Main toolbar buttons

You have access to a set of toolbar buttons described in table below.

You can double-click the toolbar buttons used for adding objects which will hold the function until you select another toolbar button or press the Escape key. This is used to add several objects of the same type. Also, the Copy Style toolbar button holds its functionality. If you single-click, the selection tool is active directly after you have positioned the first object.

Note:

You can not use these toolbar buttons to add objects in a Story. In a Story you must right-click in the position in the Story where you want to insert the object, inline with the rest of the Story content. Then select Insert and the object you want to insert.

 

Toolbar buttons
	Selection tool	Activates the selection pointer.
	Text area	Activates the Text area pointer. Use it to drag the position of the Text area onto the page, or click on the page once to add a Text area growing freely with the text.
	Story frame	Opens the Select Story dialog. When selected, drag the position of the Story frame onto the page.
	Image	Opens a browse dialog. Select an image and drag the position of the image onto the page.
	Chart	Opens the Create Chart wizard. Then you must drag out the position of the chart onto the page.
	Barcode	Activates the barcode pointer. USe it to drag the position of the default barcode onto the page.
	Copy style	Copies the style of the selected object or text selection. The next object selected has the same style, e.g. thickness and color.
	Overlay	Opens a browse dialog. Select an overlay and click the position of the overlay onto the page.
	Table	Opens the Insert Table dialog, where you select the number of rows and columns for the table. You must drag out the table on to the page.
	Free form	Activates the free form pointer. Use it to click in the page where you want the free form to start. Continue clicking in other positions in the page to draw a free form shape. By default the free form is closed when you double-click or press the Esc key. You can specify to not close the free form in the Border & Fill properties (Advanced > Closed).
	Curve	Activates the curve pointer. Use it to click in the page where you want the curve to start, and continue clicking in other positions in the page to draw a curved shape. By default the curve is closed when you double-click or press the Esc key. You can specify to not close the curve in the Border & Fill properties (Advanced > Closed).
	Grid	Shows or hides the grid.
	Snap to Grid	Activates snap to grid.
	Story frame navigation	Shows the Story frame navigation arrows. These arrows allow you to navigate between Story frames. Note that the Story must overflow in design-time for the arrows to be displayed. Also, this toolbar button also control displaying of the icon warning that a text area is to small to display the content:.
	Formatting symbols	Shows or hides the formatting symbols: Paragraph break Line break Space character Non-breaking space (or hard space) character. Tab character   Area break   Column section
	Paragraph properties	Shows or hides Keep with next and Keep lines together symbols Figure 69 Keep with next symbols to the right Figure 70 Keep lines together symbol to the left
	Text borders	Shows or hides borders of all objects (e.g. Text area, Story frame, Cell, Group) during design.
	Import objects	Opens a browser for importing objects. See Import Objects dialog.
	Preview	Runs a preview according to settings specified in Tools > Options > Preview. Note: You must select to view the Processing toolbar to view the preview button. Select View > Toolbars > Processing. Note: This button is only available when running StoryTeller as a Process tool.
	Bullets	Displays the Bullets types gallery. For more information, see Using bullets and numbering.
	Numbering	Displays the Numbering types gallery. For more information, see Using bullets and numbering.
Highligt objects		From left to right, click the buttons to highlight: • All objects. • Substitutions. • Translations. • Repeaters. • Switches.
Objects tooltips		From left to right, click the buttons to display tooltips for: • All objects. • Substitutions. • Translations. • Repeaters. • Switches.
	Spell checking	Underline mis-spelled words according to current language.