File Menu

File Menu

New...

opens a new diagram using a standard Windows® dialog.  Dialog prompts to save any existing diagram, if necessary.  Opens the Page Properties dialog to allow setup for a new page (size, etc.).

Open

opens a standard Windows® dialog for selecting an existing diagram (.DDD) file.

Open in new window

• re-opens the existing diagram, but from the disk file.  If changes have been made to the existing diagram (but not saved), a warning dialog is opened to allow cancelling the reload operation.

• opens a standard Windows® dialog to save the existing diagram file (if not previously saved), or just re-saves the existing file (if already saved/named).

• opens a standard Windows® dialog to save the current diagram, but always requires a name.  In this manner, the existing (named) diagram can be renamed to a different file.

• opens a Save dialog to save the current diagram as an image file.  Currently, Diagram Designer supports the following image formats:

□	BMP	Windows® Bitmap
□	CUR	Windows® Cursor
□	EMF	Windows® Enhanced MetaFile
□	GIF	Graphics Interchange Format
□	ICO	Windows® Icon
□	JP2	JPEG 2000 (requires Image Analyzer installed)
□	JPG	Joint Picture Expert Group
□	MNG	Multiple-image Network Graphics
□	PCX	Zsoft Paintbrush
□	PNG	Portable Network Graphics
□	TIF	TIFF image (requires Image Analyzer installed)
□	WMF	Windows® MetaFile

After the image format is specified, Diagram Designer prompts for the image resolution in DPI (dots per inch).  The default is 96 (resulting in the full page size, as chosen by the user using page properties), but Diagram Designer allows for a range of 64 to 2400 dpi.

If, for example, the current page size is 4.25 inches x 5.50 inches (1/4 of a letter sheet), Diagram Designer will create images of the following sizes, depending on the DPI selected:
 

DPI entered	Image size
96	4.25" x 5.50"
64	2.83" x 3.67"
192	8.5" x 11"

Note that when exporting the diagram to an image file, ALL layers on the current page, whether currently visible (as determined by which layer is being edited) or not, are exported to the final image file.  Inherited layers are also exported.  In other words, the final image is the same as that shown in Preview mode.

• opens the standard Windows® print dialog, allowing the user to print the current diagram.

• invoking preview mode simply does the following
  • changes the page background to white
  • hides the grid, if currently showing
  • displays all layers

This allows the user to view the current diagram as a finished page, displaying all layers on the current page, whether currently visible (as determined by which layer is being edited) or not.  The Preview icon changes to reflect the current mode .

• initiates a slide show, presenting pages in fullscreen mode with a white background and without displaying the grid.  If the diagram contains more than a single page, left-clicking anywhere on the page advances the slide show to the next page.

Right-clicking on the page (during a slideshow) brings up the context menu which allows the user to control the slideshow (ie. jump to a page, etc.).  Pressing Esc (escape) terminates the slideshow and returns to the previous mode (usually regular edit mode).

• opens the template palette menu allowing the user to perform operations on the Template pane.  The following options are available:
  • Load - loads a new template file (DDT) to the template pane.
  • Save - saves the template pane as a template file.
  • Copy - copies all template objects to the Diagram pane.
  • Make - converts the current diagram layer (visible) to a template.  Note that the template is not saved as a file; the diagrams objects are simply placed in the Template pane.

• Sets global program options - see separate page.

• closes Diagram Designer, invoking the file save dialog, if necessary.