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Information

With this command selected, every time you click on an item in the editor, you will see an information
window like Figure 4-4 that shows you information about that item.

FIGURE 4-4 Information about a resistor.

This actually provides an alternative way of changing information about the item, such as its name
and value.

Layers

You can control what information is visible on the schematic. This is not really very useful on a
schematic but becomes essential when we look at board layout in Chapter 5.

Mirror

Mirroring a component flips it through its vertical axis. Figure 4-5 shows a transistor and a mirrored
transistor next to each other. It just allows the circuit symbol to be displayed the other way around.

FIGURE 4-5 A mirrored transistor.