I-32 Forms Design User Guide

Getting Started

A brief Introduction, a Quick Tour to demo the main features, and getting you familiar with the UI

The Drawing Toolbar

Drawing an Object

The Context Menu

The Properties Pane

Text Boxes and Data Fields

Saving your Form File

What to do next

The Screen & Working Environment

The Screen Layout

The Form Tree Pane

The Form Display Pane

Resizing the Panes

Setting Compatibility Options

Creating a form

Starting a New Form

Changing Page Order

Setting Form Creation Defaults

Defining Your Page

Changing Your Unit of Measure

Setting Page Size and Orientation

Defining Margins

Selecting a Font Set

Changing Page Definition Defaults

SFX File Security

Setting Your Default Directory

Saving Your Form

Opening a Saved File

The Shell Options Feature

Changing the Password Prompt Defaults

Creating Shapes

Creating Rectangles

Creating Rectangles with Rounded Corners

Creating Circles and Ellipses

Changing the Line Style and Thickness

Changing the Line Color

Fill Patterns and Color

Creating Custom Colors

Using Transparent Borders

Creating Text Boxes

Creating System Text Boxes

Creating Data Fields

Inline Data Fields

Using a Data Dictionary

Changing the DataView Tree Display

Renumbering Data Fields

Changing the Tab Order

Hiding Data Field Definitions

Formatting Fonts

Selecting Text for Font Formatting

Changing the Font Face

Changing the Font Style

Changing the Font Size

Applying Underline and Strikeout Effects

Changing the Font Color

Changing the Font Set

Formatting Text and Data Fields

Aligning and Justifying Text

Changing the Line Spacing

Indenting and Dedenting

Using Images and Image-Related Objects

Inserting Images

Placeable Bitmaps

Signature Fields

Image-Related Fields and the Tab Order

Setting Object Defaults

Default Properties

New Form Defaults

Form-Specific Object Defaults

Applying Default Settings to Existing Objects

Selecting and Moving Objects

Selecting Objects

Selecting Individual Objects

Selecting Multiple Objects

Selecting Objects from the DataView Tree

Property Pages for Groups of Objects

Filtering Objects

Using the Grid to Align Objects

Setting Up Your Grids

Creating Default Grid Settings

Resizing Objects

Resizing Objects with Your Mouse

Resizing a Group of Objects Proportionally

Resizing Objects with the Keyboard

Setting Specific Measurements

Resizing Objects Relative to Each Other

Resizing Objects to the Selection Box

Cutting, Pasting, and Copying

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Objects

Inserting Text and Images from Outside Sources

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Text

Combining Text Boxes

Finding and Replacing Text

Aligning Objects to the Page

Aligning Single Objects Relative to the Page

Aligning Several Objects At Once

Positioning Objects as a Group

Specifying the Exact Position on the Page

Aligning Objects with Each Other

Aligning Objects Horizontally

Aligning Objects Vertically

Aligning Objects to the Selection Box

Spacing Objects

Distributing Objects Equally

Inserting Horizontal and Vertical Space

Layering Objects

Placing Borders Around Objects

Centering Circle Fields with Their Text

Placing Lines under Data Fields

Background Shading for Text Boxes

Stacking Objects

Printing Your Form

Printing Options

Printing Individual Pages

Printing Objects

Editing Objects with the Keyboard

Changing Panes with the Keyboard

Changing Tabs with the Keyboard

Navigating the Panes with the Keyboard

Editing Properties with the Keyboard

Deleting Objects and Pages

Running the Spell Checker

Checking Spelling for a Page

Closing the Spell Checker

Using Automatic Spell Checking

Setting Spell Checker Options

Changing Options during a Spell Check

Spell Checker User Dictionaries

Creating a New Dictionary

Adding Words to a Dictionary

Deleting Words from a Dictionary

Exporting and Importing Dictionaries

Opening and Closing Dictionaries

Making Dictionary Changes during a Spell Check

Fields for Arrayed Data

How Arrayed Data Works

Creating Fields for Simple Lists or Tables

Creating Sets of Arrayed Data Fields

Using a Data Dictionary with Arrayed Data

Multi-Applicant Tables

Using Arrayed Tables for Multiple Applicants

The First Column

The Second and Third Columns

The Last Column

Mapping Two-Dimensional Arrays

Image-Related and Inline Field Arrays

Arrayed Signature Fields

Arrays for Placeable Bitmaps

Arrays for Circle Fields

Arrays for Barcode Fields

Arrays for Inline Data Fields

Tab Order for Image-Related and Inline Fields

Creating Overlays

Referencing Overlays Externally

Overlay Font Sets

Working on Overlays

Changing the Order of Your Overlays

Tab Order for Data Fields on Overlays

Deleting Overlays

Printing Overlays

Exporting Pages and Overlays

Creating and Using External Page Files

Creating and Using External Overlay Files

Default Directories for Page and Overlay Files

Exporting All Pages and Overlays in a Form File

Floating Objects

Creating Floating Objects

How to Use the Anchoring Properties

Creating Tagline Overlays for XTemplates

Customizing Your Work Environment

Customizing the Panes

Customizing the Toolbars

Global Defaults

The Options Dialog

Workspace Options

New Form Defaults

Directory Defaults