Operation Manual

22 Getting Started
 Click the Gallery tab to view a wide variety of predesigned
elements—graphics that you can drag and drop, then customize or
use as a starting point for your own designs.
 Finally, click to open the Portfolio—a container for storing design
objects (images, text blocks, and even unlinked text frames or
HTML code fragments) you’d like to reuse in different sites.
Looking around the rest of the WebPlus interface, you’ll note that
toolbars and Studio tabs are initially arranged in a convenient layout
around the perimeter of the work area. However, you have full control
over this arrangement, and can customize the display any way you
want—by showing or hiding toolbars and tabs, or repositioning them
onscreen in a way that suits your style. You can even undock individual
Studio tabs as floating “tab windows” and/or group them into different
cluster arrangements which can either float or dock as toolbars at the
left or right side of the workspace.
WebPlus makes it easy to see exactly what you’re working on—from a
wide view of multiple pages to a closeup view of a small region. For
example, you can use the scrollbars at the right and bottom of the main
window to move the page and pasteboard with respect to the main
window. The AutoScroll feature means that the view recenters itself as
you drag objects to the edge of the screen. The View toolbar at the top
of the screen provides buttons that let you pan or zoom in and out so
you can inspect and/or edit the page at different levels of detail. If
you’re using a wheel mouse, spinning the wheel scrolls vertically.
Shift-spin to scroll horizontally and Ctrl-spin to zoom in or out!
If you accidentally make any changes that you don’t want to keep, here
are some “emergency” options:
♦ To revert to the previously saved copy of your site, choose Revert
from the File menu. It’s a good idea to save your work often!
♦ You can also reload any saved WebPlus site by choosing Open...
from the File menu. You can open multiple sites and switch
between edit windows if you like.
♦ To undo the most recent change, press Ctrl+Z. (WebPlus features
multiple levels of Undo.)
Now that you’ve had a good look around the WebPlus interface, and
have successfully opened and saved a template Web site, you’re ready
to proceed to a more in-depth analysis in the next chapter.