Overview
Design Tools - Conversion from V7 to V8
This guide shows the V7 FormTrap commands and shows their translation into V8, with extensions highlighted.
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 Align object top to target (no size change)
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 Align object bottom to target (no size change)
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 Align object vertically between targets (no size change)
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 Align object vertical between targets (with size change)
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 Align object left to target (no size change)
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 Align object right to target (no size change)
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 Align object horizontally between targets (no size change)
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 Align object horizontally between targets (with size change)
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 Align text (only) object horizontal alignment point (decimal, colon etc.) to target.
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Editing
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Grid
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Barcode
This new toolbar contains shortcuts for Barcodes.
 text hidden
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 text above
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 text beneath
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Data
This new toolbar contains shortcuts for linked Data.
 link
to data - allows a choice of Record or Document, presents the "new" choices first in the list of data fields.
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unlink
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 show data source field names
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opens rules properties - expression that must be true to
print this field
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Format
The format toolbar contains many different options for formatting text and numbers. In the dropdown menu, you should choose a type for the selection.
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 increase number of decimal places, not available
in Date and Spell out
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 decrease number of decimal places, not available
in Date and Spell out
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remove thousand separators 1,234.56 becomes 1234.56
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Locale, standard settings for countries and regions
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a display of how the text will be formatted, you can edit
within this display
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Nudge
Nudge is now accessed through the Nudge toolbar.
Set your own value by typing directly over the value or select from the preset options:
Record... is the equivalent of the V7 option Difference between selected objects. Select Record... in the horizontal or vertical dropdown menu.
The mouse pointer changes to a cross hair
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When the mouse is hovered near an object cross-hair
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Select by clicking, changes to a red circled cross-hair
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Click two points, what is recorded is the difference between the two points.
(Note: you may need to move the bottom scale slider to select where underlying
object cross-hairs
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Select
The Select toolbar contains new options, all relating to selected objects.
select all
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select next
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select previous
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show Corner Tool
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show Size Tool
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show Rotation Tool
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Shape
The Shape toolbar replaces the color tool. You can change Fill and Line color, and Width of lines.
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Size
Stretch alignment has been replaced by a new set of tools. Previously stretch alignment could be toggled on, and objects stretched rather than moved when using the alignment tools.
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Text Formatting
These are standard text formatting options with a couple of new options. Bold indicates a selected option.
left text alignment
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 centered text alignment
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right text alignment
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 justified text alignment
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 decimal or other character right text alignment, pull
down shows the other characters available
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 word wrap text
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 vertical
alignment of word wrapped text, pull down offers Top, Center
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line height
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delete lines with no source field data
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indent, pull down offers All, First line or Hanging
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