Forms Designer Buttons

Close Layout: Use this button to close the Forms Designer.

Import Format: Use this button to select a Forms Designer file (*.FDN) to be imported into the system.

New Layout: Use this button to select a new layout type, printer type, and template.

Open Layout: Use this button to open an existing layout.

Save Layout: Use this button to save the current layout.

Copy Layout: Use this button to make an exact copy of the current layout.

Print Setup: Use this button to select a printer and set up default printer information.

Print Preview: Use this button to preview the current layout.

Print: Use this button to print the current layout.

Select Template: Use this button to choose a different template as the basis for the layout.

Find: Use this button to view a list of available layouts.

Reset: Use this button to reset the Insert buttons on this form. For example, if Insert Text is "on," and it needs to be "off," click Reset.

Insert Text: Use this button to add text to the layout.

Insert Database Field: Use this button to add a field from a database table (such as vendor ID, address, and document amount) to the layout.

Insert Generic Field: Use this button to add a generic field (such as system date and time and organization name) to the layout.

Insert Table: Use this button to add a table to the layout. The table is used to select the detail data that prints on the layout.

Insert Drawing: Use this button to draw lines and boxes on the layout. For example, a box may need to be added around the Amount field, or lines may need to be drawn to separate the columns in a table.

Insert Picture: Use this button to add a graphic to the layout. For example, a company logo may be needed on a check or invoice.

Insert MICR: Use this button to enter MICR items (such as the bank routing number, account number, and document number) on the layout, so that they print on the check in the special font required by the bank.

Show/Hide Grid: Use this button to either display or hide the grid lines on the screen.

Layout Left: Use this button to align the selections to the left.

Layout Right: Use this button to align the selections to the right.

Layout Top: Use this button to align the selections to the top.

Layout Bottom: Use this button to align the selections to the bottom.

For example, add three text boxes anywhere on the layout. Select the three boxes using the Shift key. Click Layout Right , and all three boxes are moved to the right margin line.

Layout Vertical Center: Use this button to center the selections vertically.

Layout Horizontal Center: Use this button to center the selections horizontally.

Select All: Use this button to select all items on the layout.

Delete: Use this button to delete all selected items. It does not delete everything on the layout, only the items selected.

Undo Last Action: Use this button to undo the last action performed.

Redo Last Action: Use this button to redo the last action performed.

Properties: Use this button to display one of eight Layout Properties forms, depending upon which field was inserted. The Layout Properties form displays properties for the entire layout, whereas the other Properties forms display properties for the highlighted selection. Click the Properties button, right-click the selection, or double-click the selection to display a Properties form. The Properties forms available are: Text Properties, Database Field Properties, Generic Field Properties, Table Properties, Drawing Properties, Picture Properties, MICR Properties, and Layout Properties.

Align Left: Use this button to align all selections with the left edge of the first item selected.

Align Right: Use this button to align all selections with the right edge of the first item selected.

Align Top: Use this button to align all selections with the top edge of the first item selected.

Align Bottom: Use this button to align all selections with the bottom edge of the first item selected.

For example, add three text boxes anywhere on the layout. Select the three boxes using the Shift key. Click Align Left , and all three boxes align with the left edge of the first box selected.

Make Same Width: Use this button to adjust all selections to the same width as the first item selected.

Make Same Height: Use this button to adjust all selections to the same height as the first item selected.

Make Same Size: Use this button to adjust all selections to the same size as the first item selected.

For example, if you select two text boxes on the layout, and then click Make Same Size , the boxes both become the exact same size as the one selected first.

Send Back: When an item is on top of another one, an overlapping stack is created on the layout. The top item covers a portion of the item beneath it. This button sends the item to the back of a stack.

Bring Front: When an item is on top of another one, an overlapping stack is created on the layout. The top item covers a portion of the item beneath it. This button brings the item to the front of a stack.

Font: Use this button to change the font and size of the selection. If multiple items are selected on the layout, the font and size changes for all items.

Text Color: Use this button to change the text color of the selection. If multiple items are selected on the layout, the text color changes for all items.

Bold: Use this button to bold the text in the selection. If multiple items are selected on the layout, the text is bolded for all items.

Italic: Use this button to italicize the text in the selection. If multiple items are selected on the layout, the text is italicized for all items.

Underline: Use this button to underline the text in the selection. If multiple items are selected on the layout, the text is underlined for all items.

Left: Use this button to align the text to the left in the selection. If multiple items are selected on the layout, the text for all items is aligned to the left.

Center: Use this button to center the text in the selection. If multiple items are selected on the layout, the text for all items is centered.