MacroSystem Caladan - Manual (Page 8)

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trackball button to make the hand appear.
Once the hand appears, click on the left trackball
button – a cross will appear. Simply move the
trackball until the box is in the position that you
want and then confirm this new position by
clicking on the left trackball button. If you place
the screen pointer directly over the edge of an
active box you will see an arrow symbol appear.
If you now click on the left trackball button, you
can move the edge of the box as required and
thus increase or decrease the size of the box.
This works horizontally, vertically and diagonally
(if you change the size diagonally this will of
course have an effect on both the horizontal
and vertical size). To adjust the box’s border in
a diagonal direction, you must first place the
screen pointer over one of the four corners of
the active box so that a diagonal arrow symbol
appears.
(4) The “Delete Box” button is initially inactive.
It will only become active after you activate a
box or group (see Chapter 4.2.5 Groups). To
activate it, proceed as described under Point (3).
After you click on the “Delete Box” button, a
query will appear asking you whether you want
to delete only the active box/group or all of the
boxes. You are, of course, also given the option
here of canceling this operation.
Tip: It is useful to delete all of the boxes if,
for instance, you want to begin a completely
new design while an old design still exists. If
necessary, archive the old design beforehand!
Please note: The deletion of a box or a group
cannot be undone!
(5) You can automatically copy the currently
active box by clicking on the “Copy Box” button.
The copy is placed offset on top of the original
box. If you place the screen pointer over the
copied box directly after the copying process,
the hand symbol appears automatically. If
you click on the left trackball button, the cross
appears and you can now move the trackball
to position the copied box. Once you have
obtained the position that you want, click on the
left trackball button.
(6) If you click on the “Box Archives” button, a
window containing the usual archive functions
opens. “Load” allows you to load a previously
saved box so you can position it within your
current label. “Save” lets you save the currently
active box.
(7) The “to front” button is initially inactive. If
you have created several boxes that overlap one
another, you will notice that the box you created
first has been placed in the background. You will
see this more clearly if the boxes are of different
colors.
If you now activate one of the boxes that is
not in the foreground (i.e. not the box you
created last), the “to front” button will become
activated. If you click on this button, the active
box will be brought further into the foreground
by one position.
If you want the box to appear in the foremost
position, click on the “to front” button
repeatedly until the button can no longer be
pressed and the box achieves the position
that you want. It is also possible to bring a
box, which is already part of a group, into the
foreground so that it is separated from the other
boxes in the group by another box located
between it and the group. The box nevertheless
remains part of the group!
(8) The “to back” button works analogous to the
previously described “to front” button.
(9) If you click on the Paint Can menu symbol,
you will open the “Content” menu’s toolbar,
which you can use to configure the design of
the boxes. Since this is an additional menu item
within the main menu, please read about what it
does in the following sub-chapter.
(10) This menu switching symbol allows you
to return to the main menu of the Caladan
program.
4.2.2 Content
The following toolbar opens when you click on
the “Content” button or on the Paint Can button
in the “Boxes” menu.