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Using System Menus
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This topic discusses the pull down menus available when you are working in
Documaker Studio. The following topics discuss the options on these menus. When
you first start Studio, you see these menus:
These menus can change, depending on which tool you are working with. For
instance, if you are working with sections, you have these additional menus to
choose from:
In addition, some of the options on the standard menus change. For instance, if you
are working with sections you will find additional Edit menu options which let you
bold or italicize text. The chapters that discuss working with sections or form, for
example, document the addition menus and options that become available.
Select
To
File
Create, open, close, save, check in, check out, unlock, create tiers, change tiers, print files
and reports, and log on as a different user. You can also use this menu to exit the system.
Edit
Perform normal editing functions such as undo, redo, cut, copy, paste, and delete.
View
Set to turn on or off the display of the toolbar, workspace bar, output bar, status bar, field bar,
extract bar, navigation bar, and scripts bar. You can also use this menu to define how
documents appear on your screen.
Manage
Work with various aspects of the project, including settings, libraries, dictionaries, scripts,
fields, form sets, and other resources such as fonts, graphics, help, tables, and users. You
can also use this menu to convert files, print reports, test forms, and work with user profiles.
Help
Display Help contents, view the Help index, or search Help topics. You can also use this menu
to check for system updates, go to the support web site, and view product information.
Select
To
Insert
Insert the various objects that comprise a section, such as boxes, text labels, text areas,
charts, lines, graphics, fields, shade, and so on.
Format
Convert objects into text labels or areas, or specify the formatting for paragraphs, including
setting tabs, defining columns, numbering, specifying shading and borders, and so on.
Arrange
Align, space, resize, and position objects.
Tools
Run a spell or grammar checker, generate readability statistics, print a section report, run a
data entry check or a section report, and compile or normalize the section.
Window
Use to control the display of your windows. You can elect to have the windows display in tile,
stack, or cascade format. You can also open a new window or arrange icons.