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Recovering from abnormal program closures
If you have automatic backups turned on and the program closes abnormally
(perhaps due to a power failure for example) the program should detect this when it
is next restarted. It will then offer you the chance to restore the most recent backup
version of each document that was open at the time of the last backup.
Abnormal closure will not be detected if no automatic backup completed since the
last normal program closure.
Backups on system shut down
If you shut down Windows without first closing the program, all open documents are
backed up to the backup folder even if ‘Backup open documents on program close’ is
not turned on. This allows system shutdown to proceed without MAGIX Page &
Layout Designer 2013 interrupting it by prompting you about unsaved or modified
documents. On next program startup you’ll be asked whether or not you want to
restore the documents that were open at the time of the system shut down.
Recovering backups
You can access your document backups using the "FILE" > "OPEN RECENT" >
"
BACKUPS" menu option. This opens a file dialog onto your backup folder so that you
can browse, open, or delete any of your backup files. It’s a good idea to use this file
dialog to clear out any old unwanted backups periodically.
Note that when you load a backup document, it is not automatically associated with
the design file from which the backup was taken. It’s treated as an independent
document in its own right. Therefore if you decide to keep a backup document you
should use "
FILE" > "SAVE AS" to save it elsewhere with a suitable name.
On-screen grid
To help you lay out your document, Page & Layout Designer can display a grid on the
screen (the grid appears only on the screen; it is never exported or printed.) The grid
helps you align objects (similar to using graph paper as a drawing aid).
Right click and choose
"SHOW GRID/GUIDES" > "SHOW GRID" to turn display of the grid
on/off or choose "
SNAP TO" > "SNAP TO GRID". You can also choose "WINDOW" >
"
SNAP TO GRID".
The grid points then act like magnets, and as you move objects, they snap to the
nearest grid point. The type of grid (isometric/rectangular), the 0,0 point (the origin),
and spacing of grid points is controlled by the
GRID & RULERS TAB (on page 348) of the
options dialog box. Any changes you make apply only to the selected document.
Magnetic object snapping is a very powerful way of accurately aligning lines, points
and the edges of objects to any other object so they exactly touch.