Main menu and toolbar options

Save

Select File > Save to save the practice template after editing.

Or click the Save button on the toolbar to save the practice template.

When you save an edited practice template, the version number is incremented so that the original practice template is never replaced.

Page Setup

This option enables you to set up the margins and paper, headers and footers and columns of your template.

Print

Select this option to open the Print window from where you can select the appropriate printer to print your template.

Exit

Select File > Exit to exit the Designer.

Cut

Copy and remove the selected text or field from the template. This text or field can then be pasted somewhere else in the template.

Copy

Make a copy of the selected text or field that can then be pasted somewhere else in the template.

Paste

Insert the copied text or field at a specific location.

Delete

Remove the selected text or field from the template.

Select All

Selects all of the content in the template body.

Headers and Footers

Select View > Headers and Footers to view and edit the headers and footers of the template.

Double click in the body of the template to move the focus from the headers and footers to the template body.

Field

Select Insert > Field to open the Insert Field window and insert a selected field into the template.

Or click Insert Field on the toolbar to open the Insert Field window.

Image

Select Insert > Image to open the Open window which allows you to browse for an image to include in the template, e.g. company logo. Click Open.

Bullets and Numbering

• Select Format > Bullets and Numbering > Attributes to open the Bullets and Numbering window.
  Select the appropriate bullet and numbering options available in this window to suit your template. Click OK.

• Select Format > Bullets and Numbering > Increase Level to further indent selected bulleted or numbered text.

• Select Format > Bullets and Numbering > Decrease Level to reduce the indent of the selected bulleted or numbered text.

Character

Select Format > Character to open the Font window where you can select a different font style, font size and other character attributes for selected text of the template. Click OK.

Columns

Select Format > Columns to open the Page Setup window on the Columns tab where you can configure page columns for the whole document. Click OK.

It is advisable not to insert page columns in an existing template. Use this option on a blank template document.

Headers and Footers

Select Format > Headers and Footers to open the Page Setup window. Here you can select how the headers and footers are displayed on the page and their placement within the template. Click OK.

Image

Select Format > Image to open the Image Attributes window. You can change the layout, position, size, distance and saving options of a selected image that was inserted into the template. Click OK.

Paragraph

Select Format > Paragraph to open the Paragraph window where you can change the format, indents, frame and page breaks of selected text within a template. Click OK.

Styles

Select Format > Styles to open the Styles window. From this window you can select an existing format style to apply to highlighted text. You can create a New format style using the New Style window which can then be reused. You can also modify or delete an existing style.

Table

Select Format > Table to open the Table Properties window. You are able to change the frame, colour, background, margins, cell size and formatting of a selected table. Click OK.

Tabs

Select Format > Tabs to open the Tabs window. From this window you can change existing tab stop positions and alignments. You can also set new tab stop positions in the template. Click OK.

Text Background Colour

Select Format > Text Background Colour to open the Color palette. Apply a background colour to selected text. Click OK.

Text Colour

Select Format > Text Colour to open the Color palette. Apply colour to selected text. Click OK.

Insert

Select Table > Insert > Table to insert a text display table into the template. See Inserting a text display table.

Delete

Select Table > Delete > Table/Column/Row to delete a selected table (data entry or text display), column or row from the template.

Help

Select Help to access online help for the Designer.