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Additional Working with Documents

Scrolling

To scroll the document, you can use the vertical and the horizontal scroll lines, or the Scroll Hand tool.

To activate the Scroll Hand tool, do one of the following:
Toolbar	Press the Scroll Hand button on the View toolbar.
Menu	Choose the Scroll Hand item from the View menu.
Keyboard	Clicking and hold down the Space key.

If a page is large and only a part of it is displayed, the Scroll Hand Tool lets you view it in a handy and quick way. It looks like you grab the page with the hand and move it before you.

Switch to the Scroll Hand Tool, grab the page with the mouse and move it in the direction you need.

To quit the Scroll Hand mode, do one of the following:
Toolbar	Choose some other tool. For instance the Select Tool on the Drawing Tools toolbar.
Menu	Choose some other tool from the Tools / Draw menu.
Keyboard	Press Esc.

There are also another ways for scrolling:

Mouse	Press Shift and turn the mouse wheel for horizontal scrolling.
Keyboard	Use the following keys: PgUp -Scroll one screen up PgDn- Scroll one screen down Ctrl + Home - Go to the top left corner of the page Ctrl + End - Go to the bottom left corner of the page

Zooming

Zooming makes for more comfortable editing. It can help you view the whole page, or see some shapes of the drawing in close-up.

You can increase or decrease magnification by one of the following ways:
Toolbar	Clicking the Zoom In or Zoom Out button on the Zoom toolbar.
Menu	Choosing the Zoom In or Zoom Out item from the View menu.
Mouse	Pressing Ctrl and scrolling mouse wheel.
Keyboard	Using the following keys: Ctrl + "=" - Zoom In Ctrl + "-" - Zoom Out

The following standard zoom levels are provided (in % of actual size): 1,2,3,6,13,25,50,75,100,125,150,200,400,800,1600,2500. Each time you use the zoom tools, zoom level changes one step higher or lower.

Using the Zoom In tool, the shapes will appear closer and you will work with greater precision.

You can select the desired zoom level in % or enter a custom value by one of the following ways:
Toolbar	From the Zoom tool drop-down list on the View toolbar.
Menu	Choosing the Zoom item from the View menu.

The values may range from 1% to 2500%. Additional commands in the list are: Last Zoom: to return to the previous zoom level; Fit Selection: zoom the selected objects on the whole screen; Fit Map: zoom the map on the whole screen.

To return to the actual size of the document, just set 100% in the zoom field.

The Zoom Box tool is handy for quickly enlarging or diminishing the view of the selected area on the page.

To activate the Zoom Box tool, do one of the following:
Toolbar	Click the Zoom Box button on the View toolbar.
Menu	Choose the Zoom Box item from the View / Zoom menu.
Mouse	To enlarge the view: Use the mouse to select the desired rectangular area on the page. On releasing the mouse, the enclosed part will be enlarged to fit the entire window. To diminish the view: Holding down the Alt key, use the mouse to select an area on the page. On releasing the mouse button, page view will be diminished. The larger area enclosed by the zoom box, the smaller zoom level will be set. Simply clicking on the page with this tool selected works similar to the Zoom In tool (or to the Zoom Out tool if you hold down the Alt key).
Keyboard	Press Ctrl + Shift + Z.

To quit the Zoom Box tool, just choose some other tool (for instance, Select Tool on the Drawing Tools toolbar).

Choosing background color

The program allows to choose the background color of your map.

To change the background color, do one of the following:
Menu	Сhoose the Background item from the Format menu.
Context menu	Сhoose the Background item from the map context menu.

The Colors dialog will appear. It allows you to choose the background color.

Document Properties

The Document Properties dialog allows you to configure some parameters that make working with the document more comfortable.

Menu	To call this dialog, choose the Document Properties... item from the File menu.

This dialog includes 2 tabs: General, Printing.

		The General tab lets you set the following document properties: Title, Subject, Author, E-mail, Manager, Company, Comments.
		The Printing tab shows the following parameters which you can change as necessary: print size: you can print the document page at its actual size, or according to the current zoom level, or use the Fit option to fit it to the specified number of print pages; margins and print cutting marks.

Document Templates

Template in ConceptDraw MINDMAP is a file that contains a document with its settings.

When you open a template, you open a copy of the sample document stored in the template. The document appears in a new window.

Templates are particularly helpful in several cases:

• When you need to create multiple documents of similar look (for instance, a weekly report form, or a product presentation template) and include common basic elements (company logo, standard header, etc.). In this case, simply save the sample as a template once, and use this template for creating new similar documents.
• When your documents require specifically customized settings (related to your country specifics or to your purposes). This may involve font styles, text formatting, etc. To eliminate the need of reconfiguring your documents each time, set all the parameters once and save them in one or more template files.

All templates supplied with ConceptDraw MINDMAP are located in the Templates folder of the program's root directory. The template files have .cdmt extension.

You can choose the default template for all new documents in the Preferences dialog (see the "Application Preferences" section). On the General tab check the Open template item and enter the name of the template file or choose it in the Open dialog, and click the Apply button. Then every new document will be created from the template you specified. Click OK to close the Preferences dialog.

As you create your own templates, you may store them in any location. But it is better to store all the templates in one location: they will be easier to access.

If you create the new document on the base of template, choose it in the File / New / Browse Templates... menu.

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