The menu provides quick access to many common functions. It is divided into five sections:
Edit
The edit menu provides functions like cut, copy and paste.
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Function
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Undo
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Undoes the last action.
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Redo
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Re-does the last undo (assuming nothing was changed after the last undo).
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Cut/Copy/Paste
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Allows you to easily duplicate or import document elements using the system clipboard.
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Select All
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Selects all elements at the current level of selection (or all text, if editing a text field).
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Format
The format menu is used for text formatting.
Menu Item
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Function
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Font Panel...
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This selects up the Font Panel tab of the Attributes panel.
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Bold, Italic, Underline, Outline
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Modifies or unmodifies currently select text or text fields. This functionality is also available in the font panel.
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Align Left, Center, Right
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Aligns currently selected text or text fields to the left, center or right. This functionality is also available in the Text Inspector.
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Subscript, Superscript
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Modifies or unmodifies currently select text or text fields.
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Pages
The pages menu allows you to add or remove pages to the report and change the zoom level
Menu Item
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Function
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Add Page
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Adds a page to the current open document, after the currently selected page.
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Add Page Previous
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Adds a page to the current open document, before the currently selected page.
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Remove Page
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Removes the currently selected page in the current open document.
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Zoom In/Out
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Increases/decreases document zoom by 10%.
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Zoom 100%/200%
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Zooms to the specified percent of actual document size.
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Zoom Toggle Last
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Zooms to the last specified Zoom.
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Zoom...
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Brings up a zoom panel that allows you to exactly specify a zoom as a percentage of actual document size.
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Zoom Panel Dialog
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Shapes
This shapes menu allows you to modify the layout of objects in a report
Menu Item
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Function
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Group/Ungroup
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Allows you to merge the currently selected shapes into a single shape for convenient management. Contained shapes are still accessible, via double-click super-select. Ungroup separates grouped shapes.
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Bring to Front/Send to Back
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All shapes have an order on the page that determines what is drawn on top when two shapes overlap. These options allow you to alter that order.
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Make Row Top/Center/Bottom
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Quickly align several shapes in a row, either by their top, center, or bottom border. Useful when shapes are of different heights.
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Make Column Left/Center/Right
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Same as above, but for columns, aligning their sides or center.
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Make Same Size, Width, Height
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Make several shapes the same width, height or both.
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Equally Space Row/Column
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Equalizes the distance between shapes horizontally or vertically.
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Group in Switch/3D Shape
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This feature groups selected shapes in a Switch Shape, which has the same features as Table Row Versions. It's a powerful way to conditionally provide a different look for a specific element.
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Move to new layer
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Creates a new page layer with the currently selected shapes.
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Combine/Subtract Paths
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Takes multiple overlapping shapes (such as a rectangle and an oval) and combines them into a single shape using the combined paths. A powerful tool to construct complex shapes.
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Convert Into Image
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Converts the selected shape into an image. Be sure to group shapes first if you want to convert multiple shapes into a single image.
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Tools
The tools menu contains layout tools
Menu Item
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Function
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Color Panel
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Selects the color tab in the Attribute Panel.
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Font Panel
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Selects the font tab in the Attribute Panel.
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Formatter Panel
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Selects the format tab in the Attribute Panel.
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Keys Panel
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Selects the keys tab in the Attribute Panel.
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Toggle Rulers
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Adds rulers to the page borders to assist in precise layout.
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Image Placeholder
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Adds an empty image placeholder object to the document, which can be positioned, sized and configured with a substitution key.
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