Below is a list of all menu options under the Edit menu. The Edit menu option will only appear in the menu when you are working in a document.
Tip: To get help on any of these commands from VISION, click the Help button
and select any command from the menu.
•Style: Create a new character style or paragraph style or edit an existing one. To apply a style, use menu item Font Style or Paragraph
Style.
oStyles let you quickly format text without having to individually set all the attributes of that style.
oA style exists only in the document you are working in. Other documents won’t see it, unless you recreate the same style in them.
•Undo: Undo (Ctrl+Z) Reverses your last editing or formatting change, or deletes your last typed entry.
•Redo: Reverses the last Undo operation by reinstating what was undone.
•Select All: Select All (Ctrl+A) Selects the entire content of your document.
•Copy: Copy (Ctrl+C) Copies a highlighted block of text from the active document and places it on the Clipboard.
•Cut: Cut (Ctrl+X) Removes your highlighted block of text from the active document and places it on the Clipboard.
•Paste: (Ctrl+V) Pastes the text from the Clipboard to the current cursor location.
•Paste Special: Pastes or embeds the Clipboard contents into the current file in a format that you specify. The following are all of the formats that are available:
oNative Object Format: If available, this is the first format in the list box. The data in this format can be later edited (by double-clicking the object) using your original application. This data can be embedded into your application by using the Paste option, or you can create a link to the original file by using the Paste Link option.
oFormatted Text: This is one of the Text formats (RTF). This option offers the most suitable format if the data is pasted by another text output application, as the font and formatting attributes are reproduced accurately.
oUnformatted Text: This option pastes the text without retaining the formatting information.
oPicture Format: The data is available in the Picture format. This object can be later edited (by double-clicking the object) using Microsoft’s MS Draw application. This format is preferred over the Bitmap and device independent Bitmap formats.
oDevice Independent and Regular Bitmap Formats: The data is available in the Bitmap formats. The object can be later edited (by double-clicking the object) using Microsoft’s MS Draw application. The Editor converts these formats into the Picture format before using the drawing application.
•Picture Size: Changes the height, width and alignment of a picture. The alignment is relative to the baseline of the text on the line. You can also change the picture size by simply clicking on a picture, and pulling its sizing tabs by holding down the left mouse button.
•Object: Edits the selected object in the original program in which it was originally created.
•Edit Drawing Object: Changes the thickness of the borders, line color, line style, and the fill attribute of the current drawing object (text box, rectangle or line).
•Vertical Base Position: Changes the vertical base position of a frame or drawing object.
•Section: Edits the parameters for the current section (see Section Break). You can change the number of columns in the section, inter-column spacing for the section, the section's page orientation, and whether a section starts on a new page.
•Header and Footer: Enables or disables the editing of page headers and footers. If you just want to view and not edit the header and footer, select View Header and Footer from the Main Menu.
oThis option is available only in the Page Mode. To turn the Page Mode on, select View Page Mode from the Main Menu.
oIf the option to create a header or footer is disabled, it means that header or footer already exists.
oNo page of a document can ever show a mixture of main header or footer and a specific type of header or footer (First Page, Left Page, or Right Page). Among other things, that means if you create a specific header, no footer will appear on the page unless you also create the same type of footer. It also means that if you delete an specific header, not only will the main header take its place, as expected, but the main footer will also take the place of the same type of footer, even if the specific footer still exists. That suppressed specific footer will reappear once the same type of header is recreated.
•Edit Headers and Footers: All headers are edited in the same way: Double-click in the header region or select Edit Header and Footer from the Main Menu. Tip: You can also double-click the mouse in a header or footer to edit it.
oCreate First Page Header: A first-page header appears just on the first page, while the main header appears on subsequent pages. If there is no first-page header, then the main header appears on all pages.
oCreate First Page Footer: A first-page footer appears just on the first page, while the main footer appears on subsequent pages. If there is no first-page footer, then the main footer appears on all pages.
oDelete First Page Header: Deletes the first-page header, allowing the main header to take its place on the first page.
oDelete First Page Footer: Deletes the first-page footer, allowing the main footer to take its place on the first page.
oCreate Left Page Header: Creates a header that appears only on pages that would sit on the left side of the binding in a bound document. Those are typically even-numbered pages.
oCreate Left Page Footer: Creates a footer that appears only on pages that would sit on the left side of the binding in a bound document. Those are typically even-numbered pages.
oDelete Left Page Header: Deletes the left-page header, allowing the main header to take its place on the left pages.
oDelete Left Page Footer: Deletes the left-page footer, allowing the main footer to take its place on the left pages.
oCreate Right Page Header: Creates a header that appears only on pages that would sit on the right side of the binding in a bound document. Those are typically odd-numbered pages.
oCreate Right Page Footer: Creates a footer that appears only on pages that would sit on the right side of the binding in a bound document. Those are typically odd-numbered pages.
oDelete Right Page Header: Deletes the right-page header, allowing the main header to take its place on the right pages.
oDelete Right Page Footer: Deletes the right-page footer, allowing the main footer to take its place on the right pages.
•Edit Footnote text: Enables editing of the footnotes, if there are any. Footnotes are inserted from the Insert menu. Footnotes are edited where they are referenced in the document, not at the bottom of the page. After editing, uncheck this menu item to hide the footnotes where they are referenced. They will remain visible at the bottom of the page.
•Edit Endnote text: Enables editing of the endnotes, if there are any. Endnotes are inserted from the Insert menu. Endnotes are edited where they are referenced in the document, not at the end of the section. After editing, uncheck this menu item to hide the endnotes where they are referenced. They will remain visible at the end of the section.
•Document Text Flow: Sets the direction of text flow: left-to-right or right-to-left. This doesn’t make text go backwards; it does things like putting the bullets on the right side instead of the left. Changing the flow direction may be useful if you are writing in a language that is written right-to-left.
•Repaginate: Repaginates the document. Normally, repagination takes place automatically as you edit the text. Because the repagination process is time consuming, there may not be enough time for a large document to complete the repagination between edits. Use this option for complete repagination on demand.