Starting and configuring the StoryTeller tool

This chapter covers instructions for:

•	Starting the StoryTeller tool.

•	Arranging and docking panels.

•	Setting default units.

•	Selecting and creating color palettes.

•	Hiding and showing toolbars.

•	Hiding and showing rulers.

•	Managing the grid.

•	Specifying default page size.

•	Specifying default language.

•	Specifying to use hyphenation.

•	Saving and loading application configuration with a document.

•	Saving thumbnails.

•	Compressing saved files.

•	Specifying default fonts.

•	Specifying offset for pasted objects.

•	Specifying what to do when external resources are modified.

•	Configuring a custom Python command.

•	Managing barcode definitions.

•	Using StoryTeller with unpaginated HTML

•	Searching for design elements.

•	Page stream mode.

•	Changing log level of messages in the Output panel.

•	Displaying error messages in the Output panel.

•	Starting the StoryTeller tool with option parameters.

•	Unicode character replacements.

•	Changing the default session cache size.

•	Connecting to an OpenText Media Management repository.

•	Using StoryTeller for Microsoft Word output.

•	Spell checking.

System recommendations for the StoryTeller tool

•	A screen resolution of at least 1280x1024 pixels (SXGA).

•	At least 1.5 GB of RAM memory and a dual core processor.