The New command is used to create a new empty composite document . Subdocuments (raster and vector drawings) can be added to such document using the Composite Document dialog activated by the Image Properties… option on Document menu, or by CDM Add Subdocument / Add New Vector options for empty root node.

The Open command is used for selection of a composite document or a single image file to be opened by SuperEdit . In the dialog box launched by the Open command you can choose desired file location, name and format.

The file preview is displayed if you select file in format supported by SuperEdit (e.g. raster image, TCD, TVD). You can choose (with a Show Preview check-box) whether or not to show the preview. While a preview is being prepared, a progress of that operation is shown in the dialog-box. However, if the preparation of preview does not take much time, progress does not even appear on the dialog window. After preview has been put in its window, the progress window (if it was visible in the meantime) is being hidden.

You can take any action concerning to the FileOpen dialog, while a preview is being prepared. Any of the controls can be clicked and the appropriate action follows.

That means, that for example you can:

Set appropriate directory, choose desired file format type, and highlight the file name on the list or type-in its name into edit box. Click the Open button or double-click the file name on the list to open it.

When you select a single raster image or vector drawing file for opening, SuperEdit opens this file without creating a TCD structure for it. If you want SuperEdit to create a new composite document that contains a reference to the single drawing just opened, use the Document – Switch to TCD Mode option. SuperEdit embeds the opened file with the TCD structure and opens TCD Contents window to show the structure. Usethe Document – Switch to Image Mode option to go back to single drawing mode.

The Close command terminates session with the currently opened composite document by closing the file with its contents. If the document has been modified during the SuperEdit session, the user is asked to decide whether to save the changes. If positive, the document will be saved in the same file from which it has been loaded (opened). With new document opened, SuperEdit asks to give it a name. The save operation will be performed on all subdocuments that have been modified in the session. If some new vector drawings have been added, the user is asked to give them new name. If any of raster subdocuments before opening did not have associated TAF file, the user is asked for saving as well, in order that default TAF file could be created.

The Save command saves the changes made to the current composite document in the same file from which the document has been loaded (opened). At the same time changes made to all subdocuments are also saved, i.e. written to their respective files and their associated TAF or RLD files (see description of the Open tab of the Configuration dialog for details). If you are working with a single imagefile,the changes are saved to the file without saving the temporary TCD document. SuperEdit saves views created during single-drawing session (see the description of the Views Manager command) in the file with the same name as the single drawing and the TCV extension.

The Save As... command saves the current contents of the simple or TCD document in a file different from which that document has been loaded. In the dialog box launched by the Save As... command you can choose a desired file location, name and format.

The Save As... command also saves the current contents of all subdocuments, in a way that depends on the configuration option Copy subdocs while Saving As... TCD file (see the Save tab on Configuration dialog). When the Copy subdocs... option is checked, the Save As... command automatically executes the Save As... command for each subdocument, too – giving the user a possibility of creating new separate copies of subdocuments that belong to the newly created composite document.

When the Copy subdocs... option is not checked, the Save As... command automatically executes the Save command for each subdocument that has been modified during the session. The newly created composite document will be linked to the same subdocument files as its ancestor.

If you are working with a single imagefile, Save As... command saves the contents of the currently opened image in a different file of the same format.

If the file with the entered name exists, the program launches additional message box that asks you if you want to overwrite the existing file.

The rules of creating TAF and TCV files by the Save As... command are the same as those concerning the Save command (see the description of Save command).

The Convert command changes the format of raster data. A dialog box named File(s) to Convert , otherwise identical to the dialog box in the Open command, is launched for selecting the files to be converted. A similar dialog box Destination File(s) is used for selecting a new image format, file name and destination (disk drive and directory). If the newly selected file format supports multiple compression modes, an additional dialog box appears for precise selection of a desired file sub-format.

The list of output file formats and compression modes depends on the format of the converted (input) file. The full list of formats that are available in each case is displayed in the File Type list box.

When multiple input files are selected, they are converted to separate destination files with names taken from the input files and with the same common extension selected by the user for the whole group. This may be changed by setting the ConvertToOneFile parameter in the supered.ini file to 1 (see Appendix for the parameter's description), so that a single destination file in one of multi-page formats (TIFF, DCX) will be created. Each page in the resulting document will contain data from the corresponding input file.

Use Split Raster command to split a single raster file to a specified number of raster files and make them subdocuments of one TCD document.

Use Split Raster command to split a single raster file to a specified number of raster files and make them subdocuments of one TCD document.

Use Split Raster command to split a single raster file to a specified number of raster files and make them subdocuments of one TCD document.

The command launches the Choose file names dialog. Enter a name of the file you want to split and the name of final TCD document containing all parts of the split file as subdocuments. Click Next button to display the Set split parameters dialog.

Enter numbers that define the way the original raster file will be split. The preview window shows appropriate splitting lines graphically. Use Image Properties... button to check properties of the split image. Click Finish button to start splitting procedure.

To print a document use the File - Print option or click the Print button on the Main toolbar. It starts printing of the drawing(s) on the active printing device according to the parameters that are set in the Print Preview option. Printing process is divided in two phases:

1. Preparing data for the Print Manager program . During this phase, a window Printing from <document name> is displayed with two numbers: the percentage of filling the internal program data buffer and the percentage of sending the data to the Print Manager . This progress window has also the Cancel button. Pressing this button cancels printing and is the only action available to the user in this phase of printing.

Drawings printed without printing template use the smallest possible palette type. For example mono drawings are printed as mono ones, 16-color drawings use 16-color palette type. Due to that feature, these kind of documents are printed quicker (not in 256 colors, as it has used to be in previous versions of SuperEdit ).

To start the Print preview function, click its button in the Main toolbar.

A paper sheet with print window and margins is displayed (the print window is a viewport that is used to present the document on a paper sheet). If a printing template is defined (see Print tab on Configuration dialog), it is also displayed. The rest of the window is grayed. You can select the rectangle that defines the print window and edit it like an ordinary rectangle entity. The only difference is that changes of rectangle’s extents are accompanied by the corresponding changes of the document’s area that is displayed inside it. Dragging the rectangle around moves its contents, too.

A new group of items is added to the Drawing Window Menu (DWM).

With empty selection, the additional group consists of the following items:

When the print window rectangle is selected, the additional group consists of the following items:

A print window is a viewport that is used to present the document on a paper sheet. The Print Window option lets you define a rectangular area of the document that is to be shown in the print window and a scale that is used to present that area.

To start the Print Window function, use the option in File menu or click its button in Main toolbar. A rectangle with markers at its corners is displayed. Now you can:

To examine and/or edit the scale used to present the document in print window click the right mouse button.

The pop-up menu that is displayed consists of the following items:

The first two items end the Print Window function and enter the Print Preview mode.

To enter the Print Setup function, click its button in the Main toolbar. The Print Setup dialog box lets you do the following:

New printer drivers can be added and printer to port mappings can be changed using the MS Windows system Control Panel.

The Scan command is used to start scanning of a new document. Depending on the kind of scanned document (single-page or multiple-page) one of two options can be selected:

Before scanning, it is necessary to select a file name and a raster format of the drawing that will be created as a result of scanning. After scanning, a new composite document is created, containing a single raster file with the scanned image.

The Select Source command is used for selection of the current scanning device (see the Scan command). The Select Source command is relevant only when more then one scanner is installed.

Click a name and press the Select button to choose a scanning device. Particular scanning parameters can be set using the Scan Parameters command in the Options menu. The list shows only TWAIN-compatible devices that have been properly installed. When the part of scanning software that is responsible for cooperation with applications that use the TWAIN standard is present, the device should appear on the list of available scanners (no additional SuperEdit installation procedure is required).

The Exit command closes the SuperEdit application. If the user has made any changes to opened documents, he can choose to save them and exit, discard changes and exit, or cancel the action and return back to document.