User guide

1. Go to File>Document Settings. The Document Settings dialog box appears.
2. Click the Drawing tab.
3. Type a new Margin Width value.
4. Click OK.
The margin width is applied to all subsequent drawings in the current document.
Settings from other documents
To apply document settings to the active window that are contained in a different document, go to File>Apply Doc-
ument Settings from and choose the document from which to apply the settings.
The settings in the active document window change to those found in the style sheet that you choose.
Note: Applied settings are for the current document only. To make them the default settings for all documents you
open, go to File> Open Style Sheets .
To apply the document settings from a document or style sheet not listed in the menu:
1. Go to File>Apply Document Settings from>Other. The select document dialog box appears.
2. Open the appropriate folder and select a document or Style Sheet.
3. Click Open.
Applying object settings
You can apply settings from another document to selected objects in the current document. You can apply the chosen
settings to the selected objects, or to all new objects drawn in the current document.
To apply object settings:
1. Select the object.
2. Go to Object>Apply Object Settings from and choose the document from which to apply the settings. A dialog
box appears.
3. Do one of the following:
To selected object only, click No.
To selected object and any new objects you draw, click Yes.
Customizing hotkeys
If you are familiar with XML, you can edit the ChemBioDraw Hotkeys and even create your own.
To customize Hotkeys, open the file hotkeys.xml in a text editor. By default, this file is in the folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\ All Users\Application Data\ Cam-
bridgeSoft\ChemOffice2012\ ChemDraw\ChemDraw Items
The Hotkeys in the file are organized by object type:
“Atom”: Hotkeys that modify atoms
“Bond”: Hotkeys that modify bonds
"AA1": Hotkeys that sets the label for the single letter amino acids.
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