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Gaillot: /* Graphic Sheet Menu */

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Graphic Sheet Menu

Gaillot at 14:50, 27 February 2013

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Gaillot at 17:35, 13 February 2013

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Gaillot at 17:34, 13 February 2013

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Gaillot: /* Edit */

2013-02-13T12:32:47Z

Edit

Gaillot at 11:45, 13 February 2013

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Gaillot at 17:38, 12 February 2013

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Gaillot: /* File */

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File

Gaillot at 17:05, 12 February 2013

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Gaillot at 16:56, 12 February 2013

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-The Graphic Sheet Menu allows to perform actions on the '''entire''' Graphic Sheet.
+'''NOTE''': The Graphic Sheet Menu allows to perform actions on the '''entire''' Graphic Sheet.
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 '''MAIN ARTICLE''': [[SciFigs: Graphic Sheet Menu| '''Graphic Sheet Menu''']]
 <br style="clear:both"/>
 = '''Object Menu''' =

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 *[[SciFigs: Text | Text]].
-Two menus allow to perform actions on the objects of a Graphic Sheet.
+= '''Graphic Sheet Menu''' =
 <br style="clear:both"/>
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 = '''Object Menu''' =
 [[Image:SciFigs_GraphicSheet_Alignment.png|thumb|right|150px|Object menu that is provided if you press a right mouse click inside the object or at the lower left corner of the Graph object]]

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 *[[SciFigs: Text | Text]].
-One [[SciFigs: Graphic Sheet Menu| menu]] allows to perform actions on the entire Graphic Sheet.
+The [[SciFigs: Graphic Sheet Menu| '''Graphic Sheet Menu''']] allows to perform actions on the entire Graphic Sheet.
 Two menus allow to perform actions on the objects of a Graphic Sheet.

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 *[[SciFigs: Text | Text]].
-A '''Menu''' allows to perform actions on a Graphic Sheet.
+Two menus allow to perform actions on the objects of a Graphic Sheet.
 <br style="clear:both"/>
 [[Image:SciFigs_GraphicSheet_Alignment.png|thumb|right|150px|Object menu that is provided if you press a right mouse click inside the object or at the lower left corner of the Graph object]]

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 == Edit ==
-[[Image: SciFigs_GraphicSheet_Edit.png|thumb|right|250px|Edit menu]]
+[[Image: SciFigs_GraphicSheet_Edit.png|right|250px|Edit menu]]
-In order to '''Edit''' an object it has to be first selected.
+<br style="clear:both"/>
-It is not possible yet to select several objects by only moving the mouse all over them.
+In order to '''Edit''' one object it has first to be selected:
 <br style="clear:both"/>
-*'''Copy image''' copies the entire Graphic Sheet.
+*'''Cut''', '''Copy''', '''Paste''', and '''Select All''' are the usual actions.
 == Insert object ==

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 *[[SciFigs: Legend| Legend]]
 *[[SciFigs: Text | Text]].
 A '''Menu''' allows to perform actions on a Graphic Sheet.
 <br style="clear:both"/>
 = '''Graphic Sheet Menu''' =
-[[Image:SciFigs_GraphicSheetMenu.png|thumb|right|200px|Graphic Sheet Menu]]
+In the '''Mac''' OS the menu is obtained with a mouse right click. It does not appear at the top of the Graphic Sheet window
-'''Note''':
+When using the mouse to get the menu, the right click should be done '''outside''' any of the objects of the Graph Sheet.
-- in the '''Mac''' OS the menu is obtained with a mouse right click. It does not appear at the top[ of the Graphic Sheet window
+== Properties ==
-- in '''Linux''' and '''Microsoft Windows''' OS both types of representation of the menu are available
+<br style="clear: both"/>
 == File ==
-[[Image: SciFigs_GraphicSheet_ImpotExport.png|right|200px]]
+[[Image: SciFigs_GraphicSheet_ImpotExport.png|thumb|right|250px|File menu]]
-'''New''': clears the current sheet
+*'''New''': clears the current sheet
-'''Open''': open an existing sheet created as a [[Xml files|.page]] file
+*'''Open''': open an existing sheet created as a [[Xml files|.page]] file
-'''Save''' and '''Save As''' are the usual actions
+*'''Save''' and '''Save As''' are the usual actions
-[[Image: SciFigs_GraphicSheet_Preferences.png|right|250px]]
+<br style="clear: both"/>
-'''Preferences''': add available plugins further to the one that contains the ''GraphicObjects'' and ''GraphContentLayers'' by adding the search path for plugins.
+*'''Preferences''': to add or remove plugins. To add a plugin its path has to be entered in the lower box.
 <br style="clear: both"/>
-'''Print''': usual action
+*'''Print''': usual action
-'''Export image''': the [[Xml files|.page]] file can be transformed into the following formats: PS, PDF, SVG, BMP, JPEG, PNG, PPM, XBM, XPM.
+*'''Export image''': the [[Xml files|.page]] file can be transformed into the following formats: PS, PDF, SVG, BMP, JPEG, PNG, PPM, XBM, XPM.
 <br style="clear:both"/>
 == Edit ==
-[[Image: SciFigs_GraphicSheet_Edit.png|right|200px]]
-<br style="clear:both"/>
+[[Image: SciFigs_GraphicSheet_Edit.png|thumb|right|250px|Edit menu]]
 In order to '''Edit''' an object it has to be first selected.
-'''Note''': when the mouse passes over an object the surrounding box becomes blue and after a click on the mouse the box becomes black [[Image: SciFigs_ObjectSelection.png|right|70px | Exemple of slected obect]]. '''The object is selected only after the surrounding box becomes black.'''
+'''Note''': when the mouse passes over an object the surrounding box becomes blue and after a click on the mouse the box becomes black [[Image: SciFigs_ObjectSelection.png|70px | Exemple of selected obect]]. '''The object is selected only after the surrounding box becomes black.'''
-'''Cut''', '''Copy''', '''Paste''', and '''Select All''' are the usual actions.
+*'''Cut''', '''Copy''', '''Paste''', and '''Select All''' are the usual actions.
 To select several objects, keep holding the SHIFT button and select the objects of interest with the left click of the mouse. The surrounding boxes of the selected objects are gray, and the box of the last selected object is black. This is also true when using the '''Select All''' action.
-'''Copy image''' copies the entire Graphic Sheet.
+*'''Copy image''' copies the entire Graphic Sheet.
 == Insert object ==
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 For each object the user has the possibility to create a Make-up file (.mkup) that is an [[Xml_files| XML File]] and include all the information that correspond to the Properties of the object as the  X/Y axis limits, X/Y object position, Layers, and X/Y axis title. This Make-up file be used for any other objects and also in a command line mode.
 Additionally if the object is a [[Graph|Graph]] it is possible to save in a Layer file (.layer) that is an [[Xml_files| XML File]] all the layers that belong to it and also to add layers from a Layer file to the [[Graph|Graph]].

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 <br style="clear:both"/>
-== Edit (Copy/Paste/Selection of objects) ==
+== Edit ==
-[[Image: SciFigs_GraphicSheet_Edit.png|left|100px]]In order to Edit an object the user has to select it first. ''One should be careful since when you move the mouse on an object the surrounding box becomes blue and then you should click on it so that the box becomes black [[Image: SciFigs_ObjectSelection.png|right|50px]]. '''Only after the surrounding box becomes black the object is selected.''' '' After that you can either CUT or COPY the object in order to PASTE it in another Graphic Sheet. The user has the possibility to use '''Copy image''' in order to copy the object content into the clipboard of the Operating System you are using to be used directly from another software (use PASTE in the other software to have a duplicate of the object).
+[[Image: SciFigs_GraphicSheet_Edit.png|right|200px]]
 [[Image:SciFigs_GraphicSheet_Alignment.png|thumb|right|150px|Object menu that is provided if you press a right mouse click inside the object or at the lower left corner of the Graph object]]
-The user can ''Select all'' objects or by pressing the SHIFT button continuously select any objects that he would like to, using the left click of the mouse. The surrounding box of the selected objects is gray and the last one selected is having a black color. If you open the Properties Box of the selected objects you will have the properties of the last selected object and with red color it will be marked the Properties that have different valued between objects. By changing the value of any property this will be changed for all the selected objects.
+If you open the Properties Box of the selected objects you will have the properties of the last selected object and with red color it will be marked the Properties that have different valued between objects. By changing the value of any property this will be changed for all the selected objects.
 The user can select to view the order of the different objects (order button is highlighted and the user enters the order mode). The order number is seen in the upper left corner of its object. When the user is in this mode he can set the order of the objects from 1 to n (n is the total number of objects) where 1 corresponds to the object that is at the back and n is the object that is on the top of all.

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-[[Image:SciFigs_GraphicSheetMenu.png|thumb|right|75px|Graphic Sheet Menu]]
+A Graphic Sheet is a group of objects that could be any of the following:
-'' '''Note''' for '''Mac users''' : the menu on a Mac is shown only when you press the right button of the mouse and is not shown in the Graphic sheet window on the Top.'' For '''Linux''' and '''Microsoft Windows''' OS it is possible to have both types of representation of the menu.
 <br style="clear:both"/>
 == File (Input/Ouput/Print) ==
 [[Image: SciFigs_GraphicSheet_ImpotExport.png|right|200px]]