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Editing a form

Overview​

Next Design's document form allows you to describe the details of your model in documents and tables, just like traditional design documents.

In this book, this document form is simply called Form.

The following describes the editing operations in a form in the following order:

  • Editing text
  • Editing grids and lists
  • Editing rich text

Editing text​

To edit text in an editor, not limited to forms, follow the steps below.

Editing text

Operation procedure
  1. To start editing text, do one of the following:
  • Double-click the item to be edited
  • Select the item to be edited and press the f2 key
  • Start typing with the item to be edited selected
  1. To create a new line in the middle of text, press the shift+enter keys.
Note
  • The items that can be edited in a form and the representation format of each item (text/list/grid, etc.) are defined in the profile.

Editing a grid or list​

To edit a grid or list in a form, follow the steps below.

Editing a grid

Instructions
  1. When editing an existing item in a grid or list, start editing with the same operation as for text.
  2. When adding a row to a grid or an item to a list, do one of the following:
  • Click the [+] icon link that appears when you move the pointer over an item.
  • Press the enter key while the item is selected.
  1. To change the order of grid rows or list items, do one of the following:
  • Select the item and drag and drop it.
  • Select the item and press the alt+up or down keys.
  1. To delete grid rows or list items, do one of the following:
  • Right-click the item and execute the [Delete] command from the context menu.
  • Select the item and press the delete key.
Caution
  • To maintain the grid column width after adjusting it, follow the instructions in the following manual for [Changing the default column width].
  • [Docs > Profile definition > View definition > Form view definition > Arrange related models in grid format](../../profile-definition-guide/view-definition/form-view-definition#Arrange related models in grid format)

Edit rich text​

For rich text type fields, you can set styles such as text color, insert figures and tables, and embed hyperlinks.

To edit a rich text type field, follow the steps below.

Edit rich text

Operation procedure
  1. Start editing by doing one of the following:
  • Double-click the item to be edited
  • Select the item to be edited and press the f2 key
  • Start typing with the item to be edited selected
  1. To insert a line break or paragraph break when entering text, use the following keys.
  • shift+enter: Inserts a line break in the middle of a line.
  • alt+enter: Separates a paragraph and starts a new one.
  1. Use the commands displayed in the [Rich Text Edit Tool] tab on the ribbon to insert formatting, tables, images, etc.
  2. To finish editing and confirm the content, press the enter key.

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 you want to insert.
  • With the image stored on the clipboard, press the ctrl+v keys or execute the [Paste] command on the context menu.
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If the image you want to insert exceeds the display width of the rich text field, the image will be resized to fit within the display width before being inserted.

Adjusting the size of an image​

You can adjust the size of an image to fit the display width of a rich text field by doing one of the following:

  • Select the image you want to adjust the size of, and click [Rich Text Edit Tool] > [Picture] > [Fit Width to Display Size] on the ribbon.
  • Select the image you want to adjust the size of, and execute the [Fit Width to Display Size] command on the context menu.
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You can return the image you changed to its original size by doing one of the following:

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

Checking the inserted image​

You can check the inserted image in the [Image Display Window].
The [Image display window] can be displayed by hovering the mouse over a rich text field and clicking the [Display image in window] button that appears in the upper right corner of the rich text field.

Image display window

Operation procedure
  1. Hover the mouse over the rich text field.
  2. Click the [Display image in window] button that appears in the upper right corner of the rich text field. Image display window
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