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Apply
This option is only available if you opened the Designer from the Publisher.
Click ‘Apply’ when you have made all of your design changes. The
changes will be applied to the configuration file of the report you are
publishing and the Designer will close.
Recent Files
Click ‘Recent File’ to access a list of recently opened files.
Close
Click ‘Close’ to close the Designer. If you have not saved your changes,
you will be prompted to do so.
C.3.1.2. Edit
Undo
Click ‘Undo’ to undo changes that you make to your design. Alternatively
hold down ‘Ctrl’ and press ‘Z’ on your keyboard. Most changes can be
undone in this way. You can click ‘Undo’ multiple times in a row to undo a
series of changes. This option will be greyed out if there are no changes to
undo.
Redo
Click ‘Redo’ to reapply any changes that you have undone by clicking
‘Undo’. Alternatively hold down ‘Ctrl’ and press ‘Y’ on your keyboard. You
can click ‘Redo’ multiple times in a row to reapply a series of changes.
This option will be greyed out if there are no changes to reapply.
Delete
All of the components (e.g. charts, chart titles, buttons, etc) can be deleted.
To delete a component, click on it to select it in the interface and then click
‘Delete’. Alternatively you can press ‘Delete’ on your keyboard. The
component will disappear.
General Properties
Click ‘General Properties’ to access the general properties for the dynamic
report. Alternatively hold down ‘Ctrl’ and ‘Shift’ and press ‘P’ on your
keyboard. This will show the general properties in the pane located on the
right side of your designer window. See the section below for more
instructions on changing properties.
C.3.1.3. Select
The ‘Select’ menu allows you to easily select components in your report.
This is useful if you want to change properties of a component that is
hidden behind another component e.g. the data explorer that might be
hidden behind the map.
C.3.1.4. Insert
Button
Click ‘Button’ to insert a new button that will be displayed in your report and
can be made to link to a resource of your choice (e.g. a webpage or a PDF
document saved on your computer). You can also use the new button to
toggle components or call ActionScript / JavaScript commands. Click on
the new button in the canvas to select it and drag it to the desired location.