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To customize the Layout Editor
You can customize the Layout Editor to show
or hide tabs, resize pages, and zoom in and out.
To show or hide tabs
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To show or hide the
Design View tab, select View > Design View.
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To show or hide the Master Pages tab, select View > Master
Pages.
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To show or hide the XML Source tab, select View > XML
Source.
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To show or hide the Preview PDF tab, select View > Preview
PDF.
To zoom in and out
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To
size the page to 100%, select View > Actual Size.
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To size the page to fit in the Layout Editor, select View
> Fit Page.
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To size the page to fit the width of the Layout Editor, select
View > Fit Width.
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To zoom in or out of the Layout Editor, select View >
Zoom, enter a value from 25% to 500% in the Zoom To box, and then
click OK. You can also use the Zoom To box
in
the toolbar.
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To magnify an area, select View > Zoom Area. The pointer
changes to a magnifying glass. Using the magnifying glass, click
and drag the area that you want to magnify.
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To display a specific page, zoom out so that you can see
the entire page and scroll down to the page that you want to display.
To customize the Script Editor
You
can show or hide the Script Editor and change the view from single-line
to multiline.
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To
show or hide the Script Editor, select Window > Script Editor.
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To change from single-line to multiline view, drag the Expand
button on the Script Editor palette border until the palette is
the required size.
For more
information, see
Scripting
Using Designer
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To customize the palettes
You
can customize the palettes to show or hide palettes, dock or move
palettes, or size or reset palettes.
To show or hide palettes
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To show
a palette, select Window > [name of palette].
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To hide a palette, select palette menu > Hide Palette.
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To show or hide all palettes on one side of the Layout Editor,
click Expand
on
the palette border. Click it again to collapse the palettes.
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To show
or hide all the palettes that are in the selected location, select
Window > Workspace, and then select one of the commands.
To dock or move palettes
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To
dock a palette on the side of the window, drag the palette bar to
the side of the Designer window.
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To dock palettes together, drag the palette bar to the bottom
of another palette. This procedure applies only to palettes that
are docked to the Designer window; it does not apply to floating
palettes.
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To move and dock a palette, drag the palette bar.
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To move a palette without docking it, Ctrl+drag the palette
bar.
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To move a palette into another palette window, drag the palette
tab to the target palette. You cannot move a sub-tab.
To size or reset palettes
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To
change the size of a palette, drag any side of the palette.
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To reset
palette locations, select Window > Reset Palette Locations.
To use the drawing aids
You can use the Drawing Aids palette
to show or hide rulers and object boundaries, set the grid, and
set other preferences.
To show or hide the drawing aids
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To quickly show the
Drawing Aids palette, double-click the rulers.
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To show or hide the object boundaries, select Show Object
Boundaries.
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To show or hide guidelines, or the grid, select Show Guidelines
and Show Grid.
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To show or hide rulers, select Horizontal Ruler and Vertical
Ruler.
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To show or hide cross hairs, select Long Crosshairs.
To use the grid
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To
enable snap to grid, select Snap To Grid.
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To set the grid’s origin, type new coordinates for the origin
in the X and Y Origin boxes.
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To set the grid’s interval, type new values in the X and
Y Interval boxes. For example, if the grid is in 1-inch units and
you specify an interval of 10, 10 grid points are displayed per
inch.
To set snapping options
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To automatically place objects at locations on
the grid, select Snap To Grid.
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To automatically place objects on guidelines you define,
select Snap To Guideline.
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To automatically position the edge of an object using another
object, select Snap To Object.
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To automatically place the center of an object at the vertical
or horizontal center of the page, select Snap To Guideline.
To use guidelines
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To automatically place objects on guidelines, select
Snap To Guideline.
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To add a guideline, starting from the upper-left corner of
the Layout Editor, drag the pointer onto the page. To remove a guideline,
select its triangle in the ruler and drag it off the page.
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Alternatively, under Guideline Definitions, to add a horizontal
or vertical guideline, click
and
enter a numeric location. To remove a guideline, select it and click
.
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Use the Drawing Aids palette menu to select preset guidelines
(for example, to add guidelines for a standard US Letter or Legal-sized
page).
To set other drawing aids
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To set the rulers’ unit of measurement,
select a unit from the Units list.
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To set the color of object boundary borders, click Styles,
click the Color box, select More Colors, and either choose a predefined
color from a palette or create a custom color by clicking Define
Custom Color.
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To set the object boundary border style, click Styles and
select the border style for the required object.
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To set the color of grids or guidelines, click the Color
box, select More Colors, and either choose a predefined color from
a palette or create a custom color by clicking Define Custom Color.
To customize the toolbars
You can customize the toolbars to show, hide, dock, or
move toolbars, create new toolbars, remove toolbars that are no
longer needed, add frequently-used commands or remove unused commands
from a toolbar, or reset to the default toolbars.
To show, hide, dock, or move a toolbar
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To show or hide a toolbar, right-click a toolbar
and select or deselect the toolbar that you want to show or hide.
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To dock a toolbar, drag the toolbar to the top of the Designer
window.
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To move a toolbar, drag the toolbar to the new location.
To create a toolbar
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Select Tools > Customize.
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In the Toolbars tab, click New.
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Type a name for the toolbar and click OK.
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Add commands to the toolbar as required.
To delete a toolbar
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Select Tools > Customize.
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In the Toolbars tab, select the toolbar that you want to
delete and click Delete.
Note:
You can only delete user-created toolbars.
To rename a toolbar
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Select Tools > Customize.
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In the Toolbars tab, select the toolbar that you want to
rename and click Rename.
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Rename the toolbar and click OK.
Note:
You can only rename user-created toolbars.
To show or hide tool tips
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Select Tools > Customize.
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Show or hide toolbar tool tips:
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To show tool
tips , select the Show Tool Tips check box.
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To hide tool tips, clear the Show Tool Tips checkbox.
To add or remove a command on a toolbar
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Select Tools > Customize.
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In the Commands tab, select the toolbar that you want to
edit in the Edit Toolbar list.
Add or remove a button:
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To add a command to a toolbar, select the command that you
want to add and then click Add Tool to Toolbar. Use Move Tool Up
and Move Tool Down to position the command in the toolbar.
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To add a separator after a command in the toolbar, select
the command in the toolbar, and then click Add Separator to Toolbar.
Use Move Tool Up and Move Tool Down to position the separator in
the toolbar.
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To remove a command or separator from a toolbar, select the
command or separator and then click Remove Tool from Toolbar.
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Click Close.
To reset toolbar commands to the default
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Select Tools > Customize.
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In the Commands tab, select the toolbar that you want to
reset in the Edit Toolbar list.
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Click Reset Toolbar to Default.
Note:
You cannot reset user-created toolbars.
To customize the tool tips for objects
You can display tool tips
that show the position, the size, and the name of the object as
you work on a form design.
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To show or hide the position of tool tips, select Tools
> Options > Workspace, select or deselect Display Position
And Size Tool Tips While Editing, and then click OK.
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To show or hide the object tool tips, select Tools > Options
> Workspace, select or deselect Display Object Name Tool Tips
While Pointing, and then click OK.
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