Menu bar

Selects editing options in the
Menu
bar. This table describes each option.
Item
Description
File
  • New
    Creates a file.
  • Open
    Opens an existing file.
  • Save
    Saves the currently active template document if it changed.
  • Save As
    Saves the currently active template document with a different file name.
  • Close All
    Closes all active windows.
  • Recent Files
    Displays the last ten recently closed template document files.
  • Exit
    Closes the Document Template Editor.
Edit
  • Cut
    Cuts the selected text in the editor pane to the clipboard. This option is only active if more than one character is selected in the active editor pane.
  • Copy
    Copies the selected text in the editor pane to the clipboard. This option is only active if more than one character is selected in the active editor pane.
  • Paste
    Pastes text from the clipboard into the current position selected in the editor pane. This option is only active if the clipboard is not empty.
  • Delete
    Deletes selected text in the editor pane. This option is only active if more than one character is selected in the active editor pane.
  • Undo
    Undoes the last operation executed in the active editor pane.
  • Redo
    Redoes the last undo operation.
  • Find
    Starts the
    Find and Replace
    dialog where text strings can be found.
  • Replace
    Starts the
    Find and Replace
    dialog where text strings can be found and replaced.
Find and Replace tabs
  • Match Case
    Matches words that conform exactly to the sequence of upper and lower case text.
  • Match Entire Word
    Matches against entire word sequences. If a word contains the sequence but contains other characters, then the match will not be found.
  • Search Up
    Starts the search at the end of the document and works its way up to the start. Otherwise if not selected then the search would begin as normal from the beginning of the template document.
View
  • Snippets View
    Closes or opens the
    Code Snippets
    pane.
  • Output View
    Closes or opens the
    Output
    pane.
  • Default Layout
    Restores all undocked windows back to their original positions.
  • Float All
    Undocks all docked windows.
Settings > Preferences > General
  • Show Toolbar
    Adds or removes the toolbar.
  • Show Menubar (use F12 to toggle)
    Adds or removes the menu bar.
    Press
    F12
    to show the menu bar if it is removed.
  • Show Statusbar
    Sets the status bar displayed at the bottom be visible or not.
Settings > Preferences >Editing
  • Display Line Numbers
    Shows or hides the editor line numbers depending on this selection. This option is global for all open editor panes and the setting is saved and will be applied on application startup.
  • Enable Line Wrap
    Wraps the text in the editor to the space available in the Editor pane depending on this selection. This option is global for all open editor panes and the setting will be saved and applied on application startup.
  • Display End Of Line Character
    Shows the carriage return character when this option is selected. This option is global for all open editor panes and the setting will be applied on application startup.
Settings > Preferences > Compile
  • Compile Messages
    Two selections are possible, either
    Basic
    or
    Advanced
    . When generating documentation, the compiling information will be generated in the
    Compile Info
    pane. This information can be useful to debug a template or to determine how long the document generation process is spending within specific instruction loops. The
    Advanced
    option is verbose intensive and provides detailed information on the generation process.
  • Send messages to ACM log
    Enables or disables the writing of document generation messages to the ACM log.
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