edit form

Overview

Next Design's document form allows you to describe model details in documents and tables, much like a traditional design document. In this document, this document form is simply called Form.

The editing operations in the form are explained below in the following order.

• Edit text
• Edit grids and lists
• Edit rich text

edit the text

To edit text in the editor, not only in forms, follow these steps:

Operation procedure

1. When you start editing text, do one of the following:

   • double click on edit item
   • Select an item to edit and press f2
   • Start key input from the state where the edit item is selected

2. To insert a line break in the middle of the text, press shift+enter.

caution

• The editable items in the form and the expression format for each item (text/list/grid, etc.) are defined in the profile.

Edit grids and lists

To edit a grid or list on your form:

Operation procedure

1. When editing an existing item in a grid or list, start editing as you would for text.

2. When adding grid rows or list items, do one of the following:

   • Click the [+] icon link that appears when you move the pointer over the item
   • Press the enter key with the item selected

3. To change the order of grid rows and list items, do one of the following:

   • Select items and drag and drop
   • Select an item and press alt+up , down

4. To remove grid rows or list items, do one of the following:

   • Right-click the item and execute the Delete command from the context menu
   • Select an item and press delete

Edit Rich Text

If the field is a rich text type, you can also set styles such as text color, insert figures and tables, and embed hyperlinks.

To edit a RichText field, follow these steps:

Operation procedure

1. Start editing by doing one of the following:

   • double click on edit item
   • Select an item to edit and press f2
   • Start key input from the state where the edit item is selected

2. Use the following keys to insert a line break or line break when entering text.

   • shift+enter key: inserts a line break in the middle of a line.
   • alt+enter key: break a paragraph and start a new paragraph.

3. Formatting and inserting tables, images, etc. are done with various commands displayed in the [Rich Text Edit Tool] tab of the ribbon.

4. Press enter to finish editing and confirm the contents.

Insert an image

You can insert an image by doing one of the following:

• Click [Rich Text Edit Tool] > [Insert] > [Image] on the ribbon and select the image file to insert.
• With the image stored in the clipboard, press ctrl+v or execute the [Paste] command from the context menu.

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If the image to be inserted exceeds the display width of the rich text type field, adjust the size of the image and insert it so that it fits within the display width.

Adjust image size

You can resize the image to fit the width of the RichText field by doing one of the following:

• Select the image you want to resize and click [Rich Text Edit Tool] > [Picture] > [Fit Width to Display Size] on the ribbon.
• Select the image you want to resize and execute the [Fit Width to Display Size] command in the context menu.

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You can return the resized image to its original size by doing one of the following:

• Select the image you want to restore to its original size and click [Rich Text Edit Tool] > [Picture] > [Reset Size] on the ribbon.
• Select the image you want to restore to its original size and execute the [Reset Size] command in the context menu.

Check the inserted image

You can check the inserted image in the [Image View Window].
The [Image Display Window] can be displayed by clicking the [Display image in window] button that appears at the top right of the Rich Text type field when the mouse is over the Rich Text type field.

Operation procedure

1. Mouse over a RichText field.
2. Click the Display image in window button that appears in the upper right of the RichText type field.