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2. The Undo option in the Edit menu lets you reverse your most recent action including Undo itself For example if you make a Button and it s the most recent thing you ve done you can use Undo to reverse the action If making the Button wasn t your most recent action use the Unmake option described in Chapter 7 Editing Objects The following actions can be reversed Cut Copy Paste Clear Place Delete Frame Cut Frame This means that if you use any of these command options by mistake or change your mind you can pull down the Edit menu click on Undo and GUIDE Author reverses the action Troubleshooting i mMm D gt 8 S me u gt S 138 GUIDE Author User s Manual Using Revert Content The Revert Content option in the File menu undoes any changes you made to the active document since the last time you saved it For example you may have changed a font added a few graphics and made some Expansion Buttons If you decide that you preferred the document the way it was before you made changes during this edit ing session pull down the File menu and click on Revert Content Using Revert Window Troubleshooting The Revert Window option in the File menu reverses any changes you ve made to the active document window size or position When you use Revert Window GUIDE Author undoes any window style size or position changes made since the last time you saved the ac tiv
3. GUIDE Author i S Mm gt gt 8 S PA v gt S ba Users Manual for GUIDE Author GUIDE Author Users Manual All GUIDE documentation and training materials are copyrighted and all rights are reserved Except as authorized in the terms of a valid license agreement neither the documentation nor any software that accompanies it may be reproduced translated or reduced to any electronic or printed form without the prior consent of InfoAccess Inc Copyright 1998 InfoAccess Inc All Rights Reserved Printed March 1998 in the United States InfoAccess the InfoAccess logo Table Viewer DLL GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor Style Markup Format SMF and Table Markup Format TMF are trademarks of InfoAccess Inc GUIDE is a registered trademark and GUIDE Author GUIDE Indexer GUIDE Professional Publisher GUIDE Reader GUIDE Viewer GUIDE Writer GUIDE Writer Style Editor LOGiiX and Hypertext Markup Language HML are trademarks of Office Workstations Limited licensed to InfoAccess Inc Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners Information is subject to change without notice InfoAccess Inc 15821 NE 8th St Bellevue WA 98008 3905 USA Technical Support Phone 425 201 1916 Email techsupp infoaccess com Corporate Headquarters Phone 425 201 1915 Sales 800 344 9737 Fax 425 201 1922 Web www infoaccess com Email info infoacces
4. GUIDE Author inserts a copy of the Clipboard contents into the selected clipping frame in the same position that it occu pied in the original clipping frame If the new clipping frame is smaller than the graphic s original clipping frame you may not be able to see a graphic element after you have pasted it into the new clipping frame If this is the case either enlarge the second clipping frame or pull down the Format menu and click on Show Elements ir S Mm D gt 8 S me v gt S Inserting Multiple Elements into Diagrams GUIDE Author centers the first imported graphic in the diagram and highlights the viewing window If you begin to add other graphics without enlarging the diagram subsequent graphics are placed on top of the first one To include more than one graphic element in the same diagram 1 If you intend to use the Clipboard rather than GUIDE Author s Place command cut or copy the graphic element you want to add into the diagram to insert that graphic into the Clipboard 2 Select the diagram making sure that any graphic elements already inserted into the clipping frame are not selected 3 Select the Paste or Place option from the Edit menu or click on their tool bar icons to insert another graphic element into the selected diagram The graphic element appears in the top left corner of the clip ping frame Because the size of the diagram is determined by the size of the first graphic e
5. S S D DE gt S ATTRIBUTE APPLIES TO BEHAVIOR Object Attributes Top of Window Expansion Buttons The Expansion the target Object displays at the top of the active document window when it unfolds Groups The Group displays at the top of the document window when a reader folds an Expansion in that Group Remain Expansion Buttons The Expansion Button remains visible when its Expansion unfolds Groups The active Expansion Button unfolds and the labels of folded Expansion Buttons and any text or graphics inside the Group displays when Remain is applied Limited Fold Expansion Buttons After the Expansion unfolds it remains open The only way you can fold it away again is to click on the Expansion Button normally you click on an Expansion to fold it This prevents the Expansion from folding accidentally Blink on Expansion Expansions The Expansion blinks briefly when it unfolds Blink on Folding Expansion Buttons The Expansion Button blinks briefly after its Expansion folds away Editing Objects 110 GUIDE Author User s Manual BEHAVIOR ATTRIBUTES FOR GUIDE OBJECTS CONTINUED ATTRIBUTE APPLIES TO Object Attributes Continued Local Link Reference Buttons Note Buttons Command Buttons BEHAVIOR Specifies that the link is local the target Object is in the same GUIDE document Remote Link Reference Button Note Button Command Button Specifies a remote link th
6. Working with Graphics 60 GUIDE Author User s Manual When GUIDE Author imports an image it positions it along the base line of the text wherever the cursor is located If you place an image within a paragraph and the document is wider than the paragraph text follows the image on the same line If the graphic is taller than the accompanying text the spacing between the text line that con tains the image and the previous line will increase If you want the graphic to be on its own line simply hit the carriage return after the graphic is imported Viewing Windows Viewing windows are created automatically as part of a diagram and show the diagram s boundaries You can use the viewing window to confine a graphic to a smaller area or include oversized images in a document To select the viewing window click anywhere between the black line that indicates the viewing window boundary and the gray line that outlines the clipping frame When a sizing handle a small black square appears at the bottom right corner of the dia gram viewing window position the pointer over it When the cursor changes to a plus sign drag to resize the diagram and viewing window You can also choose the Diagram Info command from the Format menu while a diagram is selected to open the Diagram Info dialog and edit the values in the boxes under Viewing Window to resize a viewing window If a graphic element is too big to fit in the viewing window scroll bars
7. and the online LOGiiX Command Reference Working with Graphics ir S M D S S D DE v gt S 70 GUIDE Author User s Manual Element Info Internal DI Bitmap ID 40646 Cancel Unsealed Size Width 440 Height 297 Name Location m Hotspot border Transparency Left Shape Color i C None Y H Semi opaque widh 40 Elipse c Height 297 Square Transparent Figure 4 7 The Element Info dialog for the selected bitmap Checking Diagram Information You can select a diagram and then pull down the Format menu and choose Diagram Info to open a dialog where you can see information about the diagram and change some of its attributes The Diagram Info dialog shows you the diagram s Object Name if it has one if it doesn t you can type one into the Name box The diagram s Object ID number displays in the upper right corner Three check boxes enable you to control how the graphics display Lock Diagram prevents graphics from being resized or otherwise edited Disable Zoom prevents readers from zooming graphics and Crop to Fit resizes the diagram window to fit within the document window If the Crop to Fit option is checked the default graphic elements remain full size and are cropped to fit inside the diagram if this option is turned off GUIDE resizes the graphic elements to fit within the diagram rather than cropping them Working with Grap
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9. Setting tabs 38 Text color 40 Formatting windows 38 GUIDE Author User s Manual 141 Frames 30 Creating 30 Display Frame Name 15 31 Editing 31 Next Frame icon 13 Previous Frame icon 13 Printing 120 Frames dialog 31 Freeze 12 83 103 G Getting help 16 Glossary 113 Addingitems 114 Naming new items 114 Graphics Default 57 Diagram 59 Editing 62 Formatmenu 66 Diagram Grid 67 77 Diagram Info 68 70 72 77 Element Info 67 68 75 Insert Hotspot 66 Pull to Front 66 80 Push to Back 66 80 Restore Size 66 Show Elements 67 74 Hotspots 63 Importing 53 Internal external 57 Linking 56 57 Naming 69 Selecting for editing 59 Viewing window Oversizedimages 60 Resizing 60 Index 142 GUIDE Author User s Manual GUIDE Author About 7 Applicationwindow 10 Document menu 24 Exiting 19 Filemenu 16 19 Formatmenu 66 Formattingribbon 14 Frames 30 Glossary 113 Help 16 Help menu 16 Makemenu 85 Menubar 10 Navigatemenu 30 Objects 83 Saving 17 Starting 10 Toolbar 11 Tools menu 21 Using 10 Working with grapics 54 GUIDE Author Command Reference 10 GUIDE symbols 29 H Hotspots 63 66 Creating 63 Insert Hotspot icon 12 Links 63 Moving 87 Resizing 87 Index j Iconizing GUIDE Author 23 Insert Hotspots 12 63 87 Inserting clipboard contents 42 Internet Creating referencesto 133 Publishing documents on 132 Interpreters 123 launch3 dll 123 124 logiix dll 123 ocpl3 dil
10. appear on the viewing window that enable readers to pan and zoom the image The viewing window now looks like a small window within the larger document window The image in its uncropped state remains unchanged This feature enables you to include oversized images in your documents or to magnify graphics for more detail Working with Graphics GUIDE Author User s Manual 61 VSAMPLE SLGFAPHOCS GL Pe About Graphics The dagam includes a warang andos to display the graphic image and a clipping frame that enables you to crop the image These components surround the graphic element placed in that diagram When you click on a graphic in a GUIDE document GUIDE Author highlights the viewing indo boundaries with a thin Wack line the cipping frame vath a thin gray ine and the graphic element you cicked on vath sizing handles small black boxes at the comers and sides to show that the graphic is selected Figure 4 3 A graphic diagram in a GUIDE document note the viewing window that delineates the diagram boundaries the clipping frame inside the viewing window and the graphic element surrounded by sizing handles small black squares within the clipping frame Piwals are the most relevant measurement on the computer screan just as points are the most relevart measurement for ype A pixel is the smallest dot your computer screenis capable of randanng at the resolution determined by your hardware and system softrare The size of a pixel th
11. Dajeot Mowe C Relmencnd file Neme Biri 7 14710 Reference Button Figure 6 2 The Find Objects Options dialog Finding Objects and Links OPTIONS GUIDE Author User s Manual 95 DESCRIPTION Referenced File Name Displays the names of target documents for any Reference Buttons Note Buttons or Command Buttons found in the active document Save Settings Check Save Settings to make the options you have selected the defaults that apply each time you start GUIDE Author If Save Settings is not checked GUIDE Author uses the changes for the current session only To use the Find Objects command 1 2 Pull down the GUIDE Author s Tools menu Click on Find Objects GUIDE Author displays the Find Objects dialog Check the boxes for the types of Objects you want to search for Click on Options in the Find Objects dialog to choose the type of information you want the search results to report Click on OK to return to the Find Objects dialog where the Scan option is now available Click on Scan GUIDE Author searches for the types of Objects you specified and then lists the Objects found and related information about those Objects based on the options you chose in Step 4 To scan again using different options repeat Steps 3 and 4 Finding Objects and Links i S M D S ou w gt S ba 96 GUIDE Author User s Manual 10 11 After the scan you can select an Object from th
12. Exiting GUIDE Author To exit GUIDE Author click on the Close box in the application window or choose Exit from the File menu If you ve made any changes to open documents without saving them GUIDE Author asks Do you want to save changes If you answer Yes GUIDE Author opens the Save Document dialog so you can name the document if necessary and select a directory in which to store the GUIDE file Choose No to discard any changes you ve made GUIDE Author Basics GUIDE Author User s Manual 21 CHAPTER 2 DEFINING WINDOWS This chapter describes how to customize the GUIDE Author appli cation window and GUIDE document windows You ll also learn how to navigate through the document and create Frames to divide the document into readable chunks of information i S mMm D gt 8 S DE u gt S Configuring the Application Window To change GUIDE Author s application window pull down the Tools menu and click on Program Options Alternatively you can open the Program Options dialog at any time by pressing Ctrl Y Figure 2 1 shows the Program Options dialog To select options click the check boxes beside the option names if the box contains a check mark it s active A dimmed check box means the option is not available Defining Windows 22 GUIDE Author User s Manual Application window choices you can make in GUIDE Author s Program Options dialog include OPTION DESCRIPT
13. GUIDE Author program icon in the program group or choose the application from the Start menu GUIDE Author s menus are listed across a bar just below the application window title bar To pull down a menu simply click on the menu s name in the menu bar You can move the mouse pointer over a menu command and click or use keyboard shortcuts to acti vate commands For more information about keyboard shortcuts please see Using Keyboard Shortcuts in the Welcome to manual The GUIDE Author Command Reference part of GUIDE Author s online help system offers alphabetical listings of all GUIDE Author menu commands and options with complete descriptions of their functionality Menu options followed by ellipses indicate that dialogs are available to offer additional options when you choose those commands Tool Bar fle Edt Tock Wenge Dccurert Fare Mate Window Help Formatting Ribbon SS le ono almat Sousce Uocument Publishing on the Internet iiM cess This document cartairo infoeredion haw to make cotsections to GUIDE documents an ani Intermet corver GUIDE usas HTTP or Hyper Test Transfer Protocol to transfer documents from an Iniemet server to your hea machine GUIDE feuds these docusenis by usmg a URL or Universa Resource Locator A URL used by GUIDE would contain a tong euch as hig ew ideorcess com nettangt gwd which is in fact the entry that thes doctmenrt uses to make a reference The entry goes into the Target Doc
14. GUIDE documents in both GUIDE Author and GUIDE Reader Any additional shading shown on the left side of the Color Solid box does not appear in GUIDE documents Changing the Background Color of Text To change the background color of text 1 Place the text cursor inside the symbols for the Object whose background color you want to change 2 Pull down the Format menu and click on Text Color The Text Color dialog appears with a sample to show the current color Working with Text 42 GUIDE Author User s Manual Open the Background drop down box and choose the color you want Click on OK to apply the background color The background color reverts to its default color when the text reaches the beginning of the next Object Copying Text GUIDE Author uses the Windows Clipboard to copy text 1 2 Select the text you want to copy Click on Copy in the Edit menu or on the tool bar s Copy icon GUIDE Author copies the selected text to the Clipboard Move the pointer to the position where you want to insert the copy of the text and click to place the insertion point Pull down the Edit menu again and click on Paste or use the tool bar s Paste icon GUIDE Author takes a copy of the text in the Clipboard and inserts it at the position you marked in the document The copied text remains in the Clipboard until you copy or cut another selection into the Clipboard Moving Text GUIDE Author also uses the Windows
15. Linked IV Search document and definitions Selected Documents Simple Complex AND OR Figure 3 6 The Find Options dialog Working with Text GUIDE Author User s Manual 47 Defining Where to Search GUIDE Author allows you to search for a string of text in the active document a set of documents or documents linked to the active document You specify where to search using the options in the Search Which Documents panel of the Find Options dialog i S mMm D z S PR S D ba OPTION DESCRIPTION Active Only Searches the active document Active and Linked Includes linked documents in the search If you select this option Select Files is activated in the Find dialog Selected Documents Enables you to specify documents you want to include in the search If you select this option and click OK the Find dialog re opens with the Select Files button now active You can click Select Files to open that dialog You can use the Add button to add files to be scanned Selected files are listed in the Files to Scan list To change the directory select a new directory from the Look In list in the Add Files to Catalog dia log and choose Open You can use the Shift and Ctrl keys with the mouse to select multiple files in a directory Click Clear All to discard all files in the Files to Scan list To remove individual files from the search select the file name and choose Remove When you are finis
16. N 7 gt D ba GUIDE Author displays the contents of the Glossary item you selected 3 Click anywhere on the window that displays the Glossary item s contents to close it and return to the Glossary dialog Changing a Glossary Item Name To rename a Glossary item but leave its contents unchanged 1 Pull down the Tools menu and click on Glossary 2 Select the item you want to change from the Glossary Items list in the Glossary dialog 3 Click Rename in the Glossary dialog 4 Type over the current name in the tem Name text box 5 Click Rename to accept the new item name and return to the Glossary dialog 6 Click on the close box in the title bar of the Glossary dialog to close it Another dialog appears to ask if you want to save changes to the Glossary Click Yes to save the revised Glossary No to discard the new item or Cancel to return to the Glossary dialog Using the Glossary 116 GUIDE Author User s Manual Inserting Glossary Items into Documents To insert an item from the Glossary into a GUIDE document 1 Position the insertion point where you want to insert the Glossary item into the document Pull down the Tools menu and click on Glossary Select the name of the item you want to insert from the Glossary Items list in the Glossary dialog then click on nsert GUIDE Author inserts the Glossary item closes the Glossary dialog and returns you to the active document Scripts are often i
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18. a trucks IN Europe query to search for all instances of trucks only in those portions of the documents designated as fields named Europe Creating Objects and Links GUIDE Author User s Manual 85 With GUIDE Author you can easily create fields that your readers can use to locate information in GUIDE Reader First you enclose the data for a proposed field with a reference point That is with your GUIDE document open select the portion of text you want to desig nate as a field Then choose Reference Point from the Make menu to create a reference point and with the text still selected right click on the text and choose Attributes from the pop up menu to open the Object Attributes dialog Check the Search Field box under Object Attributes and enter a name for the field in the Object Name text box The name you use will display in the Query dialog when you use the index for this document collection to conduct a search in GUIDE Reader i S m D z z S PR S 2 You can have up to 32 named fields in your document collection there s no limit to the total number of fields one field can even be nested within another A field name can have up to 240 alpha numeric characters single spaces are allowed but punctuation and quotation marks aren t Making Objects from Graphics You can make Objects from graphics the same way you create Objects from text select a graphic element make it into a Butto
19. an Object of the type you selected before you chose Set Cursor For a complete list of available cursor patterns and their ID numbers see Initializing GUIDE Author in the Welcome to GUIDE Author manual Setting the Horizontal Size of a Note Editing Objects When you click on a Note Button its Definition displays in a pop up window To reset the horizontal size of a Note Definition s tempo rary window 1 Choose Definitions Window from the Make menu to open the Definitions window for the active GUIDE document GUIDE Author User s Manual 105 2 Select a Note Definition 3 Choose Show Ruler from the Document menu or click on the Ruler icon in the tool bar to display the text ruler in the Defini tions window 4 Click on the abs icon on the tool bar to set the units on the Definitions window s ruler to absolute 5 Adjust the right margin marker to size the window horizontally 6 To change the pop up window s vertical size add or delete carriage returns inside the Definition symbols 7 Close the Definitions window and then click on the Note But ton linked to that Definition to display the Definition s pop up window and check its new size RI fa Ee GO ea C oe O o lt GUIDE Bettas Big a Clicking on GUIDE Buttons will activate hypertext links GUIDE documents can include four types of Buttons Expansion Buttc This is an expansic passes over each expansion Clicking on the expansion will fold t
20. changes color not just the selected text To highlight specific words or phrases in color you must first make them into an Object for example a Group To change the color of text 1 Positions the insertion cursor in the Object whose text color you want to change 2 Pull down the Format menu and click on Text Color The Text Color dialog appears with a sample that shows its current color 3 Click on the Text box or arrow next to the box to drop down a list of available colors and choose one The color box displays your selection Working with Text GUIDE Author User s Manual 41 4 Click on OK to apply the color to the text The text color reverts to the default at the beginning of the next Object If you want to make your color settings apply to all new documents click on Make Default If Make Default is not checked GUIDE applies your changes only to the active document i S mMm gt S S ae 7 gt D ba Palette Handling GUIDE Author can handle a single 256 color palette on a 256 color screen This prevents palette conflicts If the computer s graphics capabilities include 64 000 colors all graphics should appear in their true color range Please note however that GUIDE electronic publishing tools only support solid colors When you work with the palette the color shown under the color mixer on the right side of the box labeled Color Solid shows how the color will display in
21. creating a new document start with Step 2 Position your pointer over the right margin marker the trian gular marker that points left on the far right of the ruler and then press and hold the mouse button Drag the marker to reposition the right margin Release the mouse button To set the left margin 1 Select the paragraphs you want to change If you re creating a new document start with Step 2 Press and hold the mouse button over the left margin marker the bottom triangle that points right at the far left of the ruler the triangle on the top is the marker for the first line indent Drag the marker to where you want the left margin to end and text to begin The first line marker the top triangle moves along with the bottom marker To indent the first line of the selected para graphs from the left margin click on the top marker and drag it to the position you want The top triangle moves indepen dently from the left marker margin on the bottom Release the mouse button Working with Text T S Mm gt S ae 7 gt 2 38 GUIDE Author User s Manual Using the Mouse Pointer to Set Tabs You can add delete and modify a ruler s tab settings with the mouse pointer To add a tab simply click anywhere on the ruler where you want a tab to appear To delete a tab point at the tab marker and drag it off the side or below the ruler When the mouse pointer moves beyond the edge of t
22. entry thet this document uses to makea reference The entry goes mio the Target Decument coction of Obiect Attributes dialing for the Refereace Betton you must check Remote Lik to make this field You must alse Bavo am Internet connection established whem yee artion the referemce When GUIDE sees the baemp il entry loake for your Intemet conection It then loaks foe the server repetsented here by www lafeaccess_com It then looka for the mettargi gui fie INI File Settings These same sections and entries mast be included im the INFACCES INI file that you distribute with your sta fies Figure 3 2 Absolute ruler using inches to measure a GUIDE document Working with Text 36 GUIDE Author User s Manual Using a Relative Ruler When you use a relative ruler GUIDE Author measures the screen proportionally for example tabs are expressed as a percentage of the window s width You can always see all of the window s contents no matter how wide or narrow the window and no horizontal scroll bar is necessary GUIDE Author wraps text to adjust to the size of the window and resizes graphics To choose the relative mode click the rel icon in the Ribbon There are three measurements labeled on the relative ruler 0 50 and 100 along with a triangular left indent marker a triangular right indent marker and an arrow that points up to indicate the indent level for the first line in a paragraph These marks control the lef
23. for Note and Command Shred in the Definitions window A Shoose Definitions Window on a reel n Figure 8 1 GUIDE Author s Glossary dialog Using the Glossary i S M D S ou w gt S ba 114 GUIDE Author User s Manual Adding Items to the Glossary Using the Glossary To add an item to the Glossary 1 Select the item text graphic or Object that you want to add to the Glossary Pull down the Tools menu and click on Glossary or press Ctrl G Click on New under Get Selection GUIDE Author displays a dialog where you can name your new Glossary item Type a unique name for the new Glossary item over Unnamed in the Item Name text box Click on New to accept the name close the tem Name dialog and return to the Glossary dialog Your new item is highlighted in the Glossary Items list Click on the close box in the title bar of the Glossary dialog Another dialog appears to ask if you want to save changes to the Glossary Click Yes to save the revised Glossary No to discard the new item or Cancel to return to the Glossary dialog GUIDE Author User s Manual 115 Displaying a Glossary Item s Contents You can display what a Glossary item contains as well as its name 1 Pull down the Tools menu and click on Glossary 2 Select the item you want to see from the Glossary Items list in the Glossary dialog and then click on Show i S mMm gt S S
24. from the active document to the document and Object specified by DocumentName and ObjectName Activates the GUIDE Button specified by ObjectName Sounds an audible beep Advanced Topics GUIDE Author User s Manual 129 Creating a Control Panel TIP Use one large control panel graphic rather than many small ones for better perfor mance To create a control panel document 1 Use a painting or drawing application that s compatible with Windows to create the control panel icons or use the icons provided in GUIDE Author s Glossary When you are finished copy the icons to the Clipboard Open a new GUIDE document and position its window where you want the control panel to appear each time it is opened Paste your icons into the document If your icons are represented as a single graphic element insert a Hotspot and place it over each icon For more information about Hotspots please see Working with Graphics earlier in this manual Make each Hotspot into a Command Button For more information about Command Buttons please see Creating Objects and Links earlier in this manual Make a Definition To make a Definition choose Definition from the Make menu or the pop up menu Your Definition might contain an open close interpreter command or a LOGiiX script For detailed information about LOGiiX see the LOGiiX User s Manual and LOGiiX Command Reference Use the Properties command to set the Sta
25. one of the handles toward or away from the stub s center To move the Expansion stub freeze the docu ment if it isn t already frozen then click on the Expansion stub hold the mouse button down and drag the stub into position Creating Hotspots on Graphics You may decide that you want to place a Button on a background graphic in a specific location but you don t want to make the entire graphic into a Button You can insert special graphic elements called Hotspots into a clipping frame then position them over graphic elements and make each Hotspot into an Object For example if you have an image of a flower garden you can insert Hotspots position them over different types of flowers make the Hotspots into Note Buttons with verbal descriptions of individual flowers When readers click on a Hotspot a window pops up with information on the type of flower that s covered by the invisible Hotspot Creating Objects and Links GUIDE Author User s Manual 87 To insert a Hotspot into a diagram to overlay a particular area of the graphic element and make the Hotspot into a Button 1 2 Click on the graphic to select it Pull down the Format menu and click on nsert Hotspot or click on the Insert Hotspot icon on the tool bar A Hotspot appears in the top left corner of the graphic diagram sizing handles small black squares surround the Hotspot to show that it is selected To resize the Hotspot move your point
26. target Object s symbols Hold the Ctrl key down to temporarily freeze Object activity Pull down the Too s menu Click on Find Links to open the Find Links dialog Click on Options in the Find Links dialog to define the scope of the search and results presentation Click on OK to return to the Find Links dialog When you click on Selected in the Find Links Options dialog GUIDE Author enables Select Files in the Find Links dialog Select Files opens a dialog where you can choose files to in clude in the search You can click on Add to open the Add Files to Catalog dialog to locate the files you want to scan When you return to the Select Files dialog the selected files appear in the Files to Scan list Repeat this process until you ve selected all the documents that you want to include in the search Click on Clear All to discard all the files in the Files to Scan list To delete individ ual files select the file name and choose Remove When you are finished choose OK to return to the Find Links dialog Click on Scan in the Find Links dialog GUIDE Author searches for links to the selected Object based on the Find Links option you chose in Step 4 and returns a list of documents and Objects linked to the selected target Object After the scan you can click on a document or link name in the hitlist to activate the Go to option When you click on Go to GUIDE Author opens the document that contains the linked Object the Obj
27. the clipping frame with a thin gray line and the graphic element you clicked on with sizing handles small black boxes at the corners and sides to show that the graphic is selected To select a graphic element for editing simply click on it When sizing handles surround the graphic element you want to edit it s selected To select multiple graphic elements hold down the Shift key and click on additional graphic elements you want to select To resize a graphic element position the pointer over one of the handles so the cursor changes to a plus sign then drag the mouse to resize the selected graphic element Graphic diagrams also contain an invisible grid that can help you reposition and resize graphics more precisely If the Diagram Grid option on GUIDE Author s Format menu has a check mark beside it you can move or resize graphics in increments of four pixels please see Sizing or Moving Graphics Incrementally later in this chapter GUIDE interprets diagrams as in line text characters For example you can use the space bar and carriage return key to move them Insert spaces in front of a diagram to move it to the right remove or add carriage returns before and after the diagram to move it up or down You can stretch the diagram to cover the area on the page where you want to position a graphic enlarge the clipping frame and then use the mouse to reposition a graphic anywhere inside the clip ping frame s boundaries
28. 123 127 serial3 dll 123 126 K Keyboard shortcuts Ctrl 1 30 Ctrl 2 30 Ctrl 3 30 Ctrl 4 30 Ctrl F4 19 Ctrl F7 130 Ctrl F8 24 130 Ctrl SHIFT N 90 Ctrl Shift W 90 Fl 16 L launch3 dll 123 124 Launching other applications Using opcl3 dll 127 Limited Fold 109 Linked documents Finding links 97 Searching 46 47 Links 26 Finding Hitlist 98 Selecting documents to include in search 97 New 88 Redirecting 107 Shortcuts opening 91 Source or target first 88 Starting alink 88 Local link 110 LOGIIX 123 130 Multimedia functions 131 M Make default 27 Makemenu 84 Attributes 104 106 Connect Link 89 Definitions 104 Definitions window 92 Expansion button 85 Group 80 Starta link 88 Unmake 112 Margins 37 Menu bar 10 Multimedia using 130 GUIDE Author User s Manual 143 N Navigate menu 30 FirstFrame 30 Frames 31 LastFrame 30 Next Frame 30 Previous Frame 30 NextFrame 13 30 Note Button 13 26 Changing default text style 102 Default text style 101 Linking 88 Setting horizontal size 104 Shortcut opening 90 Note Definitions 121 0 Object action backtrack record 111 Object attributes Blink on Expansion 109 Blink on Folding 109 Close Target on Backtrack 110 Close this Document 110 Keep Document Active 110 Limited Fold 109 Local Link 110 Remain 109 Topof Window 109 Objects 83 And links 93 Attributes 106 Changing text color 40 Creating 84 Creating from text 84 Creating li
29. Author s Object Attributes dialog Select an Object or position your insertion cursor between the symbols of an Object before you click on this icon Displays the previous Frame Displays the next Frame in sequence GUIDE Author Basics Q S M D z S S ou v gt S ba 14 GUIDE Author User s Manual Using the Formatting Ribbon GUIDE Author Basics GUIDE Author s formatting Ribbon located at the top of your screen below the tool bar allows you to easily perform text formatting functions such as choosing fonts font size text style text alignment and a relative or absolute ruler For more information about GUIDE Author s ruler please see Working with Text GUIDE Author automatically displays the Ribbon at the top of the application window below the tool bar To turn it off choose the Ribbon command from the Tools menu Alternatively you can choose Program Options from the Tools menu to open the Program Options dialog and clear the Ribbon option Ribbon options are the same as those defined in the Text Style and Ruler dialogs which are explained in Working with Text The Ribbon allows you to easily select text and ruler formatting by choosing any of these combinations FONT LIST l The wide box on the left side of the Ribbon shows the font applied to the currently selected text Click anywhere on the box to pull down a list of the other available fonts To change the font for se
30. Author User s Manual 2 Move the pointer over the middle handle on the side of the graphic you want to crop The cursor shape changes into a plus sign when it is posi tioned directly over the handle 3 Hold the mouse button down and drag the plus sign until only the portion of the image you want to retain remains in view For example if you drag the bottom handle up the bottom part of the graphic begins to disappear under the clipping frame If you drag a side handle toward the center of the graphic that side of the graphic begins to disappear under the clipping frame Recovering Hidden Graphic Elements You can make clipping frames so small that the graphic elements inside them are hidden To recover and display hidden graphics 1 Select the clipping frame 2 Pull down the Format menu and click on Show Elements If you can t see all the elements use Push to Back and Pull to Front to restack them If any portion of a graphic element falls within the clipping frame Show Elements won t move it Moving Graphic Elements You may want to reposition graphic elements in clipping frames To move graphic elements one at a time click on the graphic element you want to reposition to select it when the sizing handles appear reposition the mouse pointer over the selected graphic hold the pri mary mouse button down and drag the mouse to move the graphic element to the position you want in the clipping frame Working with Gr
31. BJECT DEFAULT TEXT STYLE Expansion Button Bold Expansion Plain Note Button Underlined Reference Button Italic Command Button Italic Reference Point Plain Definition Plain Editing Objects 102 GUIDE Author User s Manual Editing Objects To change the style of label text for all Objects of a certain type 1 2 Pull down the Document menu and click on Object Styles Select an Object type then check the box next to the text style you want to use for that type of Object For example if you want all Expansion Buttons to appear in italic type select Expansion Button then Italic Repeat this process for different Object types until you assign all the Object styles you want Options across the bottom of the Object Styles dialog apply styles to all Objects regardless of type Click on All Plain if you want all Objects to have plain text labels Click on Default Styled to return Object labels to the default text style for each type of Object Click on Default Boxed to use default text styles for Objects with the addition of a box around their text labels Check Make Default in the Object Styles dialog if you want to change the default text styles for Objects to the configuration you ve just defined This applies the active Object styles to all Objects in both the active document and any new documents you create If Make Default is not checked the Object styles you ve defined apply only to the active document GUIDE Author
32. Clipboard to move text 1 Working with Text Select the text you want to move GUIDE Author User s Manual 43 2 Pull down the Edit menu and click on Cut or use the Cut icon on the tool bar GUIDE Author deletes the text from the document and puts it in the Clipboard 3 Position the text cursor where you want to insert the cut text 4 Use the Edit menu s Paste command or the tool bar icon T S Mm gt S ae gt 2 GUIDE Author makes a copy of the text from the Clipboard and inserts it into the GUIDE document beginning at the position you marked The cut text remains in the Clipboard until you cut or copy another selection into the Clipboard Deleting Text To delete text in a document select the text you want to remove and then choose Clear from the Edit menu You can also press Delete or the backspace key to delete selected text from a GUIDE document To delete text from a document but retain a copy use the Cut com mand from the Edit menu or the tool bar s Cut icon This removes the text from the document and places it in the Clipboard Searching for Text The Find option on the Edit menu searches for characters in the active document in a set of documents you specify or in documents linked to the active document This option allows you to define the text you want to search for and where you want to search for it Working with Text 44 GUIDE Author User s Manual De
33. Crop to Fit 70 Scrollbar 24 Insert Hotspot 12 Show Frame name 31 Locking 70 81 Tabs 26 Document Thick border 24 Captions 18 25 Thin border 24 Close 19 Titlebar 24 Finding links 98 Finding Objects 93 Inserting Glossary items 116 Margins setting 37 New 16 E Opening 16 Printing 121 Edit menu Publishing on the Internet 132 Copy 42 Readonly 16 Copy Frame 31 Replacing text 50 Cut 43 Revert Content 138 Cut Frame 31 Save 17 Delete Frame 31 Searching 46 47 Find 43 Undo 137 Options 45 47 48 Document color 27 InsertFrame 30 Document menu 29 Paste 42 43 55 86 Document color 27 Place 86 Objectstyles 102 Place Graphic 54 55 Properties 18 24 31 Replace 49 50 51 Set display 29 Undo 137 Show Graphics 57 EndLink 89 Show Ruler 28 105 Exit 19 Show Symbol 84 Expand on arrival 111 Text Larger 29 Expansion Button 12 Text Smaller 29 Changing default text style 102 Default text style 101 Index Expansions 12 Changing default text 102 Default text 101 Extension gui 16 Other 17 F fielded searches conducting 84 fields creating for searches 85 Filemenu 120 Close 19 Exit 19 New 16 Open 16 Print 92 Revert Content 138 Revert Window 138 Save 17 Save As 17 Fontlist 14 Font size 14 Fonts 14 Format menu Diagram Grid 59 Diagram Info 60 Insert Hotspot 87 Ruler 38 Text Color 40 41 103 Text Color dialog 41 Text Style 39 Text Style dialog 29 Formatting text Background color 41
34. DE Author offers two options to import stand alone graphics into GUIDE documents You can use the Windows Clipboard or the Place Graphic command on GUIDE Author s Edit menu Graphics imported with source documents are converted to the wmf Win dows Metafile format To import stand alone graphics use GUIDE Author s Place Graphic command Inserting Graphics through the Clipboard When you bring graphics into GUIDE documents through the Clip board you can add any image created in a Windows application To paste graphics into a GUIDE document from the Clipboard 1 Open the graphics file in the application used to create it 2 Select the image s you want to import into a GUIDE document and then copy or cut those items to place them in the Clipboard Cut removes a graphic from application files and puts it into the Windows Clipboard overwriting the Clipboard s previous contents Copy makes a copy of a selected graphic and leaves the original in the application file the copy goes into the Clip board overwriting its previous contents 3 Close the drawing application and start GUIDE Author 4 Open the GUIDE document where you want to add the graphic 5 Position the insertion cursor where you want to place the graphic in the GUIDE document Working with Graphics GUIDE Author User s Manual 55 6 Pull down GUIDE Author s Edit menu and choose Paste or click on the Paste icon on the tool bar GUIDE Author copies the Clipboa
35. Freeze is on To change the Freeze state temporarily press and hold the Ctrl key This switches Freeze on or off for as long as you hold down Ctrl Creating Objects and Links S Mm gt gt 8 S ou v gt S ba 84 GUIDE Author User s Manual Creating Objects in GUIDE Author No matter which type of Object you want to make you follow the same procedure 1 Select the text or graphic you want to make into an Object 2 Pull down the Make menu 3 Choose the command or appropriate icon in the tool bar for the type of Object you want to make Generally it s easier to create Objects and links when GUIDE Object symbols are visible Use the Show Symbols command on the Document menu or the Show Symbols icon on the tool bar to display Object symbols Using Objects for Fielded Searches One special use of Objects is in indexed documents You can mark portions of your documents as fields which can speed up searches by reducing the amount of data to be searched You do this by treating the fields as Objects in GUIDE Say you mark portions of the documents in a collection as fields using three field names North America South America and Europe Your readers can then search in all documents of the collection or specify just one of the fields to narrow their search For example if readers select the appropriate index in GUIDE Reader s Query dialog they can use the IN operator to create
36. ION Title Bar If you don t check this option GUIDE Author s application window has no menu bar title bar system menu zoom box or close box and you cannot move the window around on the screen Thick Border To give a window a thick border check Thick NOTE Border Checking this box also allows you to If the Title Bar resize the application window Thick Border Thin Border To specify a thin border for the GUIDE Author ses u a window application check Thin Border If you T choose this option the application window unchecked the tb ized window displays can t be resized with no border Figure 2 1 GUIDE Author s Program Options dialog Defining Windows GUIDE Author User s Manual 23 OPTION DESCRIPTION Tool Bar Check this option to display GUIDE Author s tool bar near the top of the application window The tool bar features icons that give you fast easy access to many of GUIDE Author s func tions For more information about the tool bar please see Chapter 1 GUIDE Author Basics ir S M D S S D DE v gt S Ribbon Turn this option on to display GUIDE Author s formatting Ribbon The Ribbon icons give you fast easy access to text formatting functions For more information about the formatting Ribbon please see Chapter 1 GUIDE Author Basics Menu Bar Check this box to display the menu bar and provide access to menus Control Menu Check this box to display the C
37. OGiiX GUIDE s robust macro language enables you to create truly intelligent publications that can automatically adjust to readers actions LOGiiX intelligence gives you the power to transfer knowledge more effectively By producing smart publications you can help those who use your information to get the job done right the first time GUIDE Author Basics GUIDE Author User s Manual 9 About This Manual This chapter describes GUIDE Author fundamentals The rest of the manual describes GUIDE Author concepts and functionality in detail e Chapter 2 shows you how to define program and document windows i S M D S ou w gt S ba Chapter 3 explains how to work with text Chapter 4 explains how to work with graphics Chapter 5 covers creating interactive Objects and links Chapter 6 details GUIDE Author s search capabilities to find text Objects and links Chapter 7 explains how to edit interactive Objects Chapter 8 describes GUIDE Author s Glossary Chapter 9 covers printing e Chapter 10 discusses advanced topics such as launching other applications using interpreters to open and close documents automatically and how to incorporate multimedia elements such as sound animation and video into GUIDE documents Chapter 11 covers troubleshooting GUIDE Author Basics 10 GUIDE Author User s Manual Using GUIDE Author To start GUIDE Author double click on the
38. Working with Text later in this manual To display the ruler click on the ruler icon in the tool bar or pull down the Document menu and choose Show Ruler The ruler displays at the top of the active document window Ruler This document conten infoermion how to make comections to GUIDE documents on a Irtertet corver GUIDE uses HTTP or Hyper Test Transfer Protocol to transfer documents from an Intemet server to your ical machine GUIDE feuds these docusments by usng a URL or Universa Resource Locator A URL used by GUIDE would contain a trng such as hit ew iedeaccess com nettargt gel which is in fact the entry that thes document uses to mabe a reference The entry goss into the Target Documess section of Obeert Attributes dileg for the Reference Butten you mut check Remete Link to make this fadd accesible You must alse bavo an Internet connection estaMished whem yee artlon the referemce When GUIDE sees the Batp i entry 2 loake foe your Intemet cormection It then loake foe the serves repetsented here by waw_lafeaccesscom It then looks for the mat Figure 2 3 The ruler displayed over a GUIDE document window Defining Windows GUIDE Author User s Manual 29 Document Window Display Options To change the display text size for more comfortable reading you can pull down the Document menu and choose the Text Larger or Text Smaller option Each time you choose either of the options the display size for text increases
39. abs should be saved as spaces the tab pitch determines how many spaces are in each tab Save All Saves all Expansions if this option is not checked GUIDE Author saves only the Expansions currently displayed OK Saves the text file as specified and returns you to GUIDE Author s application window Cancel Discards the entire Save As procedure and returns you to the active document window GUIDE Author User s Manual 19 Note that GUIDE Author automatically appends the file extension gui to all file names in the Save Document dialog If you want to save a document as ASCII text you need to change the file extension in the file name text box and choose that format from the Save As Type list T S m gt S ae 7 gt 2 Closing a Document To close a document choose Close from the File menu or press Ctrl F4 Either command closes the active document window in the same way as clicking on the window s Close box If you try to close an untitled document or one with unsaved changes GUIDE Author asks Do you want to save changes Click No to close the document without saving the changes choose Yes to save the document with the changes If the document has not been named the Save Document dialog appears Choose Cancel to abandon the close procedure and return to the active document window For more information on closing documents please see Close in the GUIDE Author Command Reference
40. adds the appearance attributes you set with Object Styles to any text Object you ve already created and to those you subsequently create You can use the commands from the Format menu or options on GUIDE Author s formatting Ribbon to add these characteristics to styles for individual Objects GUIDE Author User s Manual 103 Changing Object Colors You can change the color of text or background in Object labels to highlight them Using color to highlight text and background makes it easy for readers to recognize Objects To change the color of an Object s text label 1 Use the Ctrl key or the Freeze icon on GUIDE Author s tool bar to freeze Object activity and then position the insertion point anywhere inside an Object but between the Object s symbols Pull down the Format menu and click on Text Color When the Text Color dialog opens click on the color shown in the Text or Background box depending on which you want to change A list of available colors drops down Click on the color you want to use the sample area in the Text Color dialog gives you a preview of the Object label Repeat this process until you re satisfied with the color of both the text and its background Click OK to apply the color to the Object label or click Cancel to discard it Editing Objects i S M gt S S me gt S 104 GUIDE Author User s Manual Setting the Cursor Pattern NOTE One of t
41. am and surrounding text elements in pixels the clipping frame s width and height in pixels the viewing window s width and height in pixels and the coordinates for the center of the viewing window over the clipping frame region to help you zoom The Diagram Info dialog also has three options you can check Lock Diagram prevents graphics from being resized or edited Disable Zoom won t allow readers to enlarge or reduce their view and Crop to Fit resizes the diagram window to fit within the document window If Crop to Fit is checked the default graphic ele ments remain at their full size and are cropped to fit the diagram if this option is turned off GUIDE resizes graphic elements to fit within the diagram rather than cropping them Checking Graphic Element Information If you can t remember whether graphic elements are internal or external graphics or if they are bitmaps or metafiles you can use the Element Info command on the Format menu to find out The Element Info dialog shows Whether the selected graphic element is an internal or external graphic Whether the selected graphic element is a bitmap metafile or Hotspot The selected graphic element s Object ID number Working with Graphics GUIDE Author User s Manual 69 Any Object name assigned to that graphic element you can change the text in the Name box to edit the graphic element s Object name or if no text appears in the Name box type in
42. an Object name for the graphic element The selected graphic element s position from the sides of the clipping frame shown in pixels The unscaled size of the graphic element The Hotspot Border information concerning shape The Transparency information concerning the three possibilities of Opaque Semi Opaque or Transparent Edit the text shown in the Name field to change the graphic element s Object name If no text appears next to Name the graphic element has not been assigned an Object name you can type in text to name the graphic element Object if you like You can use the Location option to reposition graphic elements in the clipping frame please see Moving Graphic Elements later in this chapter Enter a number in the Left Top Width and or Height text boxes Repositioning a graphic element may tuck part of it under the clipping frame For example if an unscaled graphic element is 523 pixels high and you enter a height of 600 the lower part of the graphic element disappears under the bottom of the clipping frame The Name text box in the Element Info dialog enables you to assign or change an Object name for the graphic or Hotspot An Object name is a character string used to identify a GUIDE Object in special operations conducted by LOGIiiX scripts for example when search ing for Objects For more information please refer to Chapter 5 Creating Object and Links Chapter 6 Finding Objects and Links
43. ange Object behavior How an Object behaves depends on its Object type and the attributes that can be assigned to it Please see the table Behavior Attributes for GUIDE Objects at the end of this chapter You can use the Attributes command to change Object behavior To access the Object Attributes dialog place the insertion point between the Object s symbols pull down the Make menu and choose Attributes or click on the Attributes icon in the tool bar You can also access Attributes through the pop up menu NOTE The Object at the start of a link is the source Object an Object at the end of a link is the target Object When the target Object is in a different document than the source Object the document at the end of the link is called the target document Editing Objects GUIDE Author User s Manual 107 The Object Attributes dialog shows the type of Object you re work ing with its Object ID number and any assigned Object name The listings vary according to the type of Object you ve selected You can type text in the Object Name field to assign a specific name for that Object Object names display in the hitlist search results when you use the Find Object or Find Links command on the Tools menu to search for Objects If you select a Reference Button Note Button or Command Button a source Object before you selected Attributes from the Make menu the target Object s ID number and the name of the document that con
44. aphics GUIDE Author User s Manual 75 To move several graphic elements at once select the first graphic element then hold down the Shift key and click on other elements you want to move Position the mouse pointer over any of the selected graphic elements then hold the mouse button down and drag the group of graphic elements to the desired position GUIDE Author moves all the selected graphic elements at once You can also use the Element Info dialog s Location option to reposition graphic elements i Mm D S S ae 7 gt 2 1 Click on a graphic element you want to reposition 2 Pull down the Format menu and choose Element Info This opens the Element Info dialog 3 Edit the numbers in the Left Top Width and Height text boxes The numbers indicate the element s distance in pixels from the top bottom and left edge of the clipping frame and the graphic element s height Repositioning a graphic element may tuck part of it under the clipping frame For example if the unscaled graphic element is 523 pixels high and you enter a height of 600 the bottom of the graphic element is hidden under the bottom of the clipping frame Sizing Graphics To resize a graphic 1 Click anywhere on the graphic to select it The sizing handles small black squares along the graphic s border appear when the graphic is selected 2 Move the pointer over any sizing handle on the border of the graphic un
45. ase see Open in the GUIDE Author Command Reference GUIDE Author Basics GUIDE Author User s Manual 17 Saving Documents To save a document you can choose Save from the File menu or click on the tool bar s Save icon to save active GUIDE documents that have been named and saved previously To save new documents for the first time or to save an existing GUIDE document under a new name choose Save As from the File menu i S mMm D z S PR S D ba Save As also allows you to save the active document as a GUIDE document or as an ASCII text file Both Save and Save As record all the changes made to a GUIDE document on disk content additions or edits document options window settings formatting color settings new Objects etc If you ve saved a document previously GUIDE Author performs Save in the background without prompting you for a name or other information However if you select Save As the Save Document dialog opens This dialog allows you to name or rename documents specify a path for the drive and directory where you want to store this version of the document choose a different file format and designate the file as read only GUIDE Author supports long file names So GUIDE document file names can be more than eight characters and the optional exten sion can be more than three characters The default extension for GUIDE document files is gui but you may want to use a different exten
46. ayers Because the MCI handles the interface between GUIDE publications and various media and devices you can easily add any number of multimedia features to GUIDE documents Please see your Windows or Microsoft Multimedia Development Kit documentation for more information about multimedia and the MCI T S m gt S ae gt 2 Using LOGIiX Multimedia Functions Windows includes the file mmsystem dll which is a dynamic link library that provides functions that enable GUIDE publications to display multimedia files and control various multimedia devices The mmsystem dll uses the MCI to translate between GUIDE documents and multimedia components Three LOGiiX functions mciSendString mciGetLastError and mciGetErorString pass text strings that instruct the MCI to play media elements You can also use the mciWaitNotify function with mciSendString to execute another command while the media ele ment is playing And you can use LOGiiX multimedia functions to test the success of a procedure and to display any error messages generated To use the multimedia functions simply include them in LOGIiiX scripts For more information on LOGiiX programming see the LOGiiX User s Manual For convenience you might want to set up a standard Definition that includes a routine with the new functions then refer to that Definition in other multimedia scripts You might also want to make the Defini tion a Glossary ent
47. c elements is the size you want GUIDE Author resizes all the graphic elements at once GUIDE Author User s Manual 77 Sizing Diagrams To resize a diagram select the diagram position the mouse pointer over the sizing handle in the lower right corner so that the cursor shape turns into a plus sign and then drag the mouse until the diagram is the size you want You can also resize diagrams in the Diagram Info dialog i S m gt S S SR 7 gt 2 1 Select one of the frames or click on a graphic element to select its diagram Only one sizing handle appears in the lower right corner of the selected diagram 2 Pull down the Format menu 3 Choose Diagram Info to open the Diagram Info dialog 4 Enter different numbers in the Width and or Height text boxes of the Viewing window option The numbers represent pixel measuring units the number of pixels to an inch varies according to the computer s graphics adapter system setup etc Sizing or Moving Graphics Incrementally The diagram grid enables you to resize or move the graphic elements in steps This gives you more control over sizing When the diagram grid is active GUIDE Author performs sizing in increments of four pixels To resize a scaled graphic in steps 1 Select a graphic 2 Pull down the Format menu Working with Graphics 78 GUIDE Author User s Manual Click on Diagram Grid Although you can t see it the diagram grid divid
48. ce versa You can start the link at the Definition or the Button Whichever you cre ate first the Object you click on to activate the link is defined as the source Object the Object the link takes you to is the target Object Starting a Link To use the Start a Link command 1 Place the insertion point between the source Object s symbols or if the source Object is a graphic click on the graphic 2 Pull down the Make menu and click on Start a Link or use the Start a Link icon on the tool bar GUIDE Author links Expansion Buttons and Expansions automatically so this linking procedure applies to Note Buttons Reference Buttons and Command Buttons You can also use GUIDE Author s pop up menu to create links please see Shortcuts for Creating and Linking Objects later in this chapter Creating Objects and Links Connecting a Link IMPORTANT You must place the insertion point inside the symbols of the Object you want to link to or select a graphic Object before you choose Connect Link or End Link GUIDE Author User s Manual 89 Once you start a link use the Connect Link command from the Make menu or the pop up menu or use the End Link icon on the tool bar to complete it Connect Link completes a link initiated with the Start a Link command The Connect Link command is not available unless you have already chosen Start a Link If you link an existing Object with a new Reference Point or Definition any previous
49. ck this box to save the size and position of the document window fie Edt mb Merges Dewani Fare Mabe Yaim tds irr Eon o aoa aimam Sowcs Document Window Style P Wapmon Semi Bar Th F Tiin Bar Int Fiha hee F Oore Bow do Thin Bender F Masimize Bow 3 CA VSAMPLES NETSOURC GUI I Shou Frame Name a Tep Margin gisch I Share Detinitions in Dis document aa I Foli Path Refmencer to tha decenent Ibs po m Figure 2 2 The Document Properties dialog Defining Windows 26 GUIDE Author User s Manual Defining Windows OPTION Share Definitions Full Path References Left Right Margin Top Margin Tabs Make Default DESCRIPTION Check this option to allow Command Buttons and Note Buttons in other documents to use Definitions from the active document Saves the full path name for the link GUIDE applications search the path rather than just look in the current directory when the link is activated This makes the location fixed if you move a linked document you must change the path references accordingly Sets the left and right margin for text in pixels Sets the space between the top of the Frame and the first line of text in pixels Enter the size of tabs in inches or millimeters to determine the default tab spacing The unit of measurement which can be inches or milli meters is set in the Program Options dialog Check this box to make the active document options the defaults for all new d
50. cument dialog 17 18 19 Saving documents 17 Save 17 Save As 17 searches using fields for 84 Serial port controlling 126 serial3 dll 123 126 Set color dialog 40 Setting inches or millimeters 35 Setting the background color 27 Show graphics 29 Show Ruler 12 Show Symbols 12 84 Sizecommand 24 StartaLink 13 88 GUIDE Author User s Manual 145 T Tabs 38 As percentage 36 Setting 38 Text Aligning 38 Changing color 40 Copy 42 Formatting 39 Paste 42 Plain style 39 Retaining deleted text Search Options 45 Selecting 33 Setting style 39 Textalignment 14 15 Text Style 14 15 39 Tool bar 11 Attibutes 13 Command Button 13 Connect End Link 13 Copy 11 Expansion 12 Expansion Button 12 Freeze 12 Hiding 11 Icons 11 12 13 Insert Hotspot 12 Next Frame 13 Note Button 13 Open 11 Paste 12 Previous Frame 13 Reference Button 13 Reference Point 13 Index 146 GUIDE Author User s Manual Tool bar continued Save 11 W Show Ruler 12 Show Symbols 12 When a Link Target Showing 11 Blink on Arrival 111 Starta Link 13 Expand on Arrival 111 Using 11 Window menu 27 Tools menu Cascade 27 Find Links 96 Closeall 27 Find Object 93 World Wide Web publishing documents Glossary 114 115 117 on 132 Program Options 21 Ribbon 14 Set protection 89 Toolbar 11 Top of Window Object Attribute 109 Troubleshooting 137 U Undo 137 Using Find option 43 Using MS Windows Clipboard 11 42 43 54 Usi
51. d Options dialog 3 Select options to define the search characteristics 4 Click on the Active and Linked button then click on OK GUIDE Author User s Manual 49 5 Click on Scan to find the names of the documents linked to the active document that contain the Find statement GUIDE Author displays the names of the documents and the number of occurrences of the string you re searching for This information appears in the list 6 Select any document you want to search in from the list then click on Go To to open that document i S m gt S S ae 7 gt D ba 7 Click on Find Next to search for the next occurrence Replacing Text The Replace option lets you search for and change an alphanumeric character or string of alphanumeric characters To search for a string of characters in the active document 1 Pull down the Edit menu and click on Replace 2 Enter the new character string you want to change in the Replace edit box and enter the character string you want to use in the With edit box 3 Click the Options button define the search in the Find Options dialog making sure you choose Active Only under Search Which Documents Then click on OK 4 Click on Find Next 5 When an occurrence of the text is found and highlighted use one of the Replace options to change the string Click Replace to change the first occurrence Click Replace All to change all the occurrences of the string
52. d zoom maximizes the application to fill the entire screen when it is launched The syntax for load is described in the previous section The syntax for the run option is the same launch run c path application for example run c windows excel exe The syntax for the zoom option is launch zoom c path application for example zoom c windows excel exe You can use an icon option before load run or zoom to minimize the GUIDE application that contains the Command Button that launches the other application before the application specified in the Command Definition opens The syntax is launch icon run c path application for example run c windows excel exe Advanced Topics i S M D S ou w gt S ba 126 GUIDE Author User s Manual Controlling the Serial Port Advanced Topics You can use Command Buttons to drive any device connected to the serial port of your computer You can control a videodisc player modem or other serial peripheral To use GUIDE s serial interpreter serial3 dll to drive a serial device first create a Command Button and then write a script for its Command Definition similar to this serial port in com port out com1 mode in com1 1200 N 8 1 mode out com1 1200 N 8 1 synch out 2000 data out go 0d 0a serial specifies the serial interpreter The port commands tell the serial interpreter which ports to use for input and output The mode com
53. e hitlist to activate the Go to and Info options Click on Go to to navigate to the selected Object s location in the active document or Definitions window the Object blinks briefly to help you locate it Choose nfo to display the selected Object s attributes and change them if you wish Choose Save to save the entire list of Objects as a GUIDE docu ment that contains reference links to each Object on the hitlist GUIDE Author opens the hitlist document for you to view and edit Double click on the close boxes for any dialogs or windows opened during your Find Objects session and return to the active GUIDE document Finding Links Find Links on GUIDE Author s Tools menu searches for links to a selected Object the target Object in active linked and selected documents For example an Expansion Button may be the target of several Reference Buttons Find Links enables you to locate all Reference Buttons linked to that Expansion Button This command is particularly useful to check the existence or integrity of links and to determine the implications of deleting an Object You can configure link searches with these option click the Options button in the Find Links dialog OPTION DESCRIPTION Text Displays the text label Object type and ID number of any Objects linked to the target Object Object Name Displays the name Object type and ID number of any Object linked to the target Object Active Only Includes on
54. e Format menu With the exception of the Diagram Info command the following procedures can also be used in GUIDE Reader If a graphic is already at its original size and you want to magnify it to the fill the viewing window double click the secondary mouse button while the pointer is positioned over the graphic To enlarge a graphic gradually select the graphic and repeatedly tap the plus key until you are satisfied with the graphic s magnification To zoom in on a specific point on a graphic with the mouse 1 Position the mouse pointer over the graphic slightly above and to one side of the area you want to magnify 2 Press and hold down the secondary mouse button as you drag the pointer diagonally across the area you want to enlarge to define an enlargement frame As you drag the pointer a rectangle forms around the area you ve defined 3 Release the mouse button when you have drawn a box around the area you want to zoom in on The box disappears and the area magnifies To zoom in on graphics with the Diagram Info command choose Diagram Info from the Format menu and then edit the numbers in the Multiplier and or Divisor boxes If the ratio is 1 1 the graphic is at its original scale If you enter a 5 as a multiplier you can enter only positive numbers the graphic is magnified five times its normal size To zoom out enter a divider that is larger than the multiplier for example a 5 10 ratio reduces the graphic in it
55. e Freeze is off Move the mouse pointer over the Object you want to link Press Shift and hold down the secondary mouse button When the pop up menu appears select a command then release the mouse button The commands on the pop up menu vary depending on the type of Object you selected and its current link When you create a source Object the pop up menu provides options to start the linking process When you create a target Object the pop up menu provides commands to complete links GUIDE Author User s Manual 91 To create a Note Button and its Definition using shortcuts 1 Place the insertion point where you want to create the Note Button or select text you want to use for the Note Button label To make a Note Button click on the Note Button icon on the tool bar or type C rl Shift N If you didn t select existing text type in the new text you want for the Note Button label Position the pointer over the Note Button you just created press the secondary mouse button to display the pop up menu Choose Make Definition from the pop up menu A Definition is automatically created and linked to the Note Button Enter place or insert the text or graphics for the Definition Close the Definitions window to return to the active document The Note Button is linked to the Definition You can also create a Command Button and its Definition using this method except that you use the Command Button icon on the tool bar or th
56. e araphic element after the clipping frame is reduced Pixels are the most relevant measuremert on the computer screen just as ports are the Figure 4 5 The clipping frame crops or hides portions of the graphic element from view Working with Graphics GUIDE Author User s Manual 63 About Hotspots Hotspots are special graphic elements usually transparent that you can overlay on a graphic or a part of a graphic You can then make the Hotspot into a GUIDE Object to provide links from that particu lar area of the image to related information For example a techni cal drawing of a printed circuit board might have a Hotspot over a specific chip When a reader clicks on the Hotspot a link displays information concerning the chip s function part number replace ment procedure etc To overlay a Hotspot on a graphic in a GUIDE document and make the Hotspot into a Button 1 2 5 Click on a graphic to select it Pull down the Format menu and click on nsert Hotspot or click on the Insert Hotspot icon in the tool bar The Hotspot appears in the upper left corner of the clipping frame as an invisible rectangle outlined by its sizing handles Click on the Hotspot hold the mouse button down and drag the Hotspot to the desired position within the clipping frame Once the Hotspot is in place you can drag on its sizing handles to enlarge or reduce it Pull down the Make menu and click on the type of Button you want the H
57. e current state of expansion Searches the active document s Definitions window if this option is checked Searches for a single Find statement Displays multiple edit boxes so you can search for up to four Find statements A button between each edit box allows you to specify a logical operator to combine the results of the search If you combine two Find statements with a logical AND a document must contain both Working with Text i S mMm D z S PR S D ba 46 GUIDE Author User s Manual statements to count as a hit A document that contains just one of the Find statements won t be reported If you combine two Find statements with a logical OR a search reports a document that contains either statement as a hit Active Only Searches only the active document Active and Linked Includes linked documents in the search Selected Allows you to select documents to include in Documents the search Save Settings Check this option and choose OK to record the changes you ve made to the options in the con figuration file making them the defaults that apply every time you open GUIDE Author If you don t check Save Settings GUIDE Author only saves the Find option changes for the active document Find Options x l Match whole words only l Save Settings IT Case sensitive Search Which Documents Enable wildcard characters Active Only IV Search hidden material C Active and
58. e document To use this option pull down the File menu and click on Revert Window GUIDE Author User s Manual 139 INDEX Close this document 110 A Colors 41 Command Button 13 26 Absolute ruler 14 15 Changing default text style 102 Applications launching other 124 Controlling serial port from 126 Arrival attarget 111 Default text style 101 Attibutes 13 106 Launching other applications from 124 Linking 88 Connect End Link 13 Copy 11 42 Creating Frames 30 B Cut 11 Background color 27 Backtrack record Arrival attarget 111 Object action 111 D Blink on Arrival 111 Blink on Expansion 109 Default Blink on Folding 109 Background color 27 Document settings 26 Extension 16 17 Find Links settings 97 Find Object settings 95 C Find options 46 Graphic 29 57 Clipping frames 59 Object styles setting 102 Cropping graphics 73 Page Setup 120 Editing graphics 62 Tab spacing 26 Moving graphics between 78 Text Background color 42 Moving graphics within 74 Textcolor 41 Recovering graphics 74 Text for GUIDE Objects 101 Resizing graphics 75 Text style 39 Close box 23 Default graphic 29 Close target on backtrack 110 Index 140 GUIDE Author User s Manual Definitions 26 Document Properties dialog 24 25 26 Changing default text style 102 Caption 25 Default text style 101 File 24 Searching 45 Fullpath 26 Shortcuts opening 90 Make default 26 Delete 43 Maximize 24 Diagrams 59 Save window 25
59. e keyboard shortcut in Step 2 Creating Objects and Links i S m D z z S PR S 2 92 GUIDE Author User s Manual Displaying and Printing Definitions To display the Definitions for an entire document pull down the Make menu and click on Definitions Window GUIDE Author displays the Definitions for all the Note Buttons and Command Buttons in the active GUIDE document in a separate window To display a Definition for a particular Note Button or Command Button click on the secondary mouse button while the cursor is over the Note Button or Command Button to display the pop up menu then click on Show Definition GUIDE Author displays the Defini tions window for that document scrolled to the Definition for the Note Button or Command Button The text for that Definition blinks briefly to highlight it You can also print the content in the Definitions window To do this open the Definitions window then choose the Print command from the File menu Creating Objects and Links GUIDE Author User s Manual 93 CHAPTER 6 FINDING OBJECTS AND LINKS This chapter describes how to find Objects and links in GUIDE documents The ability to find Objects and test the integrity of links becomes important when you have large or complex documents to manage For example you may decide that a publication no longer needs a particular Object However before you delete the Object you need to determine if other Ob
60. e target Object resides in another document Close this Document Reference Buttons If a Reference Button is linked to a remote Object this attribute closes the document that contains the Reference Button after the document that contains its Reference Point opens Keep Document Active Reference Buttons Keeps the document that contains the Reference Button active even after the document that contains its target Object opens Close Target on Backtrack Reference Buttons Closes the document you backtrack from when you backtrack to a Reference Button This allows you to chain through a series of GUIDE documents but keep just one document open Editing Objects GUIDE Author User s Manual 111 BEHAVIOR ATTRIBUTES FOR GUIDE OBJECTS CONTINUED ATTRIBUTE APPLIES TO BEHAVIOR When a Link Target Top of Window Expansion Buttons Objects can be both the source and target Expansions Groups Reference Buttons Reference Points Note Buttons Command Buttons of links If an Object is the target of a link you can apply this attribute to display the Object at the top of a document window after a Reference action Blink on Arrival Expansion Buttons Expansions Groups Reference Buttons Reference Points Note Buttons Command Buttons The Object blinks briefly when it first displays The Object also blinks on arrival if it displays as the result of a backtrack action Expand on Arrival Expan
61. ect Working with Text 34 GUIDE Author User s Manual Using the Ruler GUIDE Author uses a ruler to format text The ruler enables you to set margins and tabs and to align text to the left margin the center of the window or the right margin To display the ruler either click the Ruler icon in the tool bar or pull down the Document menu and choose Show Ruler The ruler appears at the top of the application window between the formatting Ribbon and the document text see Figures 3 1 and 3 2 You can use the mouse pointer or the Ruler dialog to change margin and tab settings The rel relative and abs absolute icons on the formatting Ribbon allow you to choose the ruler s current measuring mode and switch between modes ce Document This document contests information haw to make connections t0 GUIDE documents an an Interr ower GUIDE usas HTTP or HyperText Transfer Protocol to transfer documents fram an Intemet server to your cad machin GUIDE finds these documents by wing a URL or Urewersal Resource Locator A URL used by GUIDE would contain a string euch as bttp ews infoaccess coon nettargt gui wtoch ism fect the entry thet this document uses to makea reference The entry goes mio the Target Document coction of Cibdert Attributes dialing for the Referesce Betton you must check Remote Link to mabe this field accemihic You must alse Bavo am Internet conection established whem yeu artlon the referemee When GUIDE sees t
62. ect blinks briefly to help you locate it GUIDE Author User s Manual 99 Figure 6 4 Selecting files for a Find Links scan 8 Click on an Object ID in the hitlist to activate the Info option When you choose Info GUIDE Author displays the selected Object s attributes you can change them if you like 9 Choose Save to save the entire list of Objects as a GUIDE docu ment that contains reference links to each Object on the hitlist GUIDE Author opens the hitlist for you to view and edit 10 Close any dialogs or windows opened during your Find Links session and return to the active GUIDE document Finding Objects and Links Q S M gt S D 7 gt S S GUIDE Author User s Manual 101 CHAPTER 7 EDITING OBJECTS i S m gt S S SR 7 gt 2 You can edit the appearance behavior and label text or graphics of GUIDE Objects to help readers recognize them You can set or change the appearance of Objects in several ways You can change the label text style to make it bold italic etc You can change the color of label text or its background enclose Objects in a box or leave them unboxed and choose a specific cursor pattern that appears whenever a reader moves the mouse pointer over an Object of that type Changing Object Text The styles applied to Object label text help highlight Objects in GUIDE documents The default text styles for GUIDE Objects are O
63. ed Documents You can find and change a string of characters in documents that are linked to the active document 1 2 Pull down the Edit menu and click on Replace Enter the new character string you want to change in the Replace edit box and enter the character string you want to use in the With edit box Working with Text i S m gt S S N 7 gt D ba 52 GUIDE Author User s Manual Working with Text Click the Options button to define the search in the Find Options dialog Be sure to choose the Active and Linked Files before you click on OK Please refer to Defining the Search for an explanation of each option in the Find Options dialog Click on Scan GUIDE Author searches through the active document and all documents linked to it for the Find What text If GUIDE Author finds any hits in any of the documents it lists all the names of scanned documents that contain the Find What text and the how many occurrences it found in each document To open a document click on its name and then on Go To Click Find Next to find the first occurrence When an occurrence of the text is found use one of the Replace options to change the string Click Replace to change the first occurrence Click Replace All to change all the occurrences of the string without navigating to each occurrence Click Replace then Find to replace the first occurrence of the Find What text then find the ne
64. er over a corner sizing handle until the pointer turns into a plus sign Hold the mouse button down and drag until the Hotspot is the size you want Hotspot border and transparency can also be set by selecting Element Info from the Format menu To move the Hotspot place your pointer on the Hotspot not over one of its sizing handles press the mouse button and drag the Hotspot to the desired location over the graphic element within the clipping frame Pull down the Make menu and select the type of Button you want to make from the Hotspot for example choose Note Button or use the tool bar icon for that type of Button Link the Button to an appropriate target Object Creating Objects and Links T S Mm gt S ae gt 2 88 GUIDE Author User s Manual Creating Links When you create an Expansion Button or a Group GUIDE Author automatically creates the link between the Expansion Button and Expansion or between each Object and its Group To link other types of Buttons to their target Objects however use the Start a Link command Start a Link starts a new link from a source or target Object in preparation to link it to another Object The order in which you create and link Objects in GUIDE Author usually doesn t matter as long as you start the link at one end and connect it at the other For example you could create a Definition first and then create a Note Button to display it or vi
65. erefore may vary from system to system depending on your graphics adapter tha screen resolution specified in MS Windows setup atc Most VGA moniters show 96 pies per inch Figure 4 4 A graphic diagram selected so that the viewing window and clipping frame can be resized Working with Graphics Q S M gt S S D DE v gt S 62 GUIDE Author User s Manual Clipping Frames A clipping frame inside the viewing window encloses all the graphic elements pasted or placed in the diagram The clipping frame is for visual reference it also provides you with a way to crop or clip the graphic You can resize add delete and crop graphic elements within the clipping frame When you click between the diagram viewing window boundary and the clipping frame to select a diagram you also select the clipping frame as illustrated by the sizing handles that appear at the corners and on the sides of the thin gray line that shows the clipping frame s boundaries You can drag these handles with the mouse pointer to resize the clipping frame When you resize the clipping frame any part of a graphic element that falls outside the clipping frame s boundary is hidden from view as though that portion of the image has been clipped off no scroll bars appear to allow the graphic element to be panned or zoomed When you enlarge or reduce a clipping frame it centers itself within the viewing window after it resizes The sam
66. es the diagram into units of four pixels Move your pointer across the graphic s corner handle until you see the pointer change shape into a plus sign Press the mouse button and drag the corner out slowly You ll see the graphic element jump outward from the corner four pixels at a time as you drag Copying Graphics If you select an entire diagram when you copy graphics into the Clipboard from GUIDE documents the copy retains the original graphic s zoom ratio its current cropping and clipping frame position and its colors You can also copy multiple graphic elements or even a single graphic element rather than an entire diagram Moving Graphics Between Clipping Frames You can use the Cut Copy and Paste options from the Edit menu or their tool bar icons to move graphic elements from one clipping frame to another in the same document or from a clipping frame in one document to a clipping frame in another document To move graphic elements from one clipping frame to another 1 2 Working with Graphics Select the graphic element or elements you want to move Pull down the Edit menu and click on Cut or Copy You can also use the Cut or Copy tool bar icons to insert the graphic element s into the Clipboard GUIDE Author User s Manual 79 3 Select the clipping frame where you want the graphic element s to appear 4 Pull down the Edit menu again and click on Paste or use the Paste icon on the tool bar
67. fining the Search Working with Text You start a search by pulling down the Edit menu and clicking on Find When the Find dialog opens enter the text you want to find in the Find What text box Then choose from these options OPTION DESCRIPTION Options Sets the scope and characteristics of the search Select Files Identifies files to search and where to look for them Find Next Starts the search at the insertion point in the active document to find the next occurrence of the Find statement Choose Find Next repeatedly to find each occurrence of the text string If you choose this option after the previous search has reached the end of the document GUIDE Author asks if you want to con tinue the search from the beginning of the document Choose Yes to continue the search or No to end it Gie Edi ook Bevgte Docurert Farai Make iindow bap Interret server GUIDE usas HTTP or Hyper Tet Transfer Protocal to trenster documents fram an Intemet server to your local machins GUIDE finds these documents by wing a URL or Universa Resource Locator A URL used by GUIDE would contain a string euch as bttp rnr infoaccess comm nettargt gui wtoch is n ct the entry thet thus document uses to makea reference The entry goes mio the Target Document eoction of Ohiert Attributes dining for the Reference Betton you must check Remote mi mae this field accer You must alse bavo an Internet connection estaished whem yon artlon the referemce Whe
68. gs for selected text When the ruler is onscreen the icon appears to be recessed To hide the ruler click on the Show Ruler icon Inserts a blank graphic element you can make into a Button or other type of Object in a selected diagram Frame Hotspots are transparent by default Creates an Expansion Button using the current selection for the Button s label If nothing is selected an Expansion Button with no label is created Creates an Expansion from any text selected in the active document ICON x e E TART A R is E E FUNCTION Note Button Reference Button Command Button Reference Point Start a Link Connect Link Attributes Previous Frame Next Frame GUIDE Author User s Manual 13 DESCRIPTION Creates a Note Button using the current selection for the Button label If nothing is selected GUIDE Author creates a Note Button with no label Creates a Reference Button using the current selection for the Button label If nothing is selected a Reference Button with no label is created Creates a Command Button from the current selection If nothing is selected GUIDE Author creates a Command Button with no label Creates a Reference Point and uses the current selection for the Object label If nothing is selected GUIDE Author creates a Reference Point with no label Begins a link from the selected Object Completes a link to the selected GUIDE Object Opens GUIDE
69. h the Set Object Styles command When you choose this option the appearance of Objects in the printout approxi mately matches their appearance on the computer screen Select None if you want GUIDE Author to ignore Object typefaces Printing Documents Q S Mm D gt 8 S me v gt S 120 GUIDE Author User s Manual OPTIONS Footer Text Page Numbers Make Default DESCRIPTION Enter any text you want to appear across the bot tom of printed pages in the Footer Text box Click on the box to turn page numbering on click on the box again to turn page numbering off If this option is checked GUIDE Author centers page numbers at the bottom of printed pages unless you also specify footer text in which case footers print in the lower left corner and page numbers in the lower right corner on each page If you check this option and choose OK GUIDE Author records your page setup specifications in the configuration file making them the defaults that apply every time you create a new document If this box is not checked GUIDE Author saves the changes only for the active document To use the Page Setup dialog 1 Pull down the File menu and click on Page Setup The Page Setup dialog displays 2 Select one or more print options in the Page Setup dialog 3 Choose OK to save the options for GUIDE Author s Print and Print All commands Printing the Active Frame You can print the entire documen
70. ha a 62 ADOUE IOUS POtS mienie a ansie a a Peved 63 Colored Transparent and Shaped Hotspots 64 The Format Menu for Graphics seeeeeceeereerreerreeeree 66 Checking Graphic Element Information cee 68 Checking Diagram Information cece eeeereeeee 70 ZOOMING Graphi Ss csssicd hoo aag 72 Panning Graphics reniir ien a coves EEA 73 Cropping Graphics Aaeeei ie ARETAN 73 Contents GUIDE Author User s Manual S S Recovering Hidden Graphic Elements cceeeeees 74 gt Moving Graphic Elements 74 Sizing Graphics anair oen a e ieee Hoeee A E ins 75 Sizing More than One Graphic at a Time 76 S SIZING Did Sra precor ii naarn AE 77 Sizing or Moving Graphics Incrementally 00 0 0 eee 77 wo Copy ite Graphiste iener a 78 Moving Graphics Between Clipping Frames 0 78 2 Inserting Multiple Elements into Diagrams 006 79 5 Restacking Graphic Elements ccssceceeseeseeceeseeteeeees 80 Grouping Graphic Elements cesseeseeeceseesereeeenees 80 Locking Graphis iransi nera e a e a 80 Deleting Diagrams and Graphic Elements 0 81 5 CREATING OBJECTS AND LINKS USING FFEEZO susie Nitai o AA istestieiee eke 83 Creating Objects in GUIDE Author sassen 84 Using Objects for Fielded Searches ceesceeseee 84 Making Objects from Graphics eeseeeseeeseeeeeees 85 Creating Hotspots on Graphics
71. he information back up under the expansion button ad Definitionse Reference Point Reference Button Figure 7 1 GUIDE Author s Set Cursor dialog Editing Objects ir S M gt S S D DE v gt S 106 GUIDE Author User s Manual Changing Object Behavior Objects in GUIDE are composed of three components data the text or graphics used to label or make the Object presentation attributes and behavioral attributes In addition information associated with each Object the Object type Object ID number and its link status for example give it a unique identity in the GUIDE environment and specify its relationship with other Objects The data component is the text or graphic that appears on the screen when the Object displays In the case of Command Definitions data consists of the instructions or LOGiiX script that executes when a reader clicks on the associated Command Button Presentation attributes apply primarily to text Objects These attri butes determine how the data is displayed and include text styles fonts sizes effects and colors Behavioral attributes define what happens when a reader clicks on a source Object or when a target Object displays For example you can specify that a source Object blinks whenever it s activated or that a target Object appears at the top of the document window when it first displays You can control more than Object appearance you can also set or ch
72. he Batp entry 2 looks foe your niemei connection It then loake foe the serves repetserted here by www Befearcess_com It then looks foe the sat fik Figure 3 1 Absolute ruler using millimeters to measure a GUIDE document Working with Text GUIDE Author User s Manual 35 Using an Absolute Ruler When you use an absolute ruler GUIDE Author measures docu ment windows in inches or millimeters whichever is checked in the Program Options dialog and the ruler reflects those absolute incre ments When you resize document windows that use an absolute ruler the text does not wrap to adjust to the size of the window To select the absolute ruler mode click on the abs icon in the Ribbon The ruler features unit markings labeled at regular intervals as well as markers to indicate the left margin first line indent default tabs set tabs and the right margin The left margin first line indent default tabs and right margin markers look like small triangles Tabs that you set are indicated by arrows that point up to the ruler where you have set a tab stop T 5 mMm gt S N x gt 2 Eis Edt ook tengee Docurert Foret hake Window tele iS ie aa wheemest Source Uocumest fram an Intemet server to your local machine GUIDE fnt these documents by wing a URL or Universal Resource Locator A URL used by GUIDE would contain a sring such as batty ews infoaccess comm nettargt gui wtoch ism fect the
73. he cursor patterns you can choose is the Win dows hourglass ID 242 When you select this pattern the cursor dialog displays the hourglass This is Just the cursor pattern you ve chosen its appear ance does not mean that the application has paused or stopped responding When you move the pointer outside the dialog the cursor reverts to an arrow The shape of the mouse pointer or cursor changes when it is over a GUIDE Object The cursor patterns you assign for Object types not only highlight the location of Objects in your GUIDE documents they can also indicate the type of Object the cursor is over and sug gest its purpose You can choose Attributes from the Make menu and select a pattern from the Cursor list in the Object Attributes dialog to set the cursor shape for an Object type You can also use the pop up menu to change the cursor pattern 1 Move the mouse pointer over an Object and then click once with the secondary mouse button to display the pop up menu 2 Choose Set Cursor The Set Cursor dialog opens to display the ID number for the Object s current cursor pattern To see a list of available cur sor patterns click on the pattern display or the arrow beside it Scroll until you see the pattern you want then select it The list folds away and the new pattern displays in the box 3 Click on OK to return to the active GUIDE document where the new cursor pattern displays when the mouse pointer is over
74. he ruler the tab disappears To reposition a tab drag it to its new location Using the Set Ruler Dialog Working with Text You can also use the Ruler command on GUIDE Author s Format menu to open the Ruler Settings dialog where you can change margins indents tabs and text alignment When you make entries in this dialog and click OK the ruler reflects your changes GUIDE Author applies the exact changes made in the dialog to all selected paragraphs regardless of any individual rulers set for each paragraph You can click on the applicable Alignment option in this dialog to align the selected text or any text you type after the insertion cursor to the left center or right When you make changes to more than one paragraph the current settings for the paragraph at the beginning of the selection display in both the ruler and the Ruler Settings dialog GUIDE Author User s Manual 39 Choosing a Text Style GUIDE Author s default text style is 10 point Arial a TrueTypem font in a plain typeface To set the text style you can use GUIDE Author s formatting Ribbon or use the Text Style dialog To reformat a portion of a document select the text you want to reformat before you set text style attributes i S mMm gt S S ae 7 gt D ba NOTE To set a document s text style in the Text Style dialog Plain is used in bed GUIDE electronic 1 Position the text cursor where you want the text s
75. hed choose OK If you choose a file in the Select Files dialog and then click OK GUIDE Author displays these options in the Find dialog OPTION DESCRIPTION Scan Scans all documents linked to the active document or all the selected documents and lists those that contain the Find statement and the number of occurences of the statement in each Working with Text 48 GUIDE Author User s Manual Go To Displays the first occurrence of the Find statement in the document that you ve selected in the Find dialog and then displays the Find dialog again so that you can click Find Next to display other occurrences in the document or choose other options Find Next Occurrence If you want to find the next occurrence of a text string click on the Find Next button GUIDE Author highlights the next occurrence of the string To find more occurrences of the string click on the Find Next button again GUIDE Author repeats this action so that you can see all occurrences of the string When it reaches the end of the document GUIDE Author asks you if you want to continue searching from the beginning of the docu ment Choose Yes to start the search again from the beginning or choose No to end the search Searching in Linked Documents Working with Text GUIDE Author lets you search for occurrences of a string in docu ments that are linked to the active document 1 Pull down the Edit menu and click on Find 2 Click on Options to open the Fin
76. hen you need help or more information about GUIDE Author press the F1 key or select Author Help from the Help menu GUIDE Author s online help system contains complete command references for GUIDE Author and LOGiiX GUIDE Author s built in scripting language Opening Documents To open a new GUIDE document pull down the File menu and click on New To open an existing GUIDE document choose Open from the File menu or click on the Open icon on the tool bar When the Open Document dialog opens you can do one of the following Select the directory that contains the file you want to open from the Look In list double click on the folder containing the file select the file and click Open Type the entire path name for the file you want to open including the drive letter and directory in the File Name box and choose Open If the file is in the active directory you can simply type in the file name make sure you include the file extension The Open Document dialog displays file names with gui extensions by default gui is the default extension for GUIDE documents To see other types of files replace gui in the File Name edit box with to view all available files in the directory or with followed by the file extension for a particular type of file for example txt To ensure you don t accidentally change a document check the Open As Read Only box when you open it For more information about opening documents ple
77. hics GUIDE Author User s Manual 71 Zoom Ratio shows how far the image has been zoomed a ratio of 1 1 indicates that graphic has not been zoomed The numbers in the Viewing Offset boxes indicate the position of the viewing window from the left and top edge of the clipping frame The boxes beneath Margins show the distance between the diagram and surrounding text elements in pixels The Clipping Frame section shows the clip ping frame s width and height in pixels The information under Viewing Window indicates the viewing window s width and height in pixels You can edit the numbers in these boxes to change the diagram s characteristics Viewing Center shows the center of the viewing window over the clipping frame region this information can be helpful when you zoom Diagram Info x l Lock Diagram Disable Zoom V Crop to fit Cancel ee ee ee Divisor laa Top o Vertical 2 Width Width x 3 yz Height Height Figure 4 8 The Diagram Info dialog Working with Graphics i S M gt S S me gt S 72 GUIDE Author User s Manual Zooming Graphics You can zoom in to magnify a part of a graphic to view it in more detail or zoom out for an overview You can use the right mouse button or the plus and minus keys on the keypad to zoom in or out on graphics in GUIDE Author or GUIDE Reader In GUIDE Author you can also use the Diagram Info command on th
78. in the script please see Table 10 1 After the Definition has been linked to a Command Button the interpreter executes the specified commands according to the script parameters whenever a reader clicks on that Command Button Advanced Topics 128 GUIDE Author User s Manual TABLE 10 1 OPCL3 DLL COMMANDS AND PARAMETERS COMMAND Version Wait Open Close CloseAll TopLevel Backtrack FirstFrame PrevFrame NextFrame LastFrame GoToFrame SendToBack ReferenceTo NameAction Beep PARAMETERS No parameters Time DocumentName DocumentName No parameters No parameters No parameters No parameters No parameters No parameters No parameters FrameNumber No parameters DocumentName ObjectName ObjectName No parameters DESCRIPTION Displays a message box that identifies the version of the open close interpreter in use Waits for the number of seconds specified by Time Opens activates the document specified by DocumentName Closes the document designated by the DocumentName parameter if it s open Closes all open GU DE documents Performs the Top Level command Performs the Backtrack command Performs the First Frame command Performs a Previous Frame command Performs the Next Frame command Performs the Last Frame command Goes to the document Frame specified by FrameNumber Sends the document to the back of the stack of open documents Simulates a Reference action
79. int symbols and choose Unmake to remove the Refer ence Point but leave the Expansion Conversely if you position the insertion point inside the Expansion but outside the Reference Point symbols and choose Unmake GUIDE Author removes the Expansion but leaves the Reference Point When you unmake a folded Expansion Button GUIDE Author unfolds the Expansion If the Button and its Expansion were created from text GUIDE Author inserts the Expansion text after the Expansion Button label text in the document GUIDE Author User s Manual 113 CHAPTER 8 USING THE GLOSSARY You can use GUIDE Author s Glossary to store nearly anything you use frequently text graphics scripts etc so you have that material readily available to insert into GUIDE documents as you create and edit them Quick access to this boilerplate material reduces the amount of time you spend on repetitive activities such as opening files and cutting and pasting This chapter describes how to use GUIDE Author s Glossary You ll learn how to add retrieve change and delete items from the Glossary GUIDE Asther i Ei Fie Edt low Neige Doowset Foret Make Window Hep Ele ES Took Mops Doomen Forex Wave wode Hep O OO O r ON ED PES Sy Wes a a YD YSN I a Pe a A a EE e passes over each of the different button types including this expansion Clicking on the expansion will fold the information back up under the expansion button ad Definitionss ts
80. jects maintain links to it Also if you create documents with many Objects you need to check that all Objects are correctly linked GUIDE Author s tools for finding Objects and links can help you accomplish essential development and maintenance tasks like these Finding Objects The Find Objects command on the Tools menu finds all Objects defined in the active document This is useful when you want to see a list of Objects change information about selected Objects or gen erate an index for a document Click on the Options button in the Find Objects dialog to open the Find Objects Options dialog to tailor the information that the search results report to fit your particular needs with these options OPTIONS DESCRIPTION Text Displays the text label Object type and ID number of any Object found and indicates whether the Object is based on text or graphics Object Name Displays the Object type the ID number and the name of any Object found Finding Objects and Links i S mMm gt S N 7 gt 2 94 GUIDE Author User s Manual Find Objects x M Expansion Buttons V Reference Points IV Expansions IV Definitions IV Reference Buttons M Groups V Note Buttons V Diagrams MV Command Buttons M Graphic Elements C GUIDE SYMBOLS GUI Figure 6 1 GUIDE Author s Find Objects dialog GUIDE Bettas Tepes Eapoesion Os Seri T Eapuesions Shems whet Aetenence B Joa F Mote Buten F
81. lated text box of the Object Attributes dialog Advanced Topics 134 GUIDE Author User s Manual B Eeee lt leet Te Oldect Type Fleterenoe Bumen I gt pesg OC Obgect Neme ment esaeo Target Deowwent ann Jiwan el OeOC Oss Com Lancet Hi Cer menune 15 in the URL Djeca Atebetos F Local Link F Homoe Link T Keep the deowment 20tve Qure decement on actua T Crave target on backward cuon yuu iced when 1 fed When yos Arnish apermenting with the document collection on the Intermt close the documents GUIDE Authoy and your Internet compaction Figure 10 1 The Internet path is recorded in the Target Document text box in GUIDE Author s Object Attributes dialog HTTP Relative Links With GUIDE Professional Publisher you can use relative links when publishing your electronic documents on a Web server Consider the following four examples In each case a link has already been established to doc1 gui and we are now linking doc1 gui to doc2 gui The reference for doc2 gui would be entered in the Target Document field of the Object Attributes dialog as explained above The ex amples show where the Web server will look for doc2 gui in each case dir doc2 gui looks for a path starting at the virtual root of the Web server Advanced Topics GUIDE Author User s Manual 135 doc2 gui looks for the file in the same directory as doc1 gui dir doc2 gui looks for the file in the subdirectory dir doc2 gui
82. lected text simply click on the name of the font you want to use FONT SIZE l The point size of the currently selected text displays in this box Click on the arrow next to the box to pull down a list of point sizes and select the size you want to use or type a new size over the number shown in the text box GUIDE Author User s Manual 15 Biz u These icons are provided on the Ribbon to allow you to choose bold italic or underlined text TEXT STYLES The lined icons provided on the Ribbon allow you to align text to the left center or right RELATIVE RULER Expresses ruler units as a percentage of the document window s width so tabs and margin settings vary in proportion to the window s size When you resize the document window text wraps to fit the new window width ABSOLUTE RULER Displays ruler units in fixed units inches or millimeters so that tabs and margins have absolute fixed values When you resize a docu ment window these values do not change and text does not wrap to accommodate the new window width TEXT ALIGNMENT rel abs Frame Name Displays the name of the current Frame in the active document If the Frame has a name this text appears on the far right of the Ribbon If the active Frame has no name or no documents are open this space is blank FRAME NAME GUIDE Author Basics Q S M D z S oe w gt S 16 GUIDE Author User s Manual Getting Help W
83. lement the second graphic ele ment may overflow the confines of the clipping frame and be partially hidden You can enlarge the clipping frame to see all of the graphic elements Working with Graphics 80 GUIDE Author User s Manual Restacking Graphic Elements You can stack graphic elements on top of one another and then change the order of graphics in the stack You can pull one or more graphic elements to the front or push one or more graphic elements to the back To pull graphic elements to the front click on the graphic element or elements you want to restack then pull down the Format menu and click on Pull To Front To push graphic elements to the back click on the graphic element or elements you want to restack pull down the Format menu and click on Push To Back Grouping Graphic Elements Grouping graphic elements allows you to treat them as one Object that can be resized cropped etc To group graphic elements 1 Click on a graphic element that you want to include in a group 2 Hold down the Shift key as you click on the other graphics you want to include in the group 3 Pull down the Make menu and choose Group Locking Graphics GUIDE Author provides a locking feature to prevent graphics from being inadvertently panned zoomed or resized To prevent pan ning select a graphic diagram and turn off the Crop to fit box in the Diagram Info dialog under the Format menu to remove scroll bars from the scree
84. lications Windows based applications or even non Windows based applica tions For example you could create a Command Button that launches a spreadsheet and then returns you to your GUIDE publication To launch another application from a GUIDE document simply create a Command Button and link it to a Definition that calls the launch3 dll interpreter provided with GUIDE Author You can assign special parameters to maximize the launched application and mini mize your GUIDE publication Launching Windows Applications Advanced Topics To write a Command Button Definition to launch Windows applica tions enter syntax similar to this in the Definitions window lLaunch Load c pathname application launch specifies the use of the launch3 dll interpreter The load option tells GUIDE Author to load a specific application and open it minimized as an icon on the Windows desktop Substitute the drive letter path and name for the application you wish to run for example load c windows excel exe After the Definition has been linked to a Command Button the Windows application launches whenever a reader clicks on the associated Command Button GUIDE Author User s Manual 125 Launch Options You can use options in Command Definitions that launch other appli cations from GUIDE publications for varying effects load launches the specified application as an icon minimized run opens the appli cation at its normal size an
85. licking on its clip ping frame and choosing Lock Diagram When a graphic is locked its graphic elements cannot be moved or resized nor can the clipping frame be resized A check mark beside the Lock Diagram command on the menu indicates that a selected diagram is locked It is a good idea to lock dia grams before you edit them Turns on an invisible grid that can help you repo sition and resize graphics more precisely please see Sizing or Moving Graphics Incrementally A check mark appears beside Diagram Grid on the Format menu if the grid is active You may hide graphic elements when you reduce the size of a clipping frame This command en ables you to recover and display hidden graphic elements in the upper left corner of the clipping frame If you can t see all the elements use Push to Back and Pull to Front to restack them If any portion of a graphic falls within the clipping frame this command won t move that element The GUIDE Show Hotspots command will outline all Hotspots with a black rectangle or a black ellipse for elliptical hotspots Working with Graphics Q S M D S S D DE v gt S 68 GUIDE Author User s Manual Diagram Info Opens a dialog that shows the diagram s Object Name if it has one if it doesn t you can type one into the text box Object ID number zoom ratio the offset of viewing from the left and top edges of the clipping frame the margin between the diagr
86. link is lost Although you can create multiple links to an Object you can only create one link from an Object If a link from an Object has already been started the Connect Link menu command text tells you what type of Object the link originates from for example Link from Reference Button Connect Link does not apply to Expansion Buttons and Expansions because GUIDE Author links them automatically If you want to prevent Objects in a document from being changed or unlinked you can protect each one individually or protect the entire document Pull down the Tools menu and choose the Set Protection command When the Set Protection dialog opens select Entire Document or Selection then click on Protect Creating Objects and Links i S M D S ou w gt S 90 GUIDE Author User s Manual Shortcuts for Creating and Linking Objects The following procedure outlines a quick method to make a Note Button and Definition using keyboard shortcuts 1 4 5 Click on the Note Button icon or type Ctri Shift N to create a Note Button Enter the text you want to use for the Button label Press Ctrl Shift W to open the Definitions window Type the text for the note into the Definitions window Close the Definitions window to return to the active document You can also use the pop up menu and tool bar icons to create Buttons start links and connect links 1 2 Creating Objects and Links Make sur
87. ll to Front Restore Size Insert Hotspot Working with Graphics DESCRIPTION Moves the selected graphic element to the back of the diagram so that it s behind any other graphic elements in the diagram Unlike windows graphic elements don t auto matically come to the top of the stack when you select them You can select a graphic element that s partially obscured by other graphic elements then choose this command to bring the selected graphic element to the front This command undoes any resizing done on a selected graphic element returning it to the di mensions it had when it was first imported into the GUIDE document Inserts a transparent Hotspot into a selected dia gram you can then turn the Hotspot into a Button and link it to information that relates to the specific part of the graphic the Hotspot covers for example a particular chip on a drawing of a printed circuit board Element Info Lock Diagram Diagram Grid Show Elements GUIDE Author User s Manual 67 Displays information about a selected graphic element whether it s an internal or external graphic its type bitmap metafile or Hotspot the Hotspot Border Transparency its Object ID num ber any Object name assigned its position in its clipping frame and the original dimensions of the graphic element when it was imported into the GUIDE document Locks and unlocks graphic diagrams You select a diagram you want to lock by c
88. looks in the parent directory of the direc tory that contains doc1 gui i S M D S ou w gt S ba HTTP Proxy Servers GUIDE Professional Publisher provides proxy server handling so that you can offer access to your Web site on the Internet through a firewall machine This is done by entries in the infacces ini file When you install GUIDE Author the following section and entries appear in the initialization file Cremote settings directory c guide cache 500 where directory identifies the directory for your cache To complete this section of the initialization you d add two settings such as proxy nntest infoaccess com noproxies www washington edu www infoaccess com www planet net The proxy setting refers to your firewall machine With this particular entry the server is nntest infoaccess com However if the URL you are seeking specifies one of the hosts in the noproxies list GUIDE goes directly to that server instead Advanced Topics GUIDE Author User s Manual 137 CHAPTER 11 TROUBLESHOOTING This chapter contains information that will help you correct actions you didn t mean to take GUIDE Author includes commands to let you cancel your most recent action and that enable you to discard any changes to document s content or window you make during a single authoring session Using Undo IMPORTANT Undo applies only to your most recent action in GUIDE Author
89. lose box in the application title bar and provide access to con trol menu commands Minimize Box Check this option to display the Minimize box in the right of the title bar Readers can click on this box to reduce GUIDE Author s application window to an icon on the Windows desktop or a button on the taskbar Maximize Box Check this option to display the Maximize box in the right of the title bar When GUIDE Author is maximized it fills the screen Status Bar Check this option to display the Status Bar at the bottom of application window The Status Bar provides additional information as you pass the cursor over each menu item To configure the application window check or clear options in the Program Options dialog then click Save Settings This saves your preferences for GUIDE Author s application window in the configu ration file gauthor cnf and applies those settings whenever you open GUIDE Author Defining Windows 24 GUIDE Author User s Manual Configuring Document Windows To configure the windows that display GUIDE documents pull down the Document menu and click Properties The Document Properties dialog opens Figure 2 2 You can choose from these options in the Document Properties dialog OPTION Maximize Title Bar Thick Border Thin Border Scroll Bar Close Box Maximize Box File Defining Windows DESCRIPTION Check this box to maximize the document window within the GUIDE Author ap
90. ly the active document in the search Finding Objects and Links OPTION Active and Linked Selected Save Settings GUIDE Author User s Manual 97 DESCRIPTION Includes linked documents in the search A linked document has at least one Reference link from the active document that contains the target Object Documents that maintain links to the active docu ment aren t considered linked for searching purposes If the active document contains any Reference links to other GUIDE files this option lets you include linked documents in the search If you select Active and Linked GUIDE Author scans all GUIDE files linked to the active document and lists only those linked to the target Object The Object types ID numbers and optional user defined names of linked Objects also display Lets you select documents to include in the search Writes the new settings to the configuration file making them the defaults that apply every time you start GUIDE Author If this box is not checked the changes apply only for the current session Find Links x m Target Object Name No name ID 14710 Type Reference Button File C GUIDE SYMBOLS GUI Scan Select Files Figure 6 3 The Find Links dialog Finding Objects and Links i S m D z S PR S D ba 98 GUIDE Author User s Manual To use Find Links 1 Finding Objects and Links Place the insertion point between the
91. mands initialize the serial port for input and output the syntax is the same as that for the DOS mode command The synch command sets a time out in milliseconds for the serial port If the input or output transfer doesn t take place before this time out occurs the transfer is abandoned A zero time out is equivalent to asynchronous output The data out command sends the string surrounded with quotes to the output port A data in command asks the interpreter to pause until it receives a specified data string from the currently selected input port GUIDE Author User s Manual 127 Using opcl3 dll Another GUIDE interpreter opcl3 dll it allows you to use certain commands such as open or close in a Command Definition The opcl3 dll commands are similar to the LOGiiX functions of the same names For more information about LOGiiX see the LOGIiX User s Manual and the online LOGiiX Command Reference Table 10 1 lists opcl3 dll commands and parameters these commands only function in the active GUIDE document i S M D S ou w gt S ba To use a opcl3 dll command first create a Command Button and then write a script for the Button s Command Definition similar to this opcl CommandName parameters opcl is the alias for the open close interpreter this line passes instructions that follow to the opcl3 dll interpreter CommandName parameters identifies the command s and parameter s you want to use
92. n create a target Object and link it to the graphic Button You can make an entire graphic element into a Button or overlay Hotspots on specific parts of a graphic the next section in this chapter Creating Hotspots on Graphics covers this topic in detail For example to create a graphical Expansion Button simply select a graphic element and then choose Expansion Button from the Make menu or click on the Expansion Button icon in the tool bar GUIDE Author displays a graphic Expansion stub that is already selected and shows its sizing handles small black squares that frame the stub in the top left corner of the clipping frame You ll also notice that the cursor changes shape when you choose Expansion Button Creating Objects and Links 86 GUIDE Author User s Manual Because the Expansion stub is already selected you can choose Paste from the Edit menu or use the Paste icon on the tool bar to replace the default stub contents with graphics from the clipboard automati cally You can also use the Edit menu s Place Graphic command to place graphic elements into the stub Since the Expansion stub is inside the graphic s clipping frame only graphics can be pasted or placed into the graphic Expansion stub If you want to link the graphic to text make it into a Note Button or Reference Button rather than into an Expansion Button You can resize and move the Expansion stub just like a graphic element To resize the stub drag
93. n When you check the Disable Zoom box in this dialog readers can t zoom in and out on graphics Working with Graphics GUIDE Author User s Manual 81 There are two ways to lock diagrams from editing You can choose Lock Diagram from the Format menu while the diagram you want to lock is selected or check the Lock Diagram option in the Diagram Info dialog Locking graphics prevents readers from resizing or repositioning graphic elements and from resizing the viewing win dows or clipping frames for those graphics You cannot scale and crop graphic elements viewing windows or clipping frames when Lock Diagram is active If the paragraph s ruler margins are too narrow to display the diagram you can unlock the diagram to fit it within the available space Scaled diagrams let you see a reduced view of the graphic elements ir S M D S S D DE gt S Deleting Diagrams and Graphic Elements To delete diagrams all their graphic elements and the associated viewing window and clipping frame 1 Drag your pointer across both frames and all graphic elements 2 Choose Clear from the Edit menu or press the Delete key To delete one or more graphic elements in a diagram 1 Select the graphic element or elements you want to delete 2 Choose Clear from the Edit menu or press the Delete key Working with Graphics GUIDE Author User s Manual 83 CHAPTER 5 CREATING OBJECTS AND LINKS You structu
94. n GUIDE sees the Bamps entry loake for your Intemet conection It then loake foe the server repeesented here by waw lfeaccess_com It then looks foe the marttangt gui file Figure 3 5 The Find dialog GUIDE Author User s Manual 45 Setting Search Scope and Characteristics If you choose Options in the Find dialog the Find Options dialog opens to offer the following choices OPTION Match Whole Words Only Case Sensitive Enable Wildcard Characters Search Hidden Material Search Document and Definitions Simple Complex AND OR DESCRIPTION Searches only for whole words that match If you check this option the Find statement text returns text but not texture If you uncheck this option the search finds both Searches text that exactly matches the upper and lowercase characters typed in the Find statement If Case Sensitive is checked Case finds Case but not case If Case Sensitive is not checked the search finds both words Enables you to use the wild card character a question mark 2 in place of specific characters in the Find statement GUIDE Author substitutes the wildcard for any character For example the statement tr would find tree trap and trim Includes all Expansions in the search even if they are not displayed If this option is not checked GUIDE Author searches only the part of the document that is displayed th
95. n an Internet server to give readers access to the information The source document may be on a local network on a computer s hard drive or on a CD ROM GUIDE Author User s Manual 133 Readers must be connected to their Internet servers before they can access documents with HyperText Transfer Protocol HTTP links If you place documents on the Internet you must modify your infacces ini file to include Internet items For more information about editing the infacces ini file see Initializing GUIDE Author in Chapter 2 of Welcome to GUIDE Author To create an Internet reference i S mMm D z S PR S D ba 1 Create a Reference Button in a source document stored on your local hard drive 2 Pull down GUIDE Author s Make menu and choose the Attributes command to open the Object Attributes dialog 3 Click on the Remote Link The Target Document option displays 4 Enter the path to the target document URL Uniform Resource Locator on the Internet in the following order the HyperText Transfer Protocol HTTP server name directory path and GUIDE file name For example an entry could look like this http www orcas com regs daily gui Please note that two forward slashes are required between http and the server name in accordance with URL protocol 5 Ifyou want to open the document on the Internet at a particular Reference Point make sure the correct Target Object ID is en tered in the re
96. names for those open documents without captions A check mark indicates the document that s currently active to make another open document the active document click on its caption or path name in the list To close a document window you can click on the Close box in the upper right corner of that window If you have several document windows on the screen and want to close them all at the same time you can simply pull down the Window menu and click on Close All If you have made changes in any documents GUIDE Author prompts you to save each document before it closes that document window Setting Document Background Color The Document Color command on GUIDE Author s Document menu allows you to set the background color for the active GUIDE document or save the same background color as your preference for every document When the Document Color dialog appears it dis plays a list of available colors in sample boxes To set the background color for the active document select the color you want from the list then click on OK To make that background color the default for every new document window that you open click on Make Default before you click on OK Defining Windows 28 GUIDE Author User s Manual Displaying the Ruler GUIDE Author uses a ruler to format text see Figure 2 3 You can set margins and tabs as well as align text to the left center or right of the ruler For more information about the ruler please see
97. ng multimedia 130 V Viewing Window for graphics 59 Oversize images 60 Resizing 60 Index
98. nks 88 Index 144 GUIDE Author User s Manual Objects continued Default text 101 Finding Hitlist 96 Links 96 Freeze 83 Printing 119 Selecting text 33 Unmake 112 opcl3 dil 123 127 128 Open 11 16 P Palette 41 Pasteicon 12 42 43 55 86 Path preferences 26 Point size 29 Preferences Saving in the configuration file 23 PreviousFrame 13 30 Print 120 Active Frame 120 Definitions 92 Entire document 121 Landscape 119 Page setup Footer text 120 GUIDEstyle 119 Make default 120 Margins 119 Orientation 119 Page Setup dialog 119 Portrait 119 Print All 121 Print Options dialog 120 Printing to an EPS file 121 Index Program options dialog 22 35 Control menu 23 Maximize box 23 Menubar 23 Minimize box 23 Save settings 23 Thick border 22 Thin border 22 Title bar 22 Toolbar 23 Q queries using fields for 84 Query dialog display of fielded searches in 85 R Reference Button 13 Changing default text style 102 Default text style 101 Linking 88 Reference Point 13 Changing default text style 102 Default text style 101 Relative ruler 14 15 Remain Object attribute 109 Revert Content 138 Revert Window 138 Ribbon formatting 14 23 Absolute ruler 14 35 Fontlist 14 Font size 14 Framename 15 Hiding 14 Relative ruler 14 36 Showing 14 Text alignment 14 Textstyle 14 39 Ruler 12 28 34 105 Changing 38 Dialog 34 Using 34 S Save 11 17 Save as text 18 Save Do
99. nserted from the Glossary as Definition Objects If you can t insert a Glossary item make sure the insertion cursor is in the Definitions window but not in a Definition Object and try again A quicker way to insert a Glossary item into a GUIDE document 1 Using the Glossary Position the insertion point where you want to insert the Glossary item Press Ctrl G to open the Glossary dialog Select the Glossary item you want to insert into the document from the Glossary Items list in the Glossary dialog and then click Insert to paste the item into the document GUIDE Author User s Manual 117 Changing a Glossary Item s Contents You can change the contents of a Glossary item without changing its name 1 Select the text or graphics you want to use to replace the contents of a current Glossary item i S mMm gt S S ae 7 gt D ba 2 Pull down the Tools menu and click on Glossary 3 Select the name of the Glossary item you want to modify from the Glossary Items list in the Glossary dialog and then click on Modify in the Get Selection field 4 When GUIDE Author displays a dialog that shows the name of the Glossary item you selected click on Modify GUIDE Author modifies the contents of the item in the Glossary and returns you to the Glossary dialog If you click on Cancel GUIDE Author does not modify the Glossary item Deleting a Glossary Item To delete an item from the Glossary 1 P
100. ocuments If this box is not checked your changes apply only to the active document To use the options in the Document Properties dialog pull down GUIDE Author s Document menu and click Properties to open the Document Properties dialog and then check or uncheck options for the configuration you want for the active document window When you re done click OK to save the changes or on Cancel to discard the changes To apply the same attributes to all new windows for new GUIDE documents you create in GUIDE Author click Make Default before you click OK This saves your settings to GUIDE Author s configuration file so that all new document windows are created according to the options you ve specified GUIDE Author User s Manual 27 Arranging Document Windows on the Screen You can use the commands on GUIDE Author s Window menu to manage open document windows within the application window For example the screen may look cluttered if several document win dows are open You can pull down the Window menu and choose the Cascade command to arrange the windows neatly on the screen in a cascading formation i S M gt S S me gt S When more than one document is open on the screen it may be difficult to see the title bars for all the documents You can pull down the Window menu to view a list of open documents the list shows captions for those open documents that have been assigned captions and path
101. ocumert displays the viewing application GUDE Authur GUIDE Reader of GUIDE Viewer retrieves the graphic file from disk and displays it Graphics that are linked to but not actualy part of GUIDE documerts are called extemal graphics F you dort check Link to file the graphic is copied into the GUIDE document asan internal graphic which is pert of tha GUIDE documert file Figure 4 2 The default graphic appears if Show Graphics is not checked or if an externally linked file can t be found Working with Graphics GUIDE Author User s Manual 59 About Graphic Elements and Diagrams Diagrams enclose all graphics in GUIDE documents Each image within a diagram is called a graphic element A single diagram can contain several graphic elements to create a composite image GUIDE Author creates diagrams automatically when you paste or place graphic images into GUIDE documents unless you already have a diagram selected when you place the file If this is the case the new graphic file is inserted into the diagram you ve selected as an additional graphic element i Mm D gt 8 S me u gt S The diagram includes a viewing window to display the graphic image and a clipping frame that enables you to crop the image These components surround the graphic elements placed in that diagram When you click on a graphic in a GUIDE document GUIDE Author highlights the viewing window boundaries with a thin black line
102. olling through entire documents readers can use the commands on the Navigate menu or the Frame navigation icons on the tool bar to move quickly from Frame to Frame You can also use these keyboard shortcuts to navigate Frames To move to the first Frame press Ctrl 1 To move to the previous Frame press Ctrl 2 To move to the next Frame press Ctrl 3 To move to the last Frame press Ctrl 4 GUIDE documents can contain only a single Frame for each individual screen or paragraph Since Frames feature scroll bars you can make them as long as you like To create a Frame 1 Move to the Frame positioned just before the location where you want to insert the new Frame New Frames are always inserted after the active Frame Pull down the Edit menu and click on nsert Frame GUIDE Author inserts a blank Frame Continue creating your document adding text or graphics in the new Frame until you want to insert another Frame GUIDE Author User s Manual 31 To cut copy paste and delete Frames use the clipboard or the Frame commands on the Edit menu Cut a Frame to remove it from the document and insert it into the Clipboard Copying a Frame duplicates the Frame leaves the original in the document and inserts the copy in the Clipboard Deleting a Frame removes it from the document and clears it completely You can use Paste from the Edit menu to insert a copy of a Frame that s already in the Clipboard into a documen
103. or decreases to the next point size shown on the GUIDE Author s point size list as shown on the format ting Ribbon or in the Text Style dialog ir S M D S S D DE gt S Whenever you create a GUIDE Object GUIDE Author places special symbols around the Object If the symbols aren t visible you may accidentally type within the area you ve defined as an Object To display Object symbols pull down the Document menu and then choose Set Display to open that dialog Click on Show Symbols if the option is not checked The Set Display dialog also includes the option Show Paragraphs paragraph symbols display in the active document if this option is checked If your documents include many graphics you can use GUIDE Author s default graphic a plain gray box labeled with information about the graphic it represents which appears in place of detailed images to conserve memory This also allows you to work more rap idly when you edit documents in GUIDE Author because you don t have to wait for graphics to draw To display the default graphic pull down the Document menu and choose Set Display and then turn off Show Graphics in the Set Display dialog if the option is checked Defining Windows 30 GUIDE Author User s Manual Using Frames Defining Windows Frames provide a way to structure GUIDE documents by dividing them into pages or easily manageable chunks of related informa tion Instead of scr
104. otspot border r Transparency Shape Color C None E Fn Width 152 Elipse c Height fi 19 C Square Transparent C Opaque Figure 4 6 The Element Info dialog for a selected Hotspot Elliptical Hotspot Behavior When a Hotspot has an elliptical shape clicking outside of the ellipse will not activate the Hotspot When a Hotspot has an elliptical shape and it is an expansion note command or reference button the cursor will change to the relevant icon only when it is placed within the ellipse of the Hotspot An elliptical Hotspot inside a table TMF file cannot be assigned to an expansion or expansion button When a Hotspot has an elliptical shape and it is an expansion note command or reference button and you click on it the click will highlight the ellipse Working with Graphics 66 GUIDE Author User s Manual The Format Menu for Graphics The options on GUIDE Author s Format menu change depending on what you ve selected for editing When you select a graphic commands that enable you to edit graphics replace the text and ruler options on the Format menu The graphic Format commands are Push to Back Pull to Front Restore Size Insert Hotspot Element Info Lock Diagram Diagram Grid Show Elements and Diagram Info To use these commands select a graphic element or diagram that you want to edit then pull down the Format menu and select a command COMMAND Push to Back Pu
105. otspot to be for example Note Button Link the Button For information on how to link Buttons please refer to Chapter 5 Creating Objects and Links Working with Graphics i S M gt S S me gt S 64 GUIDE Author User s Manual Colored Transparent and Shaped Hotspots GUIDE Author supports colored transparent and shaped hotspots Radio buttons in the Element Info dialog from the Format menu let you specify the shape of the Hotspot highlight There are three options None the shape will be a rectangle but without a border Ellipse or Square the shape will be a rectangle With the Transparency options in the Element Info dialog you can create a Hotspot that is opaque semi opaque both shape and background show through or trans parent no border or filled shape A color drop down box in the Element Info dialog allows you to set the color of the highlight to one of the 16 possible GUIDE colors SHAPE NONE SQUARE RECTANGLE ELLIPSE TRANSPARENCY Transparent Not visible Square outline Elliptical outline Semi opaque Not visible Filled square that Filled ellipse that is see through is see through Opaque White Opaque filled Opaque filled rectangle square ellipse Working with Graphics GUIDE Author User s Manual 65 Internal Hotspot ID 53306 Labet o Cancel r Unsealed Size Width 0 Height 0 ir S M D S S D DE a gt S 72 T2 m H
106. plication window Check this option to display a title bar over the document window Check this option to give the document window a thick border Check this option to give the document a thin border A window with a thin border can t be resized with the mouse however you can use the Size command on the document window s control menu or the Ctrl F8 keyboard short cut to resize the window Check this box to display the scroll bar for the document window Deactivates the Close box in the title bar so that the documentation window cannot be closed by the user Removes both the Maximize and Minimize icons from the title bar so that the document window cannot be resized Displays the file s path and name you can t change this parameter GUIDE Author User s Manual 25 OPTION DESCRIPTION Caption An optional caption that appears in place of the document s file name in the document window title bar type in the caption you d like up to 128 characters in the text box Show Caption Check this option to display in the docu ment window title bar the text entered in the Caption text box ir S M gt S S D DE v gt S S Show Frame Name Check this option to display in the docu ment window title bar the Frame name Stay Back Keeps a document s Buttons active but forces the document itself to stay in the background most useful for control panel documents Save Window Position Che
107. rd s contents creates a dia gram at the position you specified with the pointer and inserts graphics from the Clipboard into the diagram The diagram its components and uses will be discussed later in this chapter The contents of the Clipboard won t change until you cut or copy new material to overwrite them ir S M D S S D DE gt S Placing Graphics Whether you want to create a new GUIDE document or add new information to an existing GUIDE document it is easy to incorporate new graphics at any time If you have a working knowledge of desk top publishing you already understand the basics of importing graphics into GUIDE documents To import a graphic into a GUIDE document with the Place Graphic command 1 Open or create the GUIDE file in which you want to place a new graphic 2 Position the insertion cursor in the GUIDE document where you want to place the new graphic 3 Pull down the Edit menu and click on Place Graphic The Place dialog opens Working with Graphics 56 GUIDE Author User s Manual Place Look in _ Samples gt c csc He ii Missile tf sa Allstyle trf li Nose tif lit Armdrive tif li Pict tif la Assy tif a View tit ii Assy2 tif i View2 tif i Flow tif Fiename Files of type Jal Files x Cancel IV Link to file Figure 4 1 GUIDE Author s Place dialog Working with Graphics 4 Select the graphics file you want to impo
108. re text and graphics in GUIDE documents by defining Objects and linking them An Object can be a single word a sentence a paragraph a graphic or even a collection of graphics Just about anything you can select with your mouse can be made into an Object Objects can also be linked to information and devices outside GUIDE including spreadsheets video sequences and audio clips For detailed descriptions of GUIDE Object types components be havioral attributes and link information please see About GUIDE Objects in Chapter 3 of Welcome to GUIDE Author GUIDE Author s Object oriented information model provides an in tuitive framework for organizing information When you define your information as Objects you can attach attributes that determine the behavior and presentation of Object and how they relate to other Objects in GUIDE publications Using Freeze Objects in GUIDE documents are active or inactive depending on whether you activate the Freeze option To create or modify Buttons and other Objects Freeze must be turned on so that Objects aren t hot active When you move the pointer over Objects with Freeze on the Objects behave like regular text and graphics The pointer displays as the insertion point I bar allowing you to edit the Objects To turn Freeze on or off use the Freeze command on the Document menu or the Freeze icon on the tool bar There is a check mark before Freeze in the Document menu when
109. rt 5 Check or uncheck Link to file If you check Link to file you can include the image in the document without actually importing the graphic Linking a graphics file helps to minimize the size of GUIDE documents see the next section About Internal and External Graphics 6 Click on Open GUIDE Author creates a diagram in the document at the inser tion point and places the graphic inside the diagram If you are unable to import the graphic you will see an error message GUIDE Author User s Manual 57 About Internal and External Graphics If you check the Link to file option in the Place dialog when you place a graphic GUIDE Author creates a pointer to the graphic file but doesn t actually include the graphic as part of the GUIDE docu ment Every time the document displays the viewing application GUIDE Author or GUIDE Reader retrieves the graphic file from disk and displays it i Mm D gt 8 S me u gt S Graphics that are linked to but are not actually a part of GUIDE documents are called external graphics If you don t check Link to file the graphic is copied into the GUIDE document as an internal graphic and becomes a part of the GUIDE document file External graphics offer two notable advantages You can modify graphic files in their native applications and see those changes reflected in GUIDE documents linked to that graphic file the next time you open those doc
110. ry so you can use it later For more details about the MCI functions please refer to the documentation for Windows or the Microsoft Multimedia Development Kit Advanced Topics 132 GUIDE Author User s Manual Multimedia Troubleshooting If you get unexpected results from a script or media player you should check to make sure that All external hardware has power All cables and connections are secure You installed all required software drivers correctly The LOGiiX scripts that correspond to various tasks are correct If a syntax error occurs you should see an error message that identifies the problem however if the script logic is in error for example if lines are in the wrong order you won t see an error message Check the script Also remember to consult the documentation for equipment and soft ware you are using in conjunction with GUIDE publications Publishing Documents on the Internet Advanced Topics You can publish GUIDE documents on the Internet if you place them on a World Wide Web server This is a particularly good distribution solution for documents that change daily for example government regulations or financial data that need to be updated and distributed each day to staff at other locations You can also use the protocols described in this section to publish GUIDE documents on internal Web servers You can create a Reference Button in a source document linked to target documents o
111. s com MANS000 03A GUIDE Author User s Manual Contents 1 GUIDE AUTHOR BASICS i S M gt S S ms a gt S About GUIDE Author 0 00 0 ce eeceeeeeeeneeeeeneeenneeeeneeeenaeeee 7 LOGIiiX Adds Intelligence to Publications 8 About This Man dl sis niione iteresas riiseni 9 Using GUIDE Author eee eeeeeeeeeecesteeeeneeeenaeeenneeeeneees 10 Using GUIDE Author s Tool Bar cceeeesceseneeeenreeeeeees 11 Using the Formatting Ribbon eee eeeceeeteeeeneeenneeeees 14 Getting Helpi e ee eeii iE bidet 16 Opening Document Serasi re iee T E EEE AAEE 16 Saving DOCUMENTS s artrorisi kr EEST SKAET 17 GUIDE gun Foma tsean tonninnes 18 Text Only txt Format horien ieena 18 Closing a DOCUMENT eeceeeeeeeeteceseeeesneeceneeeseeeeenaeeesns 19 Exiting GUIDE Author eeeeeeseeeeeeceneeseeeenseeeeneeen 19 2 DEFINING WINDOWS Configuring the Application Window eee 21 Configuring Document Windows seers 24 Arranging Document Windows on the Screen 27 Setting Document Background Color n 27 Displaying the Ruler ereis eeste 28 Document Window Display Options eee 29 Using Franne S seson reins ee Ear EANA 30 Contents GUIDE Author User s Manual 3 WORKING WITH TEXT Selecting Text suim iiini aa RAAR 33 USING the RUIE Snina an e aa N 34 Using an Absolute Ruler ssssssssssssssssissserrerssssrsse 35 Using a Relative Ruler
112. s viewing window to half its normal size Working with Graphics GUIDE Author User s Manual 73 To quickly zoom out from an enlarged graphic to its original size in the document double click the right mouse button To gradually reduce a graphic s size simply tap the minus key until the graphic is the desired size These techniques to reduce graphics work in both GUIDE Author and GUIDE Reader i Mm D S S ae 7 gt 2 Panning Graphics Panning enables you to move up down and across an image to see different areas in detail If you enlarge zoom in on a graphic you may need to pan it to see all its detail To pan a graphic in GUIDE Author or GUIDE Reader 1 Click on the graphic with the primary mouse button to select it 2 Tap the up down left and right arrow keys on your keyboard repeatedly to pan the graphic in the desired direction Cropping Graphics Cropping a graphic lets you control what part of a graphic displays in the clipping frame For example cropping can be useful if you have a drawing that includes a logo that you want to hide or you want to emphasize a particular area of a graphic To crop a graphic 1 Click anywhere on the clipping frame to select it The sizing handles of the clipping frame appear Be sure to activate the sizing handles of the clipping frame and not the small black squares along the graphic s border Working with Graphics 74 GUIDE
113. sion Buttons This attribute ensures that Expansion Buttons that are the target Object of links expand before they display Search Field Backtrack Record Object Action Reference Points Expansion Buttons Groups Reference Buttons Note Buttons Command Buttons This attribute facilitates searches in selected portions or fields of documents Records the Object s action in the backtrack record Arrival at Target Reference Buttons Records arrival at the target Object for backtracking Editing Objects Q S Mm D S 8 DE v gt S 112 GUIDE Author User s Manual Removing GUIDE Structure from Objects Editing Objects You can remove GUIDE Object structure but leave intact the text or graphics used to label Objects To unmake an Object 1 Activate Freeze if necessary 2 Position the insertion point somewhere between the symbols of the Object you want to unmake 3 Pull down the Make menu and click on Unmake The text of the Unmake command varies on the menu according to the type of Object you ve selected to unmake GUIDE Author removes the Object structure and formatting but leaves intact the text or graphic that was used to label the Object in the GUIDE document GUIDE Author can unmake Objects that are nested inside other Objects For example if you created a Reference Point inside an Expansion you can position the pointer between the Reference Po
114. sion for some GUIDE files to make them easier to identify For example if you save your control panel documents as cp and publi cation body documents as gui you can tell which files are which from a glance at your publication directory When you create a full text index for a GUIDE publication you can index files by extension and exclude control panel documents from the full text index to save time GUIDE Author Basics 18 GUIDE Author User s Manual GUIDE gui Format When you save a file as a GUIDE document the file name appears in the document window s title bar after the file is saved unless you assign a caption to the document Document captions can be as signed through the Document Properties dialog which is accessed from the Properties option in the Document menu Text Only txt Format GUIDE Author Basics The Text Only txt option under Save As Type in the Save Document dialog saves files as ASCII text with no GUIDE document structure or text formatting This means that special fonts point sizes and type style settings are discarded If you select Text Only txt for the file format the Save As Text dialog appears after you click on Save in the Save Document dialog The Save As Text dialog offers these options OPTION DESCRIPTION Carriage Return at Specifies whether to save carriage returns at the end of each paragraph or line and the number of characters per line Tabs Specifies whether or not t
115. specific directory click Add to open the Add Files to Catalog dialog select the directory from the Look In list and then click Open GUIDE Author displays all the files in that directory You can also enter the file name Working with Text GUIDE Author User s Manual 51 directly in the File Name edit box or use the Shift and Crtl keys with the mouse to select multiple files In the Select Files dialog you can remove all documents from the Scan list by clicking Clear All To remove a specific document from the list select it and click on Remove Click OK to close the Select Files dialog Click Scan GUIDE Author searches through all the documents you select ed and looks for occurrences of the Find What text If GUIDE Author finds any occurrences of the word in any of the docu ments it lists all the names of scanned documents that contain the Find What text and the number of occurrences of that string in each document Select a document from the list and click Go To to open it Click Find Next to find the first hit of the Find What text When an occurrence of the text is found and highlighted use one of the Replace options to change the string Click Replace to change the first occurrence Click Replace All to change all the occurrences of the string without navigating to each occurrence Click Replace then Find to replace the first occurrence of the Find What text then find the next hit Changing Text in Link
116. t You can create Frame names to help you locate a Frame you want to edit so that you don t have to move sequentially through each Frame looking for certain information To name a Frame pull down the Navigate menu choose Frames and type a name into the text box in the Frames dialog You can display the name of the active Frame in GUIDE Author s formatting Ribbon To display a Frame name open the Document menu choose Properties and check the Show Frame Name option in the Document Properties dialog Defining Windows Q S M D S S D DE v gt S GUIDE Author User s Manual 33 CHAPTER 3 WORKING WITH TEXT T S Mm gt S ae 7 gt 2 This chapter describes how to work with text You ll learn how to Select text Set the ruler margins and tabs Set and change text style Set and change text color Copy move and delete text Search for strings of text fe oe oe oH Find and replace text Selecting Text To select text hold the mouse button down and drag the pointer over the text you want to select However if you move the pointer past an Object s symbol GUIDE Author automatically selects the rest of the sentence This prevents you from selecting text across an Object s boundary You can select text outside of an Object s symbols or part of the text inside symbols but you cannot start a selection outside an Object and end it inside an Obj
117. t margin the right margin and where the first line starts Mr E mein ee al a almasi Source Document This document cartairo infoenakion how to make comections to GUIDE documents an an Intermet server GUIDE uses HTTP or Hyper Test Transfer Protocol to transfer documents fram an Intemet server to your local machine GUIDE fnd these documents by wing a URL or Uraversal Resource Locator A URL used by GUIDE would contain a etrng such as bttp ienr infvaccess comm nettargt gui whoch is m fect the entry thet this document uses to mekea reference The entry goes mio the Target Decamment csction of Obdect Attributes dialing for the Refereece Betton you must check Remote Lik to mabe thos field accessible You must alse Bowe am Internet connection established whem you artion the reference When GUIDE sees the Batp entry 2 loake foe your Intemet connection It then loake foe wuw efenccess com t then looks for the mart Figure 3 3 A relative ruler with tab and margin settings shown in Figure 3 2 measured as a percent of the total ruler Working with Text GUIDE Author User s Manual 37 Using the Mouse Pointer to Set Margins You can use the mouse pointer to change margins which are the offset between the edge of the document window and the content area You must select any paragraphs that you want to apply new margins tabs etc to To set the right margin 1 Select the paragraphs you want to change If you are
118. t or just the active Frame at its cur rent level of expansion only Expansions that are currently unfolded appear in the printout 1 Choose Print from the File menu GUIDE Author opens the Print dialog Printing Documents GUIDE Author User s Manual 121 2 Select the range of pages to print Choose All to print all pages in the active Frame To specify individual pages for printing enter the page numbers in the From and To edit boxes 3 You can change the print quality in the Printer Properties dialog 4 Ifyou want to print to an Encapsulated PostScript EPS file rather than on paper check Print to File in the Print dialog and then click Properties When the Printer Properties dialog opens click PostScript to open that tab dialog and choose Encapsulated Postscript EPS from the drop down list Click OK to return to the Print dialog 5 Type the number of copies you want to print into the Copies text box 6 Choose OK to print the Frame at its current level of expansion Printing an Entire Document You can print an entire GUIDE document including all Frames and all Expansions even those that are hidden The document s Note Definitions automatically print on a separate page at the end of the printout To print an entire document choose Print All from the Print dialog Please see the preceding section Printing the Active Frame for a description of options available in the Print dialog NOTE If you just
119. t through Buttons and include a full motion demonstration of a person changing spark plugs Readers who want to see how it s done can click on the Button and view the video sequence those who already know how to change spark plugs can skip the demonstration Consider another scenario Your GUIDE document is a language lesson Users read phrases on the screen and click on the phrases to hear how they are spoken The phrases in the text are Buttons linked to audio recordings Any kind of media that can be digitized can be incorporated into GUIDE documents By now most people are familiar with audio compact discs CDs audio from a CD can be incorporated into a computer application MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface allows you to control your own musical instrument for example a synthesizer from your computer Incorporating multimedia in GUIDE publications requires careful planning and some simple programming with LOGiiX You ll find GUIDE Author User s Manual 131 the results are worth the minimal effort involved Typical media devices include videodisc players CD players animation players and MIDI sequencers Three LOGiiX functions named mciSendString mciGetLastError and mciGetErrorString give you access to the capabilities of the Windows Media Control Interface MCI The MCI allows you to work with media through a high level interface and to control video displays audio hardware videodisc players and videotape pl
120. t you get WYSIWYG environment e Full user interface customization The LOGiiX macro system that enables you to add intelligence to GUIDE electronic publications About GUIDE Author GUIDE Author is a great way to get started with intelligent electronic publishing Whether you want to create a custom publication or a prototype document before you begin volume production GUIDE Author gives you the power to build the best For example you have complete control over the look and feel of your publications You can specify which onscreen controls to in clude what they look like and where they appear You can break long documents into smaller more manageable frames You can even suppress normal Microsofts Windows Windows controls like minimize buttons and sizing handles GUIDE Author Basics 8 GUIDE Author User s Manual And when you re ready to move beyond basic hypertext links GUIDE Author can take you where you want to go You can create Hotspots on images even multiple Hotspots on the same graphic to activate links and other commands to add graphical navigation to electronic publications You also get full integration of multimedia objects like sound video and animation as well as dynamic links to other applications LOGIIX Adds Intelligence to Publications Electronic publications produced with GUIDE Author can do much more than display information they can respond to the individual needs of users L
121. tains the target Object appears in the Object Attributes dialog Q S M gt S S D DE v gt S You can redirect a link to a target Object manually simply change the target document name and Object ID number in the Object Attributes dialog then check Local Link or Remote Link to specify whether the link is local or remote Check Remote Link if you plan to connect this link to an Object in another document EE OY YESS ES ess fa a a a de Clicking Stet Mama GUIDE Expal a ray a This is T Toa cinder passes F Bink os Annivat expans I Expand os Anivol Backtrack Roca T Buen Action Reference Pointe Reference Button Figure 7 2 GUIDE Author s Object Attributes dialog Editing Objects 108 GUIDE Author User s Manual Editing Objects The following table provides detailed descriptions of Object attributes Note that not all attributes can be applied to all types of Objects Also keep in mind that when an Object is a link target you can only define it with Top of Window and Blink on Arrival attributes When Objects become part of the backtrack record by being selected they can only be defined with the Object Action and Arrival at Target attributes Command Definition behavior depends on the contents of the LOGiiX script that executes when a reader clicks on the associ ated Command Button GUIDE Author User s Manual 109 EET BEHAVIOR ATTRIBUTES FOR GUIDE OBJECTS i S M gt
122. til the cursor shape changes into a plus sign If the pointer shape is an arrow you don t have the pointer properly positioned over a handle if you drag the mouse you will move the graphic instead of resizing it Working with Graphics 76 GUIDE Author User s Manual Hold the mouse button down and drag the plus sign cursor away from the selected sizing handle to resize the graphic To make the graphic smaller drag the pointer toward the middle of the graphic You can drag the pointer away from the middle to make the graphic bigger The sizing handles on the corners resize the graphic s contents the handles in the middle along the sides stretch or compress the graphic You can use the Restore Size command from the Format menu to return a graphic to the size it was immediately before you changed it Sizing More than One Graphic at a Time You can size more than one graphic elements in the same clipping frame at the same time This process allows you to resize a group of graphic elements while preserving their relative positions in the docu ment To simultaneously size multiple graphics Working with Graphics 1 2 Click on the first graphic to select it Press F3 and hold down the mouse button One set of sizing handles appears around the group of graphic elements you ve selected Move the mouse around on a resize handle until the pointer changes to a plus sign Click and drag the mouse until the group of graphi
123. tyle to begin publishing tools to refer to text 2 Pull down the Format menu and choose Text Style that has no special type style such 3 To choose a font click on a font name in the Font list as bold italic or underlining 4 To choose the point size you want click on that size in the applied to it Some Size list just to the right of the Font list applications refer g aa PA 5 Choose the style you want by checking or unchecking the nett ae tee Plain Bold Italic Underline Strikeout Superscript Boxed and Subscript boxes you can choose more than one 6 Ifyou want to make these settings the default text style click on Make Default Any new documents you create will use the default type style you ve just specified 7 Click on OK to save the new text style or click on Cancel to retain the settings shown when you first opened the dialog Working with Text 40 GUIDE Author User s Manual Text Style Arial Rounded MT Bold Arnold Boecklin Arus BT BernhardMod BT Style Plain IV Bold T Italic Underline Strikeout Boxed I Superscript I Subscript x Cancel l Make Default AaBbXxYy Figure 3 4 The Text Style dialog showing Arial 14 point bold selected Changing Text Color You can change the color of text on an Object by Object basis Since top level text is an Object if you select any text in the top level and change its color all the top level text
124. ull down the Tools menu and click on Glossary 2 Select the item you want to delete in the list from the Glossary Items list in the Glossary dialog 3 Click on Delete 4 Click on OK to delete the item when GUIDE Author asks you to confirm the deletion choose Cancel if you change your mind When you click on OK GUIDE Author deletes the item from the Glossary When you click on Cancel GUIDE Author retains the item in the Glossary Using the Glossary GUIDE Author User s Manual 119 CHAPTER 9 PRINTING DOCUMENTS In this chapter you ll learn how to prepare documents for printing how to print documents on various printer types and how to print portions of a document or an entire document Before you print a document make sure that you have selected a printer that is prop erly connected to your computer Page Setup GUIDE Author s Page Setup dialog lets you control how documents appear when you print them This step is optional Page Setup options include OPTIONS DESCRIPTION Margins You can set the left right top and bottom margins by typing new values into the appropriate edit boxes The abbreviation that follows the edit boxes specifies whether the margins are measured in inches or millimeters Orientation Click on Portrait to orient contents vertically on the page or on Landscape for a horizontal page format GUIDE Style The As Display option prints Object text in the type styles you ve chosen wit
125. uments Linking graphics externally also saves a considerable amount of disk space About the Default Graphic You can use a default graphic to indicate the space and location occupied by graphics in GUIDE documents The default graphic is a gray box labeled with a file name when it represents external graphics or the word Internal if the image it represents is part of the GUIDE document The default graphic redraws much more quickly than detailed images so you can work faster To use the default graphic choose Set Display from the Document menu and uncheck Show Graphics in the Set Display dialog When you are finished editing or want to see the actual graphics again simply open the Set Display dialog again and recheck Show Graphics Working with Graphics 58 GUIDE Author User s Manual The default graphic also displays when an external graphic file can t be found for example if the graphic file has been renamed or deleted If this is the case follow the preceding instructions for placing a graphic under Inserting Graphics through the Clipboard or for replacing the renamed or deleted graphic under Placing Graphics AMPLES GRAAPHICS GU gt AASA About internal and External Graphics F you check the Link to file option in the Place Graphic dialog when you place a gephic GUIDE Author creates a pointer to the graphic file but doesn t actualy include the graphic as part of the documert Every time the d
126. umess section of Obeert Attributes dileg for the Reference Button you must check Remete Link to make this field accessible You must alse Baro an Internet conection established when yee ortion the referemce When GUIDE sees the batp i entry 2 looks foe your niemei conection It then loake foe the server repetsented here by www lafeaccesscom It then loak for the mettangi gui file ESSE Figure 1 1 The GUIDE Author application window GUIDE Author Basics GUIDE Author User s Manual 11 Using GUIDE Author s Tool Bar A tool bar across the top of GUIDE Author s application window provides fast access to frequently used authoring commands Rather than use menu commands or keyboard shortcuts you can click on tool bar icons to perform file operations and editing functions change document status settings link GUIDE Objects and navigate through GUIDE document Frames i S mMm D z S PR z D ba GUIDE Author automatically displays the tool bar at the top of the application window You can turn the tool bar off by choosing the Tool Bar command from the Tools menu Alternatively you can choose Program Options from the Tools menu clear the Tool Bar option in the Program Options dialog and then click OK to return to the GUIDE Author application window In either case you can reverse these moves to display the tool bar again The tool bar displays all its available icons when the application
127. want to print a document s Definitions choose the Definitions Window command from the Navigate menu before you select the Print option Printing Documents i Mm D gt 8 S me u gt S GUIDE Author User s Manual 123 CHAPTER 10 ADVANCED TOPICS i S mMm gt S S ae 7 gt D ba This chapter describes advanced topics you ll find useful in creating and refining electronic publications in GUIDE Author You ll learn how to Launch other applications from GUIDE documents Control the serial port Use opcl3 dll to open and close documents Add a control panel Use LOGiiX to add multimedia to publications fF gt Oe Prepare GUIDE documents for publication on the Internet About Interpreters GUIDE Author supports interpreters that can access external systems logiix dll provides access to LOGiiX a powerful macro language launch3 dll launches other applications opcl3 dll opens and closes documents and serial3 dll controls the serial port Scripts that call these interpreters reside in the Definitions windows of GUIDE documents as Command Definitions that execute when users activate linked Command Buttons For detailed information about LOGiiX see the LOGiiX User s Manual and the online LOGiiX Command Reference Advanced Topics 124 GUIDE Author User s Manual Launching Other Applications You can use Command Buttons to launch other GUIDE pub
128. window is maximized on a video graphics array VGA monitor configured to display 640x480 pixels If the tool bar can t be dis played completely GUIDE Author clips it from the right end All the tool bar icons except Open are disabled if no GUIDE documents are open From left to right the icons and their corresponding functions are ICON FUNCTION DESCRIPTION Open Click on this icon to open a GUIDE document Save Saves the active GUIDE document If the active document is new and untitled the Save Document dialog displays i feb Cut Removes any selected text or graphics from the document and places it in the Clipboard oo Copy Copies selected text or graphics from the document into the clipboard GUIDE Author Basics 12 GUIDE Author User s Manual GUIDE Author Basics ICON G3 FUNCTION Paste Freeze Show Symbols Show Ruler Insert Hotspot Expansion Button Expansion DESCRIPTION Copies the Clipboard s contents into the document at the insertion point Turns off linking activity so you can select and edit the label text of Objects When the document is frozen the icon appears to be recessed pushed in You can click on the icon again to turn the Freeze function off Displays symbols to indicate Object boundaries When symbols are dis played the icon looks like it s pushed in You can click on the icon again to hide the symbols Displays the ruler to show margin and tab settin
129. without navigating to each occurrence Click Replace then Find to replace the first occurrence of the Find What text then find the next hit Working with Text 50 GUIDE Author User s Manual This document conte y Match whale words erly Internet exrver GUIDE T Cosesenstive Seach Which Documents from an Iniemet server tc Enable wikhoond ohasacters Acme Daly or Urewersal Resource Lo F Saach haiden seek T Actove and Linked Mtp vere infoaccess et FF Sper decement and delindines C Settoctead Docsmentr to mekea reference The lll dialog forthe Referesce F Singi F Compe AND OF accessible at roomer SSS e hen Jooks for the netiargt gui fie O Repose AN Repote Gee ted Fleatone be the INFACCES INI file chat you Omma Seber Fite gt Figure 3 7 The Replace dialog click Options to open the Find Options dialog You can also find and change a string of characters in a set of docu ments that you specify 1 Pull down the Edit menu and click Replace 2 Enter the character string you want to change in the Replace edit box and then type the character string you want to substi tute for the Replace string in the With edit box 3 Click Options and then define the search in the Find Options dialog Make sure you include Selected Documents then click OK 4 Click Select Files to open the Select Files dialog and choose the documents you want to search To look at the files in a
130. xt hit GUIDE Author User s Manual 53 CHAPTER 4 WORKING WITH GRAPHICS Graphics play an integral role in any information presentation GUIDE publications are no exception This chapter covers how to bring graphics into GUIDE documents how GUIDE Author handles graphics how to resize and crop graphic images how to display and hide graphics and how to lock graphics from editing About Graphics To include graphics in GUIDE documents you can import them from other paint or drawing applications GUIDE Author can import and display many different types of graphics files GRAPHICS FILE FORMAT EXTENSION FILTER AutoCAD dxf guidedxf dll Bitmap bmp guidebmp dll CALS Tiff ras guideras dll CGM Computer Graphics metafile cgm guidecgm dll Corel Draw cdr guidecdr dll DIB dib guidebmp dll Digital Research gem guidegem dll Enhanced Metafile emf guidewmf dll EPS Encapsulated PostScript eps guideeps dll GIF Graphics Interchange Format _ gif guidegif dll HPGL Hewlett Packard plt guideplt dil JPEG jpg guidejpg dll Lotus pic guidepic dll Micrografx drw guidedrw dll Microsoft Paint msp guidemsp dll Paintbrush pcc or pcx guidepcx dll Table tmf guidetv dll Working with Graphics Q S Mm D gt 8 S me v gt S 54 GUIDE Author User s Manual TIFF Tagged Image File Format tif guidetif dll Windows metafile wmf guidewmf dll WordPerfect wpg guidewpg dil GUI
131. y Back attribute for the control panel document This ensures that the control panel s Buttons remain available when publication content documents are active Please see Creating Objects and Links for more information about the Stay Back attribute Uncheck the Title Bar and Scroll Bar display options in the Document Properties dialog and give the control panel a thin border or no border Advanced Topics i S mMm gt S S ae 7 gt D ba 130 GUIDE Author User s Manual 9 Use Document Properties to lock the control panel document from zooming 10 Position the document accurately using the Ctrl F7 move and Ctrl F8 resize accelerator keys Using Multimedia Advanced Topics Multimedia is an exciting and dynamic field Opening your doc uments to media besides text and graphics adds new depth and dimension to the information you present GUIDE Author allows you to embed animation digital audio and video sequences into GUIDE documents through LOGIiiX scripts Using multimedia in GUIDE documents isn t complicated Start by deciding what media is most appropriate for your information and audience For example consider this scenario you would like to dis tribute a GUIDE document that teaches people to tune an automobile engine One of the procedures involved in an engine tune up is changing the spark plugs Rather than explain it all with words you can link a video clip to the documen

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