Basic Controls

Basic Controls

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The white section is just like a page of paper, you can add words and pictures to make a document.

The cursor can be used to move the caret to a new position within the document by click of the mouse.

If the document is larger than the screen you can use the right scroll bar or the bottom scroll bar to view.

Above the document are buttons and the Menu. If you click on a menu item such as File then Print Preview the Preview window is shown. Buttons are for commands that we use regularly, clicking on Preview button on the ToolBar does the same job.

To get Help based on 'what you are doing' then press key F1, this is called context sensitive help. The Help window may be closed by clicking the X button in the top right corner or by selecting the Help window's File plus Exit menu option. Use the minimize button ( - ) in the top right corner, for faster loading if you are going to use this Help file a lot.

Refer to Document Stage Reference for basic information, then Main Menu overview or Program Overview for fuller details.

Browse

Located in the View menu as an item, as a button on the WordBase Index data panel and by using the Open button from the ToolBar when in detail mode.

· Selection of the Browse panel enables multiple records to be viewed without the text details.

· The scroll bar on the right of the grid indicates relative position within the database and enables records to be scrolled up or down to facilitate selection.

· The scroll bar at the bottom of the grid moves the grid horizontally and thus enables additional fields to be viewed, the size of the Description and UserName fields is retained from previous program use.

· A record/field may be 'selected' byclick of the pointing device.

· Double click of the pointing device selects detail mode.

· The keys Ctrl+Delete show the Delete record confirmation dialogue, select Yes to delete or Cancel.

· Only data changes to documents where your Logon name matches 'User' field data can be saved or deleted, unless you use the system administrators Logon name.

· The Browse and Detail buttons are visible as appropriate at the same position on WordBase Index data panel.

Detail

Located in the View menu as an item, as a button on the WordBase Index data panel and by using the Open button from the ToolBar when Browse grid is shown.

· Selection of 'Detail' enables document details to be viewed and changed. Only data changes to documents where your Logon name matches 'User' field data can be saved, unless you use the system administrators Logon name.

· The Browse and Detail buttons are visible as appropriate at the same position on WordBase Index data panel.

Text Functions

Located in Edit menu and Right click of pointing device.

Text can be selected by the usual 'Windows' method ie click and move pointing device or hold down shift key whilst pressing the right arrow, down arrow, end key etc. Once selected block text reacts to these menu functions or direct keystrokes (ie Delete key or Ctrl+X for cut, Ctrl+C for copy).

· Cut text - Moves selected text to 'Clipboard' replacing any text previously transferred. (ie highlighted text in current record is deleted).

· Copy text - Moves selected text to 'Clipboard' replacing any text previously transferred. (ie highlighted text in current record remains).

· Past text - Copies the contents of the 'Clipboard' to the current location of the cursor.

· Select All text - Selects/highlights all text at the current location of the cursor (ie includes all text in the box even that which may not be visible.)

· Quit edit - Discards changed data which has not been Posted/Saved to the database, (ie since 'tick Icon' on Post Edit button was last shown dimmed). Please Note changes are Posted/Saved to the database automatically when the current record is changed.

The above functions are also available via the 'Windows' standard keystrokes ie Ctrl+X for Cut, Ctrl+C for Copy, Ctrl+V for paste and Ctrl+A for select all.

The options in this section operate with the 'Windows Clipboard' facility, which also enables text export and import from any 'Windows' program with a similar facility, (ie 'Notepad' 'WordPad' and most other proper text/word processors).

Keyboard Assignments

Key type Reaction of Text Control

HOME Moves the caret to the beginning of the line.

END Moves the caret to the end of the line.

(Left Arrow) Moves the caret one character to the left.

(Right Arrow) Moves the caret one character to the right.

(Up Arrow) Moves the caret one line up.

(Down Arrow) Moves the caret one line down.

CTRL+(Left Arrow) Moves the caret to the beginning of the current word.

CTRL+(Right Arrow) Moves the caret to the beginning of the next word.

CTRL+HOME Moves the caret to start of text.

CTRL+END Moves the caret to end of text.

CTRL+ENTER Inserts a new page.

SHIFT+ENTER Creates a line feed.

CTRL+(-) Inserts an end-of-line hyphen.

DEL Deletes selected text.

SHIFT+DEL Copies selected text to the Clipboard and deletes the selection.

CTRL+INS Copies selected text to the clipboard.

SHIFT+INS Inserts text from the clipboard.

CTRL+SHIFT+(Spacebar) Inserts a non-breaking space.

CTRL+(Backspace) Deletes the previous word.

Moving the caret while SHIFT is pressed extends the current selection to the new caret position.

Mouse Assignments

Action Text control reaction

Click Moves cursor to point of click or selects an item.

Shift+Click Extends the selection to the point of click.

Double-click Selects the word that is clicked on or opens a modal dialog box to select an items properties.

Drag Selects text from point of button down to point where button is released.

Double-click and drag Extends the selection from word to word.

Triple-click and drag Extends the selection from row to row.

PgUp/PgDown Scrolls the text up or down one client area height minus the height of one line of text. Active only if a vertical scroll bar exists.

Moving the caret while SHIFT key is pressed extends the current selection to the new caret position.

Color Dialogue

The panel is used from program stage 5 and enables a color selection to be made from a basic selection. Program stage 6 and above adds custom colors; the panel includes:-

· Buttons:-

· OK - changes to your selected color and closes the panel.

· Cancel and (X) - closes panel without making a change.

· Help - shows this Help window.

· (?) - select then click on an item to get More Help in a small popup window.

· Define Custom Colors - shows color selection facilities.

· Basic colors - matrix of eight by six color boxes (48).

· Custom colors - matrix of eight by two color boxes (16).

· to define a custom color, select the closest Basic Color then select the Define Custom Colors button and follow the procedure below - Define Color.

· to change a custom color, after opening the Define Custom Colors section by selecting the button, click the custom color and and follow the procedure below - Define Color.

· Define Color

· click anywhere on the color matrix to change color.

· change hue by moving the matrix pointer horizontally.

· change saturation by moving the matrix pointer vertically.

· use the slider at the right if the matrix to adjust luminosity, or relative lightness or darkness of a color.

· the color selected is shown in Color | Solid.

· alternatively use the Hue, Sat, Lum, Red, Green, Blue edit boxes to specify the color settings.

· select the Add to Custom Colors button to record the selected color to use during a session.

Note:

· If your monitor is set to display 256 colors, Color | Solid may show two colors. The right side shows how the selected color will appear as a solid color (that is, which of the available 256 colors the selected color will amp to). The left side shows the dithered color, which is the approximation of the specified color using two of the available 256 colors.

WordBase Menu - Overview

Main Menu features. Help descriptions appropriate to the program stage/function are accesses by selecting the menu, such as File then moving the cursor over the menu item and then pressing F1.

· File

· Edit

· View

· Insert

· Stage

· Utilities

· Window

· Help