How to use a key accelerator is explained in the section entitled "Conventions" on page 2.
Key Accelerators
Each command is followed on a menu by a key accelerator. Choosing the command from the menu and pressing the key accelerator are functionally equivalent. File Menu
The PostScript file that is saved when you click on the Save PostScript... button is exactly the same as if you printed the file. It has pagebreaks, margins, etc.
This file is different from the results of the File
Export... menu item (if you export EPS). The Encapsulated PostScript output by exporting is meant to be included in other documents. It cannot be directly printed, and it does not have pagebreaks.When you enter a filename in the Save As field, the
.ps suffix is automatically added.
One of Visual Thought's most powerful features is its 100-step undo. You can undo up to 100 steps back or to the last time you saved, whichever is the most recent.
For further information on Undo and Redo, see the chapter entitled "Undo & Redo" on page 107.
Redo
Undo the undo. This command redoes the last undone action. Cut
Remove whatever is selected in the diagram and place it on the Clipboard. Copy
Place a copy of whatever is selected in the diagram on the Clipboard. The original diagram remains unmodified. Paste
Place a copy of whatever is in the Clipboard into the current window. Paste and Duplicate are different actions: see the discussion of the Duplicate command below. Clear
Remove whatever is selected in the diagram. The removed material is not placed anywhere. Use Undo to retrieve material you have accidently cleared. Duplicate
Copy the currently selected objects, then paste them. Duplicate is equivalent to Copy then Paste.
Selection Dialog...
Select All
The Zoom, Unzoom, and Set Zoom commands also appear on the menu at the
bottom of each View.
Each time you Zoom a diagram, the magnification is doubled. To set the magnification to a specific value, use the Set Zoom... command.
This command is a toggle. Use it to hide and show the Tool bar in the focused View.
Use the Page Layout command to set the number of pages in a diagram.
This command is a toggle. Use it to hide and show the page breaks in a window. A diagram should have more than one page to have meaningful page breaks.
For example, you may create a diagram with several objects overlapping one another and then change your mind about which object should be uppermost. Select the object and then choose Bring to Front.
To edit a locked object, you must first Unlock it.
Locked objects have different selection handles from unlocked, or regular, objects.
Align Dialog...
Align to Grid
Align in Row
Align in Column
Spread along Row
Spread along Column
Grid Dialog...
Size to Grid
Show/Hide Grid
Turn Snap On/Off
Control whether connection ends are "live" or "dead." This command is a toggle.
Raise Inspector
Attachments Inspector
Shape Inspector
Position Inspector
Style Inspector
Text Inspector
xgrab command.
xgrab command allows you to take a snapshot of a selection or of any window on your screen. The snapshot does not need to be only of elements of the Visual Thought application.The snapshot is then pasted directly into the active window. The snapshot becomes a Visual Thought object; you can then export this object, cut, copy, paste or treat it like any other object.
For further information on
xgrab, see the xgrab man page, xgrab(1).
Selection
Window
Root Window
Timed Selectionxgrab command.
Timed Window
Timed Root Window
palettes directory in a file chooser. This directory contains all of the predefined palettes that are included with Visual Thought.
examples directory in a file chooser. This directory contains all of the examples that are included with Visual Thought.