2.4 Page Menu

Page Menu Commands (2.4)

Managing the look and feel of page tabs

Applies to version 2.4 only; most of these options are now on the Layout Menu 2.5

The Main Toolbar Page menu commands provide many options useful for creating more informative displays and Reports Pages. The commands on this menu can be used to configure many aspects of the current display. If you make changes to the current view using Page menu commands, then close and save the file, it will next open with those changes preserved in the current display, even if the display is not configured as a Report Page.

Configuring Pages

Page menu commands can be used to:

Reset layout - removes any changes which have been made to the margins and other layout settings. If no changes have been made, the command is greyed out.
Remove all views - closes all open views. To add new views, use Add View
Page margin - sets a width (in pixels) for spacing to display around the edges of views. Remove with Reset layout
Add Background; Header; Centre image - allows you to specify an image file (.JPG, .GIF, .PNG, .BMP depending on your Java version) to be displayed in various parts of the Page (see below for more detail on image display options)
Add; style; remove title - adds, styles or removes a text title at the top of the page in a margin that varies with the font size of the title text. You can edit this at any time by right-clicking on the box with no text selected. See below for more detail on text styling options.
Add; style; remove annotation - a free text field that displays at the bottom of the view, unusually conveying the main message of each page. You can edit this at any time by right-clicking on the box with no text selected. See below for more detail on text styling options.

You can also tick/untick the options to Show/Hide the Main Toolbar and the View Toolbars for all views on the page. View Toolbars can usually be hidden if the users of the page are not expected to need access to the options available on them. Even when hidden, the Main Toolbar comes back into view whenever the user hovers the mouse near the top of the display.

Page menu commands apply to each Report Page individually, and any changes must be Committed to become a persistent change, or Reverted to return the Report Page to its default configuration/layout. For options covering aspects of the look and feel of Report Pages that apply to more then one page, see the Appearance command menu.

Text styling options

Title and annotation text can be styled by choosing the font, the font size and face, as well as the horizontal alignment and text colour:

Image display options

Background images can be faded so that they interfere less with other aspects of the display. Use the Fading slider to adjust the intensity of the image, from weak (very faded) to strong (barely faded).

Background image options also include 3 Crop style options for fitting background images of any size/aspect ratio to the display:

Crop- preserves aspect ratio by cutting off the longest dimension
Letterbox- preserves aspect ratio by reducing the image along the longest dimension and padding out the other dimension, does not fill the entire display
Stretch- distorts aspect ratio by stretching the image vertically and horizontally to fill the display space available.

Header images are not intended to be faded and/or resized, as they are generally logos whose aspect ratios and legibility must be preserved. If you use a tall header image, it will increase the size of the margin at the top and reduce the display space usable for views.

Centre images can be made from PowerPoint slides or other large screenshots. They are not intended to be faded, but do have zooming options and a control to stop the picture clarity from being reduced by up-scaling.

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