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In the most typical situation SuperEdit window consists of menu, input and status bars, raster, vector and calibration toolbars (the last one only if the calibration command is invoked) and TCD Contents and Drawing windows.
SuperEdit ’s main window title bar shows application name and the name of the file with the opened single or composite document. In case of composite document, after its name there is a list of the first three component drawings shown in brackets. Below there is the main menu bar with pull-down command menus. A Main toolbar is displayed under the main menu bar. It contains buttons that allow access to the most frequently used commands. A Vector and Raster toolbars are displayed under the Main toolbar. They consist of buttons that allow access to vector and raster commands. An additional Raster Snap toolbar gives you instantaneous access to various raster snap modes. Similarly, an additional Vector Snap toolbar gives you instantaneous access to various vector snap modes. An optional Calibration toolbar with buttons specific to calibration command can be displayed below. An Input bar that is used to report cursor coordinates and to enter data from keyboard is displayed directly over TCD Contents and Drawing windows. Documents are displayed in the remaining place of the main window. A Status bar, also optional, is displayed under those windows. It shows the information that supports the user, such as message prompts, names of operations being performed and system Help information. All the bars are implemented in dockable fashion so do not treat the described layout as the unique one and arrange it according to your needs.
SuperEdit saves and restores its toolbars positions independently for maximized and restored positions of its window. This makes possible preparing two different layouts of toolbars suitable for large (maximized) and small (restored) windows, so that all necessary toolbars are always accessible. SuperEdit changes the layouts automatically as you switch from one window size to another.
The TCD Contents window is used to display a tree of inner structure of TCD image file. It is displayed if the TCD Contents option of the View menu is checked.
You can expand or shrink the structure by left mouse click in the little rectangle mark that is placed on the left from the TCD symbol and the name of TCD file. The structure can consist of raster and vector files. Both types are assigned different symbols so you can easily differentiate one from the other. It may happen that a TCD file has a link to a subdocument image file that is not available for the moment (e.g. it has been renamed or deleted). If you open such a TCD file, notice the symbol of red-crossed diskette that is assigned to the unavailable subdocument.
The red key is displayed on the symbol of subdocument that is opened in the read-only mode. The blue pencil is displayed on the symbol of vector TVD drawing that is selected for editing (marked as foreground ). You may choose a vector drawing for editing by selecting exactly one of them. The open hand icon is displayed on the symbol of subdocument that is set disabled (i.e. is set invisible).
Double click on the symbol or the name of a subdocument selects this subdocument. The same result you can achieve by clicking the Select button on Composite Document dialog with this subdocument selected on Subdocument List . The thin, black frame with little, black squares on corners and in the middle of edges is drawn around extents of the selected subdocument. Repeated double left click cancels the selection. You can select more then one subdocument.
After right mouse click in a name or symbol of TCD or subdocument image file, a pop-up menu is displayed. It is described in User Interface paragraph.
If you open a single raster or vector file, then the TCD Contents window is not displayed even if the TCD Contents option of View menu is checked. However, you can still make SuperEdit embed this single image into a new TCD structure by using the Document - Switch to TCD Mode option. It makes the TCD Contents window visible, displaying the newly created structure. Use the Document - Switch to Image Mode to strip the TCD structure from the single image and turn the TCD Contents window off.