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The main window

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The sidebar
The sidebar has 7 pages.
 
·  The first two are explorer views. This makes it very easy to browse your folders and open files.
 
·  The third page is the text clips tab. Add code snippets and other text phrases.
 
·  The fourth page is the ftp view. From here you can easily edit a file on an FTP server.
 
·  The fifth page is the project view. Manage you project files, compile and run.
·  The sixth page is the IE favorites view. You can use the "Home" tab as a browser and use the favorites to navigate to your favorite sites.
·  The seventh page is the code explorer. The code explorer list code elements like classes and functions. You can use this page for easier navigation of your code.

 
The main view
There are 5 pages in the main view.

·  Home page. From the home page you can create a new document, open a project or open files. Recently opened files and project are also listed.
 
·  Editor page. All documents are opened on this page.
 
·  IE preview page. Preview the current document, in the editor, using Internet Explorer.
·  Firefox preview page. Preview the current document, in the editor, using Firefox. (You need to install the mozilla component found on the home site)
 
·  File Commander. Contains a file manager and an FTP client. You can use it to manage your web site, or synchronize your remote and local folders.


The main tool bar
Below you can see the default buttons of the main toolbar. Some buttons are not visible. The customize dialog is located in the "Environment" menu and can be used to set which buttons should be displayed.

Most buttons below don't need an explanation, but there might be a few that does.

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graphic New
Click on the button to open a new document. Click on the arrow to display a menu with different file types and templates, as seen below.

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graphic Special Characters
Opens the bottom bar and displays symbols and some special characters. The symbols are inserted into the document as Unicode characters. Or in a html document as html number codes e.g. © .

graphic Browsers
Click the button to open the current document into the internal IE browser. Use the drop down list to select another browser. External browsers can be set in the options dialog.

graphic Play macro
Play the current macro. Click on the arrow to get a list of available macros.

graphic Start quick recording a macro
Start recording a macro. No dialog is opened. The recording starts immediately. A predefined macro name _QuickMacro is used. This macro is saved, but will be overwritten the next time you make a quick recording.

graphic Start recording a macro
Click this button to start recording a macro. When the macro dialog is open, enter a macro name (and a shortcut). Then click on the "Record" button. Now, all actions in the editor is recorded. Use the stop button to stop recording.

graphic Stop a macro recording
This button stops the current macro recording. The recorded macro is now the active macro.

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Syntax menu
Here you can temporarily change the highlighter used to highlight the current document.

Spell check
Select a dictionary and click on the button to spell check your document.