TreePad X Enterprise manual

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Overview


Program description


Examples of use

How to use this manual


Navigating this manual


Conventions used in this manual



Mouse and keyboard notation



Menu notation



Other conventions used


Glossary

General information


About TreePad


TreePad on the Internet


Evaluation Period


Registering TreePad


Installing TreePad X Enterprise (single-user)


USB drives and portability


Installing TreePad X Enterprise Server


The TreePad family


Feature chart


exe-eBook Creator*


TreePad Viewer*

New features


More new features planned...

Introduction to TreePad


The main TreePad window


The TreePad concept


Title bar


Main menu


Toolbars


Database selection buttons


Recycler button


Status bar


Article button bar


Tree Pane


Article Pane


Accessory pane


Switching between Tree and Article panes


Making it all happen



Using keyboard shortcuts



Using menu access keys



Using the mouse

Basic functions


1 - Tree commands



Creating the tree




Introduction to data trees




Creating a test database




Adding child and sibling nodes




Subtrees and sublevels



Navigating the tree




Opening and closing subtrees




Navigation commands



Rearranging the tree




Moving single nodes





Using the keyboard





Using the mouse





Cutting, copying and pasting nodes





Sorting nodes




Moving multiple nodes




The Mass node-mover screen



Making nodes distinctive


2 - Article commands



Articles introduced



Basic text editing



Copying and moving text



Formatting text



Aligning and indenting text



Inserting items into your text



Using hyperlinks




Hyperlink features




Creating hyperlinks made easy



Using images


3 - When are changes stored?



Tree edits



Article edits


4 - Opening multiple databases simultaneously


5 - Advanced and miscellaneous features

Multi-user functions


When are changes visible to other users?



Tree edits



Article edits


Power users and regular users


Specific features for power users



Article security



Subtree security



Recycle bin



Mass node mover screen



Node properties screen

TreePad reference


The Tree pane



Navigating the tree




Using the keyboard to navigate*




Using the mouse to navigate




Node history list




History pane



Inserting (creating) nodes




Inserting a child node




Inserting a sibling node




Time-saving insert functions




Inserting an agenda or calendar



Deleting nodes and subtrees




Deleting a node




Deleting only the subtree root node




Deleting only the subtree's child nodes



Expanding and collapsing subtrees




Expand and collapse commands




Custom Expand



Moving nodes and subtrees




Moving single nodes using the keyboard




Moving single nodes using the mouse




Use cursor keys, drag or cut-and-paste?




Moving a group of nodes





Combined commands






Turn selected sibling nodes into child nodes






Transfer child nodes to a different parent




The Mass node-mover screen



Sorting nodes



The Tree Clipboard




Introduction




How to copy and paste a subtree




Internal and external Tree Clipboard




External Clipboard considerations




Copying the article contents*



Cutting/Copying/Pasting nodes and subtrees



Node properties dialog



Template-base nodes



Naming nodes




Setting the default node title




Editing the node name




Copying and pasting the node name




Numbering nodes





Numbering new nodes





Converting existing nodes to numbered nodes




Date and time stamping nodes




Using blank nodes



Formatting nodes




Node formatting overview




Default tree and node format




Changing the format of individual nodes



Automatic paste*



Node icons




The Icons pane




Changing tree node icons




Changing the default node icon




How icons are stored




The Icons menu




Rearranging pane icons




Icon libraries




Node icons hints and tips




Node icons FAQ and troubleshooter



Subtree statistics



Bookmarks




The Bookmarks pane




The Bookmarks menu



Node checkboxes



Saving the tree state



Tree background color*



Tree keyboard shortcuts*


The Article pane



Article Button Bar



Accessory pane



Navigating the article



Highlighting text



Insert and overtype modes



Replacing text



Undo and Redo



Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete




Deleting text




Copying and Cutting text




Copying the article contents




Pasting text into the article




Copying or moving text and images




Trimming unwanted characters*



Formatting articles




Overview of formatting




Article formats





Some definitions first





Plain text format





Rich text format (RTF)




Article text format commands




Font and highlight color




Direct HTML editing




Color marker




Article formatting hints and tips




Superscripts and subscripts





Footnote hyperlink example




Paragraph formatting





Aligning and justifying paragraphs





Indenting lines and paragraphs






Using tabs to indent text






Increase/Decrease indentation






Auto indent





Bulleting and numbering paragraphs






Undoing bulleting and numbering






Nested bulleting and numbering





Paragraph formatting window




Article ruler, tabs and line numbers





The article rulers





Indent markers





Ruler tabs





Line numbers




Reversing, removing and converting formatting




Format painter




Copy / paste of formatting




Copy special and Paste special




Case conversion




Trimming unwanted characters




Text dividers



Saving article cursor position



Insert menu



Sorting text



Transferring text to a new node



Article fields



Tables




Working with tables




Editing text in tables




Adjusting column width and position




Navigating within a table




Moving and copying text from cell to cell




Sorting tables




Moving a column or row




Moving and copying tables




Inserting and deleting rows and columns




Splitting and combining cells





Horizontal splitting and combining





Vertical splitting and combining




Selecting rows and columns




Table and cell borders




Table and cell color




Tables hints and tips



Paragraph borders




Borders and shading window controls




Creating borders and boxes




Paragraph borders within tables




Paragraph borders hints and tips



Automatic paste




Automatic pasting to the same article




Automatic pasting to multiple articles




Automatic Paste hints and tips



Article statistics



Spelling checker




Basic operation




Spelling options




Dictionaries





The Dictionaries window





The Ignore All / Change All dictionary





User custom dictionaries





Additional dictionaries



Thesaurus



Inserting special characters




Character map




Entering the Euro symbol




Disabling ALTGR shortcuts



Subdividing and combining articles




Subdividing articles




Combining articles



Images*



Article replace*



Article keyboard shortcuts*


Images



Image filetypes supported



Selecting images



Storage of images in their native format



Image conversion tables



Importing and inserting images




Cutting, Copying and Pasting images into an article




Cloning image references




Using the Insert image(s) command




Dragging-and-dropping images




Inserting screen captures



Positioning images



Deleting images



Exporting images



Moving images



Resizing images



Printing images


Agenda, calendar and todo-lists



Tree




Agenda/calendar with months




Agenda/calendar with weeks



Article




Article day agenda




Article week agenda




Article month calendar




Article year calendar




Todo-list



Startday of the week


Customizing TreePad



Toolbars customization




Available toolbars




Using toolbars




Toolbar visibility



Infobars



Show article, tree or both



Article viewing options




Zooming




Word wrap




Layout




Article display options




Screen mode



Customizing the tree



Stay on top



Tray icon



TreePad activation key



Skinning: changing TreePad's appearance


Hyperlinks



Introduction to hyperlinks



Creating hyperlinks




Auto URL-detection




Creating underlined hyperlinks





Underlined hyperlink examples





Using the Insert/edit hyperlink window





Using copy and paste methods





Which method to use?





Special hyperlink functions






Inserting multiple hyperlinks to files






Anchors and hyperinks






Inserting a table of contents







Example of table of contents






Auto-detecting hyperlinks






Importing Windows Shortcuts and Internet Bookmarks






Converting selected text to a hyperlink





Hyperlinks and the Accessory Pane






Inserting a list of search results*






Inserting a list of bookmarks*






Inserting the history list*






Hyperlink to node in accessory pane
