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 To add a net segment, use **Add→Net**. ​ There are two modes for adding nets: normal mode, and magnetic mode (the default). ​ To switch between them, use **Options→Toggle Magnetic Net**. To add a net segment, use **Add→Net**. ​ There are two modes for adding nets: normal mode, and magnetic mode (the default). ​ To switch between them, use **Options→Toggle Magnetic Net**.
  
-  * In //magnetic mode//, new nets snap onto nearby connectible points on pins and nets.  The target location that the next net point will snap to is highlighted with a circle. ​  ​+  * In //magnetic mode//, new nets snap onto nearby connectible points on pins and nets.  The target location that the next net point will snap to is highlighted with a circle.
   * In //normal mode//, new nets snap to the grid like other newly-created objects.   * In //normal mode//, new nets snap to the grid like other newly-created objects.
  
-Nets will be added using only combinations of horizontal and vertical segments, unless you hold down the **<​Ctrl>​** key, in which case segments at any angle will be used.+Nets will be added using only combinations of horizontal and vertical segments, unless you hold down the <key>Ctrl</key> key, in which case segments at any angle will be used.
  
 Selected nets can be modified by dragging the handles on their endpoints in the same way as pins. Selected nets can be modified by dragging the handles on their endpoints in the same way as pins.
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 Like nets, buses are made up of //bus segments//, follow similar connectivity rules, and can be edited in the same way. Like nets, buses are made up of //bus segments//, follow similar connectivity rules, and can be edited in the same way.
  
-To add buses, use **Add→Bus**. ​ When adding buses, each new bus segment is constrained to be either horizontal or vertical, unless you hold down the **<​Ctrl>​** key.  Buses do not support magnetic mode.+To add buses, use **Add→Bus**. ​ When adding buses, each new bus segment is constrained to be either horizontal or vertical, unless you hold down the <key>Ctrl</key> key.  Buses do not support magnetic mode.
  
 When you connect a net to a bus, a "bus ripper"​ symbol is automatically inserted. This allows two nets to be attached to the same point on a bus from opposite sides without shorting together. When you connect a net to a bus, a "bus ripper"​ symbol is automatically inserted. This allows two nets to be attached to the same point on a bus from opposite sides without shorting together.
  
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