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C.3. The Designer Window

The Designer has menus, a toolbar and a canvas. The menus and toolbar

give you access to the various functions, such as opening a configuration

file, and the canvas allows you to view the various template components

(e.g. map, data table, bar chart, bar chart title, etc.).

C.3.1. Menus and Toolbars

Figure 58 shows the Designer menus and toolbar.

Figure 58

The menus and toolbar give you easy access to the Designer options. You

can access a menu by clicking on it or holding down the ‘Alt’ key on your

keyboard and pressing the underlined character in the menu name. For

example, you can hold down ‘Alt’ and press ‘F’ to access the File menu.

Note that these keyboard shortcuts exist for many functions in the

Designer. If you hold your mouse pointer over an option in any of the drop

down menus, a tooltip will appear. Similarly, if you hold your mouse

pointer over an icon in the toolbar, a tooltip will appear.

The “Refresh Internet Explorer preview panel”, which can be found on the

far right of Figure 58 will refresh the dynamic report image in the Design

View and Published View.

C.3.1.1. File

Open

Click ‘Open’ and the ‘Open configuration file...’ dialog will appear

(Figure 59). Alternatively hold down ‘Ctrl’ and press ‘O’ on your keyboard.

Choose the file (called ‘config.xml’) for the report you wish to change and

click ‘Open’.

Figure 59

Open ArcGIS Online Application

Please refer to section ‘M.3.1. Opening an ArcGIS Online Application’ for

specific information on this option. For general information on ArcGIS

Online and InstantAtlas please read section ‘M. The InstantAtlas ArcGIS

Online Templates’.