Workspace Options

The Workspace tab is where general application settings are set. These settings include the unit of measure, the number of undo and redo steps that are maintained, and general form options that cannot be set anywhere else in the application.

Setting the unit of measure

The default unit of measure determines the base unit you will use to enter measurements in your property pages. It also affects your ruler display and your grid setup. You can override the default when you set individual properties by specifying another unit of measure when you enter the value (e.g., 2 pt). If you enter a unit of measure that is different from the default, I-32 Forms Design 6 will automatically convert the value you enter to the default when you leave the field.

To change the unit of measure

1. Click the in the Unit of Measure field to display a list of the supported units of measure:

2. Select the Unit of Measure from the drop-down list.

Setting the number of undo and redo steps

The default setting for the number of undo and redo steps is 20. You can change this value to any value between 1 and 200. If your system resources are low, you may want to keep the number low. If you have optimal resources, there should be no problem with keeping as many as you find useful.

To set the number of undo and redo steps

In the Undo/Redo Steps field, enter the number of Undo and Redo steps you want to maintain.

Automatic Leading Adjustment

The Automatic Leading Adjustment option (selected by default) informs I32 Forms Design to automatically adjust the Lines Per Inch property of the form text.

Setting form option defaults

The Form Options set general options for creating and saving your forms:

Option What it does
Create backup copy when saving Automatically creates a backup copy each time you save your form.
Create a new page on new form creation Automatically creates a new page each time you create a new form. If you assemble third-party forms only, you may want to disable this op­tion as the default. You may also want to disable it if you base your page names on the form name and do not want your pages named until you have named the form.
Name pages based on form name

Automatically names each page with the same name as the as­signed form name plus the page number:

My Form-1

My Form-2

Using the form name identi­fies the page as be­longing to a parti­cular form. Adding the page number makes the page name unique.

If you do not enable this option, new pages will be given the default name of Page with the page number appended:

Page-1

Page-2
Create new form in XTemplate format Automatically creates your new forms with XTemplate format de­faults.

When you change these options, they go into effect immediately. If you enable backup copies, a backup copy will be created for all files you save from that point on. The other options will go into effect with the next form you create:

  • The next form you create will be created with the page options you set. If you change the page-naming convention, your setting will go into effect for the next page you add to an existing form.

  • If you select Create new form in XTemplate format, the next form you create will be created with XTemplate defaults.

Forms you have previously created and existing pages will not be affected by your changes, even if they were currently loaded.

To set the Form Option defaults

1. Check the check boxes of the options you want to enable.

2. Remove the check from the options you want to disable.