Gobe Productive User's Guide - The Basics

- 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
- Translators

# The Basics

This section contains the basic concepts of the Gobe Productive suite. It includes descriptions of the available functions and tools, as well as instructions on how to use Gobe Productive effectively. If you are a first-time user of the Gobe Productive suite, then this section is a great place to start learning and exploring the features.

When finished with this section, you might want to read through the Tutorial. This quick tutorial guides you through some of the most common activities you will perform using Gobe Productive. Moreover, it is a great way to learn the features and functions of the Gobe Productive suite.

Figure 1 - Gobe Productive documents, such as the one in the example above, can contain several different document types. This sample includes a text (word processing), spreadsheet, chart, table, clock, and graphics frame, all within a single document. The Gobe Productive interface dynamically changes to display the toolbars and menus applicable to the currently active environment. In this case, the spreadsheet frame is active. Most of the tools in Gobe Productive can be "torn-off" to display a floating palette. Here, the Fill Tool has been "torn-off" and is displayed on the bottom of the document for easier use.

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