SOSET Help contents
Other screen components in Typeset
Menubar
Line Positioner
Marginmarker
Rulers
Selector
Sizer
Stamp Data Area
Stamp Design Area
Menubar
The Menubar contains so-called pop-up menus for SOSET Typeset commands. Use the mouse to point at a top-level menu item in the menubar, click it to open, and then click a command to select a sub menu.
The menubar can also be activated by holding down the ALT key and use the arrow buttons on the keyboard to go to the various menu-items, finally pushing the Enter key to select the appropriate menu.
It is also possible to use the shortcuts that can be found next to the menu-items in the various menus.
Commands shown in gray either do not apply to the operation you are trying to perform or are impossible, because you, for instance do not dispose of the extended SOSET Typeset Gold version. Several menu-items are only accessible when you are in the Edit-mode in the Record menu).
Line Positioner
The cursor changes into an arrow, once you are in the stamp design area. Drag the cursor up and down to change the Y-position of the text at the current cursor position.
Marginmarker
Margins can be set with the mouse pointer as well as with a menu command.
- With the mouse, you can set a new margin by dragging the margin boundaries on the horizontal ruler in page layout view (displayed as blue dotted lines). When the mouse becomes a double-headed arrow and a dotted line appears, you can drag the margin boundaries. Drag the marginmarker with the mouse pointer to set the margins for the current textline or textselection.
- Or choose the Margins command from the Text menu to select the margin tabs.
Rulers
The horizontal and the vertical ruler can be set in two different measures. Via the Local preferences option from the File menu you can switch between inches or millimeters. Find the X=0, Y=0 position in the upper left corner of the design-frame. That position is the starting point for the default stamp-design, which will go downwards from there.
For precise information concerning the inches and millimeters conversion see Inch/Millimeter Conversion.
Selector
An easy tool for multiple segment selection. The cursor outside left the bounding of the stamp will change into an arrow. A click will select all text crossing the virtual line starting at this arrow.
Sizer
Every stamp has in the lower-right corner an anchor point. At this anchor point the cursor will change into four arrows. Change the size of the current stamp by dragging the arrow-cursor.
Note: This action may influence tab- and alignment settings.
Stamp Data Area
In this area you find the properties of the stamp-design in the current screen. These properties are set during entry or editing of a stamp/record.
You can edit this data with the option in the Properties Menu.
Stamp Design Area
This area is shown in WYSIWYG design. The design is shown in graytones indicating that the design is not activated.
Once you start creating or editing a stamp in the design-area, the design will be shown in bright colors and in a dashed border of the size of the stamp.
A selected textsegment or object can be recognized by transparent anchor points. These are intentionally made transparent, so you can position the selection perfectly, even in a small stamp-design.
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