Gobe Productive User's Guide - The PartBar

- Documentation conventions
- The Productive documents
- The Productive interface
- The MenuBar
- The FormatBar
- The PartBar
- The ToolBar
- Frames & graphic items
- Selecting
- Sheets
- Cutting and pasting
- Tear-Off tools
- Page setup
- How to print
- Document size, margins, & history
- Headers & footers
- Views & windows
- Keyboard & mouse mappings
- Preferences
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# The PartBar

Word Processing PartBar | Spreadsheet PartBar | Chart PartBar
Graphics PartBar | Presentation PartBar | Image Processing PartBar

The PartBar is the most dynamic element of the Gobe Productive suite. Located between the FormatBar and the Workspace, the PartBar changes to display the applicable tools for the current environment. For more information about environments, see the Document Types or Frames and Graphic Items topics.

## Word Processing Part Bar

| Environment Icon: Indicates the type of environment or document that is currently active. This icon indicates that a word processing frame is active or that you are working in a word processing document.
| Alignment Buttons: These buttons control the alignment of text (left, center, right, justified).
| Line Spacing: These buttons increase and decrease the spacing between lines of text. Click the increase button (right) to increase the line spacing one-half line at a time. Click the decrease button (left) to decrease the line spacing one-half line at a time. Click the edit text field to enter a value directly (lines or points).
| Columns: These buttons control the number of columns in the text. Click the increase button (right) to add a column. Click the decrease button (left) to remove a column.
| Check Spelling: This button starts the spell checker, and displays the SpellBar. The SpellBar is a special addition to the PartBar exclusively used for spell checking. For more information, please see the Spell Checking topic.
| Show/Hide Invisibles: Invisible characters are characters that are normally not shown in a document. Spaces, Tabs and Breaks are examples of invisible characters. This button shows you these invisible characters if they are presently not displayed in your document. If the invisible characters are shown, this button hides them.
| Ruler: The ruler helps you guide the layout of your text. From the ruler you can change the indents and tab stops in a paragraph. To set the paragraph indent using the ruler, see the Paragraph Formatting topic in the Word Processing section. To set the tab properties using the ruler, see the Tabs topic. Right click on the ruler to display a popup menu from which you can select the unit of measurement for the ruler (inches, centimeters, points, etc..) as well as set the ruler divisions.

## The Spreadsheet Part Bar

| Environment Icon: Indicates the type of environment or document that is currently active. This icon indicates that a spreadsheet frame is active or that you are working in a spreadsheet document.
| Selected Cells: Displays the cells currently selected. If a named selection is selected, the name is displayed here.
| Alignment Tools: These tools control the horizontal and vertical text/number alignment of the selected cells. The left button is horizontal, the right vertical. When selected, a popup menu displays the different alignment choices.
| Border Tools: These tools allow you to control the appearance of cell borders. Simply select a range of cells and use the buttons to create, remove, and color the borders. When selected, a popup menu bar is displayed (lower image). Use the popup menu bar to select the color or the transparency of the border.
| Number Formatting: This button displays the Number Formatting dialog box. Using this dialog box you can set the number or text format for the selected cells.
| Make Chart: Places a new chart into the spreadsheet.
| Accept/Cancel Entry: Use these buttons to confirm or cancel the entry of values into a cell. These buttons are active only when you are using the Entry field to modify the contents of a cell.
| Functions: This button displays the Paste Function dialog box. Use this dialog box to select and paste one of the numerous functions provided.
| Entry Field: This field is used to directly modify or enter text, numbers, or formulas into a cell.

## The Chart PartBar

| Environment Icon: Indicates the type of environment or document that is currently active. This icon indicates that a charting frame is active.
| Alignment Buttons: These buttons are enabled when more than one item is selected. Use the buttons to align multiple objects. The button icons represent each type of alignment available. You can align objects to the top, bottom, right and left. You can also distribute objects vertically or horizontally , as well as align the centers of the objects horizontally or vertically .
| Text Wrap: This button controls how text wraps around a frame or drawing object. When selected, a Text Wrap dialog box with the different wrapping styles is displayed.
| Arrow Head Style: Use this button (left image) to select arrow head styles for the Arc, Line, Freehand, Bezigon or Polygon Tools. Click on the Arrow Head Style button to display a popup menu (right image) from which you can select an arrow head style. If an item is selected, then it is transformed into an arrow. If you wish to draw the arrow, select the tool of choice from the Tool Bar and proceed to draw the desired shape.

## The Graphics PartBar

| Environment Icon: Indicates the type of environment or document that is currently active. This icon indicates that one or more graphic items are selected or that you are working in a graphics document. The graphics PartBar is displayed when any frame is selected.
| Alignment Buttons: These buttons are enabled when more than one item is selected. Use the buttons to align multiple objects. The button icons represent each type of alignment available. You can align objects to the top, bottom, right and left. You can also distribute objects vertically or horizontally , as well as align the centers of the objects horizontally or vertically .
| Text Wrap: This button controls how text wraps around a frame or drawing object. When selected, a Text Wrap dialog box with the different wrapping styles is displayed.
| Arrow Head Style: Use this button (left image) to select arrow head styles for the Arc, Line, Freehand, Bezigon or Polygon Tools. Click on the Arrow Head Style button to display a popup menu (right image) from which you can select an arrow head style. If an item is selected, then it is transformed into an arrow. If you wish to draw the arrow, select the tool of choice from the Tool Bar and proceed to draw the desired shape.
| Object Left: This tool indicates the position of an item relative to the left side of the page. Click the number to activate the field. Once active you can manually enter a new left position value. You can change the units of measurement (inches shown) using the Preferences options from the File menu.
| Object Top: This tool indicates the position of an item relative to the top of the page. Click the number to activate the field. Once active you can manually enter a new top position value. You can change the units of measurement (inches shown) using the Preferences options from the File menu.
| Object Right: This tool indicates the position of an item relative to the right side of the page. Click the number to activate the field. Once active you can manually enter a new right position value. You can change the units of measurement (inches shown) using the Preferences options from the File menu.
| Object Bottom: This tool indicates the position of an item relative to the bottom of the page. Click the number to activate the field. Once active you can manually enter a new bottom position value. You can change the units of measurement (inches shown) using the Preferences options from the File menu.
| Object Width: This tool indicates the width of a graphic item. Click the number to activate the field. Once active you can manually enter a new width value. You can change the units of measurement (inches shown) using the Preferences options from the File menu.
| Object Height: This tool indicates the height of a graphic item. Click the number to activate the field. Once active you can manually enter a new height value. You can change the units of measurement (inches shown) using the Preferences options from the File menu.
| Object Angle: This tool indicates the rotation angle of a graphic item. Click the number to activate the field. Once active you can manually enter a new rotation angle.

## The Presentation PartBar

The presentation environment uses the same PartBar as the Graphics environment.

## The Image Processing PartBar

Marquee Tool: The Marquee Tool is used to select a certain area of the image. The cursor changes to display a crosshair with which you draw a box around the area of the image you want to select. The selection is identified by a border of black and white dashes. You can move a selection, copy or delete its contents, alter its colors, apply a filter to it, and more. To select more than one area, click and hold [SHIFT] while you make the selections.

To deselect an area go to the Image menu and click Deselect. The selection is thus removed. Another way to do this is to hold down the [SHIFT][ALT] and [A] keys at the same time, or simply Undo the action.

| Lasso Tool: The Lasso is another selection tool. It is more flexible than the Marquee, allowing you to draw a selection freehand, effectively "lassoing" an area of the image. To deselect an area go to the Image menu and click Deselect. The selection is thus removed. Another way to do this is to hold down the [SHIFT][ALT] and [A] keys at the same time, or simply Undo the action.

Magic Wand Tool: The Magic Wand is also a selection tool. But, contrary to the Marquee Tool in which you define the edges of the selection, this tool selects contents by color. After you click on the Magic Wand Tool, select the desired color and release the mouse button. A marquee surrounds the area containing the selected color. You can then move, copy, delete, or otherwise change the selection.

Right click on the Magic Wand Tool to display the Magic Wand tolerance slide bar. This bar selects how "tolerant" the color matching is. A tolerance of 0 means that the Magic Wand only chooses exactly the color selected, not any colors similar to it. A tolerance of 100 means that any color matches the chosen color. Basically, if the Magic Wand tolerance is 100, it is tolerant of any color differences, and thus the whole image is selected.

To deselect an area go to the Image menu and click Deselect. The selection is thus removed. Another way to do this is to hold down the [SHIFT][ALT] and [A] keys at the same time, or simply Undo the action.

Magnify Tool: This tool increases the magnification level of the image. To zoom in, click the image with the primary mouse button. This increases the magnification factor by one level, centered on the click location. To zoom out, use the Zoom Tool, or hold the Option key and click the image with the primary mouse button. This decreases the magnification factor by one level, centered on the click location.

To zoom in on a particular area, click and drag on the image. A marquee will be displayed; when the mouse is released, that area will be zoomed to fit the window.

Find Color Tool: Click on this tool to select all areas that contain the foreground color (as seen in the Color Picker). To deselect the area, click on the tool again.

Right click on the Find Color Tool to display the Find Color tolerance slide bar. This bar selects how "tolerant" the color matching is. A tolerance of 0 means that the tool only finds and selects the exact color displayed in the Color Picker. It does not find any colors similar to it. A tolerance of 100 means that any color matches the chosen color. Basically, if the Find Color tolerance is 100, it is tolerant of any color differences, and thus the whole image is selected.

To deselect an area go to the Image menu and click Deselect. The selection is thus removed. Another way to do this is to hold down the [SHIFT][ALT] and [A] keys at the same time, or simply Undo the action.

| Pencil: Use the pencil to draw freehand over the image. The pencil uses the foreground color displayed in the Color Picker. To only draw within a specific area, select the area with one of the selection tools first.
| Eraser Tool: Use the eraser to erase the image to the background color displayed in the Color Picker. The area erased is the same as that obscured by the cursor, regardless of the zoom scale. To only erase within a specific area, select the area with one of the selection tools first.
| Eye Dropper Tool: Use the Eye Dropper Tool to pick an active color from the image. Selecting from the image lets you match colors exactly. Left click on the color in the image to change the foreground color. The Color Picker displays the selected foreground color. If you want to select a color from the image and use it as a background color, follow the steps above as if you were choosing a foreground color. Once this is done, proceed to switch the foreground and background colors using the arrow in the Color Picker.

Bucket Tool: Use this tool to fill an area with the foreground color. Place the black lip of the bucket on the area you wish to fill. Click to change the color of the selected area to the foreground color. If you want to fill within a specific area, select it first with the Marquee Tool. The bucket then only applies color within that selection.

Right click on the Bucket Tool to display the Bucket Fill tolerance slide bar. This bar selects how "tolerant" the color matching is. A tolerance of 0 means that the tool only fills areas that have the exact same color of the area clicked on. It does not fill areas where the color is merely similar to the color clicked on with the bucket. A tolerance of 100 means that any color matches the chosen color. Basically, if the Bucket Fill tolerance is 100, it is tolerant of any color differences, and thus the whole image is filled with the foreground color.

| Air Brush Tool: This tool simulates painting with an airbrush or spray can. To determine how the tool applies color, right click on the Air Brush Tool. This displays a dialog box with the air brush configuration options. If you want to paint only within a specific area of the image, select that area first with the Marquee Tool. Color will only be applied within that area.

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