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2. First idea space Home Last idea space End Back in history Backspace Cmd Left Arrow Forward in history Cmd Right Arrow Toggle scaling on and off 5 Select a figure Mouse Click when pointer is visible Open a figure s asset or Mouse Double Click when pointer is visible perform the figure s action Set a rating through 5 when a figure is selected Scroll the idea space Click and drag the background when pointer is visible Presentation Mode Preferences Curio s presentation mode has many options which you can customize To show the presentation mode preferences Choose the Curio gt Preferences menu item then click the Presentation icon Here are the preferences you can change Choose whether or not the mouse is initially hidden Choose whether or not the idea spaces are initially scaled You can also determine if only the part of idea space that contains figures or scribbles is displayed or if the entire idea spaces included any unused areas is displayed Choose which screen your idea spaces will be displayed during a presentation Choose whether the presentation should simply end after the last slide or stay on that last slide Choose the selection color Choose a transition to be used between idea spaces Presentation Mode Transitions You can easily change the transition to be used as your navigate from idea space to idea space To change the present
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4. Select a section within the Sections panel and press Delete or right click on it and choose Delete To indent or outdent a section Select a section within the Sections panel and press Tab or Shift Tab to indent or outdent respectively You can also drag and drop items to change the hierarchy Moving or copying items into a section You can use cut copy paste to move idea spaces or folders into a section You can also drag and drop those items into a section holding Option down if you wish to create copies If you release a drag on top of section then the dropped items will be appended to the end of the section However if you pause while hovering over the section then it will automatically open allowing you to place the dropped items into a specific location within that section s idea space hierarchy Organizing with Folders In most cases you may want a simple grouping of idea spaces without the division of work that a section requires That s where Folders find their home Curio User Manual 15 What is Folder To continue the real world metaphor started above if a Curio project is a binder anda Curio section is a tabbed section within that binder then a Curio folder is a folder within a section So if a section is a heavyweight division of your project and is displayed in Status and Search results a folder is extremely lightweight and is essentially invisible outside of the Organizer For example use a
5. add new child items to mind map via keyboard 1 Select a mind map figure 2 Press the Tab key to create a new child of the selected figure To add new items to a mind map via drag and drop 1 Select figures from elsewhere in Curio the Finder or another application and drag them into Curio onto the mind map figure 2 As you drag the items around the guides described above will appear showing you where they will be placed in the mind map 3 Release the mouse button to drop the items into the mind map If the drag began within Curio and the Option key was held down during the drag then a copy of the selected figures will be created Mind Map figures also support cut copy paste and duplicate for adding and removing figures To remove mind map items 1 Select the mind map items you wish to remove 2 Press the Delete or Backspace key or choose Edit gt Delete Any children will automatically be removed as well Rearranging mind map items via drag and drop 1 Select one or more mind map figures and begin to drag them 2 As you drag the items around and hover over an existing figure guides will help you determine where they and their children will be placed If you hover the mouse near the top of an existing figure a red line will appear indicating that if you drop the items they will be inserted as previous siblings to this figure b If you hover the mouse near the bottom of an existing figure
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7. If your project has an associated Dossier you can choose to export it as well Choose the image type and select whether idea spaces should be scaled to a max width For JPEG files you can also choose the quality of the resulting images The better the quality the larger the file size Curio User Manual 108 9 Click Export An image of each idea space will be created along with an HTML file which references that image and contains an image map referencing each asset in the idea space Any assets contained by an exported idea space will be copied into an Assets folder under the location you specified Also if you exported more than one idea space an index file will be created which contains a link to each idea space s HTML file along with a thumbnail image of the idea space Finally if requested a frameset will be generated which contains the index file in the left frame and the first exported idea space in the right frame As you click on the links in the index file the contents of the right frame will update to display the appropriate idea space page If you ve exported these idea spaces to the same location before only the modified or new idea spaces and assets will be exported This significantly reduces the time it takes to update a previously exported project PDF Files Your entire project or perhaps only specific idea spaces can be exported as a cross platform PDF document Use Apple Preview Adobe Acrobat or a
8. To modify the visibility of coloring of the title line Uncheck the title line checkbox to hide the line Use the associated color well to change its coloring Curio User Manual 74 To modify the visibility of coloring of the body lines Uncheck the body lines checkbox to hide the lines Use the associated color well to change their coloring Working with Index Card Figures Note that an index card is resizable but not scrollable This means any text that grows past its bounds will be automatically clipped when it s not being edited To edit an index card title or body figure Double click the figure within the index card To replace the contents of an index card You can drag and drop or paste another figure into the body area of an index card Using this technique an index card can contain images or any other type of asset figure Creating Attached Index Card Figures If an index card figure is selected or is being edited then you can quickly create an attached index card figure that is an index card figure with a sticky line attaching the current figure and the new figure by simply holding down the Command key when clicking on the idea space background By default the line connecting the current figure and the new figure will have an arrowhead pointing to the new figure a unidirectional line However other connecting lines are also possible as described below Note this technique will only work if
9. Click on the Project Center s Actions button looks like a gear and choose Remove Project from Category where Category is the currently selected Project Center category right click within the Project Center and choose choose Remove Project from Category Or press the Delete key in Project Center Curio User Manual 8 you can also modify the list of associated categories by right clicking on the project and and choosing a checked category from the Categorize submenu that appears You can also see this popup menu via the Actions button You will be asked if you wish to simply remove the selected projects from the current category or if you want to actually send the project to the Trash Note once again that the Opened Recently Project Center category is special in that it simply reflects the contents of the File gt Open Recent menu So choosing Remove Project from Opened Recently will ask you if you d like to clear all entries from the File gt Open Recent menu or send send the selected projects to the Trash Unfortunately the Mac s built in handler for that menu won t allow Curio to remove an individual item from the menu To add a project to a Project Center category e Click on the Project Center s Actions button looks like a gear and choose Add Project to Category where Category is the currently selected Project Center category To open a project in the current window using the Project C
10. Curio can import an AquaMinds NoteTaker notebook into a Curio project To import a notebook from AquaMinds NoteTaker 1 2 In NoteTaker choose File gt Export NTML gt Notebook In the resulting dialog make sure Include Local Attachments is checked but make sure Separate Pages Files is unchecked In the XSL Transform popup NTML should be selected Then type in a name to save the export under and click Save This will create a folder on your hard disk Now launch Curio and either create a new project or open a project you want to import your NoteTaker notebook into The sections and pages of the NoteTaker notebook will be inserted after the currently selected idea space Choose File gt Import gt NoteTaker NTML Folder and choose your exported folder then click Import There are some limitations of the importer as follows 1 For speed reasons none of the generated idea spaces have previews that show up in the Organizer However the preview will automatically appear as you step through the idea spaces manually NoteTaker supports a mix of text and graphics within the same cell Curio doesn t support that So those items are turned into sibling entries in the resulting list No text style information is transferred over All lists are in the default list style within Curio Internally referencing links are not transferred over Curio User Manual 117 Curio Preferences Curio offers many advanced setti
11. specified in System Preferences gt Language amp Text gt Text This option is only available in Mac OS X 10 6 Snow Leopard or later Check Smart quotes to automatically replace straight quotes with curly quotes while you are typing Check Smart dashes to automatically replace double dashes with an em dash while you are typing This option is only available in Mac OS X 10 6 Snow Leopard or later Check Smart links to automatically recognize URL s in your typed text and convert them into clickable hyperlinks Printing options These printing options can be overridden on the fly via the Print dialog s Curio options These options are also used as defaults during Exporting to PDF Check Fit each idea space to a single printed if idea spaces should be scaled smaller if necessary to fit to a single printed page Check Auto rotate to minimize scaling if while scaling as described above it should try to minimize the scaling factor by automatically rotating the idea space to either portrait or landscape mode Check Print background if the idea space background color or image should be printed Check Print grid if the idea space grid should be printed Curio User Manual 120 Check Print header and footer if the header and footer should be printed Change the Header and Footer fields if you d like custom print headers and footers In additio
12. All if you want to export all idea spaces else click Mail Selected to only export the selected idea spaces Curio will create a PDF document containing the specified idea spaces and add it as an attachment to a new email message in Mail Eudora or Entourage From there you can specify recipients add more to the body of the message and send it away Note that PDF generation will use the idea space print options specified in Curio s Preferences including whether to fit each idea space to a single page and if the background and grid should be printed Curio User Manual 107 Exporting You can export your Curio project to one of many file formats to share your ideas with others across different platforms Text and RTF Sometimes you just want the raw text out of your projects Curio can deliver it in plain text or Rich Text Format RTF form To export your idea spaces as a series of TXT or RTF files 1 Optionally select specific idea spaces in the Organizer that you wish to publish 2 Choose File gt Export As gt Text for plain text or File gt Export As gt RTF for rich text 3 Click on Export All if you want to export all idea spaces else click Export Selected to only export the selected idea spaces 4 Choose a location to export the idea spaces If you are only exporting one idea space also supply a filename to use Otherwise since exporting an idea space to TXT or RTF files will result in creating multiple files it
13. And like real world section tabs in a notebook binder a Curio section shows a little tab icon which can be colored using label colors as described below Curio User Manual 14 To display the Sections panel of the Organizer e Click the sections icon on the top of the Organizer it looks like little tabbed notebook or choose View gt Show Sections The Sections panel will appear in a split view at the top part of the Organizer To hide the Sections panel simply click the sections icon again Please note that if you enable Sections then the project will no longer be compatible with pre Curio 7 0 versions of Curio To create a new section 1 If the Sections panel isn t visible click the sections icon on the top of the Organizer it looks like little tabbed notebook or choose View gt Show Sections 2 Right click within the Sections panel and choose New Section or choose Organizer gt New Section To open a section e Click on the section within the Sections panel The Organizer will refresh itself and display the idea spaces and folders contained in the selected section To assign a label color to a section e Right click on a section within the Sections panel and choose a label color or choose a color from the Organizer gt Label menu To rename a section e Double click on the section within the Sections panel or right click on it and choose Rename or choose Organizer gt Rename Section To delete a section
14. Book Contacts to Idea Spaces You can drag and drop contacts from Address Book into idea spaces To add an Address Book contact to an idea space Drag the contact from Address Book and drop it into an idea space Curio will maintain a link to the original contact in Address Book if possible Double click the Address Book contact figure to open Address Book and display details about the contact If Address Book cannot find the contact it will offer to add it as a new contact This is useful if you want to share contacts with other users by sending your Curio project to them Note Address Book entries are found via the email address To insure correct operation entries in the Address Book that are added to Curio should have unique email addresses Curio User Manual 80 Taking Screen Snapshots Curio includes an easy to use mechanism for taking quick screen snapshots of another application s window or a rectangular region of another window The resulting snapshot can be immediately added to your idea space or stored in your Snippets library or clipboard All preferences can be easily changed on the fly as necessary To set your snapshot preferences 1 Click and hold down the mouse while pressing the Snapshot toolbar button 2 Choose whether a window or rectangular selection should be taken You can also choose whether the snapshot will be added directly to the idea space or to your Snippets library or to the clipboard You
15. Choose File gt Print 3 Click on Print All if you want to export all idea spaces else click Print Selected to only export the selected idea spaces 4 Optionally change parameters such as whether Curio should automatically scale idea spaces to fit a single printed page When doing this Curio can also optionally rotate between landscape and portrait modes for that page to minimize the scaling Additionally the idea space background and grid may be printed as well You can access these options by clicking on the Copies amp Pages popup and choosing Curio 5 Click Print Note that you can permanently change those Curio s print options via the Curio preferences panel To permanently change Curio s print options 1 Choose the Curio gt Preferences menu item then click the Idea Space icon 2 Change one or more of the options under the Printing section Curio User Manual 112 Miscellaneous The Shelf The Shelf contains numerous extensible modules which plug into Curio To show or hide the Shelf Choose View gt Show or Hide if already displayed Shelf To customize the contents of the Shelf e Right click on the Shelf tabs and choose an unchecked item to make it visible or choose a checked item to hide it Note that you cannot hide the Inspector shelf module as it is a core component of Curio The Inspector Bar Many of the most common figure attributes and meta data discussed in the earlier se
16. Click anywhere in the idea space to create an automatically sized text figure or click and drag the mouse to define a specific width for the new figure To create a text figure using the select tool 1 Click on the select tool in the toolbar it looks like a mouse pointer 2 Double click anywhere in the idea space to create an automatically sized text figure or double click and drag the mouse to define a specific width for the new figure To create a freeform text figure 1 Click on any shape tool in the toolbar like a rectangle or circle for example Drag out an area on your idea space to create the figure Double click within the shape to enter text To toggle freeform sizing Right click on the figure and choose Freeform Size or click the freeform button in the text inspector it looks like a box with selection handles all around it or in the inspector bar it s the in Paragraph Formats named inspector bar which you can make visible by right clicking on the inspector bar Rich Text Figures Curio text figures can contain images within its content This means that you can copy and paste a selection of images and text from an application such as Safari and then paste the result as a single text figure within Curio Those images are embedded within the text data itself so they don t actually exist in the project s asset library nor are they considered true Curio image figures However you can always extract one or m
17. Figures As gt Text and enter a file name To export a Curio mind map as a carriage return delimited tab indented rich text file 1 sure the mind map figure itself is selected not a figure within the mind map 2 Choose File gt Export Selected Figures As gt RTF and enter a file name To copy a Curio mind map as carriage return delimited tab indented text 1 sure the mind map figure itself is selected not a figure within the mind map 2 Choose Edit gt Copy As gt Text Both RTF and plain text versions of the text are placed onto the clipboard You can turn off the use of tabs as indentions by using Curio gt Preferences clicking the Idea Space icon and un checking Copy As Text uses tabs to indent Modifying Mind Map Properties Mind maps behave like other figures found on the idea space so you can follow the instructions provided earlier for changing a mind map figure s border fill color position and other common figure attributes Simply make sure the mind map itself is selected and not an item within the mind map before using the Inspector to change those figure properties See the Figure Styles and Stencils section above for more information Additionally there are some properties specific to mind maps that can be found special mind map inspector panel To display the mind map Inspector 1 If the Shelf isn t visible choose View gt Show Shelf or press Command Shift l 2
18. Lots of interesting information can be found regarding an asset using the Asset Info inspector To view the Asset Info inspector for an asset figure Click on an asset figure in an idea space then find the Asset Info inspector under the Extras tab To view the Asset Info inspector for an asset Click on an asset in the Library and you should see the Asset Info inspector Using the Asset Info inspector You can do a lot from within this inspector View or edit the title of the asset View what kind of file it is like an image or a Word document View its size in KB View the underlying file s name This can be different that the title View where the file is located on your hard disk For an embedded file you will only see that it is embedded within the project An actions gear menu button is next to this field where you can open the file with the Finder reveal it in the Finder embed a currently aliased file into your project or swap the underlying file The swap function is particularly powerful as you can swap out one document for another document However the document should be of the same type although not necessarily the same file extension For example feel free to swap jpg image for ong image or a mov movie for a mp4 movie or a doc document for an docx document Swapping is a handy way to change the underlying file without disturbing asset figure instances scattered throughout
19. Modifying Brush Attributes Using the inspector bar you can customize several brush attributes You can also select a different brush or the eraser directly from the Brush inspector without having to use the toolbar To change the brush size Drag the Size slider Note that if the brush is pressure sensitive then this size is the maximum size given a maximum amount of pressure To change the brush opacity Drag the Opacity slider To choose a brush color e Click on the color in the color matrix You can also click the large color well on the left side of the matrix to select a custom color using the standard Apple Colors panel You can customize each color in the color matrix by simply double clicking on a color cell And lastly you may choose to select a color from your twelve most recently used colors in the neighboring Recent color matrix Any changes you make to a particular stylus attributes will automatically be saved and restored after restarting Curio If you wish to switch a brushes settings back to the default settings then select the brush and click on the Reset Brush button located in the Brushes inspector Modifying Brush Attributes in the Inspector There are additional brush attributes you can modify via inspectors in the shelf To enable or disable brush color pressure sensitivity Check or uncheck the Color is pressure sensitive checkbox in the Brush inspector To enable or disable bru
20. To create a mind map via the Gallery 1 Click the Mind Map button on the toolbar to display the Gallery of mind maps which will display all the available mind map styles and templates 2 Double click a style or stencil or click once and press the Choose button See the Figure Styles and Stencils section below for more information about the Gallery To instantly create a mind map e Holding the Shift key down while pressing the Mind Map button will instantly create a new mind map without displaying the Gallery The style of the default mind map can be modified via the Format gt Set as Default Format for Mind Map Figure menu item See the Default Figure Formatting section for more details Alternatively you can also choose the Insert gt Mind Map menu item You can change this Shift key logic in Curio s Preferences via the Hold Shift to bypass galleries versus to show galleries checkbox To collect a selection of figures into a mind map 1 Select one or more unlocked figures 2 Choose Arrange gt Collect into Mind Map or hold the Option key down while pressing the Mind Map toolbar button Anew mind map figure containing the selected figures will be created and centered in the visible portion of the idea space If only one figure was selected then the new mind map will use that figure as the central topic If more than one figure was selected then the new mind map will have a placeholder text figure as
21. Within the Shelf make sure the Inspector view is selected by clicking on the Inspector button at the top 3 Make sure the mind map figure you wish to configure is selected 4 Within the Inspector make sure the Display tab is selected then you should see the Mind Map panel To specify the mind map layout arrangement Choose an arrangement style from the Arrangement popup Or right click on the mind map and choose from the Arrangement submenu Curio supports radial map right map left map and org chart arrangement styles To specify the types of lines drawn in the mind map Choose a line style from the Lines popup Or right click on the mind map and choose from the Lines submenu Curio supports straight curved elbow and rounded elbow line styles Curio User Manual 63 Hierarchy Style Options See the Hierarchy Style Options section the the Adding Figures chapter for additional style attributes that can be applied to hierarchical mind maps Mind Map Preferences In addition to the properties listed above there are some mind map related global preferences which can be changed via Curio gt Preferences gt Idea Space gt Collections Inserting New Text Figures into a Mind Map Now that you have a mind map you can easily add new text figures within the mind map To insert a new text figure as a next sibling 1 Select a mind map item 2 Insert a next sibling by choosing Insert gt Text Next Sibling or ty
22. a copy of your list into a 34 party outlining application such as OmniOutliner you can use Curio s Export and Copy capabilities You may also export it as an file for importing into most popular mind mapping applications To export a Curio list as an OPML file 1 sure the list figure itself is selected not a figure within the list 2 Choose File gt Export Selected Figures As gt OPML and enter a file name To export a Curio list as an MMAP file 1 sure the list figure itself is selected not a figure within the list 2 Choose File gt Export Selected Figures As gt MMAP and enter a file name To export a Curio list as a carriage return delimited tab indented text file 1 sure the list figure itself is selected not a figure within the list 2 Choose File gt Export Selected Figures As gt Text and enter a file name To export a Curio list as a carriage return delimited tab indented rich text file 1 sure the list figure itself is selected not a figure within the list 2 Choose File gt Export Selected Figures As gt RTF and enter a file name Curio User Manual 55 To copy a Curio list as carriage return delimited tab indented text 1 sure the list figure itself is selected not a figure within the list 2 Choose Edit gt Copy As gt Text Both RTF and plain text versions of the text are placed onto the clipboard Modifying List Properties Lists
23. a red line will appear indicating that if you drop the items they will be inserted as next siblings to this figure If you hover over the middle of an existing figure it will glow to indicate that if you drop the items they will be added as new children to this figure 3 Release the mouse button to drop the items into the mind map If the Option key was held down during the drag then a copy of the selected figures will be created Manually positioning branches under the central topic via drag and drop 1 Select the topic figure at the top of a branch under the central topic and drag it 2 As you drag the item around a target symbol will appear showing you where it will be manually positioned in the mind map Other branches that remain as automatically positioned items will automatically adjust their placement to ensure no overlap occurs To reset the branch positioning so automatic layout is resumed 1 Click anywhere within the mind map so the mind map inspector is available 2 Choose the Arrange gt Reset Layout menu item Curio User Manual 65 To cut copy a branch into new mind 1 Click a figure within the mind map 2 Choose the Edit gt Copy menu item which will copy this parent figure plus any child figures automatically If you choose Edit gt Cut then the existing branch will also be removed 3 Go to another map or create a new mind map Note that if you hold down Shift when clicking
24. and press the Delete or Backspace key To change the sort order of the tags within a tag set If the Keep tags sorted in this set checkbox is checked then the tags will be listed in alphabetical order If it is unchecked you can manually rearrange the tags via drag and drop Tag Icons As mentioned above tags may have icons associated with them Any type of image is supported although scalable images such as icns files are preferred for nicer scaling otherwise built in bitmap scaling is used Since you can use any image as a flag you can find thousands of potential flags on the web Icon repository sites such as IconArchive http Awww iconarchive com are recommended as you can download icons as icns files for beautifully scalable flags Smashing Buzz also has a large list of top repositories here http www smashingbuzz com 2010 02 40 free professional useful icon sets for web designers Even static 16x16 png s such as FamFamFam s Silk Icons http famfamfam com lab icons silk are awesome to use in lists and mind maps Creating multiple tags with images via drag and drop quickly create several tags with icons simply drag and drop multiple images files from the Finder into a tag set Curio will import all the images and construct tag names based on the image file names Curio User Manual 123 Presentation Preferences Pro To access Curio s presentation mode preferences choose the C
25. another application control click or right click on the asset and choose the desired application from the Open With submenu of the resulting popup menu To rename an asset select it then click on the title to enter edit mode Type the new name and press Return You can also control click or right click on the asset and choose Rename from the resulting popup menu To embed an aliased asset control click or right click on the asset and choose Embed within Project from the resulting popup menu To delete an asset from the project select it then press the Delete key For a quick preview of any image based asset hold down the Option key then click on the asset you wish to preview To change the display of previews in the Library view choose File gt Project Properties from the main menu then click on General in the resulting Project Properties sheet Choose the desired preview size from the Library Previews popup menu Choose None to turn off asset previews You can click the Make Global Default button to set the selected preview size as the default size for all new projects To retrieve an embedded asset from a project simply drag it out of the Library view into the Finder A copy of the asset will be created in the location you specified To add an asset to an idea space simply drag it from the Library and drop it onto the desired idea space Finding Assets To find the location of an aliased asset in the Finder selec
26. be customized on a per figure basis Adornment options 1 2 8 Select the figure s you wish to modify In the Adornments section of the Meta Inspector use the Size slider to adjust the size of the adornments Use the position wheel to select the location for the adornments Note that some collections like lists or mind maps may force the adornment position to be ina specific location Check the box labeled Display within shape border to display the adornment within the figure s shape otherwise it will be displayed outside of the shape Check the box labeled Show to do checkboxes complete to display a checkbox or percent complete indicator You can also click the Show Checkmark item in the Percent Complete popup in the Inspector Bar Check the box labeled Show start and due date adornments to display start date and due date adornments which include color coded jewels which match the Status shelf jewels and Project Center jewels StandardPro Check the box labeled Show actions adornment if one is set to display a jump adornment if the user has an associated action Simply clicking that adornment will perform the associated action Check the box leveled Show ratings adornment to display the figure s rating To associate a figure with various flag meta data 1 2 Select the figure s you wish to modify To assign a priority to a figure use the Priority slider in the Flags section of the Meta Inspector
27. browser web page or another application Creating a hyperlink to an idea space Select an idea space in the Organizer and choose Edit gt Copy As gt Hyperlink Creating a hyperlink to a figure on an idea space Select a figure within an idea space and choose Edit gt Copy As gt Hyperlink An URL of the form curio projectPath ideaspace uuid figure uuid will be added to the clipboard for pasting elsewhere You can even use that URL within Curio in two ways 1 Simply paste the URL to create an URL asset figure You can rename the figure and the underlying URL will remain in place you can see it via the Action inspector under the Extras tab Or 2 You create a text hyperlink within Curio by selecting some text and choosing Format gt Text gt Add Link and pasting the URL into the dialog that appears Please note that since the project path is included in that URL then renaming a project or moving it into a different directory structure will break any hyperlinks Setting Figure Actions StandardPro You can assign an action to a figure within an idea space so that double clicking that figure can navigate your idea spaces jump to any figure create an email or even launch a file an URL or some AppleScript To set the action for a figure 1 Select the figure you wish to assign an action 2 Choose the desired action from the Type popup menu in the Actions section of the Extras Inspector Base
28. dates if you want Curio to include to do figures that have unchecked checkmarks but have neither a start nor due date On a related note you may want to check out the Sync figures with no start or due dates checkbox in the Sync section of the Project Properties regarding iCal syncing Organizer options e Check Enter creates a new idea space instead of renaming if you want the Enter key to create a new idea space under the current idea space If unchecked pressing Curio User Manual 118 Enter will allow you to rename the idea space title akin to pressing Enter in the Finder with a file selected Check Auto hide based on mouse movements if you want the Organizer to hide if the mouse if over the idea space content and automatically reappear if the mouse if moved towards the left edge of the screen Full screen options StandardPro Check Hide Organizer if you want the Organizer to automatically hide if the user goes into full screen mode e Check Hide Shelf if you want the Shelf to automatically hide if the user goes into full screen mode e Check Hide Library if you want the Library to automatically hide if the user goes into full screen mode Change the Toolbar popup to change its state when entering into full screen mode Mini mode options StandardPro e Check Scale to fit if you want the project s idea space view to automatically scale its contents so all is
29. event begins and ends at 12 00 midnight then it is considered an all day event otherwise the specific times are used when creating the iCal event When does the sync occur Changes made within Curio will be synchronized into iCal only when you save the project So if you make lots of changes within Curio and then close the project without saving then none of those changes will appear in iCal However when you first open a project it will immediately synchronize with iCal to retrieve any changes made from within iCal And while the project is open if changes continue to be made in iCal Curio will immediately reflect those changes within the project Controlling alarms Using the project properties sheet you can also tell Curio to automatically add an alarm to events and to do items when it adds them to iCal You can set the number of days prior to the start of an event or due date of a to do item and the approximate time of day you d like to be reminded Reset If the calendar ever gets out of sync with your project you can click the Reset Calendar button to have Curio recreate the calendar based on the current information in your project Special note for MobileMe syncing Note that if you are using MobileMe to synchronize your calendars between multiple computers be sure to check the box titled Allow synchronizing calendars between Macs using MobileMe Curio needs to know that the events and to do items will have the sa
30. figures you would like to have the resulting stencil The stencil will be stored and displayed with the figures in these exact positions So in the landscaping example described above you might place the flowers on one area of the idea space trees in another and shrubs in another 2 Select one or more figures from the idea space 3 Right click and choose Save As Complex Stencil 4 Inthe dialog that appears give the stencil a name and press the Save button To create a new complex figure stencil using all figures in an idea space 1 If you want to grab all of the figures in an idea space carefully position them as described above then right click on the idea space in the Organizer then choose Save Contents As Figure Stencils 2 Inthe dialog that appears give the stencil a name and press the Save button Curio User Manual 48 Alternatively you can also drag and drop the idea space from the Organizer directly to the Stencils shelf to do the same thing To use a stencil from a Gallery For List Mind Map Table or Index Card stencils click the appropriate toolbar button to bring up the Gallery window for that type of figure stencil For example press the List button to see all List stencils and styles Otherwise click the Figures button on the toolbar This will show you all other simple and complex stencils Once in the Gallery simply double click on a stencil to insert it into your idea space or
31. key Curio User Manual 104 Sharing Your Project Easily share your project with others A full presentation mode with transitions can be used in group brainstorming sessions You can share the project or specific idea spaces with others using Curio s numerous export options Or simply print your project with smart options for fitting your idea spaces onto the printed page Private Attribute StandardPro You can mark an idea space scribble layer or even individual figures as private using the Permissions inspector Here are the rules as to how they are handled Operation Private Idea Private Scribble Private Figure Space Layer No 7 Exported Presented Mailed as PDF No Published to MobileMe Mailed as Project Presentation Mode Pro You can show your idea spaces on your computer s display or use a projector to share it with a large group To show a presentation 1 Choose View gt Show Presentation or click on Presentation in the toolbar 2 Use the arrow keys to navigate through your idea spaces Navigating your projects during a presentation is easy and flexible To navigate or interact with your presentation Action Key End Presentation Esc Next idea space Right Arrow Down Arrow Page Down Spacebar Mouse Click when pointer is hidden Previous idea space Left Arrow Up Arrow Page Up Option Mouse Click when pointer is hidden Curio User Manual 105
32. make sure the Inspector view is selected by clicking on the Inspector button at the top Make sure the figures you wish to configure are selected Within the Inspector shelf click on Figure to display the Figure Inspector Changing the Figure Style Figure styles are named predefined styles created by you or bundled with the Curio or shared on your network By applying a style you can modify a number of individual properties simultaneously To change the style of a figure Right click on the figure and choose Apply FigureType Style to bring up the Style Gallery for that type of figure click the figure and select a style from the Style popup or the Gallery button next to that popup in the figure s Style inspector or in the inspector bar See the Figure Styles and Stencils section below for more information about figure styles Changing the Figure Border and Fill Colors You can change the border style thickness and color of any figure drawn in an idea space You can also change the fill color used when drawing simple shapes and text figures To change a figure s border and fill colors 1 Open the Shape section of the Figure Inspector if it s not already displayed Curio User Manual 28 2 Choose another border color by clicking one of the colors in the color panel or by using the associated color well 3 Change the border thickness by typing a new value in the edit field next to the border st
33. must be used b Tasks You can choose to search for only unchecked or checked items c Tags All available tags are displayed organized by tags local to this project or by global tag set name Select one or more tags that must be associated with each returned result Rating Select a star rating plus choose whether an item must have rating equal to less than or equal to or greater than or equal to the specified rating e Priority Select a priority plus choose whether an item must have priority equal to less than or equal to or greater than or equal to the specified priority f Asset Type Narrow your search down to a specific type of asset Curio User Manual 102 Modified Select a date range for when matching items were last modified If available you can also choose a predefined project timestamp With named project timestamps you can easily find items modified since Beta Release 3 or Client Review h Resources Select one or more resources that must be associated with each returned result StandardPro i Start Date Select a date range for when matching items will need to start as specified by their start date meta data StandardPro j End Date Select a date range for when matching items will be due as specified by their due date meta data StandardPro Once you have set all of the options you wish to search for click the Begin Search button A list of the matc
34. new items to a list via drag and drop 1 Select figures from elsewhere in Curio the Finder or another application and drag them into Curio onto the list figure 2 As you drag the items around a line will appear showing you where they will be placed in the list including their hierarchical level 3 Release the mouse button to drop the items into the list If the drag began within Curio and the Option key was held down during the drag then a copy of the selected figures will be created List figures also support cut copy paste and duplicate for adding and removing figures To remove list items 1 Select the list items you wish to remove 2 Press the Delete or Backspace key or choose Edit gt Delete 3 Any children will automatically be removed as well To prune off a branch in the list into a brand new linked to list Right click on a figure in the list and choose Prune To Linked Collection Curio will then create a new list of the same style as the current list where the selected parent becomes the title of the new list and all of its children will be hierarchically arranged underneath The children of the original parent are then removed and the original parent itself becomes a jump action which when clicked will zip you to the new collection The new collection can remain on the current idea space or it can be cut and pasted onto a different idea space and the jump action will still track it down The root of
35. previous words or phrases for which you have searched Choose a word or phrase from the history menu to repeat the search on the selected site Adding Search Sites to Sleuth Sleuth comes with built in support for a number of the most popular Internet search sites It also supports a flexible architecture that allows you to add additional Internet search sites to its list of supported sites Adding your own websites to Curio s Sleuth tool can be as simple as drag and drop It all depends on how search information is sent to the site s server Curio User Manual 83 An HTML form uses one of two methods to send information via HTTP to the server GET or POST When the GET method is used all of the search criteria are passed to the server via the request URL This makes it easy for Sleuth to extract the information needed directly from the request URL and automatically create a new site When the POST method is used most of the search criteria are passed to the server in the body of the HTTP request In this situation Sleuth is unable to extract the necessary information from the resulting request URL to automatically create a new site However if you re familiar with HTML and you have access to the HTML code for the search form you want to add to Sleuth you can easily create a new site manually Note that Curio may have parental controls enabled that prevent Sleuth customization Please see the Curio Parental Controls section for more detail
36. project Curio supports two types of tags global tags and project tags Both can be used to quickly locate figures via the Search shelf Global Tags As their name implies global tags are available in all Curio projects You can manage your global tags via the Curio gt Preferences menu and then click the Tags icon in the window that appears Global tags are organized into collections of related tags called tag sets Global tags can have an optional image associated with them which will appear next to a figure as an adornment You can also specify a keyboard shortcut to quickly apply certain tags to figures The Status shelf can group tasks by tag set For example if you had a Getting Things Done tag set you would see your tasks grouped by nextAction active onHold etc For more details see the Tag Preferences section in the documentation below Project Tags StandardPro Project tags are keyword only tags created just for this project Images and keyboard shortcuts cannot be associated with project tags You can manage your project tags via the File gt Project Properties menu and then click the Tags tab within the window that appears To associate a tag with a figure or an asset 1 Select one or more figures or assets 2 Click on the Tags popup in the Inspector Bar or use the Tags inspector panel under the Meta tab to associate or disassociate tags from the selected figures The Tags inspector panel can be viewed either
37. s best to create a new folder in which to locate the exported files 5 Click Export Curio will choose a logical text representation for all the figures on each idea space even automatically grabbing a text outline of a list mind map or index card or tabbed delimited text for tables In the case of rich text exporting Curio will make sure all export text which is colored white is instead colored black during the export so you can see it on the resulting page Otherwise it leaves the figure s colors and other font attributes as is HTML When it s time to share your ideas with coworkers clients or friends you can export your idea spaces to HTML files which can be viewed using a web browser To publish your idea spaces as an HTML project 1 Optionally select specific idea spaces in the Organizer that you wish to publish 2 Choose File gt Export As gt HTML 3 Click on Export All if you want to export all idea spaces else click Export Selected to only export the selected idea spaces 4 Choose location to export the idea spaces If you are only exporting one idea space also supply a filename to use Otherwise since exporting an idea space to HTML will result in creating multiple files it s best to create a new folder in which to locate the exported files Choose the template to use If you want Curio to generate a frameset which mimics Curio s project window s appearance check the box titled Generate frameset
38. same say green text with red background but the shape border and font size can still be determined by the level style for each hierarchical level To display the Hierarchy Style Options Inspector 1 If the Shelf isn t visible choose View gt Show Shelf or press Command Shift l 2 Within the Shelf make sure the Inspector view is selected by clicking on the Inspector button at the top Click on a hierarchical collection such as a list or mind map You will find the Hierarchy Style Options inspector under the Display tab To enable level styles Check the box titled Support level styles You can disable level styles for specific levels by selecting a figure on each level you wish to disable level styles for and checking the box titled Except for the selected levels You can also disable level styles for specific figures by selecting the figures and checking the box titled Except for the selected figures Curio User Manual 32 To tidy level styles based the current collection When level styles are enabled Curio will automatically create or modify existing level styles for each level as you add or modify figures Let s say you are using the colorful Chiclets style which has level styles defined through level 5 You modify the collection to only show two hierarchical levels then you modify those two level styles to construct a SuperDark style However those colorful level styles for the unseen leve
39. space where you want to place the anchor 4 Choose Edit gt Paste As gt Jump Anchor from the main menu Curio will create a jump anchor figure You can click and drag this figure anywhere You can also copy amp paste it duplicate it or change its attributes in the Inspector To use a jump anchor Double click on the jump anchor Curio will bring you to the jump target with that figure centered in the screen Idea Space Links You can also create links between idea spaces even from different projects by adding an idea space link figure To add an idea space link figure Drag the idea space from the Organizer of a project window and drop it onto an idea space The new figure will display a preview of the represented idea space unless the represented idea space is the same as the idea space on which it was placed or is from a Curio User Manual 43 different Curio project If the represented idea space is the same as the idea space on which it was placed Curio will display a distinctive you are here icon If the represented idea space is from a different Curio project Curio will display a distinctive external project icon You can right click on the resulting figure and choose Show as Icon then give the figure an appropriate title like Click here to learn more Hyperlinks You can easily create hyperlinks to figures or idea spaces within a Curio project for use outside of Curio for example in a
40. the Organizer Curio User Manual 11 Choosing the Organizer gt New Blank Idea Space will create new blank idea space Managing Your Idea Spaces You can manage and organize your idea spaces within the Organizer To rename an idea space Within the Organizer double click on the idea space or press Return on the selected idea space or choose the Organizer gt Rename Idea Space menu To delete an idea space Within the Organizer press the Delete key to delete the idea space To rearrange idea spaces Simply drag and drop idea spaces around within the Organizer to re organize them To indent or outdent an idea space Select the idea space within the Organizer and press the Tab key to indent the item or Shift Tab to outdent You may also drag and drop the idea space into position You can have any number of hierarchical levels within the Organizer To expand or collapse idea space hierarchies Simple click the disclosure triangle to expand or collapse idea space hierarchy or use the Organizer menu s Expand Expand All Collapse and Collapse All menu items To focus on a specific level of your idea space hierarchy You can hoist an idea space to act as the root of the Organizer so that its child idea spaces temporarily become top level idea spaces Hoisting allows you to focus on just one section of your overall Curio project Select the idea space you wish to hoist and choose Organizer gt H
41. the View button in the project window s toolbar and then choose Show Dossier from the popup menu The first time you attempt to switch to the Dossier view within a project window Curio will ask you to choose a template to use as the starting point for the project s dossier You can always change the template later if you wish To choose a Dossier template 1 Select a template from the list of templates on the left side of the Choose Template dialog As you change the selection you can read the description of the template on the right to help you decide if it s the template you want Curio User Manual 97 2 Click Choose Template to add the selected template to your Curio project If you chose the Blank template then you will immediately see a new dialog that allows you to name your blank dossier and add categories and questions to it otherwise you will see the chosen dossier form Customizing a Dossier The first thing you might want to do is customize the list of categories and questions contained by your dossier to fit your projects specific needs You ll notice that there s a little button in the upper right hand corner of the dossier form view that has a picture of a gear on it That s the actions button and by clicking it you can access a menu of dossier related actions Note that Curio may have parental controls enabled that prevent dossier customization Please see the Curio Parental Controls section for mo
42. the normal Select tool looks like a mouse pointer is chosen in the toolbar If the Text tool is selected then the created attached figure will always be a new text figure instead of an index card figure To create an attached index card figure with a unidirectional connecting line 1 Edit or select an existing index card figure 2 Click on the idea space background while pressing the Command key To create an attached index card figure with a bidirectional connecting line 1 Edit or select an existing index card figure 2 Click on the idea space background while pressing the Command Shift keys To create an attached index card figure with a nondirectional connecting line 1 Edit or select an existing index card figure 2 Click on the idea space background while pressing the Command Option key Curio User Manual 75 Working With Assets An important phase of any project involves collecting information from a variety of sources Anything you add to a project is considered an asset and Curio provides you with a number of tools to help you locate and add these assets to your projects Curio makes it easy to create a heterogeneous collection of information and arrange it in a way that makes sense to you Images documents movies web links snippets of text mail messages iCal events and Address Book entries can all be collected within a Curio project and placed anywhere within an idea space The Asset Info Inspector
43. to a specific connection point to the center of the figure or to any position within the figure You can also easily toggle off stickiness on the fly To connect a line endpoint or midpoint to a figure 1 Drag the endpoint or midpoint on the line 2 As you hover that point over another figure the figure will glow The glow determines how the line will stick a Closest Connection Point you hover the point near the edge of the figure you ll see the figure glow purple and the connection points for that figure will be displayed along the edges Releasing the mouse will dynamically connect the line to the closest connection point even if the figure is rotated or moved Curio User Manual 36 Specific Connection Point lf you can hover over a specific connection point to stick it directly to that one and remain stuck to that specify connection point even if the figure is rotated or moved Towards the Center lf you hover the point closer to the center of the figure it will glow green indicating that the line will be connected against the edge of the figure pointing towards the figure s center Specific Position lf you press the Command key while hovering the point over the figure it will glow orange and you can connect the line to a specific position on the figure Note the position will scale appropriately if the figure itself is scaled Also note that if you stick a line to a position on another line it will also scal
44. to render a nice preview of the mail message Though the preview may not display all of the message text To add a Mail message as a text figure 1 In Mail select the message you wish to copy and choose Edit gt Copy from the main menu 2 In Curio create a new text figure and then choose Edit gt Paste from the main menu to paste the text of the message into the newly created text figure The advantage to copying a Mail message in this way is that you can read the text of the message directly from within the idea space However no link is created between the newly created text figure and the actual message in Mail Adding iCal Events to Idea Spaces You can drag and drop events from iCal into idea spaces To add an iCal event to an idea space Drag the event from iCal and drop it into an idea space Curio will maintain a link to the original event in iCal if possible Double click the iCal event figure to open iCal and display details about the event If iCal cannot find the event it will offer to add it as a new event This is useful if you want to share events with other users by sending your Curio project to them Note iCal entries are found via the event name To insure correct operation entries in iCal that are added to Curio should have unique event names Once added to Curio you can rename the title of the figure Curio creates to anything you want but the event in iCal must keep its original name Adding Address
45. web address etc that you wish to add 2 Choose Add to Curio Scrapbook from the Services menu located under the active application menu You can also press Shift Command X as long as that hot key combination doesn t conflict with a hot key used by the active application To add a snippet using the PDF print service 1 From within any application that supports printing choose File gt Print from the main menu 2 Click the PDF button located at the bottom of the Print dialog and choose Save PDF to Curio Scrapbook from the popup menu Your document will be saved as a PDF file and stored in Curio s Scrapbook repository as an uncategorized asset To add a snippet using the a browser bookmarklet A bookmarklet is a bit of Javascript stored as a bookmark in your browser Clicking it actually executes the Javascript code In our case it tells Curio s Scrapbook service to create a WebArchive of the specified web page and place it into the Scrapbook First you must create the bookmarklet using these steps 1 Run Curio at least one time that way it can register the curioservice custom URL handler with your Mac which is required for the bookmarklet to work 2 Create a bookmark with the following address javascript window location curioservice grabWebArchive url escape window location 3 In Safari you can do this by copy pasting that URL into your address bar and then dragging the little Earth icon on the far left side
46. you may desire to share your dossier with other Curio users who may be working on the same project Curio allows you to export your dossier s questions and answers to an external file that other Curio users can import into any project they wish You may also export the questions of the current dossier as a template To export a dossier 1 Choose Export gt Dossier from the actions popup menu 2 Provide the name and location of the export file 3 Click Export The dossier will be exported to the name and location that you specified You may share the resulting file with other Curio users who can then import the dossier into their projects You can also save a dossier in rich text format To save a dossier in rich text format 1 Choose Export gt In Rich Text Format from the actions popup menu 2 Provide the name and location of the RTF file 3 Click Export Although there s no way to import a dossier from a rich text format document this option allows you to easily tweak the look of the dossier before printing or open it in Microsoft Word to convert it into a Word document thus making it easier to share a dossier with co workers or clients who do not have Curio Curio User Manual 99 export a dossier template 1 Choose Export gt Template from the actions popup menu 2 Provide the name and location of the export file 3 Click Export Importing Dossiers and Templates Once you have a
47. your project View the date the file was created last modified and added to the project e View or edit any URL which is associated with the file Curio User Manual 76 View how many times this asset is used aka instantiated throughout your project The Asset Library Every project has an asset library where all embedded assets are stored along with links to all externally referenced assets Using the Library you can very quickly find out what assets have been added to your project in which idea spaces they are currently being used when they were added last modified or created whether they are aliased or embedded their size and their type To access the Library Click on the View toolbar button then choose Show Library from the popup menu or choose View gt Show Library from the main menu The Library view will appear beneath the idea space view You can sort the list of assets by simply clicking the column header of the column you wish to sort by Click that same column to reverse the sort order Using the popup in the lower right corner of the Library view you can filter the list of assets to display all the assets in the project only the assets on the selected idea space only the assets on the selected idea space and any child idea spaces or only assets that are not used on any idea space Using the Library To open an asset in its default application simply double click on the asset To open an asset in
48. 113 To insert a time stamp Choose Insert gt Time gt TimeStamp The TimeStamp entries are all dynamically replaced in the menu bar with the actual time The top entry in the Time submenu is the last selected time format It has an associated keyboard shortcut for quickly inserting the current time in a style you prefer Inserting Variables Curio allows you to insert special variables which are filled out dynamically To insert a variable Choose Insert gt Variable gt Variable The potential values for Variable are as follows 1 Project title Project date created in short medium long or full formats Project time created in short or medium formats Project date saved in short medium long or full formats Project time saved in short or medium formats Section title StandardPro Idea space title Idea space date added in short medium long or full formats oon ona FF ON Idea space time added in short or medium formats l Idea space date modified in short medium long or full formats i Idea space time modified in short or medium formats 12 Figure date added in short medium long or full formats 13 Figure time added in short or medium formats 14 Figure date modified in short medium long or full formats 15 Figure time modified in short or medium formats These variables will be visible in raw form when editing the text f
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50. Advanced Gradients and Advanced Fills Curio User Manual 1 Major Performance Improvements Quick Text Figures Customizable Shelf Smarter Inspectors Smarter Customizable Inspector Bar Richer Text Figures Attached Figure Improvements Enhanced Color Wells New Evernote Shelf Enhancements New Window Arrangements FF F F HF HF OF New Startup Options New Dynamic Variables Plus so much more To read all the details choose Help gt View Release Notes from Curio s main menu or visit our website Getting Started Curio includes a tour of its major features and help you get started on your first projects To open the Getting Started project Choose the Help gt Open Getting Started menu item Then step through the idea spaces in the project that appears on your screen Curio User Manual Curio Projects A real world project is your class your thesis your ad Campaign your next product release your lab experiment or your next sermon Your Curio project is the same thing on your Mac It contains everything related to your project including notes sketches files weblinks images brainstormings everything With a Curio project you keep all that stuff in one easy to manage file in the Finder Everything is stored within that file package This means backups are a piece of cake and you don t have to hunt all of your hard disk looking for all the related items What is a Project Looking t
51. Click Add If you have people in your Address Book or if you have vCard files of people you want to add as resources you can drag and drop them directly into the Resources list To update a previously added resource select the resource in the list update the information in the Name and Email fields or the image well and then click Update To delete a resource select the resource in the list and press the Delete key Assigning Resources to Figures StandardPro After associating resources with your project you can assign them to figures within an idea space You can even supply a completion percentage for each assigned resource Curio will show the individual images of up to five resources as figure adornments If you have more than five resources associated with a figure then a single icon will be used to represent them all To assign resources to a figure 1 Select the figure s you wish to assign resources 2 Check the box next to each resource you wish to assign to the selected figure s in the Resources section of the Meta Inspector 3 Double click the completion percentage next to each resource to type a new value Adding Notes to Figures and Assets You can associate notes with figures and assets in your project To associate a note with a figure or an asset 1 Select the figures or assets you wish to associate with a note either in an idea space or in the Library 2 Type the note in the Notes field of the Meta
52. Click on the desired shape button such as the Triangle Hexagon or Cloud Some shapes allow you to modify their corner attributes using the Corners slider which is the vertical slider located to the right of the shapes palette in the Figure Inspector You can also adjust a shape s margin using the Margin slider The margin determines the distance between a shape s edge and its contents Adjusting the Figure Opacity Any figure on the idea space canvas including text can be made to appear more transparent or more opaque You can adjust the figure s opacity in the Figure Inspector pane To adjust the opacity of a figure 1 Open the Shape section of the Figure Inspector if it s not already displayed 2 Drag the Opacity slider to the left to make the figure more transparent Drag the Opacity slider to the right to make the figure more opaque Curio User Manual 29 Adding Figure Shadows You can add shadows to any figure in your idea space including simple shapes images text lists mind maps movies and other figures The figure s shadow attributes are applied to the shape itself if the figure is filled and by default they are applied to any text within if the figure is unfilled You can control whether the shape shadow is automatically used as a text shadow using the Shape Inspector Also you can specify a specific independent text shadow in the Text Inspector described below Both a shape shadow applied to the filled shap
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54. Inspector When a figure has an associated note then a note adornment is automatically displayed You can hover the mouse over the adornment to easily read the note Curio User Manual 42 Linking Figures Curio has several methods for linking figures together including jump actions jump anchors idea space links and hyperlinks Jump Actions You can assign a jump action to a figure so that double clicking that figure can navigate to a specific idea space or even a specific figure even in another project To set a jump action for a figure 1 Select your jump destination either a target figure within an idea space or a target idea space within the Organizer 2 Choose Edit gt Copy from the main menu 3 Select the figure s to which you wish to assign the jump action 4 Choose Edit gt Paste As gt Jump Action to set the jump action If the figure is moved Curio will still be able to find it and jump to its new location the section above on Figure Actions for more information regarding how actions work in Curio Jump Anchors As an alternative to assigning a figure a jump action you can use a jump anchor to jump to different locations A jump anchor is a simple icon you can place anywhere on an idea space To add a jump anchor 1 Select your jump destination either a target figure within an idea space or a target idea space within the Organizer 2 Choose Edit gt Copy from the main menu 3 Go to the idea
55. PERENGES Sadek Gs a 119 PROJECT CENTER PREFERENCES STANDARDPRO 122 TAG PREFERENCES 122 PRESENTATION PREFERENCES PRO 124 PREFERENGES 124 DOSSIER PREFERENCES 124 CURIO PARENTAL CONTROLS STANDARDPRO 125 APPEARANCE PREFERENCES STANDARDPRO 125 APPENDIX A NETWORK INSTALLATIONG ccssccoscsssscsssscssccssscsssssssscssccssescssscessssseess 127 THE NETWORK FOLDER 127 ADVANCED CUSTOMIZATIONG csscscccecssssecesesesssecececeseseeeececesaseccecsessaececcseseseseeeseseseaseesesenesaeeees 127 SETTING UP THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLIENT ACCOUNTS 128 UPDATING THE SHARED NETWORK 129 Welcome Curio is a powerful and easy to use brainstorming and project management application that promotes visual thinking for gathering and shaping your ideas while managing all the notes and documents associated with your project Curio s intuitive interface and tools encourage effective note gathering research and creative exploration Its freeform open environment encourages you to more easily visualize associate and recall information About This Manual Beca
56. Project Center category If you click on one of the bar graphs the settings are automatically changed to display the appropriate list of tasks grouped to reflect the bar graph you clicked on Below the graphs there s a list of the specific tasks to start or that are due broken down into a grouping that you specify The color codes representing start or due dates used in both the Status shelf and the colored jewels in the Project Center are as follows Color Code Represents Before Today Today Tomorrow Within Week Within Month Future If you find that you don t need the Status shelf you can easily hide it by right clicking on the shelf tabs and unchecking the Status item Curio User Manual 93 To use the Status Shelf To jump to any particular task simply click on it in the list If the task is from a different project Curio will automatically switch to that project Hold down the Option key while clicking on the task if you want Curio to open the project in a separate window To change the list of projects being searched choose a different project center category from the Search popup menu or choose Only This Project to restrict the search to the current project You can also choose All Tracked Projects from the Search popup to search all projects that are currently tracked by the Project Center To change how the tasks are grouped choose the desired grouping from the Group By popup menu You can group
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58. a new project template for use with the Project Gallery 1 Open the project you would like to save as a template 2 Choose the File gt Save As Project Template menu 3 Give the project template a suitable name and click Save Your project should be saved to the Library Application Support Curio Project Templates folder although you create subfolders under that directory to further organize your templates For example you could have a Project Management subfolder a Marketing subfolder and a Personal subfolder Note that subfolders can t contain other subfolders To share project templates with your network users In Curio s General Preferences you can define a network location for shared repositories and support files The default location is Network Library Application Support Curio Just place a Project Templates folder within that location containing project files or subfolders as described above When your network users restart Curio the templates found in that shared directory will be listed in their Project Gallery More information regarding network installations can be found in the Network Installations appendix Opening Existing Projects with the Project Gallery Managing all of your projects can be a chore Students have multiple classes designers may be working on ten active projects at once and other professionals need to juggle clients and customers Curio s Project Gallery can hel
59. a new tool called Flashlight that is based on Spotlight technology It lets you very quickly locate files on your local hard drives based on the title document type last modified date and even text within the document If you find that you don t need the Flashlight shelf you can easily hide it by right clicking on the shelf tabs and unchecking the Flashlight item To search for files using Flashlight 1 If the Shelf isn t visible choose View gt Show Shelf or press Command Shift l 2 Within the Shelf make sure the Flashlight view is selected by clicking on the Flashlight button at the top Type the text you wish to search for in the Title field If you wish to search for this text within the text of documents in addition to the within the title check the box labeled Include File Contents 5 If you wish to search for a specific kind of document choose the kind from the Kind popup menu 6 If you wish to search for a file based on the last time it was modified choose the appropriate range from the Last Modified popup menu 7 Click Search The results are displayed below the search criteria with previews when possible To add one of the results to your project simply drag and drop it from the results list into an idea space or directly into your project s Library To open a document in the list using Its default application double click on it You can open it using another application by Control clicking on it an
60. ag and drop it into an idea space To open an asset in it s default application simply double click on it To open an asset in another appropriate application control click or right click on the asset and choose the application from the Open With submenu Grouping Assets into Collections To add new collection click on the Actions button next to the Collection popup menu and choose Add from the resulting popup menu A dialog will be presented asking you for the name of the new collection Type the name then click Add To rename a collection choose the collection from the Collection popup menu then click on the Actions button next to the menu and choose Rename from the resulting popup menu A dialog will be presented asking you for the new name Type the name then click Rename To delete a collection choose the collection from the Collection popup menu then click on the Actions button next to the menu and choose Delete from the resulting popup menu A dialog will be presented asking you to confirm the deletion Click Delete to delete the collection Deleting the collection will not delete the assets in the collection To add an asset to a collection control click or right click on the asset in the Scrapbook then choose the collection you wish to add it to from the Collections submenu of the resulting popup menu Collections that this asset belong to will have a check mark next to them To remov
61. ally scan any images for handwritten or typed words When an image note is dragged into Curio that character recognition information is embedded as meta data in the resulting Curio asset figure This feature allows you to use Curio s Search shelf to find those images on your idea spaces using the same search phrases Source URL If an Evernote note item has a source URL associated with it then the resulting figure will automatically be associated with that URL as well Simply double click the figure in the idea space to open the URL If the note is a file like an image file then right click and choose Open File With Finder to open it with the Finder Limitations of the Evernote Shelf The Evernote shelf is currently unidirectional so you cannot make changes to any of your Evernote notes from within Curio Please use one of their free clients to make any changes Advanced Evernote Customizations The Evernote shelf supports a few advanced customizations Open Terminal found in Applications gt Utilities and type one or more of the following preference modifications and relaunch Curio To enable basic logging defaults write com zengobi curio Evernote Log Level int 1 To enable verbose logging defaults write com zengobi curio Evernote Log Level int 2 To disable all logging defaults delete com zengobi curio Evernote Log Level To disable automatically associating a Curio tag which represents the note s Evernote
62. archical levels within your list You can also modify certain layout features on a level by level basis This means you can make figures at one hierarchical level look different than those on a different hierarchical level To specify whether a list has collapsible levels Toggle the Allow expanding collapsing checkbox If a list has collapsible levels then the appropriate disclosure triangles or placeholder bullets will be displayed alongside each item as appropriate Hierarchy Style Options See the Hierarchy Style Options section the the Adding Figures chapter for additional style attributes that can be applied to hierarchical lists Curio User Manual 56 List Preferences In addition to the properties listed above there are some list related global preferences which can be changed via Curio gt Preferences gt Idea Space gt Collections Inserting New Text Figures into a List Now that you have a list you can easily add new text figures within the list To insert a new text figure as a next sibling 1 Selecta list item 2 Insert a next sibling by choosing Insert gt Text Next Sibling or typing Command Return However following a convention used in other outliners if the selected item has a child then this will actually create a new first child As a shortcut if you are current editing a list item you can simply type Return to create a new next sibling If you want to actually insert a carriage return
63. arklet that can grab a WebArchive from your browser directly into your Scrapbook library with a single click WebView Figures and Google Docs Integration If an archive of a web page isn t live enough for you Curio offers a WebView figure that you can add to any idea space The WebView figure is like adding an internet browser window to your idea space To add a WebView figure to an idea space Choose Insert gt WebView from the main menu While in edit mode you can surf the web the way you would in a normal browser When you re done click the Done button in the upper right corner of the figure If you want to save your current location as the location to display in this WebView figure click the Save URL button If you do not click the Save URL button then the WebView figure will go back to displaying the original web page content when you exit edit mode You can resize a WebView figure only when you are not in edit mode After resizing the figure Curio will refresh the contents of the figure appropriately This may take a few seconds as Curio must retrieve the contents from the specified website again The addition of WebView figures allows Curio to integrate more tightly with Web 2 0 based websites like Google Docs To add a new Google Doc to an idea space 1 Choose Insert gt Google Docs from the main menu 2 Curio will create a new WebView and automatically attempt to visit the Google Docs home base You may nee
64. as a self contained project If you like it you can simply drag and drop that idea space into your own Stencils shelf Curio User Manual 50 Sketching StandardPro Inevitably while brainstorming or thinking through an idea you may need to sketch something out when the keyboard just won t do Fortunately Curio has sketching tools built right in so you don t have to stop and launch another application when inspiration strikes Curio comes with several styluses to use when drawing including a pencil ballpoint felt tip paint brush and highlighter Each stylus has different settings for color line thickness and opacity that have been configured to mimic the real world object that it represents For example a pencil typically draws a thin grey line which is somewhat opaque whereas a highlighter pen draws a much thicker line which is more transparent and typically light green or yellow You can change the color brush thickness and opacity of any stylus Many of the styluses are also fully pressure sensitive when used with a graphics tablet whereby the brush size and color saturation may change while you are drawing based on the pressure applied to the pen Using Brushes and Pens While sketching your scribbles will appear on top of all other figures and items on the idea space The scribble layer acts as an onionskin appearing on top of your idea space To draw with a pen or brush 1 Click on the Brush tool in the toolba
65. as an outline list grouped by tag set name or as an image matrix by using the button selector at the top of the panel If the image matrix is shown then only tags with images and their corresponding tag set names will be listed You can quickly clear all tag associations by pressing the Clear All Tags button in the Tags inspector panel Assigning Dates and Durations to Figures StandardPro You can assign a start date due date duration and completion percentage to any figure within an idea space To assign a start date due date and duration to a figure 1 Select the figures you wish to modify 2 assign a start date check the box labeled Start date and then click in the date control to set a date You can double click or Option click the date control to see a handy popup date picker for faster selection The default start time is 12 00 midnight but you may also specify a different start time if you wish If you specify a start time within the work time range see Curio s Preferences then automatic due date times will be computed so they also land on a valid work time Curio User Manual 40 3 To assign a due date check the box labeled Due date and then click in the date control to set a date You can double click or Option click the date control to see a handy popup date picker for faster selection The default due time is 12 00 midnight but you may also specify a different due time if you wish If you have a Start date a
66. ation mode transition 1 Choose the Curio gt Preferences menu item then click the Presentation icon 2 Choose a type in the Transition popup and then choose a specific type of transition in the lower popup Curio supports several types of transitions including Quartz Composer and Core Image plus the Mac s internal Native transitions You can also choose None if you don t want any transition to be used between slides Note that some Quartz Composer and Core Image filters may require newer machines and graphics cards for optimum performance Note that you can override the default transition on a per idea space basis using the Transition inspector under the Display view as discussed under the section titled Customizing the transition used for an idea space in a presentation in the chapter titled The Idea Space Curio User Manual 106 Quartz Composer Transitions Quartz Composer is an application from Apple which allows users to create amazing graphical effects It is included with Apple s developer tools which are available on your Mac OS X install disks Curio comes bundled with several built in Quartz Composer transitions You can even create your own custom Quartz Composer transitions and place them in your Application Support Curio Transitions directory and they ll be available within Curio Your Quartz Composer composition will be passed three parameters from Curio 1 source the source image the idea
67. ay of adornments such as checkboxes and tags Curio User Manual 71 Creating Attached Table Figures If a table figure is selected or is being edited then you can quickly create an attached table figure that is a table figure with a sticky line attaching the current figure and the new figure by simply holding down the Command key when clicking on the idea space background By default the line connecting the current figure and the new figure will have an arrowhead pointing to the new figure a unidirectional line However other connecting lines are also possible as described below Note this technique will only work if the normal Select tool looks like a mouse pointer is chosen in the toolbar If the Text tool is selected then the created attached figure will always be a new text figure instead of a table figure To create an attached table figure with a unidirectional connecting line 1 Edit or select an existing table figure 2 Click on the idea space background while pressing the Command key To create an attached table figure with a bidirectional connecting line 1 Edit or select an existing table figure 2 Click on the idea space background while pressing the Command Shift keys To create an attached table figure with a nondirectional connecting line 1 Edit or select an existing table figure 2 Click on the idea space background while pressing the Command Option key Curio User Manual 72 Making Index Car
68. based on the hierarchy Choose Automatically from the appropriate Determine popup menu to have Curio attempt to automatically calculate the date You can always override any date automatically calculated by Curio by choosing the Manually Specified option from the Determine popup menu and specifying the date directly Note that you can tell Curio to use the Manually Specified option be default by checking the Idea Space preference titled Start and due dates default to manual entry mode in Curio s preferences 1 Ifa figure has children then the completion percentage will be computed via its children Else if any resources have assigned completion percentage values then they will be used in the computation Else the user can specify a completion percentage value directly 2 Ifa figure s start date is specified as When Parent Starts via its Determine popup menu and the figure has a parent with an assigned start date then the start date will be inherited from the parent figure If a figure s start date is specified as When Previous Ends and the figure has a previous sibling figure then the start date will be determined by the previous sibling s due date If the start date is specified as Manually Specified then you can enter any date you choose 3 Ifa figure has children and the due date is determined by When Children End then the due date will be set to the greatest due date of its children Else if the
69. behave like other figures found on the idea space so you can follow the instructions provided earlier for changing a list figure s border fill color position and other common figure attributes Simply make sure the list itself is selected and not an item within the list before using the Inspector to change those figure properties See the Figure Styles and Stencils section above for more information Additionally there are some properties specific to lists that can be found in a special list inspector panel To display the list Inspector 1 If the Shelf isn t visible choose View gt Show Shelf or press Command Shift l 2 Within the Shelf make sure the Inspector view is selected by clicking on the Inspector button at the top Make sure the list figure you wish to configure is selected Within the Inspector make sure the Display tab is selected then you should see the List panel To add or remove a list title If your list doesn t already have a title you can click on the Add Title button If your list already has a title then click the Remove Title button The attributes of the list title can be customized and will be stored when you save a list style The list title is technically on the O level of the list hierarchy To change the list prefix e Click on the Prefix popup and choose a prefix enumeration scheme The enumeration scheme determines the symbol or counting method used for the various hier
70. bottom to move from one item to the next Press Spacebar again or click on the X in the window s title bar to close the window and resume working with Curio To display a Quick Look preview of an asset within an idea space 1 Select one or more assets in an idea space 2 Inthe Asset Figure inspector under Display select Show as Preview by clicking the appropriate radio button A Quick Look preview image will be generated for each of the selected assets to be displayed within the idea space Also if you set the Show as type to icon and set the icon size to 128 pixels or greater then Curio will use a Quick Look generated thumbnail of the document as the icon Grabbing Web Archives You can grab a web archive of any web page added to your idea space To grab a web archive of a web page 1 Select an URL figure within an idea space 2 Choose Asset gt Grab Web Archive from the main menu Curio will attempt to contact the specified web address create an archive of the web page and automatically embed the archive within your project Curio also generates a thumbnail representation of the web page and associates that with the web archive asset Curio User Manual 78 You can also drag and drop other web archives created by Safari or other web browsers into a Curio idea space and Curio will automatically generate a nice thumbnail image to display Also see the section on Scrapbook to learn more about the handy browser bookm
71. box and click the Add button To hide a tag set e Clear the Visible checkbox next to the tag set name To delete a tag set Select the tag set name and press the Delete or Backspace key Curio User Manual 122 To change the sort order of the tag sets Keep tag sets sorted checkbox is checked then the tag sets will be listed in alphabetical order If it is unchecked you can manually rearrange the tag sets via drag and drop To add a tag to a tag set With the appropriate tag set selected type in a tag name under the right list box and click the Add button You may also associate an image with a tag which will be displayed next to the figure as a flag adornment If no image is specified then a generic tag flag will be automatically presented Lastly you may also specify a keyboard shortcut for this tag All user defined keyboard shortcuts must include Control Shift so they don t interfere with other shortcuts used by Curio To update a tag Simply click on the tag change its properties then click the Update button wish to remove an associated image click on the image and press the Delete key on your keyboard Make sure to press Update to commit the changes If you wish to remove an associated keyboard shortcut click the little x icon within the shortcut field Make sure to press Update to commit the changes To remove a tag from a tag set Select the tag you wish to remove
72. by the following criteria Date You can group tasks by Action Items tasks with a start and or due date assigned to them or items that have a checkbox next to them by Start Date or by Due Date Rating Priority Tag Set For example you might choose to group tasks by the GTD Getting Things Done tag set in which case any tasks that have been tagged with one or more of the GTD tags will appear under the appropriate tags By default Curio will alert you of tasks that have a start date associated with them and it is currently past the start date and the completion percentage of the task is zero percent You can tell Curio to assume that such tasks have already been started by unchecking the General preference titled Warn if items are past start date but are 0 done Also by default Curio will include items with checkmarks aka to do items which are unchecked but have no start or due dates If you want to only include to do items that have start or due dates then uncheck the Include items with no start or due dates checkbox in the General preference The colored jewel representing the Status shelf view is always colored appropriately for the current project It s the same color displayed next to the project name in the Project Center If you hover over the jewel in the Status shelf title bar or if you hover over the project in the Project Center a tooltip will show you the most critical item
73. can also make these snapshot preference changes via the Insert menu To take a snapshot e Click the Snapshot toolbar button If you chose the window snapshot preference then your mouse pointer will become a camera icon Simply hover the mouse over a window and click the mouse button to take the snapshot If you chose the rectangular selection snapshot preference then your mouse pointer will become a cross hair Click and drag out a region to take the snapshot You can cancel the snapshot operation by pressing the Escape key Curio will automatically hide itself by default so its out of the way when you take your picture It will restore itself when you finish taking the picture or cancel the operation You can turn off the auto hide feature via the Snapshot button s popup menu Adding Content from a LinkBack enabled Application You can paste content copied from any application that supports the LinkBack server application programming interface API into any idea space The content will be displayed in the idea space as it would appear in the other application and when you double click the figure Curio will automatically launch the other application to allow you to edit the content To add content from a LinkBack enabled application 1 Inthe LinkBack enabled application copy the content you wish to add to an idea space 2 In Curio choose Edit gt Paste from the main menu to paste the content into the selected idea space of th
74. classroom setting To access Curio s parental control preferences choose the Curio gt Preferences menu item then click on the Restrictions icon To gain access to the settings you must first click the lock near the bottom of the window and then enter your computer s administrator username and password When you are finished making changes be sure to click the lock again to prevent further changes Dossier options Check Disallow customizing dossier questions to disable the ability to customize dossier questions Sleuth options Check Disallow customizing Sleuth sites to disable the ability to customize Sleuth sites e Check Block search queries which contain profanity to disallow search queries that contain profanity Check Block search results which contain profanity to disallow search results that contain profanity Check Enable KidSafe sites to automatically reconfigure Sleuth s list of available sites to include kid friendly sites and exclude the more professional sites To edit the Sleuth profanity phrase list e Click the Edit Profanity button After clicking that button a dialog will appear On the left is a list of all built in phrases that are disallowed You can choose one or more phrases and click the Allow button to mark them as non profane You can also enter one or more disallowed phrases into the list on the lower right corner of the window Simp
75. click once and click the Choose button Note that the title for complex stencils contains the number of figures within that stencils For instance Landscaping 15 means that the Landscaping stencil contains 15 figures within it You can choose to insert the entire complex stencil into your idea space or you can click the Drill Down button to go into the stencil and select one or more contained figures to insert If you wish to back back to the stencils view then click the Back Up button Managing figure stencils with the Gallery You can easily manage your stencils from within the Gallery window Create Personal stencil tags by clicking the Add Personal Stencil Tag button These tags are unique to the figure stencils repository and won t conflict with tags created for idea spaces in the templates repository for example These tags are available to all types of stencils including collection stencils lists mind maps etc and other simple and complex stencils Organize your Personal stencils by drag and dropping them into different tags A stencil can be associated with more than one tag So a stencil can be in your Favorites and Work tagged collections You can also associate or disassociate a Personal stencil with a tag by right clicking on the stencil and choosing a tag in the menu that appears Rename a Personal stencil tag by double clicking it and entering a new name Delete a Personal stencil tag by s
76. clicking on the template and choosing Edit Template Delete a Personal template by selecting the template and pressing the Delete key Share a Personal template by right clicking on the template and choosing Send to Friend or Send to Community Center http Awww zengobi com curio community To share idea space templates with your network users More information regarding network installations can be found in the Network Installations appendix Curio User Manual 22 Adding Figures In Curio a figure is almost magical It can represent a basic flowcharting shape such as a square or octagon Or more complex items such as text images web links movies music or any type of document A figure can also represent a collection of contained figures For example a mind map or a list outline With any type of figure not only can you specify its look through fonts and colors you can also specify meta information such as tags and start due dates Drawing Basic Shapes Curio provides tools you can use to add shaped figures to your idea spaces including arrows rectangles rounded rectangles circles octagons hexagons trapezoids brackets vertical brackets triangles diamonds semicircles ovals underline jaggy badge and clouds The Shape tool on the toolbar has an arrow located in the lower right portion of the button When you click on the arrow or press and hold the toolbar button down a menu displays the list of pred
77. ctions of this chapter can also be accessed via the Inspector Bar a horizontal control bar that resides just below the toolbar buttons within the project window To show or hide the Inspector Bar Choose View gt Show or Hide if already displayed Inspector Bar The Inspector Bar gives you quick access to the figure styles font shape and border attributes along with meta data like tags checkboxes priority rating and various date related attributes without taking up valuable horizontal screen space Great for laptops To customize the contents of the Inspector Bar e Right click on the Inspector Bar and choose an unchecked item to make it visible or choose a checked item to hide it Inserting Dates and Times Curio provides any easy way for you to insert the current date and time To insert a combined date and time stamp Choose Insert gt Current DateTimeStamp The DateTimeStamp is dynamically replaced in the menu bar with the actual date and time Note the format of this combined date and time string is based on the last used individual date and time stamp items as described below To insert a date stamp Choose Insert gt Date gt DateStamp The DateStamp entries are all dynamically replaced in the menu bar with the actual date The top entry in the Date submenu is the last selected date format It has an associated keyboard shortcut for quickly inserting the current date in a style you prefer Curio User Manual
78. d But knowing what questions you need to ask yourself or your client can be a challenge Curio comes with a number of dossier templates to get you started Each template contains a series of categorized questions designed to help you think about a specific type of project Once added to your project the list of questions and categories is fully customizable You can even create your own dossier templates once you ve identified the series of questions that works best for your type of project Once you ve answered the questions in the dossier you should have a better understanding of your creative project What is a Dossier A dossier is a collection of categorized questions and answers that can help you accurately define the goals and constraints of your project In the world of Curio a dossier takes the form of a simple form with collapsible sections that can be accessed by choosing View gt Show Dossier from the main menu Curio includes a number of dossier templates to help you get started You can also create your own templates to use in future projects Once you select a template to use as the basis for a project s dossier you can further customize it to meet project specific needs without modifying the original template Adding a Dossier to a Project Each Curio project can have one dossier associated with it To switch to the Dossier view do one of the following Choose View gt Show Dossier or press Command Shift D Click
79. d choosing the desired application from the Open With submenu Curio User Manual 86 To locate a result in the file system Control click on it and choose Reveal in Finder from the context menu Click the Clear button to clear the list of results and reset the search criteria The Scrapbook Shelf StandardPro Curio s Scrapbook is a cross project repository for assets you frequently use such as commonly referenced images standard contracts and idea inspiring websites The Scrapbook is available from within any project window via the Scrapbook shelf view You can group your Scrapbook assets into any number of custom categories for easy lookup If you find that you don t need the Scrapbook shelf you can easily hide it by right clicking on the shelf tabs and unchecking the Scrapbook item Using the Scrapbook To access the Scrapbook in any project window make sure the Shelf is visible click on the Shelf toolbar button if it isn t then click on the Scrapbook button the icon that looks like an open book within the Shelf view To add an asset to the Scrapbook simply drag and drop it into the Scrapbook view from the Finder or from most other applications To add an asset from a Curio project to the Scrapbook select the asset then choose Asset gt Copy to Scrapbook from the main menu To delete an asset from the Scrapbook select it then press the Delete key To copy an asset from the Scrapbook into a Curio project dr
80. d on the chosen action fill out the remaining fields Click Set to set the action for the selected figure You can restore its default double click behavior by clicking Restore If you specify a jump action to an idea space or figure Curio will still be able to find it even if the destination is later moved If the jump action goes to a location in another project it will open that project in separate window Curio User Manual 44 To activate the action Double click the figure Or e Click its adornment If the figure is a text figure and you wish to edit it you need to click click it This same technique is used to rename files in the Finder It s a bit slower than a double click since a double click would activate the action Note that if you export your project as HTML certain actions will not work through the browser interface Open File actions will not work if the file is not within Curio s asset library and AppleScript actions are simply not supported for launching in browsers for security reasons Curio User Manual 45 Figure Styles and Stencils Got an Uber cool color scheme for tables Or maybe the perfect inspirational mind map perfect for brainstorming Or perhaps an awesome collection of national flags representing dozens of countries around the world Want to re use them No problem Curio fully supports customizable figure styles and stencils Terminology A figure style defines the look of the figu
81. d to sign in with your username and password 3 Create a new document of your choosing or open an existing document If you want this specific document to be displayed in the WebView when you exit edit mode be sure to click the Save URL button otherwise the WebView will display the Google Docs home base Adding Mail Messages to Idea Spaces There are two different ways to add Mail messages to an idea space You can add them as Mail message documents represented by an icon and named using the subject of the message or you can add the text of the mail message as a text figure including basic header information To add a Mail message as a document 1 In Mail select the messages you wish to copy and choose Edit gt Copy from the main menu 2 In Curio choose Edit gt Paste to paste the mail messages as documents within the selected idea space of the active project Curio User Manual 79 The Mail message file is actually embedded into your Curio project so you can delete the message in Mail and Curio will still retain its copy If you double click on the Mail message figure in Curio Mail will open the message and you ll be able to perform all of the normal actions that you can perform on a Mail message such as replying and forwarding Note that if you select the mail message figure and choose to display it as a preview instead of an icon using the Asset Figure inspector in the Display view Curio will use Apple s Quick Look
82. details Alternatively you can also choose the Insert gt Index Card menu item You can change this Shift key logic in Curio s Preferences via the Hold Shift to bypass galleries versus to show galleries checkbox Exporting an Index Card If you need to put a copy of your index card into 3 party application you can use Curio s Export and Copy capabilities To export a Curio index card as text 1 sure the index card figure itself is selected not a figure within the index card 2 Choose File gt Export Selected Figures As gt Text and enter a file name To copy a Curio index card as text 1 sure the index card figure itself is selected not a figure within the index card Curio User Manual 73 2 Choose Edit gt Copy As gt Text Modifying Index Card Properties Tables have several properties you can adjust using inspectors found in the Shelf You can save the look of your index card as a custom using the Style inspector See the Figure Styles and Stencils section in this user manual for more information To adjust general index card properties 1 If the Shelf isn t visible choose View gt Show Shelf or press Command Shift l 2 Make sure the index card figure you wish to configure is selected 3 Use the Figure inspector to adjust the border coloring and pen width Here you can also adjust the fill background coloring To adjust an index card s title pro
83. dragging sites from another collection and dropping them onto your new collection You can delete the selected collection by pressing the Delete key Enabling and Disabling Search Sites and Collections The list of searchable sites available through Sleuth can get lengthy You may wish to trim down the list of sites displayed by Sleuth to only those sites that most interest you Curio allows you to enable and disable sites on an individual or collection basis To enable or disable a search site 1 In Sleuth s main window click on the Customize button the one with the pencil icon to switch over to the Sleuth configuration view 2 Enable or disable a search site or collection by clicking the checkbox next to the item in the list Sharing Sleuth Sites Once you have created a useful Sleuth search site you can easily share the site with friends or the Curio Community Center The Curio Community Center http www zengobi com curio community permits easy sharing and exchanging of many customizable features of Curio You can quickly discover new useful Sleuth search sites and easily add them to your Curio installation To send a Sleuth site to a friend via mail 1 In Sleuth s main window click on the Customize button the one with the pencil icon to switch over to the Sleuth configuration view 2 Choose a Sleuth site 3 Click the Send to Friend button The Sleuth site is automatically exported and added to a
84. ds Curio s index cards are a fantastic new way to create snippets of ideas thoughts and notes You can even place images and other asset figures on an index card Index cards and note cards have been an indispensable system for collecting notes used by students writers and creative types for years Curio now adds this system for managing your thoughts to its idea spaces Creating an Index Card There a number of ways to create index card figures within an idea space Like lists mind maps and tables an index card figure is a collection of figures In this case a title text figure and a body text figure However you can drag another figure such as an image figure into the body area to replace its contents To create an index card via the Gallery 1 Click the Index Card button on the toolbar to display the Gallery of index cards which will display all the available index card styles and templates 2 Double click a style or stencil or click once and press the Choose button See the Figure Styles and Stencils section below for more information about the Gallery To instantly create an index card Holding the Shift key down while pressing the Index Card button will instantly create a new index card without displaying the Gallery The style of the default index card can be modified via the Format gt Set as Default Format for Index Card Figure menu item See the Default Figure Formatting section for more
85. ds or forwards in history e Using 2 fingers pinch them together to scale the idea space to fit the screen or expand your fingers to turn scaling off Apple Remote Support If you have one of Apple s iMac or MacBook models that includes a 6 button remote control then you can enjoy added benefits through Curio To use an Apple Remote while in Presentation Mode Press the previous or next buttons to go to the previous or next idea space or press the minus or plus buttons to go backwards or forwards in history Press the play pause button to toggle scaling mode Press the menu button to stop the slideshow Managing Windows Curio has several tricks to help you manage your windows all via the Window main menu To instantly resize and position the active window e Center Window C centers and expands the window the screen Left Half 36 resizes the window so it s half the width of the screen then scoots it to the left side of the screen Right Half lt gt resizes the window so it s half the width of the screen then scoots it to the right side of the screen Top Half X fT resizes the window so it s half the height of the screen then scoots it to the top of the screen Bottom Half X resizes the window so it s half the height of the screen then scoots it to the bottom of the screen To place the active window above all other windows Window On Top X T makes the window alway
86. due date can is determined by Start Date Duration then it will be computed using those values Work days as specified in Curio s Preferences are considered if necessary Likewise work times also specified in Curio s Preferences are considered if the start due work time is within the valid work time period otherwise work times are ignored Otherwise the user can specify a due date directly by choosing Manually Specified from the Determine popup menu Curio User Manual 41 4 Ifa figure has children then the duration will computed from the figure s start and due dates which were determined as described above This is a great way to see at a glance how long a project will take The duration and most appropriate duration units will automatically be determined and displayed Project Resources StandardPro You can associate resources with your projects via the Project Properties dialog You can drag and drop people from your Address Book or any vCard files directly into the resources list or you can manually enter names To add resources to a project 1 Click the Edit Resources button in the Resources Inspector or choose File gt Project Properties from the main menu then click on Resources 2 Type the Name field You can optionally type an email address into the Email Address field You can optionally drag an image to the image well located to the right of the Name field 3
87. e The context menu is smart and will show you only those operations permissible based on the selected cells within the table Working with Table Figures Figures can be easily rearranged and dragged into or out of a table To edit a figure cell Double click the cell or select it and press the Return key To move between figures cells e Press Tab or Shift Tab or move forwards or backwards You can also use the arrow keys on your keyboard to navigate around the cells To add new items to a table or rearranging table items via drag and drop 1 Select figures from elsewhere in Curio the Finder or another application and drag them into Curio onto the table figure 2 As you drag the items around the table the currently cell you are hovering over will highlight so you know where the dropped items will be placed Note you will be replacing the contents of the hovered over item with the dropped figures or data 3 Release the mouse button to drop the items into the table If the drag started from this table or another table then the added items will retain their same row and column separation from each other and Curio will automatically increase the number or rows or columns as necessary to fit the newly placed items If the drag started from figures selected on the idea space or from the Finder then the table s column count will remain fixed but Curio will expand the number of rows as necessary to linearly place all the items dropp
88. e or it can automatically create a new table Exporting a Table If you need to put a copy of your table into party application you can use Curio s Export and Copy capabilities To export a Curio table as CSV file 1 sure the table figure itself is selected not a figure within the table 2 Choose File gt Export Selected Figures As gt CSV and enter a file name To copy a Curio table as tab delimited text 1 sure the table figure itself is selected or a range of cells within the table is selected 2 Choose Edit gt Copy Modifying Table Properties Tables have several properties which you can modify using the Table Inspector You can save the look of your table as a custom named style using the Style inspector See the Figure Styles and Stencils section in this user manual for more information To display the table Inspector 1 If the Shelf isn t visible choose View gt Show Shelf or press Command Shift l 2 Within the Shelf make sure the Inspector view is selected by clicking on the Inspector button at the top Make sure the table figure you wish to configure is selected Within the Inspector make sure the Display tab is selected then you should see the Table panel To modify the number of body rows or columns in the table Either type in a number or use the up down stepper control to increase or decrease the number of body rows or columns Body cells are those cells w
89. e Content Type then make sure its Action is set to Use CurioService not Use Curio Whew If Firefox still doesn t like the bookmarklet then visit Zengobi s forums www zengobi com forums and we ll try to figure out what s going on You should see a sticky note for Firefox issues near the top of The Enlightened Ones community Using Snippets After adding some snippets the next time you run Curio you can view the list of snippets using the Scrapbook shelf view If the snippet was added via the Snippet service then it will appear in the uncategorized collection Review the section above on how to use the Scrapbook to discover the many ways you can manipulate the snippet The Evernote Shelf StandardPro Curio integrates seamlessly with Evernote with the bundled Evernote shelf so you can quickly search for snippets you ve collected outside of Curio and easily drag and drop those items into your idea spaces If you find that you don t need the Evernote shelf you can easily hide it by right clicking on the shelf tabs and unchecking the Evernote item What Is Evernote Evernote is a multi platform product and service from Evernote Corporation which allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time from anywhere Curio User Manual 89 Evernote has client applications
90. e active project A visual representation of the content will be added to the idea space Double click on the figure to launch the other application and edit the related content When you save your changes within the other application they will automatically be reflected within your idea space Spread PDF Curio has a special feature you can use with PDF assets called Spread PDF If you have a multi page PDF file that you would like to spread across multiple idea spaces each displaying a different page of the PDF Curio makes it super simple Curio User Manual 81 To automatically spread a PDF file across multiple idea spaces 1 Create a new idea space you can use an existing idea space 2 Add the PDF asset to the idea space At this point you can layout the idea space any way you wish This idea space will be used as a template when creating the subsequent idea spaces Any other figures that you add to this idea space will be replicated on all the other idea spaces 3 Control click or right click on the idea space in the Organizer then choose Spread PDF from the resulting popup menu or choose Organizer gt Spread PDF from the main menu Curio will generate a copy of the selected idea space for each subsequent page in the PDF document and automatically update the PDF figure to display the appropriate page If you put multiple instances of the same PDF asset on the original idea space Curio will be smart about using the additio
91. e an asset from a collection control click or right click on the asset in the Scrapbook then choose the collection you wish to remove it from from the Collections submenu of the resulting popup menu Curio User Manual 87 To Find an Asset in the Scrapbook To view the assets in a collection simply choose the collection from the Collection popup menu Assets that have not been added to a collection can be displayed by choosing the uncategorized menu option Or you can display all assets in the Scrapbook by choosing the show all assets menu option To sort the assets being displayed choose how you would like to sort them from the Sort By popup menu Assets can be sorted by title last modified date and date added to the Scrapbook You can also zoom in or out to view the assets larger or smaller respectively Adding to the Scrapbook from Outside Curio There are several ways to add a snippet to Curio s Scrapbook from another application You can use the system service that is automatically installed for you when you first launch Curio You can use the PDF print service that is also automatically installed for you when you first launch Curio You can drag and drop snippets directly into the Scrapbook from almost anywhere Lastly you can use a web browser bookmarklet to grab a WebArchive of the current website and place it into the Scrapbook To add a snippet using the system service 1 Select the image text document
92. e button the one with the pencil icon to switch over to the Sleuth configuration view 2 Choose a collection from the list located along the left side of the window 3 Click the button located under the list of sites on the right side of the window to add a new site 4 Inthe site information dialog type a name for the site type the action URL select POST from the method popup menu and add the necessary input parameters for this search engine 5 Click Save The value for the search phrase input parameter should always be set to PHRASE Sleuth will automatically replace this value with your search phrase when you execute a search Take a look at how other sites are configured by double clicking on them in the sites list for other examples Curio User Manual 84 You can delete the selected site by pressing the Delete key Adding Search Site Collections You can add your own collections to Sleuth too You can even rearrange the existing collections and move search sites from one collection to another To add a new search site collection 1 In Sleuth s main window click on the Customize button the one with the pencil icon to switch over to the Sleuth configuration view 2 Click the button located under the list of collections on the left side of the window to add a new collection 3 Type the name for the new collection You can populate your new collection by creating new Sleuth sites or by
93. e if the line is scaled Non Sticky Point lf you press the Control key the figure will stop glowing and the line will not stick to the figure at all The Control key temporarily disables the sticky feature As described above for multipoint lines if you also hold down the Option key during the creation of a new line then you can create a multipoint line on the fly where any of the points on that line can be stuck to other figures using the normal sticky techniques Note this Option key trick only works when dragging out brand new lines not editing existing lines Working with Line Midpoints While you can create a multipoint line on the fly using the technique described above you can also modify an existing line to add or remove midpoints Each midpoint can be connected to other figures as described in the Connecting figures with lines section above To insert a midpoint e Right click on the line and choose Insert Midpoint from the popup menu To remove a midpoint e Right click on the midpoint and choose Remove Midpoint from the popup menu To remove all midpoints Right click on the line and choose Remove All Midpoints from the popup menu Changing Line Properties You can change several line specific attributes using the inspector or Inspector Bar To add an arrowhead Choose a new arrowhead style for the line s starting point green selection handle or ending point red selection handle using th
94. e itself and a separate text shadow applied only to the text can be enabled at the same time using these two controls To add a shadow to a figure 1 Open the Shape section of the Figure Inspector if it s not already displayed 2 Select the shadow checkbox You can also quickly toggle on and off a figure s shadow by using the Shift S keyboard shortcut A shadow toggle also appears on the Inspector Bar 3 You can modify the shadow color using the color well You can also specify the x and y offset and the amount of blur A blur value of 0 is a sharp shadow as you increase the blur value the shadow is blurred more and more To control using the shape shadow as a text shadow for unfilled figures 1 Open the Shape section of the Figure Inspector if it s not already displayed 2 Check or uncheck the Use as text shadow if figure unfilled checkbox By default this is checked so Curio mimics the behavior found in similar applications such as OmniGroup s OmniGraffle and Apple s Keynote However you can turn this off so the shape shadow will not automatically be considered as a text shadow for unfilled figures This means the shape shadow setting will be ignored for unfilled text figures To control the text shadow specifically you can use the text shadow control in the Text Inspector described below To add a shadow special effect to a figure 1 As described above enable a normal shadow for the figure 2 Then press the Pi
95. e popups in the Lines section of the Shape inspector You can also click the Fill checkbox to fill the arrowhead if permitted The slider next to those checkboxes can be used to adjust the size of the arrowhead To modify the line thickness Type in a new thickness in the Shape inspector or use the spinner control next to the thickness edit field or press the keys on your keyboard to decrease or increase the current thickness Curio User Manual 37 To modify the line dash pattern Choose a new dash style from the popup near the thickness field in the Shape inspector To modify the line type straight curved orthogonal Right click on the line and choose a different line type select the line then click on the popup in the Lines section of the Shape inspector to change the line type from a normal straight line to a curved spline line or orthogonal line Creating Attached Text Figures If a text figure is selected or is being edited then you can quickly create an attached figure that is a text figure with a sticky line attaching the current figure and the new figure by simply holding down the Command key when clicking on the idea space background By default the line connecting the current figure and the new figure will have an arrowhead pointing to the new figure a unidirectional line However other connecting lines are also possible as described below To create an attached text figu
96. e sure all client users have read only access to this network folder ONO aA fF wo Curio User Manual 128 Setting up the Curio Client user account This is the account you will replicate to all client Macs It should be configured to automatically mount the Shared Library share point as described above 1 Login to your Curio Client account 2 Make the following configuration changes as appropriate defaults write com zengobi curio SUEnableAutomaticChecks bool no defaults write com zengobi curio License Skip Keychain bool yes defaults write com zengobi curio License Skip Network To Local bool yes defaults write com zengobi curio License Days Left Warning int 0 3 Download and install Curio from www zengobi com into your Applications folder if necessary 4 Launch Curio If the default network folder Network Library Application Support Curio is valid then Curio should instantly find and recognize the valid installation If not it will ask you for a license key simply bypass the license for now 6 If the default network folder is not valid then configure it via the Curio gt Preferences menu item To make sure you entered this information correctly quit Curio and re launch it to see if it automatically finds the shared application support folder If not make sure you can find the folder via the Finder and modify your share point or network folder settings as necessary When the network folder is found then Curi
97. e the background of an idea space 1 change the background color click the Solid Gradient or Radial gradient tab in the Background section of the idea space Inspector a For solid fills click on the color well to choose a color from the matrix that appears Or Option click on the color well to go directly to the standard color chooser b For gradient fills you must choose a start and end gradient color You can optionally choose a 2nd and 3rd stop point color and position for your gradient The resulting gradient will be rendered along the angle specified by the angle slider c For radial fills you must choose a start and end gradient color You can optionally choose a 2nd and 3rd stop point color and position for your gradient The resulting gradient will be rendered with a center point located as specified in the point locator control 2 change the background image drag an image from the Finder or another application to the image well in the Background section of the idea space Inspector You can adjust the opacity of the selected background image using the opacity slider That way the image can appear on top of a solid or gradient background color Click the Clear button next to the image well to remove the background image You can also change the way the background image is scaled You can choose to have the image tiled over the whole idea space centered within each page of idea space or stretched to fit each
98. earch an asset s title URL associated tags and notes Using Mac OS X s Spotlight technology Curio will also search the content of your project s assets for matching words Content searching is case insensitive and only matches whole words Building the search term index is generally very quick and documents are only re scanned if a change is detected You can disable Spotlight based asset scanning through Curio s preferences Choose Curio gt Preferences from the main menu then switch to the General preferences panel Uncheck the Search asset contents for words checkbox to disable the scanning of asset contents using Spotlight Note that due to Spotlight limitations if an asset is a package file a file which is actually a directory containing files within it then Curio cannot use Spotlight to search within that package file Performing a Search To search a project 1 Choose Edit gt Show Search from the main menu or press Command F or simply click on the Search icon at the top of the Shelf 2 You can choose a saved search from the popup near the top of the Search shelf perform a custom search by filling out one or more of the search criteria below Checking on the criteria checkbox will expand that panel to show its options Criteria choices include a Text Text specified will be used to perform a case insensitive search If asset contents are searched using Spotlight as described above then whole words
99. ed Table figure cells also support cut copy paste and duplicate for adding and removing figures To drag a figure out of the table Simply drag the figure out of the table and you can drop it on the idea space or directly into another collection such as a list or mind map The table cell is cleared Curio User Manual 70 and replaced with boilerplate text figure unless Option is held down in which a copy was generated To insert rows or columns 1 Select the figure cells in the rows or columns you wish the insert to occur 2 Right click and choose Add Row Above Add Row Below Add Column Before or Add Column After as appropriate When the insertion occurs the remaining row columns will decrease in size to make room for the new cells within the existing table dimensions However if you hold down the Shift while when choosing the context menu option then Curio will increase the size of the table figure itself instead As a note you can also use the Option ArrowKey to insert rows and columns if a cell is selected although not being actively edited where ArrowKey is the up down left or right arrow keys on your keyboard Hold the Shift key as well to modify the table size during the insertion as described above To select specific figure cells 1 Select the first cell then hold Shift while clicking the last cell and all the cells within the rectangular region defined by those two cells will be selected 2 O
100. efined shapes you can choose Once you choose a shape your choice is reflected by the button s image Simply clicking the button will reselect the displayed shape To draw a figure 1 Click on the Shape tool in the toolbar hold the button down to display a popup menu of shape choices 2 Change any style attributes that you wish to make the default for this shape using the Figure Inspector 3 Click and drag an area on the idea space to draw the shape 4 Repeat step 3 to draw multiple shapes using the same style You can fine tune the curves and angles of the chosen shape using the vertical slider located next to the shapes palette in the Figure Inspector You can also fine tune the margin surrounding the content of the shape using the Margin slider in the Figure Inspector Double click on the shape to add text Creating Text Figures You can place text anywhere you want on an idea space by adding a text figure A text figure can size itself in three different ways 1 Automatic the height and width are automatically determined by Curio in order to accommodate the text it contains Curio User Manual 23 2 Fixed width where you decide the width of the text figure and Curio will automatically resize the height 3 Freeform where you control the width and height and text can be clipped if the figure dimensions are not large enough To create a text figure using the text tool 1 Click on the text tool in the toolbar 2
101. electing it and pressing the Delete key Copy a Bundled or Network stencil simply by drag and dropping it into your Personal collection Edit a Personal stencil by right clicking on the stencil and choosing Edit Stencil Delete a Personal stencil by selecting the stencil and pressing the Delete key Share a Personal stencil by right clicking on the stencil and choosing Send to Friend or Send to Community Center htto Avww zengobi com curio community To share figure stencils with your network users More information regarding network installations can be found in the Network Installations appendix Curio User Manual 49 Figure Stencils Shelf Pro The Stencils shelf is an alternative method for managing your stencils One key benefit is that you can drag and drop stencils or even individual figures within complex stencils directly to an idea space This drag and drop feature may be more user friendly compared to using the Stencil Gallery if you are filling out an idea space with lots of items from various stencils On the other hand if you find that you don t need the Stencils shelf and can work with the Stencils Gallery instead you can easily hide it by right clicking on the shelf tabs and unchecking the Stencils item To display the Stencils shelf 1 If the Shelf isn t visible choose View gt Show Shelf or press Command Shift l 2 Within the Shelf make sure the Stencils view is selected by clicking on the Stenc
102. engobi com curio community To share figure styles with your network users More information regarding network installations can be found in the Network Installations appendix Figure Stencils Pro You can easily create new figure stencils that define not only the look of the figure but can also contain placeholder or boilerplate text or figure items Recall from the Terminology section that a simple figure stencil is one that includes a single figure Even a single collection figure such as a mind map which can in turn contain multiple figures within it is considered a single figure On the other hand a complex figure stencil is a stencil made up of multiple top level figures A perfect example is a landscaping stencil where flowers shrubs and trees are represented by individual figures images or grouped figures Those figures aren t contained within a collection they exist directly on the idea space To create a new simple figure stencil 1 Select a single figure or a single collection figure an idea space which you would like to copy as a stencil 2 Right click on the figure then choose Save As Figure Type Style where FigureType will be replaced by the type of figure that is selected such as Basic Figure or Line or Mind Map 3 Inthe dialog that appears give the stencil a name and press the Save button To create a new complex figure stencil 1 In an idea space carefully arrange all the
103. enter e Click on the project To open a project in a new window using the Project Center Hold down the Option key while clicking the project or double click the project To customize the project s icon in the Project Center 1 Open the project in Curio 2 Choose the File gt Project Properties menu item 3 Drag a custom image to the image well located at the top of the General properties section Double click the image to edit it Press the Delete key to clear the image Encrypting Projects Pro You can choose to set a password for your project so that it cannot be opened unless the password is re entered The contents of your idea spaces and many ancillary files within the project package are then encrypted and decrypted using openssl s AES 128 algorithm However when a project is encrypted the following restrictions are imposed You cannot see the status of the project through the Project Center or Status shelf since that would reveal the contents of the next due item until it has been loaded You cannot use Quick Look in the Finder to see a preview or thumbnail of an encrypted project since that would reveal its contents You cannot use Spotlight to search for items in the project since that would reveal its contents IMPORTANT NOTE Any embedded assets including documents images and audio and video recordings will not be encrypted If you need to encrypt everything in your Curio project
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105. ess Curio s Organizer label preferences choose the Curio gt Preferences menu item then click on the Label icon Here you can modify the colors and text associated with the Organizer s idea space labels You associate a label with an idea space in the Organizer by control clicking or right clicking on an idea space and choosing a label The label color will be used to highlight the idea space so it stands out in the Organizer To modify a label s color e Click the appropriate color well and choose new color To modify a label s text Enter a new text string into the appropriate field Dossier Preferences Pro To access Curio s Dossier preferences choose the Curio gt Preferences menu item then click on the Dossier icon Curio User Manual 424 Printing options e Check Include unanswered questions if you want the printed dossier to include questions which are still unanswered otherwise only answered questions are printed Additionally if Include blank space for unanswered questions is checked then a blank area will be printed for unanswered questions This is useful if you want to bring the printout into a meeting and answer the questions on paper before entering them back in Curio Curio Parental Controls StandardPro Curio includes parental control preferences for disallowing customization features and also includes a built in Sleuth profanity filter both of which can be useful in a
106. ew value in the size text field 6 Click the Bold Italic Underline Strikethrough Subscript and Superscript buttons to toggle their settings 7 You modify the text shadow color using the color well You can also specify the x and y offset and the amount of blur A blur value of 0 is a sharp shadow as you increase the blur value the shadow is blurred more and more This shadow setting is independent of the shape shadow setting which is described above By default the shape shadow can be used as a text shadow if the figure is unfilled although this can be disabled using the shape inspector Note that the text shadow setting will always override a shape shadow setting for unfilled text figures 8 Change the horizontal text alignment by clicking on one of the horizontal alignment buttons 9 Change the vertical text alignment by clicking on one of the vertical alignment buttons 10 Force an exact line height for the selected text by entering a point value into the Line Height field Press the Auto button to allow line height to be automatically determined by the system Press the From Grid button to set the line height to the same as the grid spacing particularly useful with notebook paper style vertical only grid snapping If you ve selected a figure that displays text then your changes will be applied to all of the figure s text If you ve selected text within the figure then your changes will only be applied to the
107. field to increase or decrease the page number being displayed 5 Check the box labeled Duplicates share underlying asset to ensure that only one copy of the asset is stored within the Curio project even when the asset figure is duplicated Uncheck the box to ensure a copy of the underlying asset is created when the figure is duplicated Hierarchy Style Options List mind map table and index card figures are considered collection figures because they are made up of several contained figures Certain collections such as lists and mind maps are hierarchical in nature They support an additional style feature called level styles When enabled any style change you make to a figure on a specific hierarchical level will automatically be reflected by all other figures on that same level Here s a list example Use level styles when you want all list items at a specific hierarchical level to look like headings with large 18 point bold Times text while other levels are at 12 point Helvetica On top of that collection figures support branch coloring where certain color attributes can be shared between all figures on a hierarchical branch These colors will override the colors specified by any applicable level styles Use branch colors when you want all items along a hierarchical branch to appear to be connected with the same coloring theme This is very useful with mind maps in particular so that all items along a branch are colored the
108. folder to group a series of meeting note idea spaces created ona given day Or to collect several idea spaces that reflect rough design drafts Clicking a folder won t display anything within the idea space view because there s nothing to display And if you click on a folder to print or export it Curio will automatically assume you want to print or export the contents of the folder To create a new folder e Right click in the Organizer and choose New Folder To rename a folder Double click on the folder or right click on it and choose Rename To delete a folder Select a folder and press Delete or right click on it and choose Delete To assign a label color to a folder Right click on a folder and choose a color from the Label submenu or from the Organizer gt Label menu To indent or outdent a folder Select a folder and press Tab or Shift Tab to indent or outdent respectively You can also drag and drop items to change the hierarchy Moving or copying items into a folder You can use cut copy paste to move idea spaces or other folders into a folder You can also drag and drop those items into a folder holding Option down if you wish to create copies To hoist a folder e Right click on a folder and choose Hoist or choose Organizer gt Hoist Changing Idea Space Properties The idea space itself can be configured in a number of ways You can set a background color or image choo
109. for Mac OS iPhone and iPod Touch Microsoft Windows Windows Mobile and even a web based solution Data collected on any of these clients are automatically synchronized between each other via the evernote com service All clients are free and the service is free with some restrictions Users can also upgrade to a premium service plan for more features To learn more about Evernote go to http Awww evernote com Using the Evernote Shelf To log into the Evernote service 1 you have your Evernote account established through their website http www evernote com click on the Evernote shelf icon within Curio 2 Enter your Evernote username and password If requested this information can be remembered for quick access in the future Your password is stored in your Apple Keychain for safety 3 Click the Login to log into Evernote To search for Evernote items 1 All search terms are optional but can include one or more of the following search text notebook tag kind and last modified date Search text is wildcarded at the end so searching for the word ever will find evernote for example unless the phrase is quoted 2 You also specify how the results should be sorted when displayed and what zoom level should be used for the resulting preview images The results are automatically refreshed as you make your selection changes You may also click the Refresh button to force a refresh To add an E
110. g the Inspector To change the size of an idea space 1 Open the Dimensions section of the Display Inspector if it s not already expanded 2 Adjust the size of the idea space in pixels screens or printed pages by either typing in the new value or using the stepper to the right of the current value 3 Click Set to apply the changes Click Shrink to Minimum to reduce the size of the idea space to its minimum values based the content currently displayed in the idea space This calculation takes into consideration the chosen unit of measurement For example if you choose Pages as your unit of measurement then Shrink to Minimum will reduce the idea space to the fewest whole number of pages required to display the current content You can also set the idea space to automatically increase in size as needed by pages screens and pixels Vertical and horizontal preferences can be set separately If an idea space is set to automatically grow in size then as content is placed beyond the current borders of the idea space it will automatically grow to accommodate it Click Load Default to reset the current dimensions to the default setting Click Save As Default to save the current dimensions as your new default idea space size Note Increasing the size of the idea space will increase the amount of memory Curio uses to display the idea space Decreasing the size will reduce the amount of memory required Curio User Manual 18 Zooming I
111. h as a movie document or image can exist in multiple places in various idea spaces When you delete the last instance of an asset figure you can determine what Curio does with the asset that remains Choose whether the asset should be permanently removed or kept in Unused Assets within the Library or if you should be asked each time this comes up Project Center Preferences StandardPro To access Curio s Project Center preferences choose the Curio gt Preferences menu item then click on the Project Center icon Here you can add or remove categories to the Project Center This window also shows you how many projects are assigned to the category Note that a project can be assigned to one or more categories To add a category to the Project Center Type in a name and click the Add button To remove a category from the Project Center Select a category then press the Delete key Tag Preferences To access Curio s Tag preferences choose the Curio gt Preferences menu item then click on the Tag icon Here you can add or remove global tag sets to Curio These tag sets will appear in the figure s Tag Inspector and in the Inspector Bar There are two lists in the Tag Preferences window The list on the left is the list of all available tag sets including those which come bundled with Curio The list on the right shows all tags within the selected tag set To add a tag set Type in a tag set name under the left list
112. heck Copy as Text uses tabs to indent if you want tabs to be used for indention levels if a collection is copied using Edit gt Copy As gt Text Otherwise no indenting is done Check Mind maps shrink as nodes collapse if you want the mind map figure to shrink and grow as mind map nodes are collapsed or expanded Note however if you manually resize a mind map then it will not automatically shrink when collapsed Miscellaneous options Check Hold Shift to bypass galleries versus to show galleries to bypass the gallery window when the new idea space list mind map table or index card toolbar button is pressed If unchecked clicking the toolbar button will instantly create a default item and holding Shift will display the appropriate gallery Check Support multi touch gestures only for true trackpads if you want Curio to support multi touch gestures However if you are using a mouse enhancement app Curio User Manual 121 that simulates gestures on the Magic Mouse then they may send Curio erroneous begin gesture events with no end event resulting in a corrupted undo stack When the undo stack is corrupted undos simply don t work or they undo back to a much earlier point in history However if you have a genuine Macbook trackpad or Magic Trackpad then you may enable gesture support in Curio s Idea Space Preferences Deleting the last instance of an asset options Several instances of an asset suc
113. hich aren t considered as a header or footer To control the visibility of row or column headers or footers Check one of the appropriate checkboxes to show or hide a row header or footer or a column header and footer If showing the additional cells will be created either at the start or end of the rows or columns as appropriate To define a default figure style for table cells 1 Select a figure cell within the table Curio User Manual 69 2 Right click and choose Set As Style for All Cells where CellType is replaced with Body Header Row Footer Row Header Column Footer Column Alternatively you can click the appropriate button in the Table Inspector All cells of that same type will immediately adopt the new style Note that you must change the cell style in this way for it to be included in the table s style information If you simply change a cell s formatting attributes without setting it as the default style for those types of cells then it is simply considered a localized change and not something that should be applied to all similar cells To ignore figure styles for specific figure cells 1 Select one or more figure cell within the table 2 Check the Except for the selected figures checkbox in the table Inspector Table Context Menu Right clicking on the table will show a context menu with lots of frequent table operations which you can quickly activat
114. hing figures within the current Project will be displayed You can group the matching figures by a number of options by choosing the appropriate option from the Group By popup menu You can even group the results by a specified tag set To jump to a specific result simply click on the item in the result list The figure will be momentarily highlighted within its idea space Non matching figures are automatically faded into the background so that the matching figures stand out better Also the list of assets displayed in the Library will be filtered to only display assets that match your criteria To cancel a search e Click the Cancel Search button in the Search shelf Search tips use the Search shelf to search for some text that starts with a pound sign then we ll look for the word as a tag Thus searching for 1 1 will do a search for tag named legal Note that normally text searching for just Legal would return any results which contain that word in the figure s text asset contents notes and tag Thus prefacing it with a pound sign is a fast shortcut to choosing it from the Search shelf s Tags list since it will only return an exact tag match Curio Spotlight importer has been updated to include any used tags and tags with a project s scanned metadata This means if the tag legal was used ina project then legal legal will be in the resulting Spotlight metadata All of those changes
115. ier Template Once you ve created a dossier that fits your needs you may want to reuse it in other similar projects Curio allows you to save your dossier as a template that you can use as the basis for dossiers that you create for other projects Curio User Manual 98 To save dossier as template 1 Click on the actions button to reveal the actions popup menu 2 Choose Create Template from the actions menu 3 Inthe Save Template dialog type title and description for your template 4 You can optionally associate a custom image with your template by dragging image to the image well located to the left of the title field 5 Click Save The template will be saved to the Library Application Support Curio Dossier Templates folder in your Home directory To share a dossier template with other users working on the same machine simply move the dossier template file to the Library Application Support Curio Dossier Templates folder Create the folder if it doesn t already exist To share a dossier template with other users working on the same network simply move the dossier template file to the Network Library Application Support Curio Dossier Templates folder Create the folder if it doesn t already exist More information regarding network installations can be found in the Network Installations appendix Exporting Dossiers and Templates Once you ve completed answering the questions in a dossier
116. igure For example the project title in raw form is ProjectTitle However when you stop editing they will be dynamically replaced with the appropriate information Multi touch Support If you have one of Apple s MacBook models that support multi touch gestures via the trackpad then you can enjoy added benefits through Curio However if you are using a mouse enhancement app that simulates gestures on the Magic Mouse then they may send Curio erroneous begin gesture events with no end event resulting in a corrupted undo stack When the undo stack is corrupted undos simply don t work or they undo back to a much earlier point in history However if you have a genuine Macbook trackpad or Magic Trackpad then you may enable gesture support in Curio s Idea Space Preferences Curio User Manual 114 use multi touch gesture Use 3 fingers to swipe up or down to go to the previous or next idea space Use 3 fingers to swipe left or right to go backwards or forwards in history Select a figure and using 2 fingers pinch them together to shrink the figure or expand your fingers to grow the figure Select one or more figures and using 2 fingers on the trackpad rotate the figure by rotating your fingers counterclockwise or clockwise To use a multi touch gesture while in Presentation Mode e Use 3 fingers to swipe up or down to go to the previous or next idea space Use 3 fingers to swipe left or right to go backwar
117. ils button at the top To add an item to the Stencils shelf e Right click on an idea space the Organizer or its background to add its contents as a stencil Or drag and drop an idea space to the shelf to copy its contents into the stencils repository To use a stencil from the Stencils shelf Drag and drop the entry representing the entire collection over to your idea space double click the stencil collection to view the individual top level figures which make up that collection then drag and drop just the stencil figure you want back to your idea space Managing stencils with the Stencils shelf Edit a stencil by right clicking the stencil and choosing Edit Stencil Delete a stencil by selecting it and pressing the Delete key Create rename or delete stencil tags using the Actions button looks like a gear next to the Collection popup menu You can associate or disassociate a stencil with tag by right clicking on the stencil and choosing a tag in the menu that appears Find stencils quickly by choosing a collection tag or by sorting the resulting list using the popups on the Stencils shelf Share a stencil by right clicking on the stencil and choosing Send to Friend or Send to Community Center http www zengobi com curio community If you receive a stencil either via email or via the Curio Community Center simply double Click it to view it within Curio
118. including all embedded assets we d recommend using either volume protected with FileVault or an encrypted disk image that you use to store your Curio projects perhaps one disk image per client for example Alternatively you can use an Curio User Manual 9 application such as Knox which can automate the creation and sizing of encrypted disk images To password protect a Curio project Choose the File gt Set Password menu item This will create a copy of your current project with all aliased assets converted into embedded assets The resulting project is then zipped for easy backup or storage WARNING If you forget your password your data will be lost Zengobi cannot decrypt the project for you Curio User Manual Introducing the Idea Space A Curio project can contain an unlimited number of blank canvases called idea spaces onto which you can place anything text images web links movies music and documents of any type You can also generate mind maps outlines to do lists diagrams and sketches to help flesh out your ideas Curio allows you to organize your idea spaces hierarchically You can rearrange duplicate and even copy idea spaces between projects with ease What is an Idea Space Simply stated an idea space is just a blank canvas Like a giant whiteboard you can write or draw anything anywhere within an idea space However unlike a whiteboard you can also add images documents web l
119. inks movies sounds address book records mail messages and iCal events Plus once added to an idea space you can easily rearrange items by simply dragging them around the canvas You can organize your idea spaces hierarchically to indicate a specific ordering You can also group your idea spaces using sections and folders Creating an Idea Space There are a number of ways to create an idea space in your project To create an idea space via the Gallery 1 Click the New button on the toolbar to display the Gallery of idea spaces which will display all the available idea space styles and templates You can also choose the Organizer gt New Idea Space From Gallery menu item 2 Double click a style or template or click once and press the Choose button See the Idea Space Styles and Templates section below for more information about the Gallery To instantly create an idea space e Holding the Shift key down while pressing the New button will instantly create a new idea space without displaying the Gallery The style of the idea space will mirror the style of the currently selected idea space within the Organizer You can change this Shift key logic in Curio s Preferences via the Hold Shift to bypass galleries versus to show galleries checkbox To create an idea space using the menu bar Choosing the Organizer gt New Idea Space will create a new idea space of the same style as the currently selected idea space within
120. ively Note that you can select a node in an existing collection and use this same technique to paste the outline as a new branch To bring a Curio mind map or list into FreeMind as a mind map hierarchy 1 In Curio use the Edit gt Copy As gt Text to copy mind or list hierarchy into the clipboard as a text outline 2 In FreeMind click on a node and choose Edit gt Paste which will paste the hierarchy as a new branch in your FreeMind mind map Creating Attached Mind Map Figures If a mind map figure is selected or is being edited then you can quickly create an attached mind map figure that is a mind map figure with a sticky line attaching the current figure and the new figure by simply holding down the Command key when clicking on the idea space background By default the line connecting the current figure and the new figure will have an arrowhead pointing to the new figure a unidirectional line However other connecting lines are also possible as described below Note this technique will only work if the normal Select tool looks like a mouse pointer is chosen in the toolbar If the Text tool is selected then the created attached figure will always be a new text figure instead of a mind map figure To create an attached mind map figure with a unidirectional connecting line 1 Edit or select an existing mind map figure 2 Click on the idea space background while pressing the Command key To create an a
121. izations Curio supports several advanced settings which you can customize via Terminal found in Applications gt Utilities using the defaults command line tool then relaunching Curio These customizations will be stored in the Library Preferences com zengobi curio plist file under your home folder Curio User Manual 127 disable automatic Curio update checks By default Curio checks Zengobi s servers every day to see if an update is available You can turn off that check with the following defaults write com zengobi curio SUEnableAutomaticChecks bool To disable Apple Keychain access for license key storage and retrieval By default the license key is stored in your Apple Keychain for safekeeping and on your hard disk You can turn that off with the following defaults write com zengobi curio License Skip Keychain bool yes To disable local replication of license key information By default if the license key is found on the network then it will automatically replicate that information to the local hard disk so Curio can work even if the network is unavailable at launch time You can turn that off with the following defaults write com zengobi curio License Skip Network To Local bool yes To modify the days left warning for expiring license keys If you enter an expiring license key such as an annual site license then at launch Curio will warn you when the license will be expiring soon and thus when Curio
122. jects all organized into custom categories for easy tracking and management The Project Gallery allows you to associate your projects with one or more categories These same categories are also used by the Project Center panel described below For instance you can create categories called Work Personal Active and Senior Year Choosing a category will only list those projects which are associated with that category Creating New Projects with the Project Gallery When you need to create a new project the Project Gallery can show you templates to help you get started To create a new project with the Project Gallery 1 Choose the File gt New menu You will now see Project Gallery s Template Chooser 2 Double click a project template or click once and press the Choose button Note that you can also click the Blank Project button at the bottom of the window to create a blank project On the left side of the Project Galley the available project templates are organized by Personal Bundled and Network groupings Personal contains templates you create Bundled contains templates that Zengobi includes with Curio and Network is an optional repository located on a shared network server at your workplace or school More information regarding network installations can be found in the Network Installations appendix On the right side of the Gallery previews for the available project templates within a selected gro
123. l ask you for a title for the new recording then close the recording window While recording you can still make other changes to the same idea space or even a different idea space However you should not close that current project Playing Multimedia You can play back QuickTime movies VR animations music and sounds directly within an idea space To play a QuickTime or sound asset Double click the asset figure in the idea space to activate the QuickTime viewer in place Once the QuickTime viewer is activated you can interact with it as you normally would Press the play button to play a movie or a sound click and drag your mouse to navigate a VR animation If the asset figure was originally displayed at an angle the asset figure will automatically change it s orientation to a 0 angle of rotation while activated and return to it s original rotation when deactivated Curio User Manual 35 Creating Line Figures The Line tool on the toolbar has an arrow located in the lower right portion of the button When you click on the arrow or press and hold the toolbar button down a menu displays the list of predefined lines you can choose Once you choose line your choice is reflected by the button s image Simply clicking the button will reselect the displayed line To draw a line 1 Click on the Line tool in the toolbar hold the button down to display a popup menu of line choices 2 Change any style attributes that yo
124. like a little gear and choose the Save As menu item and then specify a name that describes this search criteria If you are refining an existing saved search then you can choose the Save menu item instead To remove your search criteria 1 Choose Edit gt Show Search from the main menu or press Command F or simply click on the Search icon at the top of the Shelf Choose a saved search from the popup near the top of the Search shelf Click on the Actions button to the right of the saved searches popup it looks like a little gear and choose the Remove menu item Timestamps StandardPro Project timestamps allow you to create named milestones in your project s history Then you can use the Search shelf to find items modified since that milestone For example you can easily find items modified since Beta Release 3 or Client Review To create a project timestamp 1 Choose File gt Project Properties from the main menu 2 Click on Timestamps in the Project Properties dialog 3 Type the name in the Name field choose a date and time using the Date and Time fields then click Add to add the timestamp to the list To edit a timestamp Select it in the list and then type a new name and or modify the date and time fields then click Update Click Reset to clear the name field and set the date and time fields to the current date and time To remove a timestamp Select it in the list and press the Delete
125. ll in the search field once and then visit the sites that most interest you When you find something you want to remember simply drag and drop it into an idea space To use Sleuth 1 Click on Sleuth in the toolbar 2 Type a word or phrase in the search field located at the top of the Sleuth window 3 Press return to perform the search on the currently selected website or choose a different site from the site popup menu located to the right of the search field The search results will be displayed in the bottom part of the Sleuth window You can explore your search results as you would any website You can use the back and forward arrows at the top of the Sleuth window to navigate web pages Drag images selected text and web links from the Sleuth window to any idea space or the project library to save the results you like You can grab the URL of the currently displayed page by dragging it from the status area located at the bottom of the Sleuth window To see search results for the same word or phrase on a different site click on the site menu and choose another site You can also click on the up and down arrows next to the site menu to perform the same search on the previous and next sites within a category respectively To see search results for a different word or phrase on the same site type a new word or phrase into the search field and press the return key Click on the magnifying glass in the search field to display a menu of
126. ls 3 4 and 5 still exist If you save your style as a named style then Curio will automatically prune away those unseen level styles It will also take the deepest current level and use that as the default style for any new deeper levels created in the future basically making it the style for all undefined levels You can force Curio to perform this tidy operation using the Hierarchy Style Options inspector 1 Select a collection figure 2 Click the button titled Tidy amp Remove Unused Level Styles in the Hierarchy Style Options inspector To use a figure to define the style for an existing level As mentioned above Curio will automatically determine level styles as you create or modify figures on the level However you can also force a figure to be the new level style as follows 1 Select a figure in the collection figure at the level for which you wish to define a style 2 Configure the figure s attributes as you wish 3 Click the button titled This Level under the Use the selected figure as the style for section of the Hierarchy Style Options inspector To use a figure to define the style for any undefined level If you haven t defined a style for a particular level then Curio needs to know what style it should use You can define this style using the following technique 1 Selecta figure in the collection figure at the level for which you wish to define a style Configure the figure s attribu
127. ly type in a phrase and click the plus button You can click ona phrase in that list and press the backspace or delete key to remove a phrase Appearance Preferences StandardPro To access Curio s appearance preferences choose the Curio gt Preferences menu item then click on the Appearance icon Curio User Manual 125 An appearance theme contains the colors used for painting various elements within the Curio user interface 01 Switching to a different appearance theme Themes bundled with Curio that you cannot change have a lock icon next to them You can click on a theme and your UI will change to showcase that theme Adding an appearance theme To create a new theme you need to select an existing theme type in a new name in the field under the theme list and click the Create Copy button You can then change the colors for that theme as described below Removing an appearance theme Select an unlocked theme then press the Delete or Backspace key Changing theme color attributes e Click on a color well next to the described attribute and choose new color While you are picking new color you will see the UI dynamically update with that new color To send the active appearance theme to a friend via mail e Click the Send to Friend button The appearance theme is automatically exported and added to a new mail message for you to address Your recipient can import the appearance theme simply by d
128. me unique ids in iCal so that it can synchronize your project appropriately on each of your computers Floating Events All times are considered floating times therefore they are time zone independent This means that a task ending at 4 00 PM will end at that time regardless of where you were when you created the task or where you are currently Curio communicates with iCal through Apple s CalendarStore framework Apparently the current system time zone is forced upon events coming over via CalendarStore and Curio User Manual 95 there s no way to change it to floating programmatically even though it supports floating events via the iCal user interface This means that if you set a Curio figure to a 4 00 PM floating due date and you happend to be in the Eastern Standard Time zone then it will be created as 4 00 PM EST in iCal If you fly to California and change your Mac s time zone to Pacific Standard Time then the iCal event will suddenly be due at 1 00 PM If you frequently change your computer s time zones then you may need to use Curio s Reset Calendar to force iCal to adjust to the correct times Getting Things Done in Curio Pro Getting Things Done is a popular method of task management in use today Using the Meta Inspector discussed in the chapter titled The Idea Space and Curio s built in GTD tags you can very easily implement the Getting Things Done methodology within your Curio projects For exam
129. means that if you use Spotlight to search for 1 1 you ll see all projects that use the Curio tag legal and if you then choose one of those projects from Spotlight s results list Curio will launch and open that project and automatically do a tag search for legal e search for some text in the Search shelf find some results and then double click on an asset figure in the idea space to launch it the search text will be sent to the launched application This means if you search for the word fisherman using the Search shelf and find that it s in one of your embedded PDFs then you can double click the PDF and the fisherman search phrase will get passed to Preview so it will automatically search for fisherman upon opening the PDF Working with Saved Searches If you frequently find yourself performing the same search Curio allows you to save that search criteria for easy reuse Curio User Manual 103 To use saved search 1 Choose Edit gt Show Search from the main menu or press Command F or simply click on the Search icon at the top of the Shelf 2 Choose a saved search from the popup near the top of the Search shelf To save your search criteria 1 Choose Edit gt Show Search from the main menu or press Command F or simply click on the Search icon at the top of the Shelf Fill out the Search shelf with your search criteria Click on the Actions button to the right of the saved searches popup it looks
130. n the following variables shown with an example output will be dynamically replaced as appropriate ProjectTitle My Project Name ldeaSpaceTitle This Idea Space Title ldeaSpaceNumber 2 ldeaSpaceNumberWithSheetInfo 2 1 4 Note the idea space number is not necessary its page number since that could vary depending on if the idea space fits to a single printed page In situations where a single idea space spans across several printed pages the idea space number would be the same on each one of those pages To help with that Curio supports ldeaSpaceNumberWithSheetInfo and couple of helper variables ldeaSpaceSheetNumber ldeaSpaceNumberOfSheets If the idea space fits a single page then ldeaSpaceNumberWithBreakInfo is simply replaced with the idea space number ldeaSpaceNumber Else where the idea space spans across multiple sheets it is replaced with this ldeaSpaceNumber ldeaSpaceSheetNumber ldeaSpaceNumberOfSheets For example the 3rd sheet out of 9 sheets that makes up idea space 26 would show 26 3 9 as its footer Tooltip options e Check Show position size rotation tooltips if you want Curio to show geometric information while you are resizing or creating a figure Check Show informational hover tooltips if you want Curio to show various information about a figure after a brief delay if you hover the mouse over the figure Collection options C
131. n and Out Sometimes when you re fleshing out ideas it helps to zoom in on an idea space for more detailed work or to zoom out so you can see the whole picture at once To zoom in or out Choose a zoom level from the pop up menu located in the bottom right corner of the idea space view or choose View gt Zoom gt Zoom In Zoom Out Zoom Out to Fit Actual Size from the main menu Customizing the Idea Space Presentation Transition Pro Each idea space can have its own custom slide transition when being displayed in presentation mode The default is to use the transition specified in the Presentation Preferences panel To assign a custom transition to an idea space 1 Open the Transition section of the Extras Inspector if it s not already expanded 2 Choose the type of transition you d like to use from the Type popup menu 3 Choose the desired transition from the Effect popup menu You can turn off the slide transition for this idea space by choosing None from the Type popup menu You can go back to using the default slide transition by choosing Default from Preferences from the Type popup menu Curio User Manual 19 Idea Space Styles and Templates Say you create a slick idea space grid style with a nice textured background or an awesome idea space for taking notes in meetings You d want to be able to easily re use them right No problem Curio fully supports customizable idea space styles and templates Termi
132. n exported dossier or dossier template Curio makes it easy to import it into an existing project To import a dossier 1 Choose Import gt Dossier from the actions popup menu 2 Locate the exported dossier file 3 Click Open Your current dossier s questions and answers will be replaced with the contents of the dossier you imported An even easier way to import a dossier is to simply drag the exported dossier file onto the dossier view of your project To import a dossier template 1 Choose Import gt Template from the actions popup menu 2 Locate the exported dossier template file 3 Click Open Sharing Dossiers and Templates Once you have created a unique dossier template you can easily share the template with friends or the Curio Community Center The Curio Community Center htto www zengobi com curio community permits easy sharing and exchanging of many customizable features of Curio You can quickly discover new useful dossier templates and easily add them to your Curio installation To send a dossier to a friend via mail Choose Send Dossier to Friend from the actions popup menu The dossier is automatically exported and added to a new mail message for you to address Your recipient can import the dossier simply by double clicking the attachment or follow the Import gt Dossier steps as described above To send a dossier template to a friend via mail Choose Send Templa
133. nal instances to display additional pages of the PDF For example if you wanted to display two pages of a PDF on each idea space create two instances of the PDF asset on the original idea space Then set the first instance to display page 1 of the PDF via the PDF Page edit field in the Asset Figure inspector and the second instance to display page 2 Then follow the steps above to spread the PDF over the appropriate number of idea spaces You can also start on a number other than page 1 within the PDF Set the PDF figure to display page 25 and Spread PDF will spread from page 25 through the number of pages in the PDF Note that you can only have one multipage PDF asset on an idea space in order to use this feature Adding and Using Instant Document Templates You can create new documents of any type from within an idea space using document templates This comes in handy when you want to quickly expand upon some ideas ina new TextEdit document or perform some advanced drawing in a new Photoshop document To create a new instant document in an idea space Choose the document you wish to create from the Insert gt Instant Document submenu of the chosen template document is automatically embedded in your project and added to the current idea space Simply double click the document to launch it in its native application You can add your own document templates to the Insert gt Instant Document submenu To add a new i
134. nch or Bulge button to apply that shadow effect A pinched shadow looks like the figure has been placed on a tabletop where only the bottom corners of the figure are slightly raised from the surface like you re pinching the edges and lifting them up A bulged shadow is the opposite of a pinch here the bottom center of the figure is slightly raised from the surface like you re creating a bulge in the center of the photo Both of these effects are in contrast to a normal shadow which looks like the entire figure is floating off the surface These effects are only available for filled rectangular shape with no curved corners After enabling an effect you can adjust the margin pen border size and color and fill color settings to make a nice frame and matte for your photo or image Changing Text Attributes You can change the font style and size text color and alignment for any text in your idea space using the Figure Inspector Curio User Manual 30 To change the font style size text color and alignment 1 Select the text figure or the text within the figure that you wish to format 2 Using the Text section of the Figure Inspector change the text foreground color by clicking on the foreground color well Change the text background highlight color by clicking on the highlight color well Change the font by choosing a font from the Font popup menu Change the font size by selecting a size from the size popup menu or typing a n
135. nd Option key Curio User Manual 59 Making Mind Maps Mind mapping is a wonderful technique for discovering connections between words and ideas and encourages an easy brainstorming approach starting with just one idea This one idea be it a word phrase or image is expanded upon by adding associated ideas in a radial fashion around the central idea You then take each of those associated phrases and list ideas associated with them This method for brainstorming allows you to concentrate on just one idea at a time As your mind map grows you can easily visualize how seemingly disparate concepts are interrelated In time you will find the key ideas from all around your mind map that you can use to continue forward towards your project goals Terminology map s central figure is called the central topic This is the main idea or focus of the mind map o een qm Topic Branch33 am Central Topic Subtopic3 1 2 Surrounding the central topic circular fashion are the main topics or branches These are your initial primary topics or ideas that come to mind when thinking about the central topic For example if the central topic is Apple then the branches surrounding it might include iPod and iPhone Subtopics appear under the branch in a linear fashion For example for the iPod branch you might incl
136. nd maps Tables Index Cards Attributes included in the format definition include all text attributes border shape color thickness and pattern fill color and style interior margin opacity value corners value the visibility of shadows to do checkboxes and ratings and icon size To set the default format for a figure type 1 Select a figure of the appropriate type in an idea space 2 Configure its formatting attributes how you want them either manually or by selecting a predefined figure style from a Style popup This is an important point as you can simply change the attributes directly without going through the hassle of creating a saved style if you don t want to 3 Choose Format gt Set as Default Format for Figure from the main menu Any new figures of the given type will be created using the default format you set Creating Audio and Video Recordings StandardPro You can make new audio and video recordings directly within Curio To insert a new video or audio recording into the current idea space e Click the Recording toolbar button and choose either the audio or video option choose Insert gt Recording gt Video Recording or Audio Recording from the main menu Curio will create a new recording asset and automatically insert it into the active idea space then open a recording window Press the Record button when you re ready to start recording then press it again when you finished Curio wil
137. nd right on an idea space And Curio s lists contain more than just text you can add images documents movies sound clips and any other type of figure that Curio supports Creating a List There a number of ways to create list figures within an idea space To create a list via the Gallery 1 Click the List button on the toolbar to display the Gallery of lists which will display all the available list styles and templates 2 Double click a style or stencil or click once and press the Choose button See the Figure Styles and Stencils section below for more information about the Gallery To instantly create a list Holding the Shift key down while pressing the List button will instantly create a new list without displaying the Gallery The style of the default list can be modified via the Format gt Set as Default Format for List Figure menu item See the Default Figure Formatting section for more details Alternatively you can also choose the Insert gt List menu item You can change this Shift key logic in Curio s Preferences via the Hold Shift to bypass galleries versus to show galleries checkbox To collect a selection of figures into a list 1 Select one or more unlocked figures 2 Choose Arrange gt Collect Into gt List or hold the Option key down while pressing the List toolbar button A new list figure containing the selected figures will be created and centered the visible
138. nder s Label feature you can associate a label and color with your idea spaces sections and folders When an idea space is labeled the thumbnail image of the idea space in the organizer view displays a border using the label color For sections and folders their icons are tinted with the appropriate label color This allows you to visually flag certain idea spaces sections or folders The label colors and associated titles are customizable to fit your needs To customize the labels default or global labels text and colors are specified Curio s preferences which you can access via the Curio gt Preferences menu and then click the Labels tab Change the text and click the color wells to customize each label You can override the global labels by choosing the File gt Project Properties menu and clicking the Labels tab Check the Override global label settings checkbox and then customize the labels as you wish You can optionally copy from or to the global labels via the buttons within this window Curio User Manual 13 To label an idea space section or folder Select one or more items the Organizer then right click and choose a label from the Label submenu You can also find this in the Organizer gt Label menu Organizing with Project Sections StandardPro While you can indent or outdent idea spaces into a hierarchical order as described above Curio also provides two more advanced methods f
139. new mail message for you to address Your recipient can import the dossier simply by double clicking the attachment or by dragging it directly to the Customize Sleuth window To send a Sleuth site to the Curio Community Center 1 In Sleuth s main window click on the Customize button the one with the pencil icon to switch over to the Sleuth configuration view Curio User Manual 85 2 Choose a Sleuth site 3 Click the Send to Community Center button The Sleuth site is automatically exported and added to a new mail message addressed to Zengobi You can optionally specify that we attribute the submission to you and include a web link to your website We will review your submission before posting it to the Community Center To visit the Curio Community Center 1 In Sleuth s main window click on the Customize button the one with the pencil icon to switch over to the Sleuth configuration view 2 Choose a Sleuth site 3 Click the Visit to Community Center button Your web browser will be opened to the Curio Community Center website There you can quickly discover newly submitted Sleuth sites If you find one that sounds interesting download the Sleuth site and double click the resulting download to automatically add it to your Curio installation or drag it directly to the Customize Sleuth window The Flashlight Shelf StandardPro Apple s Spotlight is great but sometimes it can be overkill Curio comes with
140. ngs that allow you to personalize your Curio experience Many global settings can be modified via Curio Preferences and some can even be overridden on a per project basis via Project Properties General Preferences To access Curio s general preferences choose the Curio gt Preferences menu item then click on the General icon Startup options Check Open previously opened project s if the last opened projects should be automatically re opened when Curio is launched You can also specify what Curio should do if it doesn t open previously opened projects A popup allows you to specify one of the following Do Nothing Create a New Project via Template Chooser Create a Blank Project Create a Project via Project Gallery Project options Check On open close any unused untitled windows if after opening a project any untouched untitled windows should be automatically closed Check Start with the window maximized if a new window should be maximized by default e Check Search asset contents for words if you want to Curio to search within the assets of a project when Search is used Status options Pro Check Warn if figures are past start date but are 0 done if you want Curio to alert you about figures that have been assigned a start date that is currently in the past and the task has a completion percentage equal to zero percent Check Include figures with no start or due
141. nology An idea space style includes its notepaper or grid settings and its coloring and texture overlay among many other properties Thus the style defines just the look of the idea space You can apply a style to a new or even an existing idea space On the other hand an idea space template is a re usable idea space that can include figures collections and other placeholder items So an idea space template defines the look and include lots of stuff in the idea space itself You create a copy of a template Idea Space Styles You can easily create new idea space styles containing its background color texture and notepaper or grid settings To create a new idea space style 1 Click on an an idea space in the Organizer 2 Configure its attributes how you want them using the inspectors 3 Right click on the idea space in the Organizer then choose Save As Idea Space Style Alternatively you can also do this by choosing the Organizer gt Save As Idea Space Style menu item Or by right clicking on the idea space background and choosing the Save As Idea Space Style menu item from the context menu that appears Lastly you can also do this in the idea space s Style inspector by clicking the Actions button it looks like a gear near the Style popup 4 Inthe dialog that appears give the style a name If you save a style with the same name as an existing style then it will simply be replaced after giving your confirmation T
142. notebook when the note is dragged into Curio defaults write com zengobi curio Evernote Assign Notebook Tag bool no To disable automatically associating one or more Curio tags which represent the note s Evernote tags when the note is dragged into Curio defaults write com zengobi curio Evernote Assign Note Tags bool no Curio User Manual 91 The maximum number of notes which can be displayed in notebook defaults write com zengobi curio Evernote Results Limit int 500 Curio User Manual 92 Managing Your Tasks Part of staying on top of a project is being able to quickly find out what and when you need to do things Curio provides a number of features to help you manage and track the tasks related to your projects Curio s Status shelf project center iCal synchronization and date management features all work in concert to make sure you don t miss a beat Review the chapter titled The Idea Space to find out how to use Curio s Meta Inspector to assign start and due dates to figures Using the Status Shelf Pro Curio s Status shelf view packs a lot of information into a compact display The first thing you ll notice are the bar graphs displayed at the top of the shelf These bar graphs give you a very quick overview of the relative quantity of tasks starting or due and their dates relative to today There s a pair of graphs for the current project and a pair for all of the projects in a specified
143. nstant document template 1 You first need to create a document that you wish to use as a template Launch the appropriate application such as Photoshop or Word then create a new document and save it anywhere on your hard disk The name of this file will be used as the template name later in step 3 Alternatively if there s an existing document you wish to use as a template then you can skip this step 2 Choose Insert gt Instant Document gt Add File as Instant Document from the main menu Curio User Manual 82 3 Inthe Open dialog locate and select the document you wish to add as a template and click the Add button A copy of the document you selected is created in your Home directory s Library Application Support Curio External Document Templates folder The document s name is also added to the document templates submenu You can create multiple template documents of the same type but make sure they have descriptive names so you can tell them apart in the document templates submenu To remove a custom template choose Insert gt Instant Document gt Remove Instant Document from the main menu and then choose the template to remove and click Remove Sleuth StandardPro Sleuth can help you research ideas by giving you easy access to almost any search engine available on the Internet You can quickly look up images definitions rhyming words translations and general information related to any topic You only have to fi
144. nt 2 Launch Curio 3 Save project templates idea space styles amp templates figure styles amp templates and Scrapbook items as described in the appropriate sections elsewhere in the manual When you save them they will be saved as Personal styles or templates and therefore stored in your Library Application Support Curio folder Quit Curio Copy your Library Application Support Curio folder to the network s Network Library Application Support directory replacing the Curio folder which is there Once again make sure all client users have read only access to this network folder Now upon the next re launch of Curio those same styles and templates will be available to all your client users within Curio as network resources Curio User Manual 130
145. ny other PDF viewing application to view or print the resulting document To create a PDF document using Export 1 Optionally select specific idea spaces in the Organizer that you wish to export 2 Choose File gt Export As gt PDF 3 Click on Export All if you want to export all idea spaces else click Export Selected to only export the selected idea spaces 4 and choose a location for the file Optionally change parameters such as whether Curio should automatically scale idea spaces to fit a single printed page When doing this Curio can also optionally rotate between landscape and portrait modes for that page to minimize the scaling Additionally the idea space background and grid may be printed as well 6 Click Export To create a PDF document of your entire project using Print 1 Optionally select specific idea spaces in the Organizer that you wish to export 2 Choose File gt Print 3 Click on Print All if you want to export all idea spaces else click Print Selected to only export the selected idea spaces 4 Inthe Print dialog click Save as PDF Type a name and choose a location for the file 6 Optionally change parameters such as whether Curio should automatically scale idea spaces to fit a single printed page When doing this Curio can also optionally rotate between landscape and portrait modes for that page to minimize the scaling Additionally the idea space background and grid ma
146. o should find it at launch and it will not request any 7 Configure any other settings in the Preferences window Remember these will be replicated to all client machines 8 Quit Curio Next you want to distribute the Curio application and these preferences to all client machines We recommend using an application such as Apple s Remote Desktop which makes this kind of distribution extremely easy Distribute the following from the Curio Client to each client Mac in the same folder location Applications Curio Library Preferences com zengobi curio plist When you launch Curio on any of the replicated accounts they should immediately find and use those same preferences and therefore find and use the same network folder Remember for this to work seamlessly all clients must auto mount the shared library as a share point as described above Updating the Shared Network Resources The network s Curio application support folder at this point is a clone of the Curio Admin user s application support folder The easiest thing to do is to keep it that way That is if you want to make certain idea space styles and templates figure stencils styles project templates Scrapbook assets etc available to other users on your Curio User Manual 129 network then add them within the Curio Admin user s Curio UI as personal styles and templates Adding new items as network accessible resources 1 Login to your Curio Admin accou
147. o add a project to a Project Center category e Click on the Project Center s Actions button looks like a gear and choose Add Project to Category where Category is the currently selected Project Center category A dialog will appear allowing you to select a project file from your hard disk right click within the Project Center and choose choose Add Project to Category and the same dialog will appear as described above drag and drop a file from the Finder into the Project Center click and hold the little icon in the title bar of a currently opened project and drag and drop it into the Project Center if the project already appears a different Project Center category then switch to that category select the project then right click and choose an unchecked category from the Categorize submenu that appears You can also see this popup menu via the Actions button Note that the Opened Recently Project Center category is special in that it simply reflects the contents of the File gt Open Recent menu So choosing Add Project to Opened Recently will ask you if you d like to just open the project as normal which will add it to the File gt Open Recent menu and therefore to the Opened Recently category Alternatively you can also double click the project in the Finder to open it which will cause it to be automatically added to this category To remove a project from a Project Center category
148. o apply a style to an existing idea space 1 Select an idea space in the Organizer to open it 2 Right click on the idea space background and choose Apply Idea Space Style to bring up the Idea Space Style Gallery Or click the idea space background and select a style from the Style popup or the Gallery button next to that popup in the idea space s Style inspector or in the inspector bar Curio User Manual 20 create a brand new idea space based an existing style 1 Click the New button on the toolbar or choose the Organizer gt New Idea Space From Gallery menu item 2 Choose a style from your Personal Bundled or Network collections then click the Choose button You may also simply double click the style Managing idea space styles with the Gallery Within the Idea Space Gallery accessible by clicking the New toolbar button or choosing the Organizer gt New Idea Space From Gallery menu item you can perform a number of operations to better manage your idea space styles Copy a Bundled or Network style simply by drag and dropping it into your Personal collection Delete a Personal style by selecting the style and pressing the Delete key Share a Personal style by right clicking on the style and choosing Send to Friend or Send to Community Center http Awww zengobi com curio community Managing idea space styles with the Styles actions menu With an idea space selected and no figures selected
149. o simply double click the style Managing figure styles with the Gallery Bring up the appropriate Gallery by right clicking on a figure of that type and choosing Apply FigureType to bring up the Style Gallery for that type of figure Alternatively you can click the appropriate collection button on the toolbar For instance click the List Mind Map Table or Index Card toolbar button to bring up the Gallery window for those types of figure styles Once the Gallery is up you can perform the following operations Copy a Bundled or Network style simply by drag and dropping it into your Personal collection Delete a Personal style by selecting the style and pressing the Delete key Share a Personal style by right clicking on the style and choosing Send to Friend or Send to Community Center http Awww zengobi com curio community Managing figure styles with the Styles inspector With a figure selected the Styles popup in the Styles inspector will show all of the available styles for this type of figure Curio User Manual 47 By clicking the Actions button next to the popup looks like gear you can perform several operations Create a new style based on the currently selected figure Remove the currently selected style if it s within your Personal collection Import or export the style Send the style to a friend or to the Community Center Visit the Community Center http Awww z
150. o the real world for a metaphor a Curio project can be a simple notebook or a stuffed binder depending on the complexity of your project For example you may create a relatively simple project for a family vacation trip containing itineraries flight and hotel details maps photos web clippings reviews and notes Or you may have a complex client design project with a project dossier and multiple sections each containing hundreds of idea spaces organized within dozens of folders Working with Projects Your project is represented in the Finder as a package file A package file is a special type of file in Mac OS X which can contain any number of files within it It s technically a folder or subdirectory but the Mac shows it as a normal file This means that your Curio project file can be stored anywhere on your hard disk or network server The usual spot is your personal Documents folder However you may have a user folder on a shared network server Or you may want to store your project in a automatically synced folder such as a Dropbox folder see www dropbox com so all changes to the project are instantly synced between multiple Macs To create a Curio project 1 Choose the File gt New menu item to display the Project Gallery s Template Chooser which contains all the available project templates 2 Double click a project template or click once and press the Choose button Note that you can also click the Blank Project but
151. of the address bar to your bookmarks bar In Firefox you can do this by right clicking in the bookmark bar and choosing New Bookmark then pasting that URL into the Location field Next time you surf to a web page you wish to archive in Curio simply click the newly created bookmark and a WebArchive will be generated and placed into your Scrapbook Curio User Manual 88 as an uncategorized asset You will hear the familiar Snippet chirp sound when it is finished Curio does not have to be running for this feature to work as it all happens behind the scenes Firefox and the bookmarklet Firefox sometimes has problems with bookmarklets that launch custom URL handlers If the Curio bookmarklet is still not working for you then do this 1 about config into the Firefox address bar and press Enter 2 Right click then choose New gt Boolean and enter network protocol handler external curioservice for its name then set its value to true 3 Right click then choose New gt String and enter network protocol handler app curioservice for its name then set its value to Users username Library Services CurioService service but replace username with your user account name on your Mac 4 Right click then choose New gt Boolean and enter network protocol handler expose curioservice for its name then set its value to true 5 Choose the Firefox gt Preferences menu item then click the Applications icon scrolled to the curioservic
152. oist from the main menu The name of the hoisted idea space will appear in the title bar of the Organizer and all of its child idea spaces will become top level idea spaces in the Organizer until you unhoist Any new idea spaces you create at the top level will automatically become children of the hoisted idea space To unhoist a hoisted idea space simply choose Organizer gt Unhoist from the main menu If you have multiple idea spaces hoisted then you can choose Organizer gt Unhoist All to get back to the true root of the project s Organizer To copy idea spaces Select one more idea spaces and choose Edit gt Copy to copy it If a selected idea space contains children and the parent is collapsed the children are automatically copied as well if expanded then only the parent is copied Select an idea space and choose Edit gt Paste to paste the copied idea spaces under the selected item Note you can copy and paste between projects e You can also choose Edit gt Duplicate to instantly create copy of the selected idea space Curio User Manual 12 You can also hold down the Option key while drag and dropping idea spaces to create copies To zoom in or out Choose zoom level from the pop up menu located in the bottom right corner of the idea space view or choose View gt Zoom gt Zoom In Zoom Out Zoom Out to Fit Actual Size from the main menu You can also zoom and out of the idea space u
153. olors used in the Status shelf Below each icon you see a quick summary status for the project letting you know if you have a task which needs your attention More details on these status fields can be found in the Status shelf section If a project is encrypted but not actively opened then you will just see a lock icon instead of status information Working with Project Center Categories You can add your own custom categories to Project Center either via the Project Gallery window as described above or via the Project Center preference panel To show the Project Center preference panel Choose the Curio gt Preferences menu item then click the Project Center icon click on the Project Center s Actions button looks like a gear and choose Add Remove Categories Curio User Manual 7 To add a Project Center category 1 If necessary bring up the Project Center preference panel as described above 2 Enter anew category in the edit field provided 3 Click the Add button To modify a Project Center category 1 If necessary bring the Project Center preference panel as described above 2 Double click on the category title in the list 3 Type in the new title then press the Return key To remove a Project Center category 1 If necessary bring up the Project Center preference panel as described above 2 Select a category in the list and press the Delete key Managing Projects with the Project Center T
154. on the Mind Map toolbar button you will get an empty mind map with no default central topic figure 4 Select the node you would like to paste the copied branch as a child branch Alternatively you can select the mind map figure itself and the copied branch will be pasted as a child branch of the central topic figure If no central topic figure exists and you are just pasting one branch then the branch s parent figure will become the central topic else a default central topic will be created and the multiple branches will be pasted as children underneath 5 Choose the Edit gt Paste menu item To prune off a branch in the mind map into a brand new linked to mind map Right click on a figure in the mind map and choose Prune To Linked Collection Curio will then create a new mind map of the same style as the current mind map where the selected parent becomes the central topic of the new mind map and all of its children will be hierarchically arranged underneath The children of the original parent are then removed and the original parent itself becomes a jump action which when clicked will zip you to the new collection The new collection can remain on the current idea space or it can be cut and pasted onto a different idea space and the jump action will still track it down The root of the new collection will automatically gain a jump action to jump you back to the parent collection when clicked Working with MindMeister Yo
155. ond timer At the end of that time period but before performing the autosave Curio will wait for a 2 second idle period where you aren t busy moving the mouse or pressing keys on the keyboard Once you re idle for that brief moment it will then quickly perform the autosave As a safety measure Curio will force an autosave even if you re not idle if it s been more than 60 seconds since the project was first modified Of course you can also force a save at any time by choosing File gt Save on your own Note that Curio will not perform an autosave if you attempt to close the project or quit Curio Instead we ask if you would like to save before closing or quitting This way if you accidentally do something catastrophic which is not undoable then you can quickly quit Curio without saving and not lose any data To archive a Curio project Choose the File gt Create Archive menu item This will create a copy of your current project with all aliased assets converted into embedded assets The resulting project is then zipped for easy backup or storage Curio User Manual 4 Using the Project Gallery The Project Gallery is Curio s one stop shop for organizing and managing your projects It is used in two key situations 1 create new project the Project Gallery can show you all of the available project templates so you don t have to start from scratch 2 To open an existing project the Project Gallery can show you all your pro
156. oose File gt Export Selected Figures As gt RTF and enter a file name Curio will choose a logical text representation for all the selected figures even automatically grabbing a text outline of a list mind map or index card or tabbed delimited text for tables Curio User Manual 111 In the case of rich text exporting Curio will make sure all export text which is colored white is instead colored black during the export so you can see it on the resulting page Otherwise it leaves the figure s colors and other font attributes as is To export specific figures as a single image file 1 Select one or more figures you wish to export 2 Choose File gt Export Selected Figures As gt TIFF or PDF JPG or PNG and enter a file name To export a specific list or map figure as an OPML file 1 sure the collection figure itself is selected not a figure within the collection otherwise you will only get the tree under that selected node 2 Choose File gt Export Selected Figures As gt OPML and enter a file name To export a specific table figure as a comma separated value CSV file 1 Select the table figure you wish to export 2 Choose File gt Export Selected Figures As gt CSV and enter a file name Printing You can easily print your Curio project or perhaps only specific idea spaces To print your idea spaces 1 Optionally select specific idea spaces in the Organizer that you wish to export 2
157. or grouping sections and folders What is a Section To reflect a real world metaphor if a Curio project is a binder then a Curio section is a tabbed section within that binder However unlike a real world section a Curio section can be arranged into a limitless hierarchy For example let s say you have a Curio project called Biology for a class in college You could create the following sections to organize your project Classes Labs Papers For a more complex example let s say you are a product manager in charge of Super Product You could create the following section hierarchy to organize your project My Notes Development Meetings Specs Focus Groups Meetings Resources Marketing Meetings Analysis V Sales Meetings Data Vv Support Meetings Customer Feedback When printing or exporting you can generally choose between the selected idea spaces or all the idea spaces in the current section You can t print or export multiple sections simultaneously You will see the section name in several places within Curio such as the title bar for the current idea space or folder the Status shelf for the full section path to results listed in the current project and in the Search shelf for listed results It s important to note that you aren t required to have a section within your project You are free to create sections only if you need the additional hierarchical organization
158. ore images to convert them into standalone image asset figures To extract an image from a text figure to create a standalone image figure 1 Double click a text figure that contains both text and images to start editing it 2 Right click on an image within the text figure and choose Cut 3 Right click on the idea space and choose Paste To extract all images from a text figure to create standalone image figures 1 Select a text figure that contains both text and images 2 Right click and choose Extract Images Curio User Manual 24 Inserting Styled Figures and Stencils Curio fully supports customizable figure styles and stencils and includes several built in items that you can instantly insert into your idea space using the Figures toolbar button To insert a new styled figure or figure stencil 1 Click on the Figures toolbar button 2 The Gallery window will appear showing you basic text figure styles and stencils 3 Select a style or stencil and press the Choose button to create a new figure on your idea space based on the selected style or stencil Read more about the Figures Gallery in the Figure Styles and Stencils section below Working with Figures Anything you add to an idea space with the exception of scribbles created using the brush tools is a figure There are several different types of figures that can be created including mind maps lists images shapes text figures boxed note text figures sticky no
159. ory so after creating a category you can drag a project from the right side of the Gallery into your Active Senior Year and School categories to associate it with all three categories You may also right click on a project preview to make these associations You can also drag and drop a Curio project file from the Finder directly to the right side of the Project Gallery window to add it to the current category Rename a project category by double clicking it and entering a new name Delete a project category by selecting it and pressing the Delete key Use the Delete key to delete selected projects from the category and optionally move those projects to the Trash The Project Center StandardPro The Project Center is the panel at the bottom of the Organizer It can be used to manage your projects in an easy and extensible way completely within Curio instead of relying on the Finder The Project Center allows you to associate your projects with one or more categories which are the same as the categories described above in the Project Gallery section The Project Center has a very special built in smart category called Opened Recently It simply mirrors the project files listed in your File gt Open Recent menu Next to each listed project is a colored jewel icon representing the current status of the project based on any to do tasks contained in the project These color codes are identical to the c
160. otation to you as you rotate the figure To quickly rotate a figure in 45 increments simply press the R key hold down the Shift key to rotate the figure in a clockwise direction To quickly set the rotation angle of a figure to 0 press the Z key You can exert more control over the exact rotation angle and rotate multiple figures at once by using the controls of the Geometry Inspector Check out the section on Multi touch Support if you own a MacBook model that supports multi touch gestures Flipping Images You can flip any image figure either vertically or horizontally to create a mirror image of that figure To flip an image figure 1 Select the figure 2 Inthe Geometry inspector click on one of the green arrowed buttons next to the Natural Size button to flip the image either horizontally or vertically If you hover the mouse over the button a tooltip will be displayed which tells you which button flips in which direction Curio User Manual 26 So to create a mirror image of a figure you d first create a copy of the image and then flip the copy either vertically or horizontally Layering Figures Each figure on the idea space is on its own level so if two figures overlap one of them will cover the other You can adjust which figure lies on top of the other by moving figures forward or back in the stack of figures To move a figure forward or back 1 Select the figure 2 Choose Arrange gt Send Backward o
161. ouble clicking the attachment or by dragging it directly to the Appearance Preference window To send the active appearance theme to the Curio Community Center e Click the Send to Community Center button The appearance theme is automatically exported and added to a new mail message addressed to Zengobi You can optionally specify that we attribute the submission to you and include a web link to your website We will review your submission before posting it to the Community Center To visit the Curio Community Center e Click the Visit to Community Center button Your web browser will be opened to the Curio Community Center website There you can quickly discover newly submitted appearance themes If you find one that sounds interesting download the appearance theme and double click the resulting download to automatically add it to your Curio installation or drag it directly to the Appearance Preference window Curio User Manual 126 Appendix A Network Installations Curio is quite network savvy Curio is designed with network installations in mind to make site wide installations a snap It includes several methods for sharing resources and managing license keys The Network Folder Curio finds its support files on the network via the network path settings in your Curio preferences The default network support folder for Curio is Network Library Application Support Curio This directory mirrors the Librar
162. p with this as well When combined with the Project Center described below you have an intuitive and easy way to organize and manage your Curio projects that goes far beyond what you can do with the Finder To open a project with the Project Gallery 1 Choose the File gt Open From Gallery menu You will now see Project Gallery s My Projects window 2 Double click a project or click once and press the Open button Note that you can also click the Open Other button at the bottom of the window to bring up the standard Mac OS X Open dialog to find and open a Curio project file On the left side of the Galley your personal project categories are listed under My Categories These categories are identical to those created via the Project Center panel You will also find several Smart Categories such as all recently opened projects On the right side of the Gallery previews for the projects within the selected category will be displayed Just double click a project preview to open that project For additional Curio User Manual 6 details press the Spacebar to see a large Quick View preview of the selected project and scroll through its idea spaces Managing project categories with the Project Gallery Within the Project Gallery you can perform a number of operations to better manage your project categories Create project categories by clicking the Add Project Category button A project can exist in more than one categ
163. pace based an existing template 1 Click the New button on the toolbar or choose the Organizer gt New Idea Space From Gallery menu item Choose a template from your Personal Bundled or Network collections then click the Choose button You may also simply double click the template Managing idea space templates with the Gallery Within the Idea Space Gallery accessible by clicking the New toolbar button or choosing the Organizer gt New Idea Space From Gallery menu item you can perform a number of operations to better manage your idea space templates Create Personal template tags by clicking the Add Personal Template Tag button These tags are unique to the idea space templates repository and won t conflict with tags created for figures in the stencils repository for example Organize your Personal templates by drag and dropping them into different tags A template can be associated with more than one tag So a template can be in your Favorites and Work tagged collections You can also associate or disassociate a Personal template with a tag by right clicking on the template and choosing a tag in the menu that appears Rename a Personal template tag by double clicking it and entering a new name Delete a Personal template tag by selecting it and pressing the Delete key Copy a Bundled or Network template simply by drag and dropping it into your Personal collection Edit a Personal template by right
164. page of the idea space either proportionally or not You can change the color used to display page breaks by clicking on the page break color well and choosing a new color To show page breaks choose View gt Show Page Breaks Curio User Manual 17 Modifying the Grid Settings of an Idea Space An idea space can display a layout grid to help you with drawing and arranging figures within the idea space You can change the grid spacing and color of any idea space Grids can also be created which look like various notepaper styles To change the grid settings of an idea space 1 Open the Background section of the idea space Inspector if it s not already displayed 2 Adjust the spacing of the major and minor grid lines using the Major Size and Minor Size sliders 3 Change the color of the major and minor grid lines using the color wells next to the Major Size and Minor Size sliders 4 Independently toggle the visibility of the vertical and horizontal grid lines using the Visibility checkboxes 5 Independently toggle whether or not figures should snap to the vertical and horizontal grid lines using the Snap checkboxes You can also choose from several predefined grid styles by selecting the style from the Style popup menu Modifying the Size of an Idea Space An idea space can be as big as you want it to be It can even be configured to grow automatically as you add new items to it You can change the size of any idea space usin
165. perties 1 If the Shelf isn t visible choose View gt Show Shelf or press Command Shift l 2 sure the index card s title figure is selected If nothing is selected click once to select the index card itself then click again on the title figure to select it 3 Use the Figure inspector to adjust its fill background coloring Use the Text inspector to adjust its font attributes and coloring To adjust an index card s body properties 1 If the Shelf isn t visible choose View gt Show Shelf or press Command Shift l 2 Make sure the index card s body figure is selected If nothing is selected click once to select the index card itself then click again on the body figure to select it 3 Use the Figure inspector to adjust its fill background coloring Use the Text inspector to adjust its font attributes and coloring By default the spacing of body lines is based on the font height however you may want to expand this using the Line Height field in the Text inspector Additional Index Card Properties To display the index card Inspector 1 If the Shelf isn t visible choose View gt Show Shelf or press Command Shift l 2 Within the Shelf make sure the Inspector view is selected by clicking on the Inspector button at the top w Make sure the index card figure you wish to configure is selected A Within the Inspector make sure the Display tab is selected then you should see the Index Card panel
166. ping Command Return As a shortcut if you are current editing a mind map item you can simply type Return to create a new next sibling If you want to actually insert a carriage return within the edited text figure then type Option Return Note that the root figure cannot have a sibling so a new last child will be created instead To insert a new text figure as a previous sibling 1 Select a mind map item 2 Insert a previous sibling by choosing Insert gt Text Previous Sibling or typing Command Shift Return As above you can simply type Shift Return to create a new previous sibling To insert a new text figure as a child 1 Select a mind map item 2 Insert a new last child by choosing Insert gt Text Child or typing Command Option Return Working with Mind Map Figures Figures can be easily rearranged and dragged into or out of a mind map Also branches themselves can be manually positioned around the central topic For those branches you didn t manually position Curio will make sure branches it controls will be placed so they will not overlap your manually positioned branches To add new sibling items to a mind map via keyboard 1 Select a mind map figure 2 Press the Command Return key to create a new next sibling or Command Shift Return to create a previous sibling of the selected figure If you are currently editing an existing figure then you can just press Return or Shift Return Curio User Manual 64
167. ple you may have several days of meeting notes spread over multiple idea spaces within a project At each meeting you made a list of action items and tagged them appropriately Some you may have tagged as active others nextAction and still others waitingOn Using the Search shelf view you can easily find a list of all the items you tagged active But even better you can use the Status shelf view and group your tasks by the GTD tag set In a single list you ll see all the items you tagged with GTD tags broken down into each category appropriately You ll instantly know what your current active items are what your next actions are and what items are on hold waiting for input from an external source You can use Curio s tagging system Search shelf and Status shelf to implement a wide variety of task management methodologies Curio User Manual 96 The Dossier Pro Curio s Dossier feature helps you define the goals and constraints of your projects and keeps that information at your fingertips while you work When starting a new project you need to have a clear understanding of your goals What is the desired end result What requirements must be met Who is your target audience What limitations are imposed on your project Answering questions like these can help you crystallize your objectives and jumpstart your problem solving Having these answers readily available while you work can help keep you focuse
168. portion of the idea space Converting a Mind Map into a List If you have a Curio mind map then you can convert it into a list To convert a mind map into a list 1 Select the list figure 2 Choose Arrange gt Convert Into gt List Curio User Manual 54 Importing a List If you are working with a 34 party outlining application such as OmniOutliner you can bring a list into Curio as a list collection If you have a large list to import you can use that application s export to OPML Outline Processor Markup Language functionality to create an export file which Curio can import Alternatively you can choose to import only specific lines of text from the other application assuming those lines can be copied into the clipboard with each line separated with carriage returns and optionally using tabs for indenting lines hierarchically To import an OPML file as a Curio list 1 Choose Insert gt File or drag and drop an OPML file from the Finder into Curio 2 Curio will ask you if you which to convert the file into a list figure Click the Convert to List button otherwise Curio will simply treat the file as a normal document asset To paste a carriage return separated and tab indented list from the clipboard as a Curio list 1 Within the party application select one or more lines of text and choose Edit gt Copy 2 Within Curio choose Edit gt Paste As gt List Exporting a List If you need to put
169. r click on the first cell then hold Command while clicking other cells to select a disjointed number of cells To select specific rows or columns 1 Select the figure cells in the rows or columns you wish to select 2 Right click and choose Select Row or Select Column as appropriate To delete the contents of figure cells 1 Select the figure cells you wish to clear 2 Press the Delete or Backspace key or choose Edit gt Delete To delete specific rows or columns 1 Select the figure cells in the rows or columns you wish to delete 2 Right click and choose Delete Row or Delete Column as appropriate When the deletion occurs the remaining row columns will increase in size to fill the existing table dimensions However if you hold down the Shift while when choosing the context menu option then Curio will shrink the table figure itself instead To resize rows or columns 1 Select the table or specific rows and columns and enter values into the Column Width and Row Height fields in the table Inspector if you want all row and columns to have the same sizing 2 Or hover the mouse over the row and column separating lines such that the mouse pointer becomes a resize pointer Then click and drag to resize that row or column 3 Or click on the table then drag one of its resize handles While the table resizes all rows and columns will resize proportionally Note that certain cells may have minimum sizes due to the displ
170. r Arrange gt Bring Forward to move a figure one position closer to the front or back of the stack Choose Arrange gt Send to Back or Arrange gt Bring to Front to move a figure to the very bottom or top of the stack Grouping Figures Once you have placed figures on the idea space canvas in the order and arrangement that you like you can group them together so that they can be moved rotated or copied and pasted as a single unit If the group of figures does not contain a text figure you can also resize the group as a single unit A group of figures can also contain other groups To group figures 1 Select the figures you wish to group Hold down the Command key to select multiple figures 2 Choose Arrange gt Group from the main menu To ungroup figures select the group and choose Arrange gt Ungroup from the main menu Locking Figures You can lock figures on an idea space so that they will not be accidentally moved as you continue to work To lock a figure Select the figure and choose Arrange gt Lock from the main menu To edit or move a locked figure you must first unlock it by choosing Arrange gt Unlock from the main menu Aligning Figures Curio provides several tools to help you align figures neatly on an idea space Snap guides appear whenever you drag a figure into alignment with another figure on the idea space You can choose to have snap guides show when the edges of figures align and when the cente
171. r and choose the brush or pen you want to use Note for super responsive mouse handling the idea space will temporarily go into Quick Render mode where shadows are hidden and text rendering is optimized 2 Youcan see the available brush types colors sizes and other controls on the Inspector Bar The shelf Organizer and Library will automatically hide to maximize your work area you can disable this auto hide feature in Curio s Preferences These views will reappear when you select a non drawing tool from the toolbar 3 Begin drawing in the idea space While in scribble mode you can continue to change the brush attributes or choose a different brush or pen from the Inspector Bar To erase a portion of your drawing There are several ways to erase something in your scribble layer 1 Use the select tool in the toolbar looks like a mouse arrow pointer to drag select a region You can hold down the Option and Command keys while dragging to select only your scribble and not any figures or other items on the idea space 2 Press the delete or backspace key on your keyboard or choose Edit gt Delete or Curio User Manual 51 e Click on the Eraser tool in the toolbar or Inspector Bar and draw where you want to erase You can even change the size of the eraser using the Inspector or Ifyou are using a graphics tablet that has a pen with an eraser tip you can simply turn the pen over to erase a portion of your drawing
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173. re details To edit a dossier s questions and categories 1 Click on the actions button to reveal the actions popup menu 2 Choose Edit Questions from the actions menu 3 Make modifications in the Edit Dossier dialog by doing any of the following e Reorder categories and questions by dragging them to their new location Move questions between categories by dragging them to their new location Edit the title of a question or category by double clicking it and typing the new title Show or hide categories or questions by clicking the check box next to the item new categories by clicking the Add Category button Add new questions by selecting a category or question and clicking the Add Question button or press the Return key change the size of a question s edit field choose the size from the Input Height popup Small means a single line edit field medium means a multi line edit field approximately 5 lines high and large means a multi line edit field approximately 10 lines high Delete categories and questions by selecting them then pressing the Delete key To change the title of the dossier type new title in the Title field Click Update to save your changes There are a couple of rules that are enforced when editing a dossier First a category can only contain questions not other categories Second a question must belong to a category Creating a Doss
174. re including properties such as color border font and shading You can apply a style to a new or existing figure On the other hand a figure stencil is a re usable figure that can includes richer data such as placeholder or boilerplate text You create a copy of a stencil A simple figure stencil is one that includes a single figure Even if that figure itself is a collection figure such as a mind map or list it and therefore contains figures within it the collection figure itself is just a single figure A complex figure stencil is a stencil made up of multiple figures A perfect example is a landscaping stencil where flowers shrubs and trees are represented by individual figures images or grouped figures Figure Styles Curio organizes figure styles based on one of these core figure types Basic Figure 2 Image aka an asset figure displayed as a preview instead of an icon 3 Line 4 List 5 Mind Map 6 Table 7 Index Card You can easily create new figures styles containing all of its display attributes To create a new figure style 1 Select a figure in an idea space 2 Configure the attributes how you want them 3 Right click on the figure then choose Save As Figure Type Style where FigureType will be replaced by the type of figure that is selected such as Basic Figure or Line or Mind Map Alternatively you can also do this by clicking on the Actions button it Curio User Man
175. re with a unidirectional connecting line 1 Edit or select an existing text figure 2 Click on the idea space background while pressing the Command key To create an attached text figure with a bidirectional connecting line 1 Edit or select an existing text figure 2 Click on the idea space background while pressing the Command Shift keys To create an attached text figure with a nondirectional connecting line 1 Edit or select an existing text figure 2 Click on the idea space background while pressing the Command Option key Associating Meta Data with Figures You can associate a variety of meta data with any figure within an idea space You can adorn them with check boxes tags and ratings You can associate keywords resources dates and notes with them All of this can be accomplished using the Meta Inspector To display the meta inspector 1 If the Shelf isn t visible choose View gt Show Shelf or press Command Shift l 2 Within the Shelf make sure the Inspector view is selected by clicking on the Inspector button at the top Make sure the figures you wish to configure are selected Within the Inspector shelf click on Meta to display the Meta Inspector Curio User Manual 38 Changing the Display of Adornments You can adorn a figure with a variety of tags to do checkboxes rating stars priorities and actions to make it visually standout within an idea space The location and size of the adornments can
176. rs of figures align You can also turn them off Snap guides also appear when you resize a figure that hasn t been rotated by non right angles To show or hide snap guides Choose Arrange gt Show Snap Guides from the main menu You can toggle the appearance of edge and center snap guides independently by choosing Arrange gt Edge Snap and Arrange gt Center Snap from the main menu Curio User Manual 27 To change the color of the snap guides 1 Choose Curio gt Preferences from the main menu 2 Click on Idea Space in the Preference window to display the idea space preferences 3 Choose anew color for the snap guides using the Snap Guide color well To automatically align figures 1 Select the figures you wish to align 2 Choose one of the alignment options from the Arrange gt Align submenu To evenly distribute figures 1 Select the figures you wish to distribute 2 Choose one of the distribution options from the Arrange gt Distribute submenu Changing Figure Properties Each type of figure has a default style associated with it that defines the font attributes border attributes and fill attributes of the figure You can change any of these attributes for any figure using the Figure Inspector You can even redefine the default style for a particular type of figure To display the figure Inspector 1 If the Shelf isn t visible choose View gt Show Shelf or press Command Shift l 2 Within the Shelf
177. s To add a new search site based on the GET method 1 In Sleuth s main window click on the Customize button the one with the pencil icon to switch over to the Sleuth configuration view 2 Choose a collection from the list located along the left side of the window 3 browser of your choosing go to the desired website s search page and execute a search for the word Fish Searching for the word fish will allow you to skip step 5 4 After the search results are returned drag the resulting URL from your web browser s address field and drop it into the list of sites on the right side of the Sleuth window You can position exactly where you d like the new site to appear the list 5 If Sleuth cannot automatically determine your search phrase a dialog will appear asking you to select which word or phrase for which you searched Select the word from the popup menu and click Choose If your search phrase does not appear in the list click None of the Above 6 The site information form will be displayed with the information Sleuth was able to extract Type the name you want to give this site in the Name field 7 Click Save Creating a Sleuth site manually is a relatively simple task as well It all depends on how easy it is to determine the various input parameters required by the search site To add a new search site based on the POST method 1 In Sleuth s main window click on the Customiz
178. s in the project Synchronizing Your Tasks with iCal StandardPro Curio allows you to automatically synchronize a project s tasks with your iCal calendar and to do list To synchronize a project with iCal 1 Choose File gt Project Properties from the main menu 2 Click on the Sync tab in the Project Properties sheet 3 Check the box titled Synchronize project with iCal Curio will create a new calendar within iCal using the project s name How are Curio figures mapped to iCal events and todo items By default figures from Curio appear in iCal using the following logic Curio User Manual 94 Any figure that has start date will be added as an iCal calendar event Otherwise it will be added as iCal to do item However you can change the logic for this in the Project Properties Sync tab If the Curio figure has a start and or due date but is checked that is completed then it is not synchronized to iCal Note that unchecked items with no start or due date have to become iCal todo items since calendar events require a date If you don t want to sync those date less figures then uncheck the Sync unchecked figures with no start or due dates checkbox On a related note you may want to check out the Include figures with no start or due dates checkbox in the Status section of the General preferences if you also don t want to include those items in the Status shelf When syncing with iCal if an
179. s on top of all other windows even other application windows Curio User Manual 115 go into full screen mode StandardPro e Full Screen 3 converts Curio into full screen mode which maximizes all windows reduces toolbar sizes hides the Shelf and Organizer and hides the Mac OS X dock You can either choose Normal or Full Screen to return to normal window mode You can customize what happens when entering into Full Screen mode in Curio s preferences To go into mini mode StandardPro e Mode 3 converts Curio into mini mode which greatly reduces the window to a quarter of the screen hides the Shelf and Organizer scales the current idea space and makes the window the top most window Mini Mode is very handy when doing research perhaps in another application such as Safari where you want Curio to be out of the way but still available for quick drag and drops You can either choose Normal or Mini Mode to return to normal window mode You can customize what happens when entering into Mini Mode mode in Curio s preferences Curio User Manual 116 Migrating to Curio Move your work from other applications into Curio After using Curio you ll find its innovative and intuitive interface fun and productive If you have existing notes and research you ve stored in another note taking application Curio makes it fast and easy to migrate that data into a Curio project From AquaMinds Note Taker
180. se from a variety of grid styles or customize your own and change the dimensions and sizing behavior of the idea space You can change all of these options using the idea space Inspector located on the Shelf along the right side of the project window To display the idea space Inspector 1 If the Shelf isn t visible choose View gt Show Shelf or press Command Shift l Curio User Manual 16 2 Within the Shelf make sure the Inspector view is selected by clicking the Inspector button at the top 3 Make sure the idea space you wish to configure is selected and not a figure on the idea space by clicking on the background of the idea space Changing the Idea Space Style Idea space styles are named predefined styles created by you or bundled with the Curio or shared on your network By applying a style you can modify a number of individual properties simultaneously To change the style of an idea space Right click on the idea space background and choose Apply Idea Space Style to bring up the Idea Space Style Gallery click the idea space background and select a style from the Style popup or the Gallery button next to that popup in the idea space s Style inspector or in the inspector bar See the Idea Space Styles and Templates section below for more information about idea space styles Modifying the Background of an Idea Space You can change the background color and image of any idea space To chang
181. selected text Ordinarily Curio controls the height of a text figure based on the width You can adjust the width and Curio will automatically adjust the height of the text figure to assure the figure is only as tall as it needs to be to display all of the text If you wish to assert full control over both the width and height of the text figure check the box labeled Allow full control over figure size Text will be clipped as necessary based on the size of the figure Changing Asset Figure Attributes Figures associated with an asset like an image or a document are called asset figures and they have some special attributes associated with them You can control whether a preview of the asset is displayed or the asset s icon and you can control how big you want the icon to be In the case of a PDF figure you can even choose which page of a multi page PDF document is displayed when previewed To change asset figure attributes 1 Select the asset figure Curio User Manual 31 2 Using the Asset Figures section of the Figure Inspector click Preview to view a preview of the asset within the idea space or click Icon to view the asset as an icon Some asset types aren t capable of being previewed within Curio Use the Icon Size slider to adjust the size of the icon displayed When a PDF asset figure is selected you can type the page number of a multi page PDF to display in the preview or use the stepper to the right of the PDF Page
182. sh size pressure sensitivity e Check or uncheck the Size is pressure sensitive checkbox in the Brush inspector To mark your scribble layer as private e Click the Private checkbox in the Permissions inspector When the private setting is enabled your scribble layer will not be printed exported mailed published to MobileMe or presented in a slideshow See the Sharing Your Project section for more information Curio User Manual 52 Working with Scribbles To convert a scribble to an image figure 1 Using the select tool in the toolbar looks like a mouse arrow pointer drag select a region You can hold down the Option and Command keys while dragging to select only your scribble and not any figures or other items on the idea space 2 Choose Edit gt Convert Selection to Image Figure You now have an image figure that you can treat as a normal figure on the idea space give it a border move it above or below other figures or even add it to a list or mind map To convert a figure to a scribble 1 Using the select tool in the toolbar looks like a mouse arrow pointer select or more figures 2 Choose Edit gt Convert Selection to Scribble You can now use the scribble layer s pens brushes and eraser to modify the figure Curio User Manual 53 Making Lists Making to do lists and outlining ideas is a natural part of brainstorming Curio s List tool makes it a breeze to generate lists and outlines of any ki
183. sing the mouse To zoom in using the mouse press the Spacebar and Command keys simultaneously and then click the mouse to increase the zoom level To zoom out using the mouse press the Spacebar and Option keys simultaneously and then click the mouse to decrease the zoom level The pointer will change to a magnifying glass with either a plus sign or a minus sign to indicate whether you re increasing or decreasing the zoom level To perform a quick zoom in or out e can also quickly zoom to fit the idea space within the view by holding down the Q key When you release the Q key the view will return to its previous zoom level centered where the mouse was last positioned This mechanism provides a quick way to navigate a large idea space Idea Space Previews in the Organizer The Organizer will automatically show small preview icons of each idea space You can adjust the size of these previews or even turn them off completely To change the size of the Organizer s idea space previews Right click on an idea space in the Organizer and choose new size from the Previews submenu You can also make this with the Project Properties window via the File gt Project Properties menu Choose the desired preview size from the Organizer Previews popup menu which can be found under the General tab You can click the Make Global Default button to make this the new size for all new projects Labeling Idea Spaces Similar to the Fi
184. space you are navigating to destination the destination image the idea space you are navigating to isGoingBackwards a Boolean indicating if the user is going back or forward to that destination This may influence the type of transition direction you want to show More information about Quartz Composer can be found here http developer apple com graphicsimaging quartz quartzcomposer html Sharing Through Mail You have two options depending on if you want to share your entire Curio project and the recipients also have Curio or if you want to share specific idea spaces in a cross platform format that doesn t require Curio To share specific idea spaces or your entire Curio project via email 1 Optionally select specific idea spaces in the Organizer that you wish to mail 2 Choose File gt Mail As gt Curio Project 3 Click on Mail All if you want to attach your entire project else click Mail Selected to only attach the selected idea spaces Curio will create a copy of your project or just the selected idea spaces embed all referenced assets compress it and add it as an attachment to a new email message in Mail Eudora or Entourage From there you can specify recipients add more to the body of the message and send it away To share specific idea spaces as PDF s via email 1 Optionally select specific idea spaces in the Organizer that you wish to mail 2 Choose File gt Mail As gt PDF 3 Click on Mail
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186. ssigned to this figure then you can select Start Date Duration from the Determine popup menu to have Curio calculate the due date based on the chosen start date and the assigned duration 4 To assign a duration to a figure simply type the new value in the Duration field You can use the popup menu to the right of the Duration field to choose Minutes Hours Days Weeks Months or Years If you have Start and Due dates assigned to this figure and the Due date is determined Automatically or by Start Date Duration then Curio will automatically update the due date to reflect your duration changes Otherwise if the due date is determine by some means other than Start Date Duration then the duration and most appropriate duration units will automatically be determined and displayed You can also set many of these options via the Inspector Bar If you are ever confused about how dates are being determined by Curio the first thing you should check is the Determine popups in the Dates inspector It could be that something is being set to manually versus based on duration for example These same settings are also in the Inspector Bar by clicking on the Start and Due popup buttons How Curio calculates start dates due dates completion percentages within a collection figure If a figure is contained within a collection figure such as a List or a Mind Map then some of this information can automatically be calculated by Curio
187. such as http kuler adobe com and hittp www colourlovers com From Kuler you ll want to click on the little document icon that has a downwards pointing arrow to download the ase formatted file see the screenshot below the green arrow is pointing to the download icon Please note that to see this download icon you will need to sign up for a free Adobe account wonderful il by tajeri6s From ColourLovers you ll need to register with their site then you can click the ASE button next to a color palette to download it The color swatches popup also supports a Curio Color Swatch curioColorSwatch file with a carriage return delimited list of hex color values like aa22ff For either format the title of the swatch is the title of the file To remove a color swatch from the color swatches palette menu 1 Select a color swatch in the color swatches palette menu 2 Choose Remove from the color swatches actions popup menu Default Figure Formatting You can change the default look for several types of figures For instance you want all new text figures to be 10 point Times or new web link figures should be 14 point Helvetica with a curved bordered and gradient shaded outline You can set a default formatting for each of the following types of figure Text Images PDF documents e Movies e Music and sound Web links Documents Groups e Lists Curio User Manual 34 Mi
188. t an OPML file as a Curio mind map 1 Choose Insert gt File or drag and drop an OPML file from the Finder into Curio 2 Curio will ask you if you which to convert the file into a mind map figure Click the Convert to Mind button otherwise Curio will simply treat the file as a normal document asset To paste a carriage return separated and tab indented list from the clipboard as a Curio mind map 1 Within the party application select one or more lines of text and choose Edit gt Copy 2 Within Curio choose Edit gt Paste As gt Mind Map Exporting a Mind Map If you need to put a copy of your mind into a 34 party mind mapping or outlining application such as iThoughtsHD or OmniOutliner you can use Curio s Export and Copy capabilities To export a Curio mind map as an file 1 Make sure the mind map figure itself is selected not a figure within the mind map 2 Choose File gt Export Selected Figures As gt MMAP and enter a file name To export a Curio mind map as file 1 sure the mind map figure itself is selected not a figure within the mind map Curio User Manual 62 2 Choose File gt Export Selected Figures As gt OPML and enter name To export a Curio mind map as a carriage return delimited tab indented text file 1 sure the mind map figure itself is selected not a figure within the mind map 2 Choose File gt Export Selected
189. t the asset in the Library then choose Asset gt Reveal in Finder from the main menu Curio User Manual 77 To see list of the idea spaces where an asset is used control click or right click on the asset and choose the Idea Spaces submenu from the resulting popup menu To open one of the listed idea spaces simply choose it from the menu To locate an asset in the Library that s associated with a figure in an idea space select the figure then choose Asset gt Reveal in Library from the main menu If the Library is already visible then simply selecting the figure within the idea space will automatically highlight the associated asset in the Library To find an asset by name make sure the Library is visible then use the Search shelf view to search your project for the title of the asset The list of assets will be filtered to only display the matching assets Quick Look Integration Curio integrates with Mac OS X s Quick Look feature in a variety of ways To preview assets figures with Quick Look 1 Select or more assets figures in an idea space 2 Tap the Spacebar key to bring up the Quick Look preview If the selected figure is a parent node in a collection such as a mind map or list then spacebar will expand collapse that branch So you have to press Option Spacebar instead A window will popup displaying the contents of the first selected asset If you re previewing multiple assets use the buttons along the
190. t to export all idea spaces else click Export Selected to only export the selected idea spaces 4 Choose an iPhoto album or type the name of an album to create If you want Curio to remove all of the existing pictures in the specified album before importing the new images check Remove current contents of aloum Warning Images are removed from the album and from the iPhoto Library 6 Choose the image type and select whether idea spaces should be scaled to a max width For JPEG files you can also choose the quality of the resulting images The better the quality the larger the file size 7 Click Export Each idea space will be exported as an image file then imported into iPhoto and added to the album you specified Images that Curio removes from an album will appear in iPhoto s trash in case you need to retrieve them Curio User Manual 110 MobileMe iDisk If you have a MobileMe account with iDisk support you can use Curio to publish your idea spaces to your iDisk as HTML To publish your idea spaces to your MobileMe iDisk 1 Optionally select specific idea spaces in the Organizer that you wish to publish 2 Choose File gt Publish To MobileMe 3 Click on Publish All if you want to export all idea spaces else click Publish Selected to only export the selected idea spaces Choose the template to use If you want Curio to generate a frameset which mimics Curio s project window s appearance check the box titled Genera
191. te frameset 6 Choose the image type and select whether idea spaces should be scaled to a max width For JPEG files you can also choose the quality of the resulting images The better the quality the larger the file size 7 Click Publish Curio will first generate the HTML necessary to display your selected idea spaces Then Curio will upload the HTML files to your iDisk s Sites folder Once the upload has completed you will be notified of the URL to use to visit your published project To view your project on the web click the View Page Now button in the confirmation dialog or use your web browser to visit the URL specified If you ve published these idea spaces before only the modified or new idea spaces and assets will be published This significantly reduces the time it takes to update a previously published project Exporting Selected Figures You can also choose to exported only the figures that are currently selected on the current idea space To export specific figures as plain text 1 Select one or more figures you wish to export 2 Choose File gt Export Selected Figures As gt Text and enter a file name Curio will choose a logical text representation for all the selected figures even automatically grabbing a text outline of a list mind map or index card or tabbed delimited text for tables To export specific figures as a rich text format RTF file 1 Select one or more figures you wish to export 2 Ch
192. te text figures PDF figures movies music figures web links figure groups and documents Selecting Figures Before you can do anything with a figure in an idea space you need to select it first When you select a figure it appears surrounded by a blue highlight and possibly selection handles tiny squares that you can use to size and rotate the figure with your mouse To select a figure 1 Click on the Select tool in the toolbar the button with an arrow on it 2 Click on the figure you wish to select You can select multiple figures by holding down the Shift or Command key while clicking on additional figures You can also select a group of figures by selecting a region of the idea space canvas Press and hold the mouse button down on the idea space background then drag the mouse to create the selection region Any figures or sketches in the region will be selected By holding down the Option key while dragging only figures will be selected By holding down the Command and Option keys while dragging only sketches will be selected You can select all figures and sketches within an idea space by choosing Edit gt Select All from the main menu If a figure within list is currently selected then choosing Edit gt Select All will select all of the figures within the list Adjusting the Location and Size You can change the location and size of any figure on an idea space To change the location of a figure Simpl
193. te to Friend from the actions popup menu The questions from the current dossier are automatically exported as a template and added to a new mail message for you to address Your recipient can import the template simply by double clicking the attachment or follow the Import gt Template steps as described above To send a dossier template to the Curio Community Center Choose Send Template to Community Center from the actions popup menu Curio User Manual 100 The questions from the current dossier are automatically exported as a template and added to a new mail message addressed to Zengobi You can optionally specify that we attribute the submission to you and include a web link to your website We will review your submission before posting it to the Community Center To visit the Curio Community Center Choose Visit Community Center from the actions popup menu Your web browser will be opened to the Curio Community Center website There you can quickly discover newly submitted dossier template designs If you find one that sounds interesting download the template and double click the resulting download to automatically add it to your Curio installation or follow the Import gt Template steps as described above Curio User Manual 101 Searching Your Project You can search a Curio project for figures and assets matching a variety of search criteria When searching for the specified text Curio will s
194. tes as you wish Click the button titled Any Undefined Level under the Use the selected figure as the style for section of the Hierarchy Style Options inspector To enable branch color overrides Check the box titled Support branch color overrides When branch colors are enabled then specific colors such as pen color fill color gradient colors and text color are shared between all figures on a branch You can specify colors manually simply by selecting any figure in a branch and changing its color Automatically all other figures within that branch with adopt the same coloring To help you get started you can also choose an existing color palette as described below To specify a default branch color palette 1 Check the box titled Support branch color overrides Curio User Manual 33 2 Choose palette from the popup under that checkbox Note the popup will only show you the first five colors found in the palette although all colors will be used for branch coloring when the palette is selected The colors are repeated as needed to make sure each branch is colored To import a color swatch into the color swatches palette menu Choose Import from the color swatches actions popup menu Or drag and drop one or more color swatch files directly to this area of the inspector Supported color swatch formats include Adobe Swatch Exchange ase files You can find some of these files from sites
195. the Gallery To instantly create a table Holding the Shift key down while pressing the Table button will instantly create a new table without displaying the Gallery The style of the default table can be modified via the Format gt Set as Default Format for Table Figure menu item See the Default Figure Formatting section for more details Alternatively you can also choose the Insert gt Table menu item You can change this Shift key logic in Curio s Preferences via the Hold Shift to bypass galleries versus to show galleries checkbox Importing a Table You can tabular data from Apple Numbers Microsoft Excel or many other party applications directly into Curio as a table collection Just use that application s export to CSV Comma Separated Value functionality to create an export file which Curio can import To import a CSV file as a Curio table 1 Choose Insert gt File or drag and drop a CSV file from the Finder into Curio 2 Curio will ask you if you which to convert the file into a table figure Click the Convert to Table button otherwise Curio will simply treat the file as a normal document asset Curio User Manual 68 To paste a tab delimited information from the clipboard into a Curio table 1 Within the 34 party application select a range of rows and columns and choose Edit gt Copy 2 Within Curio choose Edit gt Paste As gt Table to paste into the currently selected tabl
196. the Styles popup in the Styles inspector will show all of the available idea space styles By clicking on the Actions button next to the popup looks like a gear you can perform several operations Create a new style based on the currently selected idea space Remove the currently selected style if it s within your Personal collection Import or export the style Send the style to a friend or to the Community Center Visit the Community Center http Awww zengobi com curio community To share idea space styles with your network users More information regarding network installations can be found in the Network Installations appendix Space Templates Pro You can easily create new idea space templates containing not only its look but also placeholder or boilerplate items such as text figures mind maps lists and images To create a new idea space template 1 Click on an an idea space in the Organizer which you would like to copy as a template 2 Right click on the idea space in the Organizer then choose Save As Idea Space Template Alternatively you can also do this by choosing the Organizer gt Save As Idea Space Template menu item Or by right clicking on the idea space background and choosing the Save As Idea Space Template menu item from the context menu that appears 3 Inthe dialog that appears give the template a name Curio User Manual 21 To create a brand new idea s
197. the central topic and all selected figures will be added as children to that central figure Converting a List into a Mind Map If you have a Curio list then you can convert it into a mind map Curio User Manual 61 To convert list into mind map 1 Select the mind map figure 2 Choose Arrange gt Convert Into gt Mind Map Importing a Mind Map If you are working with a 3 4 party mind mapping application such as Mindjet MindManager or iThoughtsHD on the iPad you can use that application s export to MMAP MindManager Map functionality to create an MMAP export file which Curio can import Alternatively if you are working with 3 4 party outlining application such as OmniOutliner you can use that application s export to OPML Outline Processor Markup Language functionality to create an OPML export file which Curio can import Lastly you can choose to import only specific lines of text from the other application assuming those lines can be copied into the clipboard with each line separated with carriage returns and optionally using tabs for indenting lines hierarchically To import an MMAP file as a Curio mind map 1 Choose Insert gt File or drag and drop an file from the Finder into Curio 2 Curio will ask you if you which to convert the file into a mind map figure Click the Convert to Mind button otherwise Curio will simply treat the file as a normal document asset To impor
198. the new collection will automatically gain a jump action to jump you back to the parent collection when clicked Creating Attached List Figures If a list figure is selected or is being edited then you can quickly create an attached list figure that is a list figure with a sticky line attaching the current figure and the new figure by simply holding down the Command key when clicking on the idea space background By default the line connecting the current figure and the new figure will have an arrowhead pointing to the new figure a unidirectional line However other connecting lines are also possible as described below Note this technique will only work if the normal Select tool looks like a mouse pointer is chosen in the toolbar If the Text tool is selected then the created attached figure will always be a new text figure instead of a list figure To create an attached list figure with a unidirectional connecting line 1 Edit or select an existing list figure 2 Click on the idea space background while pressing the Command key To create an attached list figure with a bidirectional connecting line 1 Edit or select an existing list figure Curio User Manual 58 2 Click on the idea space background while pressing the Command Shift keys To create an attached list figure with a nondirectional connecting line 1 Edit or select an existing list figure 2 Click on the idea space background while pressing the Comma
199. to adjust the priority level or use the Rating popup in the Inspector Bar To assign a rating to a figure click on the rating stars located in the Flags section of the Meta Inspector or use the Rating popup in the Inspector Bar Set the completion percentage for a figure by typing a new value in the complete field located in the Flags section of the Meta Inspector or use the stepper to the right of the field to increase or decrease the value Or use the Checkmark popup in the Inspector Bar Note that you can also click the From Resources checkbox next to the complete indicator in the inspector to indicate that the percentage should be automatically determined based on the status of the assigned resources Set a decoration flag by drag and dropping an image into the decoration image well in the Flags section of the Meta Inspector or double click the image well to show the standard Apple image panel These decorations aren t searchable unlike custom tags you create in the Preferences gt Tags window but this is handy way to quickly associate an image decoration with your figure Like the other adornments you can change the size of this image via the Adornment Options size slider described above Note that figures which have been grouped via the Arrange gt Group menu will not display any adornments Curio User Manual 39 Tagging Figures Tags are user defined keywords which can be associated with figures and assets within your
200. ton at the bottom of the window to create a blank project See the Using the Project Gallery section below for more information about the Project Gallery Curio User Manual 3 To quickly create blank Curio project Choose the File gt New Blank Project menu item You now have an Untitled project which is being stored to your hard disk s temporary folder To open a Curio project 1 Choose the File gt Open menu item to display the standard Open dialog 2 Double click a project or click once and press the Open button To open a Curio project with the Project Gallery 1 Choose the File gt Open From Gallery menu item to display the Project Gallery containing all the projects you have created and started tracking through the Project Center 2 Double click a project or click once and press the Open button See the Using the Project Gallery section below for more information about the Project Gallery To save a Curio project Choose the File gt Save menu item As described above you can store your project anywhere but the usual spot is your personal Documents folder in your home directory To enable autosave for a Curio project 1 Choose the File gt Project Properties menu item 2 Check the Auto save periodically checkbox Autosave is enabled by default for all projects Curio s autosave system is optimized to minimize disruption When you first begin to modify your project Curio starts a 30 sec
201. ttached mind map figure with a bidirectional connecting line 1 Edit or select an existing mind map figure 2 Click on the idea space background while pressing the Command Shift keys To create an attached mind map figure with a nondirectional connecting line 1 Edit or select an existing mind map figure 2 Click on the idea space background while pressing the Command Option key Curio User Manual 67 Making Tables Curio s table feature is an excellent way to show a grid or matrix of data The data could be several text figures numbers or even complex figures such as images and movies When you need to show tabular data tables are the answer Many times the overriding criteria to determine if something should be in a list or a table is whether multiple columns would be useful in showing your data If so then a table might be more appropriate On the other hand if need to show a single column of information and or the information needs to be displayed hierarchically then lists are more appropriate Creating a Table There are a number of ways to create table figures within an idea space To create a table via the Gallery 1 Click the Table button on the toolbar to display the Gallery of tables which will display all the available table styles and templates 2 Double click a style or stencil or click once and press the Choose button See the Figure Styles and Stencils section below for more information about
202. u can share Curio s list and mind map data with the MindMeister website for web based mind mapping To bring a MindMeister mind map into Curio as a mind map or list hierarchy 1 In MindMeister right click a node and choose Copy As gt Text then select the text outline that appears in the popup dialog then Edit gt Copy that into the clipboard 2 In Curio use the Edit gt Paste As gt Mind Map or Edit gt Paste As gt List to paste new mind map or list respectively Note that you can select a node in an existing collection and use this same technique to paste the outline as a new branch To bring a Curio mind map or list into MindMeister as a mind map 1 In Curio use the File gt Export Selected Figures As gt Text to create a text file containing the selected mind map or list hierarchy into the clipboard as a text outline 2 In MindMeister click the Import on the main screen and choose the file you created on your hard disk Curio User Manual 66 Working with FreeMind You can share Curio s list and mind map data with the FreeMind Java based mind mapping application To bring a FreeMind mind map into Curio as a mind map or list hierarchy 1 In FreeMind click on a node and choose Edit gt Copy which will place a text outline of the branch hierarchy into the clipboard 2 In Curio use the Edit gt Paste As gt Mind Map or Edit gt Paste As gt List to paste new mind map or list respect
203. u wish to make the default for this line using the Figure Inspector Click and drag an area on the idea space to draw the line Repeat step 3 to draw multiple lines using the same style To draw a multipoint line 1 Click on the Line tool in the toolbar hold the button down to display a popup menu of line choices 2 Change any style attributes that you wish to make the default for this line using the Figure Inspector Click and drag an area on the idea space to draw the line Before you release the mouse button hold down the Option key When you release the mouse you ll find that you ve dropped a midpoint and now you re placing a new endpoint Continue holding down Option to keep dropping midpoints as you release the mouse If you re done just release the Option key before you drop your last point 5 Repeat step 3 to draw multiple multipoint lines using the same style Connecting Figures with Lines By default Curio s lines are sticky which means that the endpoints of the lines try to stick to any figure they encounter Once stuck to a figure the line will stretch shrink and shift as necessary when the figure is repositioned on the idea space Each figure shape has a set of logical connection points around its edge Since each shape is different the connection points are different for each There are a variety of ways to attach the endpoint of a line to a figure You can connect it to the nearest connection point
204. ual 46 looks like a gear in the Style inspector and choosing Save As from the popup menu that appears 4 Inthe dialog that appears give the style a name and press the Save button To apply a style to an existing figure Right click on the figure and choose Apply FigureType Style to bring up the Style Gallery for that type of figure click the figure and select a style from the Style popup or the Gallery button next to that popup in the figure s Style inspector or in the inspector bar The style popup menu will only display the named figure styles appropriate for the selected figure For example if you have selected a line figure then only the line styles will be displayed To create a brand new non collection figure based on an existing style 1 Click the Figures button on the toolbar 2 The Gallery containing basic text figure styles and all non collection stencils will appear 3 Choose a style then click the Choose button You may also simply double click the style Some boilerplate text will automatically be added to your new text figure so you can see the effects of the style more easily To create a brand new collection figure based on an existing style 1 Click the appropriate collection button on the toolbar For instance click the List Mind Map Table or Index Card toolbar button The Gallery for that collection figure will appear Choose a style then click the Choose button You may als
205. ude Music Videos and Games as subtopics Subtopics can have subtopics and those can have subtopics etc so your resulting branches can be quite large Topics and subtopics within Curio can be almost anything not simply text For example images videos files web links audio recordings Mail messages iCal events and more And like any figure within Curio each figure within a mind map can include one or more tags and other meta data information Curio User Manual 60 Mind Map Layout In general Curio handles the arrangement of all the figures in the mind map This frees your mind to brainstorm and not worry about layout As you will read in the Working with Mind Maps section you can reorganize the topics and subtopics very easily via drag and drop So the ordering of topics and subtopics can be quickly changed with Curio handling the actual layout Curio also supports different arrangement styles You can choose a standard radial mind map where main topics are distributed radially around the central topic Or specify a right or left map where the branches are directed only in one direction Or you may choose an organizational chart arrangement where central topic is at the top and the main topics are distributed horizontally underneath then subtopics are arranged as a hierarchical list below those main topics Creating a Mind Map There a number of ways to create mind map figures within an idea space
206. uping will be displayed For additional details press the Spacebar to see a large Quick View preview of the selected template and scroll through its idea spaces Managing project templates with the Project Gallery Within the Project Gallery you can perform a number of operations to better manage your project templates e Create Personal template folders by clicking the Add Template Folder button e Organize your Personal templates by drag and dropping them into different folders A template can only exist a single folder since the folders reflect the actual folder hierarchy in your Library Application Support Curio Project Templates folder You can also drag and drop a Curio project file from the Finder directly to the right side of the Project Gallery window to copy it in as a project template Rename a Personal template folder by double clicking it and entering a new name Delete a Personal template folder by selecting it and pressing the Delete key Copy a Bundled or Network template simply by drag and dropping it into a Personal folder Curio User Manual 5 Delete a Personal template by selecting the template and pressing the Delete key Edit a Personal template by right clicking on the template and choosing Edit Template Share a Personal template by right clicking on the template and choosing Send to Friend or Send to Community Center http Awww zengobi com curio community To create
207. urio gt Preferences menu item then click on the Presentation icon Scaling options Choose whether the idea spaces should be scaled to fit the screen or if scroll bars should appears as needed to scroll around the window If the mouse pointer is visible then you can click anywhere in the idea space to scroll around as well You can toggle this on the fly during the presentation by pressing the S key Check Use minimum idea space bounds if the unused bottom and right portions of the idea space should be cropped off when the idea space is displayed If unchecked then the entire idea space is displayed including unused portions When done options e Check Exit presentation after last slide if the presentation should immediately end if you try to progress past the last slide otherwise the presentation will remain on the last slide Selection options e Click the color well to change the selection color that is used to highlight any selected figures note that the pointer must be visible to select figures Transition options You can take advantage of native Core Image Filter and Quartz Composer transitions when using presentation mode You can even create your own custom Quartz Composer compositions and place them in your Application Support Curio Transitions directory and they ll be available within Curio The set transition will be used between all slides of the presentation Label Preferences To acc
208. urio User Manual 119 Check Hide Library if you want the Library to automatically hide if the user goes into scribble mode Dates options StandardPro Check Start and due dates default to manual entry mode if you want new figures to automatically default to using manual entry mode for assigning start and due dates If unchecked Curio will attempt to determine the start and due dates automatically by default Click the appropriate work days in the work week matrix of buttons For instance click to turn off Saturdays and Sundays if you want Curio to ignore weekends when calculating due dates and durations Change the start and end work times if you want Curio to consider work times when calculating due dates and durations If you specify a start time within the work time range then automatic due date times will be computed so they also land on a valid work time Editing options Check Check spelling as you type if you want the Mac s spell checking system to check your typed text when you are editing a text figure Check Check grammar with spelling if you want the Mac to check grammar while it s checking spelling Check Correct spelling automatically if you want the Mac to automatically replace misspelled text with the corrected spelling This option is only available in Mac OS X 10 6 Snow Leopard or later Check Text replacement if you want the Mac to automatically replace text shortcuts
209. use of it s open and freeform environment Curio can be utilized for a variety of tasks So instead of telling you what to do with Curio this manual will guide you through the many features of the software so you can decide how to use them best to accomplish your goals Curio is available in several editions Curio Professional Curio Standard and Curio Core Any features discussed in this manual are available in all three editions of Curio unless otherwise specified by color coded symbols such as Pro which indicates a feature is only in Curio Professional or StandardPro which indicates a feature is only in Curio Standard and Curio Professional but not Curio Core What s New in Curio 7 Curio 7 contains several new features and tons of improvements The list is really too long for us to fully cover here so we ll just list the highlights For all the details choose Help gt View Release Notes from Curio s main menu or visit our website Project Sections Organizer Folders New Left Map Right Map and Org Chart Mind Map Arrangements Advanced Tags With Image and Hotkey Support Project Galleries Idea Space Galleries Figure Galleries Time Support for Start and Due Dates Plus Hour Minute Duration Support New iCal Sync Options Plus Support for Start and Due Date Times Automatically Saved Untitled Projects Collapsible Index Cards Customizable Shadows Advanced Shadow Effects and Text Shadows F F F HF
210. vernote note to an idea space Drag the note from the Evernote shelf and drop it into an idea space When dragging an Evernote note out of the shelf into your idea space it is normally copied into your project You can hold down the Option key while dragging to move it to your project automatically removing it from the Evernote cloud To use Quick Look on an Evernote note Press the Spacebar to activate Quick Look on the selected Evernote note To open an Evernote note Double click an Evernote note in the shelf to open it with the Finder To delete an Evernote note Select an Evernote note and press the Delete key to delete it from the Evernote cloud Unique Features of the Evernote Shelf Curio doesn t simply embed the Evernote note into the idea space We take it one step further Curio User Manual 90 5 Your Evernote tags and notebook names are automatically synchronized with two special Curio global tag sets Evernote Tags and Evernote Notebooks These new tag sets can be found in the Curio Preferences gt Tags window Then when a note is dragged from the Evernote shelf into the idea space the Evernote tags and containing notebook names are mapped their Curio tag counterparts This tag mapping feature allows you to use the Curio Inspector Bar or Search shelf to quickly find figures on your idea spaces collected via Evernote Character recognition data The Evernote service will automatic
211. viisble when you enable mini mode Change the Toolbar popup to change its state when entering into mini mode Folder options Specify a default folder used when saving Curio projects The default is Documents Curio Specify a default folder for temporarily storing untitled Curio projects until they are either saved or closed and discarded The default is Documents Curio Untitled Specify a path to a location on your network which contains a shared Application Support folder for Curio The default is Network Library Application Support Curio Idea Space Preferences To access Curio s idea space preferences choose the Curio gt Preferences menu item then click on the Idea Space icon General options Choose the Search results highlight color color well to change that search highlight color e Click the color well to change the color used for snap guides when dragging figures around the idea space Scribble options StandardPro e Check Use crosshair pointer for small brushes if you want the brush pointer to switch to a crosshair pointer when the brush is sized to two pixels or less The crosshair pointer may be easier to see than a really small brush pointer Check Hide Organizer if you want the Organizer to automatically hide if the user goes into scribble mode Check Hide Shelf if you want the Shelf to automatically hide if the user goes into scribble mode C
212. will stop working The default is when there are 30 days left before expiring You can change that value if you feel you need more or less time to get purchase approval and acquire an updated license key defaults write com zengobi curio License Days Left Warning int 60 Setting Up the Administrative and Client Accounts You will want to set up your administrative account with different preferences than your client account The former is the account you will use the latter is the account that you will replicate to all client installations The easiest way to do this may be on a single machine using the Mac s support for Fast User Switching For the purposes of this document call the administrative account the user named Curio Admin and the client account is the user named Curio Client Setting up the Curio Admin user account This is the account you will use to manage Curio 1 Login to your Curio Admin account 2 Make the following configuration changes as appropriate defaults write com zengobi curio License Days Left Warning int 60 Download and install Curio from www zengobi com into your Applications folder Launch Curio Enter your license key information via the Curio gt License menu item Configure the Network Folder via the Curio gt Preferences menu item Quit Curio Copy your Library Application Support Curio folder to the network s Network Library Application Support directory Mak
213. within the edited text figure then type Option Return To insert a new text figure as a previous sibling 1 Selecta list item 2 Insert a previous sibling by choosing Insert gt Text Previous Sibling or typing Command Shift Return As above you can simply type Shift Return to create a new previous sibling To insert a new text figure as a child 1 Select a list item 2 Insert a new first child by choosing Insert gt Text Child or typing Command Option Return Working with List Figures Figures can be easily rearranged and dragged into or out of a list Indenting list items via keyboard 1 Select one or more list figures 2 Press the Tab key to indent the figures one level To move a set of figures contained by a list figure to a higher level in the hierarchy follow the same steps listed above but press Shift Tab on the keyboard If you want to actually insert a tab within an edited text figure then type Option Tab Rearranging list items via drag and drop 1 Select one or more list figures and begin to drag them 2 As you drag the items around a line will appear showing you where they will be placed in the list including their hierarchical level Notice that rearranging an item with children also moves the children 3 Release the mouse button to drop the items into the list If the Option key was held down during the drag then a copy of the selected figures will be created Curio User Manual 57 To add
214. y Application Support Curio folder found under your home directory It includes several key components including Repositories folder which contains various template and stencil repositories available to all users such as Idea Space Templates Stencil and Scrapbook These network repositories will appear in the appropriate galleries and shelf modules displayed in Curio Professional Project Templates folder which contains all project templates These appear in the New Project Gallery within Curio styles plist file which contains all idea space and figure styles available to all users on the network within the various galleries in Curio Standard and Professional You should configure all client Macs to automatically mount that folder as a network share point specifically as a Shared Library folder This is explained in the Mac OS File Server Administration guide which can be downloaded from http Awww apple com server macosx resources documentation html The section titled Automatically Mounting Share Points for Clients has all the details Make sure all client users will have read only access to this network folder To configure the network folder within Curio 1 Choose the Curio gt Preference menu item 2 Click on the General icon if it isn t already selected 3 Edit the Network Folder folder to point to the location of the application support folder Curio should use Advanced Custom
215. y be printed as well You can Curio User Manual 109 access these options by clicking the Copies amp Pages popup and choosing Curio 7 Click Export Image Files You can export your project or only specific idea spaces as image files in various formats including JPEG PNG and TIFF To create idea spaces as image files 1 Optionally select specific idea spaces in the Organizer that you wish to export 2 Choose File gt Export As gt Image 3 Click on Export All if you want to export all idea spaces else click Export Selected to only export the selected idea spaces 4 Choose a location to export the idea spaces If you are only exporting one idea space also supply a filename to use Otherwise since exporting an idea space as images will result in creating multiple files it s best to create a new folder in which to locate the exported files 5 Choose the image type and select whether idea spaces should be scaled to a max width For JPEG files you can also choose the quality of the resulting images The better the quality the larger the file size 6 Click Export iPhoto Album You can export your idea spaces to an iPhoto album then use iPhoto s photocasting feature to share your album To export your idea spaces to an iPhoto album 1 Optionally select specific idea spaces in the Organizer that you wish to export 2 Choose File gt Export As gt iPhoto Album 3 Click on Export All if you wan
216. y drag the figure using the mouse to the new location on the idea space Curio User Manual 25 For more exact control over the location of a figure you can use the controls of the Geometry Inspector To change the size of a figure 1 Select the figure 2 Use the mouse to drag one of the figure s selection handles tiny squares located around the edge of the selected figure If you have the size tool tip preference turned on then Curio will display the current width and height of the figure as you change its size To resize a figure proportionally hold down the Shift key while you drag the selection handle To quickly restore a figure to its natural size press the N key Note that image figures are automatically assumed to be proportional by default Therefore the Proportional checkbox in the Geometry inspector will be checked by default For more exact control over the size of a figure you can use the controls of the Geometry Inspector Check out the section on Multi touch Support if you own a MacBook model that supports multi touch gestures Rotating Figures You can rotate any figure except for collection figures like lists and mind maps to any angle on the idea space To rotate a figure 1 Select the figure 2 Hold down the Command key and then use the mouse to drag one of the figure s selection handles If you have the rotational tool tip preference turned on then Curio will display the current angle of r
217. yle popup menu or click the stepper to the right of the edit field to increase or decrease the pen width by 1 point The maximum value allowed is 10 points 4 Change the border style by clicking on the border style popup menu and choosing a new option 5 Change the fill color by selecting the fill type None Solid Gradient Radial or Glossy a For solid fills click on the color well to choose a color from the matrix that appears Or Option click on the color well to go directly to the standard color chooser b For gradient fills you must choose a start and end gradient color You can optionally choose a 2nd and 3rd stop point color and position for your gradient The resulting gradient will be rendered along the angle specified by the angle slider c For radial fills you must choose a start and end gradient color You can optionally choose a 2nd and 3rd stop point color and position for your gradient The resulting gradient will be rendered with a center point located as specified in the point locator control d For glossy fills you choose just a single color and Curio will automatically construct the appropriate gradient styling to render a glossy shape Changing the Figure Shape You can change the shape of any figure on an idea space except for lines and collection figures like mind maps and lists To change the shape of a figure 1 Open the Shape section of the Figure Inspector if it s not already displayed 2

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