool palette.
NOTE: The Arcs tool is a separate tool only on ChemDraw Standard.
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Acyclic Chain
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Draw chains of any length.
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Query Tools
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Draw stereochemical flags, indicate free sites, alternative groups and correspondences between atoms in query structures. Various options can be selected from the Query tool palette.
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Templates
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Draw structures with templates stored in template documents. Templates can be selected from the Templates tool palette.
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Rings
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Draw common structural components.
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Table
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Draw tables with multiple rows and columns.
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TLC Plate
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Draw TLC plates with multiple lanes and adjustable solvent front and spots.
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