DesignerVista Menus

Main Menu

The Main Menu allows you to manage files, edit pages, insert, format and layout controls. The following table describes the Main menu options.

Option Description and Use
File The File menu allows you to create new document, open an existing document, save and print document.
Edit The Edit menu allows you to do the clipboard operations such as cut, copy etc.
View The View menu allows you to view the secondary windows, toolbars, page header and footer and change zoom level.
Page The Page menu allows you to delete, duplicate, rename and reorder the pages in the document.
Insert The Insert menu allows you to insert control, table, image and text.
Format The Format menu allows you to format the text, icon, flowlist and arrows.
Shapes The Shapes Format menu allows you to align, size, group and order the control in a page.
Slideshow The Slideshow menu allows you edit and view the Slideshow.
Wireframe The Wireframe menu allows you to run, edit link and setup for Wireframe/runtime.
Tools The Tools menu allows you to change font for all the controls, open system templates, change theme of the document and goto other DesignerVista applications.
Reports The Reports menu allows you to edit and generate control, page and document UI spec, edit and generate notes, generate HTML, PDF, and image files.
Help The Help menu allows you to access help when needed.

File Menu

The File menu allows you to create new document, open existing document, save and print document. The following table describes the File menu options.

Option Description and Use
New Creates a new blank document.
Open Opens an existing document.
Close Closes all the opened document(s).
Save Saves the current document.
Print Prints all the pages in the current document.
Properties Shows the Properties of the current document.
Preference Sets the preferred path for saving/opening document, image and HTML files.
Export Export all the pages in the current document as HTML/PDF.
Recent Documents Shows the list of recently opened documents.
Exit Exit the application.

Edit Menu

The Edit menu allows you to do the clipboard operations such as cut, copy, paste, delete and reorder a page or pages. The following table describes the Edit menu options.

Option Description and Use
Undo Undo the most recent action.
Redo Redo the most recent Undo action.
Cut Cuts the selected item into clipboard.
Copy Copies the selected item into clipboard.
Paste Pastes the recent item from the clipboard.
Clipboard Copies and pastes the current page to/from clipboard.
Find Finds the text in the current or all the pages in the document.
Select All Selects all the controls in the current page of the document.
Delete Deletes the selected controls in the current page.
Refresh Refreshes the contents in the current page.

View Menu

The View menu allows you to view the secondary windows, toolbars, page header and footer and to zoom the document. The following table describes the View menu options.

Option Description and Use
Document Explorer Shows/hides the Document Explorer window.
Shapes Explorer Shows/hides the Shapes window.
Control Properties Shows/hides the Control Properties window.
Edit Properties Shows the properties to edit the controls in the page.
Grids Show/hides the Grids.
Rulers Shows/hides the Rulers.
Page Header and Footer Shows Page Header and Footer dialog.
Zoom Shows Zoom Customization dialog.

Page Menu

The Page menu allows you to add, duplicate, delete, clear, reorder, rename, goto pages in the current document.The page property menu edit the page, grid properties and to link to a template. The following table describes the View menu options.

Option Description and Use
New Page Adds a new page to the current document.
Duplicate Page Duplicates the selected page to a new page.
Delete Page Deletes the current page.
Delete Pages Shows the Delete Pages dialog.
Clear Page Clears all the controls in the current page.
Reorder Pages Shows the Reorder page dialog.
Goto Page Shows the Goto page dialog.
Rename Page Renames the current page.
Page Properties Edits properties of the page, grid and template.

Insert Menu

The Insert menu allows you to insert page, document and controls. The following table describes the Insert menu options.

Option Description and Use
Insert Control Shows the insert control dialog.
Insert Table Shows the insert table dialog.
Insert Image Shows insert image commands submenu.
Insert Text Shows insert text commands submenu.

Format Menu

The Format menu allows you to format the line, border, text and icons. The following table describes the Format menu options.

Option Description and Use
Background Changes the background color to white, gray or custom color.
Format Formats the controls background, line, shadow, corner, appearance etc..
Text Format the text.
Icon Insert application icons, icons from file and changes the size of the icons.
Text and Icon Arranges the text and icon vertically/horizontally.
FlowList Edits and changes the layout of FlowList.
Arrow Formats Arrow controls.
Edit Shows the text edit dialog.
Notes Shows the notes edit dialog.

Shapes Menu

The Shapes menu allows you to layout the controls. The following table describes the Shapes menu options.

Option Description and Use
Align Aligns the selected controls to left, right, center, top, middle, bottom.
Size Make the selected controls to same height, width and size.
Group Group/Ungroup the selected controls.
Order Changes the order of selected controls front or back.

SlideShow Menu

The Slideshow menu allows you to setup and view the slideshow.

Option Description and Use
View Show To view the slideshow.
Setup Show Setup options for slideshow.

Wireframe Menu

The Wireframe Menu allows you to change the background color, page background, edit links, and start wireframe.

Option Description and Use
Run Starts Wireframing/Simulation/Runtime.
Setup Wireframe Configure for running Wireframe.
Edit Links Edits links for Wireframe.

Tools Menu

The Tools Menu allows you to insert system templates, changes themes, change font for all the controls, shows the list of DesignerVista products.

Option Description and Use
System Templates Opens System template dialog.
Themes Shows Theme Selection dialog..
Change Font Shows Change Font dialog.
Products Opens Product Selection dialog.

Reports Menu

The Reports Menu allows you to edit Control UI Specifications, Page UI Specifications, Document UI Specifications and Generate UI Specification Report.

Option Description and Use
UI Spec Edit UI Spec for control, page, documents; Generate UI Spec report.
Notes Edit and generate Notes report.
Pages Generate HTML, PDF and Image files.

Help Menu

The Help menu allows you to access help when needed. The following table describes the Help menu options.

Option Description and Use
Help Topics Shows the Help Topics.
Online Documentation Shows the Online Documentation.
Keyboard Help Shows the Keyboard help.
About DesignerVista Shows information about DesignerVista Software.