Contents for LEAP Office Online Help
Help Topics

Click on a topic to get more information.

Getting Help while working

Activating help elements while working in LEAP Office.

How Do I ?

Explains how to go about performing various tasks in LEAP Office.

Quick Reference

Table of Shortcuts/Hot keys in LEAP Office.


Getting Help while working

Quick Tour - (recommended for new users)

The Quick Tour is a self running demonstration. It will show you how to create a multilingual document and use some of important features in LEAP Office e.g., Entering text using the Inscript keyboard, Spell Check the document, Find and Replace mutli-lingual text, edit a template, E-mail a document etc. To start the Quick Tour select the Quick Tour item in the Help menu.

Tools Tips - Quickly learn about the LEAP Office interface

By displaying Tool Tips on its screen elements, LEAP Office provides a very quick and easy way of familiarising new users with its interface. LEAP Office automatically pops up the name and function of the screen element as soon as the mouse is moved over it. This feature is on by default. It is advisable to keep it on till you are familiar with the various buttons, menus and other user interface elements. It can be put on or off using the Balloon Help option in the View menu.

What's this - Help

Another way to get more information about the function and usage of a particular element in the LEAP Office interface is to use the What's this Help. You can perform any of the following  steps to display this help.

1. Press SHIFT+F1

or  Click on the What's this item in the Help menu.

or  Click the What's this button on the Standard Bar.

The cursor will change to a ? mark.

2. Click on the user interface element on which you want to get help.

When using the dialog boxes

If you want to get help on any of the options in the dialog boxes in LEAP Office select the option and press the F1 key.

How do I - Section in this Help

If you want to know how to go about performing a certain task in LEAP Office, click on the How do I section in the contents page in this help. The How do I section has been functionally categorised into sections depending on the tasks that you would want to perform.

If you want to locate a particular topic click on the Search tab/button at the top of the help window and enter a word connected to the topic and click Display. The LEAP Office help will list all topics that are related to the search word.

Perpetual Help on the Status Bar

The Status Bar (at the bottom of the Desktop) in LEAP Office displays perpetual context sensitive help while working.

Indian language typing Tutorials

These Tutotrials will show you how to use the Inscript keyboard which has specially designed for entering text in Indian languages using Indian scripts. Tutorials are located under the Tutorials item in the Help menu.

Tips

The Tips and Tricks window displays useful tips, tricks, features etc., listed by the developers of LEAP Office. You can switch on this window by clicking on the Tips item in the Help menu. Switch on this window and browse through the list to learn the special features in LEAP Office. By default this window is displayed each time you start LEAP Office. To stop LEAP Office from displaying this window at startup deselect the Balloon and Tips item in the View menu.


How do I, how to
How do I ?

Click on a topic to get more information.

Create or Open documents...

Enter/Edit text...

Get assistance while entering text in Indian languages...

Set option for editing in Indian languages...

Speed up typing...

Format selected text...

Navigate through a document...

Find ...

Spell Check the document...

Get assistance for translation...

Cut, Copy and Paste text...

Insert/Import text into a document...

Exchange text with other programs...

Insert Shapes (Rectangle, Circle etc.,) in a document...

Cut/Copy and Paste graphics...

Insert graphics into a document...

Exchange graphics with other programs...

Set the Desktop for page design...

Design Page Layouts (Master Pages and Bindings) ...

Design Page Layouts (Position and size frames/objects)...

Maintain uniform design ...

Organise documents...

Reuse document contents and page designs...

Save the document...

Print...

E-mail a document

Fax a document.

Export document as HTML text (Create contents for a a Web Page).

Recover from accidents and mistakes...

Set Document Views...

Set Desktop View...

Uninstall LEAP Office

Purchase a copy of LEAP Office


How do I ?

Create or Open documents...

Create a plain new document

Create a new document using a Template

Open an existing document

Open existing document as a Template

Open a document created in a previous version of LEAP

Open a recently used document


How do I ?

Enter/Edit text...

Enter text in Indian languages

Edit multilingual text

Place text in the document in a location of my choice - (Begin a new Story)

Undo the last change while editing

Change numerals in selected text to English numerals

Change numerals in selected text to Indian language script numerals

Switch between editing in Indian languages and English

Transliterate text (Change the script of the selected Indian language text)

Access the Indian language tutorials


How do I ?

Get assistance while entering text in Indian languages...

Show hide the Onscreen Keyboard

Enter text in Indian languages using English characters (Phonetic Transliteration)

Edit text in Indian languages in other Windows applications

Activate the Indian Language keyboard driver for other Windows applications

Get Translation of official words/terms used in English

Get Synonyms of Indian language words


How do I ?

Set options for editing in Indian languages...

Set a default font for a language

Set the default language

Change the Toggle Key to switch between QWERTY and Indian language keyboard mode.

Select Matching Fonts for Indian languages and English

Select the Indian language keyboard layout

Hyphenate the Indian language text


How do I ?

Speed up typing...

Define my own Keyboard Shortcuts

Modify the Keyboard Shortcuts defined


How do I ?

Format selected text...

Change the font

Change the font size

Change fonts of a mixed language (Multi-lingual text)

Change the font style

Set the size and position of the Subscript or Superscript. ( Position Control )

Change the colour of text

Adjust Character Width

Adjust Character Spacing (Tracking)

Align text

Adjust the Indents

Set Tab Type

Set Tabs with Lead Characters

Set Tab Stops and Paragraph Indents

Define  the Line Spacing in paragraphs.( Leading )

Adjust spacing between paragraphs.

Format text using Styles

Reformat documents using Styles

Reformat documents using Find and Replace


Navigate Through a Document...
How do I ?

Navigate through a document...

To                      	Press

Go to previous word	CTRL+ Left Arrow Key

Go to next word	CTRL+ Right Arrow Key

Go to beginning of the line	Press the Home Key

Go to end of a line	Press the End Key

Scroll up one line	Press Up Arrow Key

Scroll down one line	Press Down Arrow Key

Scroll left	Click on the left arrow button Horizontal Bar

Scroll right	Click on the Right arrow button Horizontal Bar

Moving Amongst Stories

Go to the top of the story	Press CTRL+ Home Key

Go to the end of the story	Press CTRL+ End Key

Goto the previous story	SHIFT+ALT+Left Arrow Key

Goto the next story	SHIFT+ALT+Right Arrow Key

Go to a page

Go to previous page

Go to next page


How do I ?

Find ...

Text

Text marked with particular attributes

Indian language text

And Replace text

And Delete text

And Replace text attributes

And Replace a text string throughout the document.


How do I ?

Spell Check a document

Start the Spell Check.

Create my own Personal dictionary.

Add word to a Personal dictionary.


How do I ?

Get assistance for translation...

of Official words/terms used in English


How do I ?

Cut, Copy and Paste text

Cut and Paste text

Copy and Paste text


How do I ?

Insert/Import text into a document...

Text from other programs

Text from previous versions of LEAP Office

Indian language text from other programs


How do I ?

Exchange text with other programs...

Exchange Indian language text with other Windows applications

Write text from an LEAP Office document to a specified file format ....


How do I ?

Insert Shapes (Rectangle, Circle etc.,) in a document...

Rectangle, Ellipse, Line etc.,

Setting the Line Width of the Shapes

Set Outline Colour for the Shapes

Fill Colour for the Shapes


How do I ?

Cut/Copy and Paste graphics...

Cut and Paste graphic(s)

Copy and Paste graphic(s)


How do I ?

Insert graphics into a document...

Graphics from other programs

Clipart


How do I ?

Exchange graphics with other programs...

Paste Clipboard contents in a particular format (Paste Special )

Write graphics from an LEAP Office document to a specified file  format ...


How do I ?

Set the Desktop for page design...

Show/Hide Page Preview Window

Moving in the document using the Page Preview Window

Show/Hide Ruler

Set the Unit of Measurement (Ruler Scale)

Set Ruler Zero

Place/Remove Guides

Lock Guides

Show/Hide Guides

Snap to Guides

Snap to Margins


How do I ?

Design Page Layouts ( Master Pages and Bindings) ...

Select a Double Sided Page layout

Select Vertical binding

Select Horizontal binding

Set Page Margins

Replicate text or graphics across several document pages (Master Pages )

Edit Master Page design

Set Master Pages Overlay On/Off.


How do I ?

Design Page Layouts (Position and size frames/objects)...

Merge Paragraphs

Merge Stories

Insert text in a Story

Delete objects (Text, text frames, graphics etc.,)

Select and move text frame(s)

Select and move graphic frame(s)

Move frames (text and graphics) within the document using the Pasteboard

Move a group of frames

Select multiple frames

Size a frame

Size a frame(s) with reference to another frame/object

Direct the text flow

Align a frame(s)

Move selected frame to the front/back of overlapping frames

Make columns of selected frames


How do I ?

Maintain uniform design in a document...

Define Styles

Apply Styles to a paragraph

In a multilingual document (Defining Twin Styles)


How do I ?

Organise documents...

Insert pages

Remove pages

Set page numbering

Set start page number

Move text and graphics frames across documents


How do I ?

Reuse document contents and page designs...

Load Styles from another document

Reuse documents (Templates)

Embed instructions in a template(Create a template)


How do I ?

Save...

Save the document.

Save a copy of the currently active document under a different name

Automatically save my documents at regular intervals


How do I ?

Print...

Select a printer

Change the paper size

Select a paper source for the printer

Print a document

Print all the pages in a document.

Print selected range of pages in the document.

Set the print sequence (Collating )

Print to a file

Fit document page to the given paper size

Print an oversized document page.

Fit maximum number of pages on a single sheet of paper

Preview the entire document design at a glance (Thumbnail)

Print the keyboard layout


E-mail a Document
How do I ?

E-mail a document

* You need to have a MAPI compliant  E-mail client (such as MS Outlook, Eudora, etc.,) installed on your computer. Your computer needs to be connected to a modem.

1. Create your document.

2. Select the Send Mail item in the File menu.

A Send Mail dialog box having the following options will be displayed.

a.	LP2 file - This option will send your LEAP Office document as an attachment in the mail. To be able to read your document, the recipient needs to have LEAP Office or LEAP Office Office installed on his/her computer. LEAP Office Lite (Trial Copy) is available on the Internet for a free download at www.cdac.org.in

b.	RTF document - If sent as a RTF document, fonts used in the document need to be installed on the recipient's computer. Fonts are also available on the Internet for a free download at www.cdac.org.in. Another facility provided by LEAP Office is to send the font installation exe along with the email itself. You can do this the first time for every recipient

c.	HTML document - This also needs fonts on the recipient's PC as explained above.

d.	ISCII document - This is for recipients who have a editor, wordprocessor or GIST card which can recognize ISCII format

e.	BMP document (Monochrome).  - Sends a monochrome Windows bitmap as an attachment. This is preferred for recipients who neither have fonts nor have LEAP Office. They can just view the mail and cannot do any editing on it. This generally has a smaller size than the JPEG attachment. The first visible page contents are sent.

f. JPEG document (Monochrome) - Similar to the Windows BMP but is also supported on non Windows platforms.

*Tip : A BMP document is smaller in size than a JPEG document.

3. Click on the Send button.

The E-mail client window will be opened. (This window and other subsequent windows or dialogs presented will be dependent on the E-mail client software that has been installed on your computer).

Your document will be sent as an attachment. (The format is dependent on the option that you select in Step 3 above).

Enter the E-mail address that you want to send to and other necessary options. Click OK.


Fax a Document
How do I ?

Fax a document

* You need to have a FAX software (MS Exchange, MS Fax etc.,) installed on your computer. Your Computer needs to be connected to a modem.

1. Create your document.

2. Select the Print item in the File menu.

or  Press CTRL+P (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Print dialog box.

The Print dialog box will be displayed.

3. Click on the Setup button.

The Target Printer box will be displayed.

4. Click on the down arrow key in the box that displays the name of the Specific Printer.

A list all the printers installed on your computer will be displayed. The Fax machine will also be listed amongst this list.

5. Click on the Fax machine listed in this list.

6. Click OK.

7. Click Print.


Export Document in HTMLFormat (Create Contents for a Web Page)
How do I ?

Export a document in HTML format (Create contents for a Web Page)

* You can take the RTF/HTML document created in LEAP Office to a Web Page designing software like Front Page or Word for further graphic enhancements or addition of ActiveX Controls.

1. Create your document.

2. Select the Export item in the File menu.

or  Press CTRL+SHIFT+X (Shortcut key).

The Export dialog box will be displayed.

3. Click the down arrow key in the Export Files of Type box.

4. Select HTML ( to export text as HTML).

5. Select the drive and directory in which you want to save the HTML document in.

6. Enter a file name in the File Name box to save the HTML file as.

7. Click on the Export button.

The Web Site hosting the documents that contain Indian language text in them need to provide for the download of Indian language fonts to client PC's. Since fonts are available on the Internet for a free download at www.cdac.org.in, the Web Site could also provide a link.


How do I ?

Recover from accidents and mistakes...

Discard the last saved changes to a document

Open a backup file


How do I ?

Set Document Views...

Show/Hide Graphics

Show/Hide Text

Page Layout mode

Normal mode

Show/Hide Tabs

Get a magnified view of a document

Show/Hide the Tips at Start-up and the Balloon Help


How do I ?

Set Desktop View...

Show/Hide the Standard Bar

Show/Hide the Properties Bar

Show/Hide the Rulers

Save Desktop settings


Uninstall LEAP Office
How do I ?

Uninstall LEAP Office

If LEAP Office has been installed on Windows 3.1

1. Double click on the LEAP Office Group icon.

2. Double click on the Uninstall LEAP Office icon.

The Uninstall  message box will be displayed, it will list the various components that are being uninstalled.

If LEAP Office has been installed on Windows 95 or Windows NT

1. Click on the Windows Start button.

Windows Start menu will be displayed.

2. Select the Control Panel item in the Settings menu.

The Control Panel window will be opened.

3. Click on the Add/Remove icon.

The Add/Remove Properties window will be opened. This dialog will list the various software that have been installed on your computer.

4. Click on LEAP Office.

5. Click on the Add/Remove button.

The Uninstall  message box will be displayed, it will list the various components that are being uninstalled.


Purchase a Copy of LEAP Office
How do I ?

Purchase a copy of LEAP Office

Please refer to the ORDER.TXT file in the directory or folder in which LEAP Office has been installed. If you are an LEAP Office Lite user, refer the About dialog box under the Help menu for order details.


MENUS FOR LEAP Office

File Menu [ALT +F]


New [CTRL + N]

Displays the New dialog box.

Using the buttons in this dialog box you can either create a plain new document or create a new document using an existing document as a template or optionally create a new document using an existing document as a template.


Open [CTRL + O]

Opens an existing LEAP Office document. Once you have specified a document to open, and if you are currently working on a document that has not been saved, LEAP Office will prompt you to save the current document.


Close [CTRL + W]

Close a document and return to the LEAP Office start up state, where you can create, open an existing document or set document defaults or exit LEAP Office.

If changes have been made to a document and not saved, LEAP Office will prompt ask you if you want to save those changes before closing the document.


Save [CTRL + S]

Saves the most recent changes made to your document and replaces the previously saved version under the same filename. If the document is untitled, LEAP Office displays the Save As dialog box.


Save As

Save As enables you to save a copy of the active document using a different filename. The document that you have saved becomes the currently active document.


Revert

Revert allows you to restore the most recently saved version of your document, discarding all the changes that you have made since the last time you saved the document.


Page Properties

Displays the Page Properties dialog box. You can set the basic layout properties of a page e.g., page size, page margins, orientation etc., using the options in this dialog box.


Target Printer

Set up or change the target printer for the document.  This is done so that the document line breaks and character sizes are composed for this target printer to get best possible output. Despite what printer you choose here, you can print drafts on any other printer. Normally the target printer is set to the printer on which the final output will be taken. Selecting this command will display the Target Printer dialog box.


Print [CTRL + P]

Print your Document. This command pops up the Print dialog box wherein you can select a different printer to print your document, set the number of pages to print, decide the print sequence etc.


Export [CTRL + SHIFT + X]

Export the selected contents or the entire document to a file.  LEAP Office supports text export in Plain text, Rich Text Format ( RTF ), ISCII and HTML format and graphic export in WMF, JPEG and DIB formats.


Send a Document in LEAP Office Document  Format

Send your document to another user in the LEAP Office document (current) format.

This option is available only if you have any Mail (MAPI Compliant) software installed on your computer.

If you send the document using this option, the receiver needs to have LEAP Office ( LEAP Office or LEAP Office Office ) installed on his computer.


Send a Document in a RTF (Rich Text Format)

Send your Document to another user as a RTF (Rich Text Format) Document .

This option is available only if you have any Mail Software's (MAPI Compliant)  installed on your Computer.

If you send the Document using this option, the receiver needs to have a Software that can read a RTF Document.


Send a Document in a HTML Format

Send your Document to another user in the HTML(Hyper Text Markup Language)Format.

This option is available only if you have any Mail Software's (MAPI Compliant)  installed on your Computer.

If you send the Document using this option, the receiver needs to have a Software that can read a HTML Document.


Send a Document in a ISCII Format

 ISCII - is the basic Indian Language format that  is recognised by Indian Language software's that work on DOS e.g., GIST cards, and ALP etc.,(Text in ISCII can also be imported and read in LEAP Office).  This is the most compact way of sending the mail as all the formatting information is discarded. The Receiver should have one of the above mentioned software's or a Gist card installed on his/her computer to be able to read the Mail.


Exit

Exit or quit LEAP Office. If changes to the open document have not been saved, LEAP Office will prompt you by asking if you want to save the changes before closing LEAP Office.


Open a Recently Used File [ALT + F + (File Number)]

The five most recently used documents are listed in the last group of the File menu. Any of these files can be opened by simply clicking on their name in the list, without having to go through the Open dialog box.


MENUS FOR LEAP Office

Edit Menu


Undo [CTRL + Z]

Undo or reverse your most recent action. Almost all modifications to the document can be undone.

LEAP Office offers only one level of undo, i.e. only your last operation can be undone.

If the action cannot be undone, the Undo command is dimmed in the Edit menu and the Undo icon on the Standard Bar is disabled.


Cut [CTRL + X]

Cuts the selected object (Text, graphic, text frames or shape)  from the document. Items cut are stored in a temporary storage area provided by Windows called the Clipboard. Objects stored in the Clipboard are available for pasting elsewhere in your document or in another application. This command is enabled only when an object or objects have been selected.

Each time LEAP Office places items on the clipboard,  previous Clipboard contents are erased.


Copy [CTRL + C]

Copy selected text or graphics from your document onto the Clipboard for pasting elsewhere.

Each time LEAP Office places items on the clipboard,  previous Clipboard contents are erased.


Paste [CTRL + V]

Paste Objects (Text, graphics, text frames, shapes etc.,) stored in the Windows Clipboard into your document.

This option is not available if the Clipboard contents are empty.


Paste Special [ALT + INS]

Paste objects on the Clipboard into your document in a specific format. Objects on the clipboard are stored in more than one format. When you paste an object, LEAP Office picks the format that is truest to the format of the object in the original document. However, you can select a different format using the Paste Object as option in the Paste Special dialog box.


Text [CTRL + SHIFT + T]

Activate the Text mode while you are working in a document.  When the text tool is selected, you will notice following changes on your screen:

-    The Text icon (A) on the Standard Bar is reversed (depressed).

-    The mouse pointer turns into an I-beam when you move it onto the display window.

-    If the Properties Bar is on, it will roll (change ) to display text properties.

Press CTRL+SPACE to toggle between the Frame mode and the Text mode.


Frame mode

Activate/Deactivate the Frame mode.

The Frame mode allows you to select a frame(s) of text, picture(s) or any drawing entity by simply clicking on them.

Press CTRL+SPACE to toggle between the Frame mode and the Text mode.


Clear [DEL]

Clears (deletes) the currently selected text, frame or group of objects from your document without storing them on the clipboard.


Delete Pages

Remove a page or a range of pages from the active document.


Select All [CTRL + A]

Select all the text in a story.

In the frame mode you can select all the frames on the currently visible pages.


Find and Replace [F3]

Find and Replace text. This command activates the Find and Replace Bar. Using the options in this bar, you can find and replace any character, embedded text, whole words or phrase in any language. You can also specify the text type , paragraph type, style or case of the text to be found and replaced. Press F3 to find the next instance of the text. Press CTRL+F3 to close the bar.


MENUS FOR LEAP Office

View Menu


Page Preview Window

Page Preview Window gives a birds-eye view of your document. You can specify the portion of the document you want to zoom by clicking the left mouse button in the Page Preview Window and dragging out the area you want to view. You can quickly scroll to any point on the visible pages by simply clicking on the Page Preview Window. You can also use this to navigate across pages by typing in the page number directly in the area where the current page numbers are shown or by clicking on the arrows on the corners of the Page Preview Window.

This option is dimmed if the current mode is set to Normal.


Onscreen Keyboard [SHIFT +  ALT  +  K]

Show/Hide the Onscreen Keyboard. The Onscreen Keyboard reflects the current language and keyboard layout selected in the current setting.


Balloon Help & Tips

Activate or deactivate the Balloon Help and the Tips which you get everytime you start LEAP.


Standard Bar

Basic and the most frequently used commands that are required,  while using LEAP Office are available as buttons in the Standard Bar.


Standard Bar

Show/Hide the Standard Bar. Basic and the most frequently used commands required while using LEAP Office, are available as buttons in the Standard Bar.


Properties Bar

Show/Hide the Properties Bar. The Properties Bar is a rolling bar; the buttons displayed on the Properties Bar depend on the object that has been currently selected.

You can change the property of an object directly by using the buttons on the Properties Bar. The Properties Bar gives you fast access to the properties of an object. You can modify the properties of an object by selecting the object and clicking the appropriate button on the Properties Bar.


Rulers

Display/Hide the Rulers.

The Indents and tabs are displayed on the ruler only when the caret is placed in a paragraph or some text is selected. You can add Guides by double clicking or dragging a guide from the ruler

In the Normal mode the vertical ruler is automatically turned off.


Scroll Bar

Display/Hide the Scroll Bars.


25%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 200%, 400%,

Fit Page, Fit Page Width, Fit Page Height

These are predefined zoom percentages listed in the View menu.  Select a zoom percentage that best suits your work. A dot besides the menu item identifies the zoom level that is active. All zoom percentages offered are in proportion to the actual size of the printed document. You can edit your document in any of the zoom values applied.


Custom [Zoom] [SHIFT + ALT + 0]

Specify a custom document view other than those listed in the Zoom menu.  Displays the Zoom dialog box. You can reduce or enlarge the view from 25% to 600% of the actual size in 1% increments.


Show Tabs [SHIFT + ALT + N]

Display/Hide the Tabs (Non Printable Character). Setting this option on, displays the tabs in your document. (Setting this option on does not affect the way the text is printed.)


Hide Text [SHIFT + ALT + T]

Displays or Hides Text. On activating Hide Text, LEAP Office displays gray stripes in place of characters. Hiding Text results in faster screen display; it does not affect printing.  Select again to display the text normally.


Hide Graphics [SHIFT + ALT + G]

Show/Hide Graphics. On activating Hide Graphics, LEAP Office displays gray boxes in place of actual graphics. Hiding the graphics results in faster screen display and only affects the way the graphics are being displayed on screen. (This setting does not affect printing.)


Page Layout Mode [SHIFT + ALT + F]

Set the Page Layout mode on. This option places two pages of the document along side each other (or one below the other- in case of horizontal binding). You can use either the Normal mode or this mode to work with your document.


Normal Mode [SHIFT + ALT + C]

Set the Normal mode On. This option places all the pages of the documents one below the other in a continuous stream. You can use either the Page Layout mode or this mode to work with your document.


MENUS FOR LEAP Office

Navigate Menu


Goto [CTRL + G]

Goto a particular page in the document or any of the two Master Pages in the document.


MENUS FOR LEAP Office

Insert Menu


Line [CTRL + SHIFT +  L]

Place or draw a Line in the document.  The shape of the cursor will change to the one for a Line tool. The line thickness is determined by the setting done in the Style for Sketching dialog box. Alternatively you can use the Properties Bar to set the line thickness and line color. You can constrain the line to a horizontal, vertical or a 45 degree line by holding down the SHIFT key while drawing.


Rounded Rectangle [CTRL + SHIFT + O]

Draw/Insert a Rounded Rectangle in your document.  The cursor shape will take the shape of the Rounded Rectangle tool.

You can constrain the rounded rectangle into a rounded square by holding down the SHIFT key while drawing.


 Rectangle [CTRL + SHIFT +  R]

Draw/Insert a Rectangle in your document.  The cursor shape will take the shape of the Rectangle tool.

You can constrain the rectangle into a square by holding down the SHIFT key while drawing.


Ellipse [CTRL + SHIFT + E]

Draw an Ellipse in your document.  The cursor shape will take the shape of the Ellipse tool.

You can constrain an ellipse into a circle by holding down the SHIFT key while drawing.


Style for Sketching

Set/Change  the line thickness, line color and fill color for the drawing objects viz., Line, Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle and Ellipse.  If no tool has been selected the settings done in the Style for Sketching  become the default settings.


Clipart

Import/Insert a Clipart in your document. The Preview window in this dialog box will display the selected Clipart about to be inserted in your document.


File [SHIFT + ALT + INS]

Insert text and graphic data from external files into your document.  LEAP Office allows you to insert text from Plain Text, ISCII, Wordstar Files and Graphics from Windows Metafiles and Windows DIB/Bitmaps.


Pages [CTRL + SHIFT + INS]

Insert/Add pages to your document.


MENUS FOR LEAP Office

Text Menu


Character [CTRL + SHIFT + C]

Set/Change the character attributes of the selected text in your document.

You can change the language, font, font size, color, style, tracking, character position, etc., of selected text by changing the options in the Character dialog box that pops up on selecting this option.


Paragraph [CTRL + SHIFT + P]

Set/Change the Paragraph attributes of the selected paragraph in your document.

A paragraph in LEAP Office is any amount of text that ends when you press the ENTER key.

In the Paragraph dialog box you set indents, tabs and alignments. You can also control the amount of space LEAP Office inserts between paragraphs and set the hyphenation parameters for Indian Language text.


Tabs [CTRL + SHIFT + D]

Set/Change the Tabs stops for the selected paragraphs.


Style [CTRL + SHIFT + S]

Apply Paragraph Styles in your document. Displays a list of styles currently defined in the document.  Applying a different style will change the attributes of the text in the paragraph to that style.


Define Styles

Create Styles or edit existing style definitions.

A Style is a group of character and paragraph attributes that can be applied in one step to a paragraph or a range of selected paragraphs. Using styles to apply a number of character and paragraph attributes at one time reduces typesetting and layout time. It also helps you to maintain typographic consistency.

You can copy styles from a previous LEAP documents or from other LEAP Office documents using the load styles option in the Define Styles dialog box, which pops up on selecting this command.


MENUS FOR LEAP Office

Layout Menu


Master Page Contents On/Off

Display/Hide the text, graphics, sketches and guides from the Master pages onto the document pages. You can also set the range of document pages for which the Master Objects are to be displayed.


 Send to Front [CTRL + SHIFT + F]

Bring the selected objects ( text or graphic frames ) to the front of overlapping objects in your document.

This option is available in the frame mode and only when a frame(s) is selected.


 Send to Back [CTRL + SHIFT + G]

Send  the selected objects ( text or graphic frames ) to the back  of overlapping objects in your document.

This option is available in the frame mode and only when a frame(s) is selected.


Align Frames

Align selected frames in your document. This command is available when you have selected frame(s) (text, graphic and/or sketch frames). Displays the Align Frames dialog box.


Size Frames

Size selected frames in your document. This command is only available in the frame mode and if you have frame(s) (text, graphic and/or sketch frames) selected. You can size all the selected frames contained in this group using the options in the Size Frames dialog box.


Make Columns [CTRL + SHIFT + K]

Make Text Columns of a selected frame of text.  This command activates the Make Columns dialog box where in you can specify the number of columns to make and also the width of the space between the columns.


Lock Guides [SHIFT + ALT + L]

Locks Guides in their positions. You can avoid picking up or dragging a guide by mistake when you are moving frames on a page if the guides have been  locked.


Guides Visible [SHIFT + ALT + V]

Show/Hide the Guides.

This is a global setting and also applies to the document pages as well as the Master page guides. Moreover, it applies to the entire document. i.e. even if you flip pages the guides on those pages will be either visible or invisible depending on this option.


Remove Guides

Remove all the guides from the currently visible pages. This command is available only when atleast one guide has been placed on any of the visible pages.

This option will remove guides irrespective of whether they are locked or not. Master guides can only be removed while editing Master pages.


Snap to Guides

Snap to Guides makes all guides exert a magnet-like pull on the sketches and frames. This option makes it easy to precisely align text and graphics to a guide, regardless of where the guide is placed.


Snap to Margins

Snap to Margins makes the page margins exert a magnet-like pull on the text, sketches and graphic frames.

When Snap to Margins is checked, a frame of text or graphics that you drag to within the pre-defined snap distance from a margin, snaps into position against the margin.


 Snap to Rulers divisions

Snap to Rulers divisions exerts a magnet-like pull on Indents, Tabs, Sketches and frames and snaps them to the nearest division on the Ruler scales.


 Inches , Millimeters , Points, Picas & Cicceros

Set  the unit of measurement for measuring all the objects ( Page, Rulers, Frames, etc.,)  in your document. It is advisable to set the unit of measurement before you begin designing your page layout.


MENUS FOR LEAP Office

Tools Menu


Spell Check [F7]

Spell Check the text in your document. This command displays the Spell Check bar, from which you can check for misspelled or incorrectly typed words. Misspelled words can be ignored, replaced by the correct spelling, or added to a personal dictionary. Press F7 to Resume  the Spell Check,  CTRL+F7 to Close the Spell Check bar.


Translation Dictionary [F8]

Open the Translation Dictionary dialog box. The Translation Dictionary will help you to translate English words most commonly used in official communications.

This dialog box can be kept loaded at all times, while working with the document.


Synonym Dictionary [F9]

Open the Synonym Dictionary dialog box. The Synonym Dictionary will help you to get words and phrases having similar meaning to the word entered.

This dialog box can be kept loaded at all times, while working with the document.


Phonetic Transliteration

Displays the Phonetic Transliteration dialog box. This dialog box phonetically transliterate English text that you have entered to an Indian language. The script used is the script of the current context, i.e. the script at the current caret position. If this script is multiple as in the case of text selected over many scripts, then this dialog box uses the default Indian script as set in the Options dialog box.

The maximum number of characters that you can type in the edit box is 2000.


 Keyboard Shortcuts

Define your own Keyboard shortcuts to be used while working in LEAP Office.  This command pops up the Shortcuts dialog box wherein you define the shortcuts for lengthy and often used words or phrases.

LEAP Office maintains a list of these shortcuts and automatically inserts the text when you type its short cut.


Hyphenation

Set the Hyphenation of Indian language text on/off.  This command displays the Hyphenation dialog box wherein you can set the hyphenation zone and the number of consecutive lines that LEAP Office permits to end in a hyphen.


Transliterate Text

Change the script of the selected text.

* This feature is useful while working with languages whose scripts are not known to you. Example: Change the script of the Hindi or Marathi text to Roman.


Print Merge

This


Address Book

This


Insert Mail Merge Field

This


Paste Indian Language Text from other Applications

Paste Indian language text from other Windows applications that  has been copied onto the clipboard.

You need to specify the language in which this text was written in the other application. (Use this option to bring back the text created in LEAP Office that was pasted in another Windows application).


English Numerals

Convert the numerals in selected text to English numerals.

The font selected in English for the numerals is the matching English font of the language of these numerals. i.e. if the numerals are currently in Hindi and have the DV-TTGanesh font applied on them, this command will change the script of the numerals to English and apply the DV1-TTGanesh to the numerals in the selected text. If the matching English font is not found then the default font for English will be applied.


Indian Language Numerals

Convert the numerals in selected English text to Indian language numerals. This command is enabled only when some text is selected. The numerals will change to that of the default font for that Indian script.


Form Paragraph [CTRL + M]

Form a Paragraph of the selected text. A paragraph in LEAP Office is any amount of text that you create by pressing the ENTER key.

If you select a range of text that contains more than one paragraph and then select the Form Paragraph command from the Paragraph menu, the entire selected text is merged.

This command is available only when text is selected.


 Options

Displays the Options dialog box. This dialog box allows you to set/change the attributes of the various options that are grouped together and listed in the categories box.  Click a category to select it and view/modify its options.


MENUS FOR LEAP Office

Help Menu


Using Help

Displays information about using LEAP Office's On-line help. This information acquaints you with the organization of the help system and guides you on how to use the help system to access any information.


What's this [SHIFT + F1]

Get Help on the screen Elements of the LEAP Office Desktop.  Activating this command will change the cursor shape  to a ? (question mark), Click on any screen element.  LEAP Office will pop up a box displaying Help on the Menu Item or screen element.


Help Topics [F1]

Activates the Main Help Window and providing access to all the chapters and topics covered in the Help.


 Tip of the Day

Displays Tip of the Day dialog box. Useful tips and hints about the software are provided in this box.


About

This dialog box displays version and copyrights information about LEAP Office. It also displays the name of the user and the company to whom this copy of LEAP Office is licensed


Right Click Menus


Set/Change the Script

If some text has been selected this command will change the script of the selected text.

If no text has been selected this option will set the default script of the text about to be entered.


Set/Change the Language

If some text has been selected this command will change the language of the selected text.

If no text has been selected this option will set the default language of the text about to be entered.


Set/Change the Keyboard Layout

Select the Keyboard layout for typing.


 Start the Language Tutorial

Click to display the Tutorial for this language.


 Start the Phonetic English typing tutorial

Click to display the Tutorial for how to type in Indian languages using the English QWERTY keyboard.


Send Mail

Displays the Send Mail dialog box. Using the options in this dialog box you can e-mail your document created in LEAP Office either as an LEAP Office file, HTML, RTF, ISCII , BMP or JPEG file .


Quick Tour

Click to start the Quick Tour. The Quick Tour is a self running demonstration that will show you how to use LEAP Office. It will also demonstrate how you can create a multi-lingual document, use important features like the Spell Check, Inscript Keyboard and perform operations like - Find and Replace Mutli-lingual Text, how to edit a Template, E-mail a Document etc.,.


Introduction to the Language Tutorial

Click to display Introduction to the Language Tutorial.


LEAP Office topics start here.


Select Translation Dictionary

Click and select a Translation dictionary supported by LEAP Office from the list.


Enter word or phrase to look-up

Enter the English word to be translated. Typing the first few characters will give you a list of words beginning with the same characters in the box alongside.


Select Word to be translated

Displays the words that begin with the word entered in the Enter text to be translated box. Click and select the word that is closest to the word you have entered.


Select phrase to be translated

Displays the phrases that contain the word selected in the Select word to be translated box. Click and select a phrase for translation.


Translation

Displays the translation of the phrase selected in the Select phrase to be translated box. Click to select the translation. Double clicking on the translation will copy the translated text into the Enter Indian Language Phrase box.


Add own words to personal translation dictionary

Enter or modify the Indian language word or phrase to be added as custom words to the Translation dictionary.


Add own words to personal translation dictionary

Click to add the custom Indian language words or phrases to the Translation dictionary. Disabled if there is nothing in the English or the Indian Language box.


Add own words to personal translation dictionary

Enter or modify the English word or phrase to be added as the custom words to the Translation Dictionary. Enter the Indian language meaning in the Enter Indian Language Phrase box and click on Add.


Copy translated phrase to document

Click to copy the translated word or phrase to the document at the current caret position. This button is grayed or dimmed if translated text is not selected.


Delete own phrase from the Translation dictionary

Click to delete the custom word from the Translation dictionary. This button is grayed or disabled if the selected translated text is not a custom word added to the Translation dictionary.


Close this bar

Click to close this Translation dictionary bar.


Synonym


Select Synonym Dictionary to use

Click and select a Synonym dictionary supported by LEAP Office from the list.


Enter the word to look up

Enter the word for which you want a synonym. Typing the first few characters of the word will give you a list of words or phrases that sound similar to this word, in the box alongside.


Select the phrase to look up

Displays the words or phrases that begin with the word entered in the Enter the word to look up box. Click and select the word or phrase that is closest to the word you have entered.


Synonyms

Displays the synonyms of the word or phrase selected in the Select a phrase to look up box. Click and select the synonym of your choice. Double clicking on the synonym will copy it in the document at the current caret position.


Copy selected Synonym to document

Click to copy the selected synonym in the document at the current caret position. This button is grayed or disabled if a synonym is not selected.


Close the bar

Click to close this Synonym Dictionary Bar.


Create a Plain New Document
How do I ?

Create a plain new document

Related Topics :

1. Create a new document using a Template

2. Enter text in Indian languages

Using the menu

1. Select the New item in the File menu.

or  Click here  [image]  to activate the New dialog box.

2. Select Create a Plain New Document option.

A  plain new untitled document will be opened.

* If you have made changes to the currently open document, LEAP Office will prompt you and ask if you want to save the changes made to it.

Using the button on the Standard Bar

1. Click on the button [image]  on the Standard Bar.

* If you have made changes to the currently open document, LEAP Office will prompt you and ask if you want to save the changes made to it.


Create a New Document Using a Template ( LEAP Office)
How do I ?

Create a new document using a Template

1. Select the New item in the File menu.

or  Click here  [image] to activate the New dialog box.

2. Select Create a New Document from a Template.

A Select a Template dialog box will be displayed.

If you have installed the templates (provided on the LEAP Office CD) on your hard disk, select the drive and directory where the templates have been copied (usually in a Templates folder under the install folder of LEAP Office) and select a template. Else select the drive that has the LEAP Office CD; select the Templates directory and the template (document) from the CD.

3. Click on the Open button.

LEAP Office will open an untitled document containing the template's contents. You can now modify and save this document giving it a file name of your choice.

4. Click on any of the template fields and enter relevant text.

When you enter the new text the attribute of the template filed will be maintained. You can apply a colour and underline attributes to this text although you will not see these attributes on the screen.

To replace the graphics in a template, select the graphic in the frame mode and insert a graphic using the options in the File command in the Insert menu. The graphic will be replaced.

5. You can either save the document or print it.


Open an Existing Document
How do I ?

Open an existing document

1. Select Open item in the File menu.

or Click the [image]  button on the Standard Bar.

or Click here [image]  to activate the Open dialog box.

An Open dialog box will be displayed.

2. Select the file you want to open.

How to

3. Click on the Open button.


Open an Existing Document as a Template
How do I ?

Open an existing document as a Template

Related Topics :

1. Move text and graphics across documents

1. Select the New item in the File menu.

or  Click here  [image] to activate the New dialog box.

2. Select Create a New Document using an existing document as a template.

The Open a Document as a Template dialog box will be displayed.

3. Select the document you would like to open as a template.

How to

4. Click on the Open button.

LEAP Office will open an untitled document containing the contents of your existing document. You can now modify and save this document giving it a file name of your choice.


Open a Document Created in a Previous version of LEAP
How do I ?

Open a document created in a previous version of LEAP Office

1. Select Open item in the File menu.

or  Click the [image]  button on the Standard Bar.

or  Click here  [image]  to activate the Open dialog box.

An Open dialog box will be displayed.

2. Select LEAP Documents(*.LP1) in the Open Files of Type box.

3. Select the document (file) to open by selecting the appropriate drive and directory location.

4. Click on the Open button.


Open a Recently Closed Document
How do I ?

Open a recently used document

1. Select the File menu.

The File menu will be displayed. The recently used documents are listed in this menu below the Exit item in this menu. LEAP Office displays 5 most recently used documents.

2. Click to choose the document you want to open from this list.

You can also open a recently used file using the [ALT + F + (File Number)] shortcut key.


Enter Text in Indian Languages
How do I ?

Enter text in Indian languages

Related Topics :

1. Set the default language

2. Show/Hide the OnScreen Keyboard

3. Select the Indian language keyboard layout

4. Define my own Keyboard Shortcuts

5. Get assistance for translation of official words/terms used in English

6. Change numerals in selected text to Indian language script numerals

1.  Right click on the Language button on the Status Bar at the bottom of the screen.

A menu will pop-up displaying all the languages. The Help window may overlap the Status Bar, hiding the Language button behind it. Resize or move the Help window to see this button.

2. Select the Indian language.

3. Click on the Keyboard layout button on the Status Bar.

4. Select the keyboard layout of your choice for the Indian language.

5. Place the caret in the document.

Start typing ...

* You can switch on the Onscreen Keyboard in the View menu to get acquainted with the keyboard layout.

* An alternate method is to set the language for editing to an Indian language and use the Toggle or Switch Key (default -- Scroll Lock) to switch between English and the Indian language. To set the language refer to Set the default language listed in Related Topics above.


Edit Multilingual Text
How do I ?

Edit multilingual text

Related Topics :

1. Find Indian language text

2. Get assistance for translation of official words/terms used in English

3. Change numerals in selected text to Indian language script numerals

4. Change numerals in selected text to English numerals

5. Overview : Identifying fonts for a language

LEAP Office has been designed to make it easy to create and edit a document containing multilingual text.

1. Choosing an Indian language for editing or entering text.

To enter text in Indian languages - right click on the Language button on the Status Bar and select the language you want to edit in. The Help window maybe overlapping the Status Bar, hiding the Language button behind it. Resize or move the Help window to see this button.

2. Switching between English and the default Indian language.

To switch between English and Indian languages just press the Toggle Key (default - Scroll Lock) or click with the left mouse button on the Language button on the Status Bar

3. Switching amongst multiple languages

When editing multilingual text place the caret wherever you wish to begin inserting text. The language preceding the  position of the caret will be automatically selected.

4. Formatting multilingual text.

E.g., If you wish to change the font of Hindi text in a paragraph or sentences that has multilingual text,  just select the whole paragraph and apply a font for Hindi; font of only Hindi text will get changed, without affecting the rest of the text in the paragraph.


Place Text in the Document in a Location of My Choice. - (Create a New Story)
How do I ?

Place text in the document in a location of my choice - (Begin a new Story)

1.  Switch to the text mode.

a. Click the [image] button on the Standard Bar.

or  Select the Text item in the Edit menu.

2. Press CTRL and click the left mouse button in the location of your choice in the document.

LEAP Office will automatically begin a new story at this location. You can enter text or copy text at this location which will become part of the new story.


Undo the Last Changes while Editing
How do I ?

Undo the last change while editing

Related Topics :

1. Discard the last saved changes to a document

1. Select the Undo item in the Edit menu.

or  Press CTRL+Z (Shortcut key).

or  Click the [image]  button on the Standard Bar.


Change Numerals in selected text to English Numerals
How do I ?

Change numerals in selected text to English numerals

1. Select the text or paragraph which contains the numerals.

2. Select the English Numerals item from the Tools menu.


Change Numerals in selected text to Indian Language Script Numerals
How do I ?

Change numerals in selected text to Indian language numerals

1. Select the text or paragraph which contains the numerals.

2. Select the Indian Language Numerals item from the Tools menu.


Switch between Editing in Indian Languages and English
How do I ?

Switch between editing in Indian languages and English

Related Topics :

1. Select Matching Fonts for Indian languages and English

2. Change the Toggle key to switch between English and Indian language

Using the button Status Bar

1.  Right click on the Language button on the Status Bar (located at the bottom of LEAP Office window)

(Left click once on this button to switch between the Indian language set, and English).

A menu will pop up displaying all the languages. The Help window maybe overlapping the Status Bar, hiding the Language button behind it. Resize or move the Help window to see this button.

2. Select the language in which you want to type.

Using the Toggle key

1. Press the current Toggle key set, to switch between English and the Indian language.

The Toggle key allows you switch between editing/entering text in English and the selected Indian language. By default the Scroll Lock on the keyboard acts as the Toggle key.

Any of the following keys can be set as the Toggle key.

a. Num Lock.

b. Caps Lock.

c. Scroll Lock.

Click  'Change the Toggle key to Switch between English and Indian Language ' in the Related Topics above to know more about selecting the Toggle key.


Transliterate Text (Change the Script of the Selected Indian Language Text)
How do I ?

Transliterate text (Change the script of the selected Indian language text)

Related Topics :

1. Select the Indian language keyboard layout

2. Set the Font for a language

1. Select the Indian language text whose script you want to change.

How to : Select text

2. Click on the Transliterate item in the Tools menu.

or  Click here [image]  to activate the Transliterate dialog box.

* The Transliterate item is available only when you select Indian language text . If you try to activate the Transliterate dialog box (using the Click here button) in Step 2 above without switching over to an Indian language, an error message will be displayed.

Transliterate dialog box will be displayed.

3. Select the new script.

a. Click on the down arrow in the Script box.

b. Select a script from the list.

* This feature is useful while working with languages whose scripts are not known to you. e.g. If you are not familiar with Devanagari, you could be working in Hindi, with Roman as the script.


Access the Indian Language Tutorials
How do I ?

Access the Indian language tutorials

Related Topics :

1. Select the Indian language keyboard layout

2. Set the Font for a language

The Tutorials will show you how to use the Inscript Keyboard that has been specially designed for entering text in Indian languages using Indian scripts. Tutorials for various languages are located under the Tutorials menu item in the Help menu. The tutorial for typing in Roman is in the Introduction section. There is also a tutorial for typing in Indian languages using the Phonetic English layout.

1. Select the Tutorials item in the Help menu.

A list of tutorials for all the languages supported by LEAP Office will be displayed.

2. Click on the language in the list to display its tutorial.

* Tutorials of only those languages that have been installed on your computer will be available to you.


Show hide the Onscreen Keyboard
How do I ?

Show/Hide the Onscreen Keyboard

Related Topics :

1. Get assistance for translation of official words/terms used in English

2. Define my own Keyboard Shortcuts

1. Select the Onscreen Keyboard item in the View menu.

or  Press SHIFT+ALT+K (Shortcut key).

or  Click the [image] button on the Standard Bar.

or  Click here


Enter Text in Indian Languages using English Characters (Phonetic Transliteration)
How do I ?

Enter text in Indian languages using English characters (Phonetic Transliteration)

Related Topics :

1. Get assistance for translation of official words/terms used in English

1.  Activate the Onscreen Keyboard.

a. Click the Onscreen Keyboard item in the View menu.

or  Press SHIFT+ALT+K (Shortcut key).

or  Click the [image] button on the Standard Bar.

or  Click here

The Onscreen Keyboard will be displayed.

2. Select the Indian language in which you want to enter the text.

a. Right click on the Language button on the Status bar.

The Help window may be overlapping the Status Bar, hiding the Language button behind it. Resize or move the Help window to see this button.

A menu displaying all Indian languages installed on your computer will be displayed.

b. Select the language.

3. Set the keyboard layout to Phonetic English.

a. Right click on the Keyboard layout button on the Status bar.

The Help window maybe overlapping the Status bar, hiding the Keyboard Layout button behind it. Resize or move the Help window to be able to see this button.

b. Select Phonetic English.

The right side of the Onscreen Keyboard provides assistance for typing text in Indian languages using English characters.

The Word Reference box provides a list of Indian language words. Key Stroke Sequence box displays the sequence of English characters for typing the word being displayed in the Word Reference box.

4. Click in the Key Stroke Sequence box and enter your text using English characters.

The Indian language equivalent of the text that you have typed will be displayed in the box below Word Reference Box.

(* You can type a maximum of 512 characters in this box.)

5. Place the mouse cursor in your document where you want to enter the text.

6. Click on the Copy button.

The Indian language text will be copied into your document.

* Once you are familiar with various English language keystroke sequences required to build words in Indian languages, you can type directly onto the document page using this keyboard layout.


Set the Default Font for a Language
How do I ?

Set the default font for a language

Related Topics :

1. Select Matching Fonts for Indian languages and English

1. Select Options item in the Tools menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Options dialog box.

The Options dialog box will be displayed.

2. Select Language item in the Categories.

The Options dialog box will display the language options.

3. Select the language for which you want to set a default font in the Default Language box.

a. Click on the down arrow key in the Default Language box.

A list of Languages installed on your computer will be displayed.

b. Select the language.

4. Click on the down arrow key in the Font box in the Defaults for selected Language group.

A list of fonts installed for that language will be displayed.

5. Select a font.

6. Click OK.

* The language selected in Step 3 above will become the default language. Select the language that you want as the default language in the Default Language box before you Click OK.


Set the Default Language
How do I ?

Set the default language

Related Topics :

1. Transliterate text (Change the script of the selected Indian language text)

1. Select the Options item in the Tools menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Options dialog box.

The Options dialog box will be displayed.

2. Select Language item in the Categories.

The Options dialog box will display the language options.

3. Click on the down arrow key in the Default Language box.

A list of languages will be displayed.

4. Select a language.

5. Click OK.


Change the Toggle Key to Switch between English and Indian Script
How do I ?

Change the Toggle key to switch between English and Indian languages

Related Topics :

1. Save Desktop settings

1. Select Options item in the Tools menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Options dialog box.

The Options dialog box will be displayed.

2. Select Language item in the Categories.

3. Choose the Toggle key by clicking on any one of the buttons in the Switch Key group.

4. Click OK.


Select Matching Fonts for Indian Languages and English
How do I ?

Select Matching Fonts for Indian languages and English

Related Topics :

1. Overview : Identifying fonts for a language

* Setting the Matching Font Pairs automatically balances the text, while creating a document which contains English as well as Indian language text. When you switch languages using the Switch Key, LEAP Office automatically selects the matching fonts that you have specified above.

* You can set Matching Fonts Pairs only for the Indian language fonts.

1. Select the Options item in the Tools menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Options dialog box.

The Options dialog box will be displayed.

2. Select the Indian language for which you want to set the matching font pairs.

a. Click on the down arrow key in the Default Language box.

b. Select the language from the list of languages installed on your computer.

You will see the following changes in the Options dialog box.

a. Fonts belonging to the language selected will be displayed in the Font box.

b. The pre-defined Matching Font Pairs that have been set for these fonts will be displayed in a box located at the bottom of the Matching Fonts Pairs group box.

* You can set or select a Matching Font Pair for a Font, that does not have a Matching Font Pair set for it already.  You need to first ' Remove ' the Matching Font Pair for a Font, to be able to associate another font with it.  (Following steps explain how to ' Remove' (delete) a Matching Font Pair

a. Click on a pre-defined Matching Font Pair displayed.

b. Click the Remove button.

Continue to with Steps 3 onwards to select a font and set a matching font pair.... )

3. Select the font for which you want to set a Matching font in the Font For Language box.

a. Click on the down arrow key in the Font for Language box.

b. Select the font.

4. Select the Matching English Font

a. Click on the down arrow key in the English Font box.

b. Select the Matching Font you want to pair the Indian font with from the list of fonts available.

5. Click Add.

If you want to Add/Define more pairs - redo Steps 2 to 5.

* The language selected in Step 2 above will become the default language. Before clicking on OK, you must re-select the original language if you do not wish to change the default language.

6. Click OK


Select the Indian Language Keyboard Layout
 How do I ?

Select an Indian language keyboard layout

Related Topics :

1. Enter text in Indian languages using English characters(Phonetic Transliteration)

1. Select an Indian language as the current language for editing.

a. Right click on the Language button on the Status bar (positioned at the bottom of the LEAP Office window)

A menu will popup displaying all the Indian languages installed on your computer. The Help window may be overlapping the Status bar, hiding the Language button behind it. Resize or move the Help window to see this button.

2. Click an Indian language to select it.

3. Right click on the Keyboard layout button on the Status bar.

A menu will popup displaying all the Keyboard layouts available for the language. (The Help window maybe overlapping the Status bar, hiding the Keyboard button behind it. Resize or move the Help window to see this button).

4. Click on the keyboard layout of your choice.

<NOTE> If you have had a previous experience with typing you can choose from amongst the several keyboards to take advantage of your familiarity with a particular keyboard.

Choose Phonetic English typing  if you've been typing in English, you can take advantage of your familiarity with the QWERTY Keyboard.

Choose Indian Language Typewriter Keyboard  if you have been using Indian language typewriters such as those from Godrej or Remington.

Choose INSCRIPT (We strongly recommend the use of this keyboard )  if you are learning to type in Indian languages for the first time. This keyboard has been carefully designed to help you locate the script characters easily and help you type the way you speak.

* To view the Keyboard layout - activate the Onscreen Keyboard (available in the View menu)


Hyphenate the Indian Language Text
How do I ?

Hyphenate the Indian language text

Related Topics :

1. Adjust Character Spacing

2. Size a Frame

LEAP Office automatically hyphenates Indian language text, if the hyphenation option has been set On.

1. Select the Hyphenation item in the Tools menu.

A Hyphenation dialog box will be displayed. This option is disabled if the current language set is English.

2. Click the On button in the Hyphenation group.

Given below are the options available that you can use to set the Hyphenation parameters.

a.  Zone : For left aligned text, this specifies the maximum amount of white space that LEAP Office will allow between the end of a line and the right margin. For justified text, this specifies the maximum amount of extra white space that LEAP Office will allow between the words in a line. You can specify a value between 0 and 2 inches in increments of 0.001 inches. This value is specified in the current unit of measurement selected. If the value exceeds the Frame width, it is not considered by LEAP Office while processing.

     (A small value reduces the raggedness in the right margin for left aligned text and reduces the gaps between words for justified text; a larger value reduces the number of hyphens.)

b.  Consecutive hyphens :Specifies the maximum number of consecutive lines of text that LEAP Office will let you end with hyphens. You can enter numbers from 1 to 255, or 'No Limit' in the edit box.

3. Click OK.


Define My Own Keyboard Shortcuts
How do I ?

Define my own Keyboard Shortcuts

Related Topics :

1. Get assistance for translation of official words/terms used in English

1. Select the Keyboard Shortcuts item from the Tools menu.

or  Click here  [image] to activate the Keyboards Shortcuts dialog box .

2. Select a language in the Language for Shortcut(s) box.

3. Enter the shortcut in the Enter Shortcut box.

4. Define text you would like to enter in the document when you type the shortcut in the Enter Expansion box.

5. Click on the Add button.

The shortcut and its expanded form will be displayed in the box.

6. Click on the Close button.

The shortcut is now available for use while entering or editing text in the language for which it was defined.


Modify the Keyboard Shortcuts Defined
How do I ?

Modify the Keyboard Shortcuts defined

Related Topics :

1. Get assistance for translation of official words/terms used in English

1. Select the Keyboard Shortcuts item from the Tools menu.

or  Click here  [image] to activate the Keyboards Shortcuts dialog box .

2. Select a language in the Language for Shortcut(s) box.

All the shortcuts defined for the language selected will be shown in the box.

3. Click on the shortcut which you want to modify to select it.

4. Enter a new expansion for the shortcut.

The Add button will change to Modify.

5. Click on the Modify button.

The shortcut and its new expanded form will be displayed in the box.

6. Click on the Close button.

The shortcut is now available for use while entering or editing text in the language for which it was defined.


Change the Font
How do I ?

Change the font

Related Topics :

1. Define Styles

2. Apply Styles

Using the buttons on the Text Properties bar

* You need to be in the Text mode - Select the Text item in the Edit menu. Ensure that the Properties bar is On.

1. Select text.

How to : Select text

The buttons on the Properties bar will change to display the properties of the selected text.

2. Click on the down arrow in the Font box.

3. Select the font from the list.

Using the Text menu

1. Select text.

How to : Select text

2. Select the Character item in the Text menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Text Attributes dialog box with the Character option.

3. Click on the down arrow in the Font box.

4. Select the font from the list.


Change the Font Size
How do I ?

Change the font size

Related Topics :

1. Format text using Styles

2. Apply Styles

Using the buttons on the Text Properties bar

* You need to be in the Text mode - Select the Text item in the Edit menu. Ensure that the Properties bar is On.

1. Select text.

How to : Select text

The buttons on the Properties bar will change to display the properties of the selected text.

2. Click on the down arrow in the Size box.

3. Select the size from the list.

or  Enter a value in points into the Size box.

Using the Text menu

1. Select text.

How to : Select text

2. Select the Character item in the Text menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Text Attributes dialog box with the Character option.

3. Click on the down arrow in the Size box.

Select the size from the list.

or  Enter a value in points into the Size box.


Change Fonts of a Mixed Language (Multilingual) Text
How do I ?

Change fonts of a mixed language (multilingual text)

Related Topics :

1. Select Matching Fonts for Indian language and English

2. Maintain design consistency in a multilingual document

* You need to be in the Text mode - Select the Text item in the Edit menu. Ensure that the Properties bar is On.

1. Select the text which is multilingual.

How to : Select text

The buttons on the Properties bar will change to display the properties of the selected text.

2. Click on the down arrow in the Font box.

3. Select a font.

The developers of LEAP Office have designed it to have Lingua Sense e.g. English language fonts are applied to English text only in a multilingual text selection, similarly fonts designed for a particular Indian language are applied only to the text belonging to that language.


Change the Font Style
How do I ?

Change the font style

Related Topics :

1. Define Styles

2. Format text using Styles

3. Apply Styles

Using the buttons on the Text Properties bar

* You need to be in the Text mode - Select the Text item in the Edit menu. Ensure that the Properties bar is On.

1. Select text.

How to : Select text

The buttons on the Properties bar will change to display the properties of the selected text.

Using the Text menu

1. Select text.

How to : Select text

2. Select the Character item in the Text menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Text Attributes dialog box with the Character option.

3. Select the attributes from the Effects group that you want to apply.

4. Click OK.


Apply the Superscript or Subscript attribute to Text
How do I ?

Apply the Superscript or Subscript attribute to text.

Subscript

1. Select text.

How to : Select text

2. Select the Character item in the Text menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Text Attributes dialog box with the Character option.

3. Click on the Subscript option in the Effects group.

4. Click OK.

or Use the shortcut key CTRL+Y

Superscript

1. Select text.

How to : Select text

2. Select the Character item in the Text menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Text Attributes dialog box with the Character option.

3. Click on the Superscript option in the Effects group.

4. Click OK.

or Use the shortcut key CTRL+H


Set the Size and Position of the Subscript or Superscript. (Position Control )
How do I ?

Set the size and position of the Subscript or Superscript. (Position Control)

Subscript

1. Select the Character item in the Text menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Text Attributes dialog box with the Character option.

2. Select Position in the Categories.

The Position Control options will be displayed in the Text Attributes dialog box.

3. Enter a number in Position box in the Subscript group.

The value entered will determine the position of the Subscript. The position is calculated from the default base position of the subscript. Increasing this number will place the text higher.

4. Enter a number in the Size box in the Subscript group.

The value that you enter is the percentage value of the size of the original text size.

5. Click OK.

Superscript

1. Select the Character item in the Text menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Text Attributes dialog box with the Character option.

2. Select Position in the Categories.

The Position Control options will be displayed in the Text Attributes dialog box.

3. Enter a number in Position box in the Superscript group.

The value entered will determine the position of the Superscript. The position is calculated from the default base position of the Superscript. Increasing this number will place the text lower.

4. Enter a number in the Size box in the Superscript group.

The value that you enter is the percentage value of the size of the original text size.

5. Click OK.


Change the Colour of Text
How do I ?

Change the colour of text

Related Topics :

1. Format text using Styles

2. Apply Styles

1. Select text.

How to : Select text

2. Select the Character item in the Text menu.

or  Press CTRL+SHIFT+C (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Text Attributes dialog box with the Character option.

3. Click the down arrow key in the Colour box.

4.  Select from a predefined list of colours.

The preview portion in the dialog box will display the sample text with the colour selected.

5. Click OK.


Adjust Character Width
How do I ?

Adjust Character Width

Related Topics :

1. Format text using Styles

2. Apply Styles

1. Select text.

How to : Select text

2. Select the Character item in the Text menu.

The Text Attributes dialog box will be displayed.

or  Press CTRL+SHIFT+C (Shortcut key).

or  Click here  [image] to activate the Text Attributes dialog box with the Character option.

3. Select Other Attributes in the Categories.

Other Attributes options will be displayed in the Text Attributes dialog box.

4. Click the down arrow key in the Width box.

Select from a predefined list containing Regular, Narrow, Very Narrow, Very Wide or Wide.

or

Type in a number representing a percentage value of the normal character width. ( normal character width is 100% i.e., entering 70 % will narrow the characters while entering 120 will widen the characters.)

5. Click OK.


Adjust Character Spacing (Tracking)
How do I ?

Adjust Character Spacing (Tracking)

Related Topics :

1. Format text using Styles

2. Apply Styles

1. Select text.

How to : Select text

2. Select the Character item in the Text menu.

The Text Attributes dialog box will be displayed.

or  Press CTRL + SHIFT + C (Shortcut key).

or  Click here  [image] to activate the Text Attributes dialog box with the Character option.

3. Select Other Attributes in the Categories.

The Other Attributes options will be displayed in the Text Attributes dialog box.

4. Click the down arrow key in the Character Spacing box.

Select from a predefined list -  Loose, No Track, Tight, Very Loose and Very Tight.

or  Type in a number representing a point value.

5. Click OK.


Align Text...
How do I ?

Align text...

Right Align text

Left Align text

Center the text

Justify a paragraph

Force Justify a paragraph


Adjust the Indents
How do I ?

Adjust the Indents...

Move Indents to the next default tab stop

Move Indents to the previous default tab stop


Set Tab Type
How do I ?

Set Tab Type

Using Tab button on the Ruler

1. Select the tab to insert in the Tab button [image] on the Ruler.

Left click on this button to scroll through all the tab types available. Current tab type that will be inserted is the one that is visible ( selected).

2. Click on the Ruler where you would like to position the tab.

The selected tab will be placed on the ruler.

Using the menu

1. Select the Tabs item in the Text menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Text Attributes dialog box with the Tabs options.

2. Enter a value in the Tab Position box.

3. Depending on the type of tab you want to place, click on the appropriate tab type in the Alignment box.

4. Select a Fill Style for the tab to be set (The default selection is blank).

5. Click on the Set button.

6. Click OK.


Set Tabs with Lead Characters
How do I ?

Set Tabs with Lead Characters

Related Topics :

1. Format text using Styles

2. Apply Styles

Using Tab button on the Ruler

1. Select a style to fill the tabs with, by clicking on the Fill Tab button [image]  on the Ruler.

Click on this button to scroll through all the Fill styles available.  The tabs set from here onwards will be filled with the style that you just set.

Using the menu

1. Select the Tabs item in the Text menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Text Attributes dialog box with the Tabs options.

2. Enter a number in the Tab Position box.

The number determines the position of the tab in the document measured in the unit of measurement currently selected.

3. Depending on the type of tab you want to place, click on the appropriate tab type in the Alignment box.

4. Select a Fill Style for the tab to be set.

5. Click on the Set button.

6. Click OK.


Set Tab Stops and Paragraph Indents
How do I ?

Set Tab Stops and Paragraph Indents

Set Paragraph Indents

1. Select a paragraph.

How to : Select a paragraph (Text)

2. Select the Paragraph item in the Text menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Text Attributes dialog box with paragraph character options.

3. Click on Paragraph in the Categories.

4. To set the First Line Indent in the paragraph - enter a value in the First box.

5. To set the Left Indent in the paragraph - enter a value in the Left box.

6. To set the Right Indent in the paragraph - enter a value in the Right box.

7. Click OK.

Set Tab Stops

1. Select a paragraph or click in a paragraph.

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2. Select the Tabs item in the Text menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Text Attributes dialog box with the Tabs options.

3. Enter a value in the Tab Position box to specify the exact location of the tab.

4. Depending on the type of tab you want to place, click on the appropriate tab type in the Alignment box.

5. Select a Fill Style for the tab to be set.( The default is blank)

6. Click OK.


Define the Line Spacing in Paragraphs( Leading )
How do I ?

Define the Line Spacing in paragraphs(Leading)

Related Topics :

1. Format text using Styles

2. Apply Styles

1. Select text.

How to : Select a paragraph (Text)

2. Select the Character item in the Text menu.

The Text Attributes dialog box will be displayed.

or  Press CTRL+SHIFT+C (Shortcut key).

or  Click here  [image] to activate the Text Attributes dialog box with the Character options.

3. Select Other Attributes in the Categories.

Other Attributes options will be displayed in the Text Attributes dialog box.

4. Click the down arrow key in the Line Spacing box.

Select from a predefined list containing Auto, 1 1/2 and Double.

or  Type in a number representing a point value.

5. Click OK.


Adjust Spacing between Paragraphs. ( Para Spacing )
How do I ?

Adjust Spacing between paragraphs.

Related Topics :

1. Format text using Styles

2. Apply Styles

1. Select a paragraph.

How to : Select a paragraph (Text)

2. Select the Paragraph item in the Text menu.

or  Press CTRL + SHIFT + P (Shortcut Key)

or  Click here [image] to activate the Text Attributes dialog box with the paragraph options.

To define the Top spacing

Enter a number in the box labeled Top.

The value entered in the Top box will determine the top spacing i.e. space between the top of the current paragraph and the bottom of the previous one.

To define the Bottom spacing

Enter a number in the box labeled Bottom.

The value entered in the Bottom  box will determine the bottom spacing i.e. space between the bottom of the current paragraph and the top of the next one.


Format Text Using Styles
How do I ?

Format text using Styles

Related Topics :

1. Define Styles

A style sheet is a collection of styles or formatting information that you apply to a document's paragraphs to define their appearance. The information includes specifications such as typeface, type size, indents and tabs, alignments and character widths etc.

Styles provide numerous benefits. First, using styles frees you from the repetitive task of selecting and applying each of several formatting attributes individually to each paragraph in your document.

Second, when you want to change the look of a heading or body text, you can make one formatting change that automatically affects every paragraph assigned to that style.

Third, the styles ensure consistency in format throughout a document, a feature that is particularly useful for long documents, standard corporate designs, or documents which several people work on.

You build a style set by specifying a format for each kind of paragraph in your document. For example, if your document has two heading levels and body text, your documents style set would contain three different styles: Headline, Subhead, and Body text. Using a style set, you can format your document simply by assigning a predefined style to each paragraph.


Reformat Documents Using Styles
How do I ?

Reformat documents using Styles

Related Topics :

1. Load Styles from another document

2. Format text using Styles

If you have formatted your document using styles,  reformatting the text in the document becomes very simple. Following are the steps to change the attributes of a pre-defined style being used in the document.

1. Select the Define Styles item in the Text menu.

or Click here  [image] to activate the Define Styles dialog box.

2. Click the down arrow key in the Style box.

A list of different styles defined in the document will be displayed.

3. Select the style which you want to modify.

4. Click on the Edit button.

The Edit Style dialog box will be displayed.

5. Click on the Specs button.

The Text attributes dialog box will be displayed.

6. Click on the appropriate category in the Categories box and select/define the new attributes of the style.

7. Click OK ( in the Text Attributes box).

8. Click OK ( in the Edit Style box).

9. Click OK ( in the Define Styles box).

The new format attributes will automatically be applied to all the text (having the old style) in the document.


Reformat Documents Using Find and Replace
How do I ?

Reformat documents using Find and Replace

1.  Select the Find and Replace item in the Edit menu.

or  Press F3 (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Find and Replace Bar.

2. Click on the Format button below the 'Search for' box.

Above action will pop-up a Menu with three items - Character, Paragraph, Style.

Following is a list of attributes that you can modify by selecting the item.

a. Character  : Language, font, font size, colour, effects - Bold, Italic, etc., superscript, subscript, character width (tracking),  line spacing (leading).

b. Paragraph : Paragraph alignment

c. Style          : Text formatted in a particular style.

Selecting any of the above items will take you to the Text Attributes box. Select the options to specify the search attributes.

3. Specify the attributes for the search text.

4. Click on the Format button below the 'Replace by' box.

Above action will pop-up a Menu with same options as in the step 2.

5.  Specify the attributes for the replacement text.

6.  Place the caret in the document from where you would like to start the Find and Replace operation.

7.  Press the Find Next button or press F3 (Hotkey).

* If the search text which has the attributes that you have specified is found, LEAP Office will take you to the location in the document where it is located. Also the Replace, Replace All, Replace and Find buttons will be enabled.

8. Select the appropriate replace option.

a. Click Replace button to replace the attributes of the text with the new attributes. To find the next occurrence click on the Find Next button or press F3 (Hotkey)

b. Click Replace All button to replace all occurrences of  text in the document with the new attributes.

c. Click Replace and Find  button to replace the current occurrence of the text found, and find the next occurrence in the document.


Go to a Page
How do I ?

Go to a page

Goto a document page

1. Click the Goto item in the Edit menu.

or  Right click the Page Numbers button on lower right portion of the Status Bar and select the Go to menu.

     The Help window maybe overlapping the Status Bar, hiding the Page Numbers button. Resize or move the Help window to see this button.

2. Click on Document in the Go to dialog box. (This is the default selection )

3. Select the Page Number button in this dialog.

4. Enter the page number you want to go to.

You can also select and go to the last page or first page directly by selecting the First Page or Last Page button.

5. Click OK.

Goto a Master Page

1. Click the Go to item in the Edit menu.

or  Right click the Page Numbers button on lower right portion of the Status Bar and select the Go to menu.

The Help window maybe overlapping the Status Bar, hiding the Page Numbers button. Resize or move the Help window to see this button.

2. Click on Master Page in the Go to dialog box.

3. Select the Page Number button in this dialog.

4. Enter RM to go to the Right Master Page

or  LM to go to the Left Master Page.

If you have selected a Single Sided Page layout as the layout for your document,  contents of only the Right Master Page are visible in your document.

5. Click OK.


Go to Previous Page
How do I ?

Go to previous page

In Text mode

When the caret is placed in the story, Page up key (Pg Up) will take caret up a screen full.

When caret is not placed in the story, the screen will do a regular scroll. You can scroll till you reach the previous page.

In Frame mode

Press CTRL+PgUp.

In Page mode ( When no frame has been selected).

Press CTRL+PgUp.


Go to Next Page
How do I ?

Go to next page

In Text mode

When the caret has been placed in the story, Page down key (PgDn ) will take caret down a screen full.

When caret is not placed the screen will do a regular scroll. You can scroll till you reach the next page.

In Frame mode

Press CTRL+PgDn.

In Page mode ( When no frame has been selected).

Press CTRL+PgDn.


Find Text
How do I ?

Find text

1.  Select the Find and Replace item in the Edit menu.

or  Press F3 (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Find and Replace Bar.

or  Click the [image] button on the Standard Bar.

2. Click on the Format button below the 'Search for' box.

Above action will pop-up a menu with three Items - Character, Paragraph, Style.

Following is a list of attributes that you can modify by selecting the item.

a. Character  : Language, font, font size, colour, effects - Bold, Italic, etc., superscript, subscript, character width (tracking),  line spacing (leading).

b. Paragraph : Paragraph alignment.

c. Style          : Text formatted in a particular style.

Selecting any of the above items will take you to the Text Attributes box.

3. Enter the attributes for the text to be searched.

* The language of the text to be searched can be specified by clicking the Character item in the menu. .

4. Enter the text to be searched in the Search for box.

5. Place the caret in the document from where you would like to start searching.

6. Press the Find Next button.

Press this button again or Press F3 (Shortcut key) to search for the next occurrence in the document.

To end the search and close the Find and Replace Bar, press the Close button or press CTRL+F3.


Find Text Marked with Particular Attributes
How do I ?

Find text marked with particular attributes

Related Topics :

1. Find and Replace text

1.  Select the Find and Replace item in the Edit menu.

or  Press F3 (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Find and Replace Bar.

or  Click the [image] button on the Standard Bar.

2. Click on the Format button below the 'Search for' box.

Above action will pop-up a Menu with three Items - Character, Paragraph, Style.

Following is a list of attributes that you can modify by selecting the item.

a. Character  : Language, font, font size, colour, effects - Bold, Italic, etc., superscript, subscript, character width (tracking),  line spacing (leading).

b. Paragraph : Paragraph alignment.

c. Style          : Text formatted in a particular style.

Selecting any of the above items will take you to the Text Attributes box. Select the options to specify the search attributes.

3. Specify the attributes for the search text.

4. Place the caret in the document from where you would like to start searching.

5. Press the Find Next button.

Press this button again or Press F3 (Shortcut key) to search for the next occurrence in the document.

To end the search and close the Find and Replace Bar, press the Close button or press CTRL+F3.


Find Indian Language Text
How do I ?

Find Indian language text

1.  Select the Find and Replace item in the Edit menu.

or  Press F3 (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Find and Replace Bar.

or  Click the [image] button on the Standard Bar.

2. Click on the Format button below the 'Search for' box.

Above action will pop-up a Menu with three Items - Character, Paragraph, Style.

3. Select the Character item.

* Language is one of options in the Character item.

A Text Attributes dialog box will be opened.

4. Select an Indian language.

a. Click on the Language box in the Search for Text Attributes dialog box.

b. Select a language from the list of languages available.

5. Click OK.

6. Enter the text to be searched in the 'Search for' box.

7. Place the caret in the document from where you would like to start searching.

8. Press the Find Next button.

Press this button again or Press F3 (Shortcut key) to search for the next occurrence in the document.

To end the search and close the Find and Replace Bar, press the Close button or press CTRL+F3.


Find And Replace Text
How do I ?

Find and Replace text

1.  Select the Find and Replace item in the Edit menu.

or  Press F3 (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Find and Replace Bar.

or  Click the [image] button on the Standard Bar.

2.  Click on the Format button below the 'Search for' box.

3.  Enter the attributes for the text to be searched.

* Language can be specified in the Character options. Select the language of the search text.

4.  Enter the text to be searched in the 'Search for' box.

5.  Click on the Format button below the 'Replace by' box.

6.  Enter the attributes for the replacement text.

*Language can be specified in the Character options. Select the language of the replacement text.

7.  Enter the text to replace the search text with in the 'Replace by' box.

8.  Place the caret in the document from where you would like to start the Find and Replace operation.

9.  Press the Find Next button or press F3 (Shortcut key).

* If the search text that you have specified is found, LEAP Office will take you to the location in the document where it is located. Also the Replace, Replace All, Replace and Find buttons will be enabled.

10. Select the appropriate replace option.

a. Click Replace button to replace the text with the new text. To find the next occurrence of the search text click  the Find Next button or press F3 (Shortcut key).

b. Click Replace All button to replace all the occurrences of the search text in the document.

c. Click Replace and Find  button to replace the current occurrence of the text found and find the next occurrence in the document.

To end the search and close the Find and Replace Bar, press the Close button or press CTRL+F3.


Find and Delete Text
How do I ?

Find and Delete text

1.  Select the Find and Replace item in the Edit menu.

or  Press F3 (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Find and Replace Bar.

or  Click the [image] button on the Standard Bar.

2.  Click on the Format button below the 'Search for' box.

3.  Enter the attributes for the text to be searched.

*Language can be specified in the Character options. Select the language of the search text.

4.  Enter the text to be searched in the 'Search for' box.

5.  Click on the Clear button below the 'Replace by' box.

Above action will clear all the attributes of the replace text except the language.

6.  Click on the Format button below the 'Replace by' box.

A menu with three sub menu items - Character, Paragraph, Style will be displayed.

7.  Select Character item.

The Replace Text Attributes dialog box will be displayed.

8.  Select Any in the list of languages in the Language box.

a. Click on the down arrow in the Language box and select Any

or  type Any in the Language box.

b. Click OK.

The above action will cause the Clear button below the 'Replace by' box to be disabled/grayed (signifying that all the replace attributes have been erased). The buttons on the Find and Replace Bar will change to display the Delete options.

9.  Click the Find Next button or press F3 (Shortcut key).

The search text will be located in the document.

a. Click Delete button to delete the current occurrence of the search text. To find the next occurrence of the search text click on the Find Next button or press F3 (Shortcut key).

b. Click Delete All button to delete all occurrences of the search text in the document.

c. Click Delete and Find  button to delete the current occurrence of the text found and find the next occurrence in the document.

To end the Find and Delete operation and close the bar, click the Close button or press CTRL+F3.


Find And Replace Text Attributes
How do I ?

Find and Replace text attributes

Related Topics :

1. Reformatting documents using Find and Replace

2. Format text using Styles

1.  Select the Find and Replace item in the Edit menu.

or  Press F3 (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Find and Replace Bar.

or  Click the [image] button on the Standard Bar.

2. Click on the Format button below the 'Search for' box.

Above action will pop-up a menu with three items - Character, Paragraph, Style.

Following is a list of attributes that you can modify by selecting the item.

a. Character  : Language, font, font size, colour, effects - Bold, Italic, etc., superscript, subscript, character width (tracking),  line spacing (leading).

b. Paragraph : Paragraph alignment.

c. Style          : Text formatted in a particular style.

Selecting any of the above items will take you to the Text Attributes box. Select the options to specify the search attributes.

3. Specify the attributes for the search text.

4.  Click on the Format button below the 'Replace by' box.

Above action will pop-up a menu with same options as in the step 2.

5.  Enter the attributes for the replacement text.

6.  Place the caret in the document from where you would like to start the Find and Replace operation.

7.  Press the Find Next button or press F3 (Shortcut key).

* If the search text which has the attributes that you have specified is found, LEAP Office will take you to the location in the document where it is located. Also the Replace, Replace All, Replace and Find buttons will be enabled.

8. Select the appropriate replace option.

a. Click Replace button to replace the attributes of the text with new attributes. To find the next occurrence click on the Find Next button.

b. Click Replace All button to replace all occurrences of  text with the attributes specified, in the entire document.

c. Click Replace and Find  button to replace the current occurrence of the text found and find the next occurrence in the document.


Find And Replace a Text String Throughout the Document.
How do I ?

Find and Replace a text string throughout the document

1.  Select the Find and Replace item in the Edit menu.

or  Press F3 (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Find and Replace Bar.

or  Click the [image] button on the Standard Bar.

2.  Click on the Format button below the 'Search for' box.

3.  Enter the attributes for the text to be searched.

* Language can be specified in the Character options. Select the language of the search text.

4.  Enter the text to be searched in the 'Search for' box.

5.  Click on the Format button below the 'Replace by' box.

6.  Enter the attributes for the replacement text.

*Language can be specified in the Character options. Select the language of the search text.

7.  Enter the text to replace the search text with in the 'Replace by' box.

8.  Place the caret in the document from where you would like to start the Find and Replace operation.

9.  Press the Find Next button or press F3 (Shortcut key).

* If the search text that you have specified is found, LEAP Office will take you to the location in the document where it is located. Also the Replace, Replace All, Replace and Find buttons will be enabled.

10. Click Replace All button to replace all the occurrences of the search text in the entire document.

To end the search and close the Find and Replace Bar, press the Close button or press CTRL+F3.


Start the Spell Check.
How do I ?

Start the Spell Check.

1. Place the caret in the story from where you would like to start the spelling check in the document.

2.  Select the Spell Check item in the Tools menu.

or  Press F7 (Shortcut key).

or Click here [image] to activate the Spell Check Bar.

The Spell Check Bar will be displayed, it will close automatically when the Spell Check is over.


Create my Own Personal Dictionary.
How do I ?

Create my own Personal dictionary.

Related Topics :

1. Add word to Personal dictionary

Using the Options button on the Spell Check Bar

1. Select the Spell Check item in the Tools menu.

or  Press F7 (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Spell Check Bar.

The Spell Check Bar will be displayed.

2. Click on the Options button on the Spell Check Bar.

3. In the Languages box select the language for which you want to add a Personal dictionary.

4. Click on the Add button.

The Personal Dictionary dialog box will be displayed.

5. Enter the name for your Personal dictionary in the File Name box.

6. Select the drive and directory to save the new dictionary.

7. Click Save.

The Personal Dictionary dialog box will close and control will return to the Options dialog box.

8. The name of the new Personal dictionary created will be displayed in the Default Personal Dictionary box.

9. Click OK.

The Personal dictionary defined above is now available to you to add words to it.

Using the Options item in the Tools menu

1. Select the Options item in the Tools menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Options dialog box.

The Options dialog box will be displayed.

2. Click on the Spell Check item in the Categories.

  The options in the dialog box will change to display the Spell Check options.

3. In the Languages box select the language for which you want to add a Personal dictionary.

4. Click Add.

The Personal Dictionary dialog box will be displayed.

5. Enter the name for your Personal dictionary in the File Name box.

6. Select the drive and directory to save the new dictionary.

7. Click Save.

The Personal Dictionary dialog box will close and control will return to the Options dialog box.

8. The name of the new Personal dictionary created will be displayed in the Default Personal Dictionary box.

9. Click OK.

The Personal dictionary defined above is now available to you for adding your own words to it.


Add Word to a Personal Dictionary.
How do I ?

Add Word to a Personal dictionary.

Related Topics :

1. Create my own Personal dictionary

* During the spelling check whenever a spelling error or a word which is not present in the main dictionary is located, it is selected in the document and also displayed in the Spelling Error box of the Spell Check Bar. Certain words e.g. , proper nouns or some technical terms will be displayed as errors. LEAP Office has a provision such that you can add these words to a Personal dictionary so that they will not be shown as spelling errors in further spelling checks.

1. Click to place the caret in the story from where you would like to begin the spelling check in the document.

2. Start the Spell Check.

a. Click Spell Check item in the Tools menu.

or  Press F7 (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Spell Check Bar.

Spell Check will select the word whenever it encounters a spelling error or a word which is not present in the main dictionary (it will also display the word in the Spelling Error box).

3. Click the Add to Personal Dictionary button on the Spell Check Bar to add it to the Personal dictionary.


Cut and Paste Text
How do I ?

Cut and Paste text

1. Select the text you want to cut.

How to : Select text

2. Select the Cut item from the Edit menu.

or  Click [image] button on the Standard Bar.

or  Press CTRL+X (Shortcut key).

3. Place the caret in the document where you want to paste the text.

Click to place the caret in an existing story. To place the caret anywhere else in the document press CTRL and click the left mouse button (create a new story).

4. Select the Paste item in the Edit menu.

or  Click [image] button on the Standard Bar.

or  Press CTRL+V (Shortcut key).


Copy and Paste Text
How do I ?

Copy and Paste text

1. Select the text you want to copy.

How to : Select text

2. Select the Copy item from the Edit menu.

or  Click [image] button on the Standard Bar.

or  Press CTRL+C (Shortcut key).

3. Place the caret in the document where you want to paste the text.

Click to place the caret in an existing story. To place the caret anywhere else in the document press CTRL and click the left mouse button (create a new story).

4. Select the Paste item in the Edit menu.

or  Click [image] button on the Standard Bar.

or  Press CTRL+V (Shortcut key).


Insert Text from Other Programs
How do I ?

Insert text from other programs

Related Topics :

1. Insert text in a Story

2. Merge Stories

1. Open the file containing text you want to copy (in the application in which the text was created).

2. Select and copy the text (or the portion you want to copy).

3. Switch over to LEAP Office.

or  (if LEAP Office is not running) Start LEAP Office and open the document in which you want to paste the text.

4. Click and place the cursor in your document where you would like to insert the text.

5. Select the Paste item in the Edit menu.

or  Press CTRL+V (Shortcut key).


Insert Text and Graphics created in a Previous Versions of LEAP Office
How do I ?

Insert text and graphics created in a previous versions of LEAP

Related Topics :

1. Open a document created in a previous version of LEAP

2. Copy and Paste text

3. Merge Stories

1. Open the file.

if you want to know about how to open a file click on the -  'Open a document created in the previous version of LEAP'  in the Related Topics above.

2. Select the text, graphic(s) or text frame(s).

How to : Select text

How to : Select frames

3. Select Copy item in the Edit menu.

or  Click the [image] button on the Standard Bar.

or  Press CTRL+C (Shortcut key).

4. Open the document to insert the frames into.

5. Select Paste item in the Edit menu.

or  Click the [image]  button on the Standard Bar.

or  Press CTRL+V (Shortcut key).


Insert Indian Language Text from Other Programs
How do I ?

Insert Indian language text from other programs

Related Topics :

1. Insert text in a Story

2. Merge Stories

You can import Indian language text created in Akshar-DOS and Shabdaratna-DOS.

1. In your document place the caret where you would like to insert the text.

2. Select the File item from the Insert menu.

or  Click here  [image] to activate the Insert File dialog box.

3. Select the file extension of the file to be inserted in the Insert Files of Type box.

4. Select the file you would like to insert.

How to

5. Click  OK.


Exchange Indian Language Text with Other Windows Application
How do I ?

Exchange Indian language text with other Windows applications

Using the Export command ( Exchange text as RTF or HTML document)

1. Select Indian language text that you want to copy.

How to : Select text

2. Select the Export item in the File menu.

or  Click here  [image] to activate the Export File dialog box.

An Export dialog box will be displayed.

3. Click the down arrow key in the Export Files of Type box.

4. Select RTF text in this box ( to export the text in RTF format).

or Select HTML text ( to export text as HTML).

5. Select the drive and directory in which you want to save the RTF or HTML document.

6. Enter a file name in the File Name box to save the RTF or HTML file as.

7. Click Export.

Using Cut or Copy

1. Select Indian language text that you want to copy.

How to : Select text

2. Click the Copy item in the Edit menu.

3. Switch over to the any Windows application and paste it.

4. Select the text again in the Windows application.

5. Select and apply the same font that the original text had in LEAP Office.

You can the change the font of the text that has been pasted,  provided you apply a font specified for the language of the pasted text. You can change the font size of the pasted text also.

Indian language text created in LEAP Office and pasted in other Windows applications cannot be edited directly in the other application. You need to copy the text back into an LEAP Office document to edit it. Following steps explain how to copy the text back into LEAP Office.

a.  Select the text pasted in the other Windows application.

b.  Cut or Copy the text.

c.  Switch over to LEAP Office.

d.  Place the cursor in the document where you want to paste the text.

e.  Click the Paste Indian Language Text from Other Windows Application item in the Tools menu.

A Select Indian Language of the Text dialog box will be displayed.

f.  Click on the down arrow key in this box.

g.  Select the language of the text. This step is required, because while doing the reverse conversion of the plain text from other windows applications (essentially English systems), LEAP Office cannot identify the language of the text.

h.  Click OK.

The text will be pasted into the document.

*This reverse conversion facility is not available for all languages.


Write Text from a LEAP Office Document to a Specified File Format
How do I ?

Write text from an LEAP Office document to a specified file format

1. Select the text.

How to : Select text

2. Click on the Export item in the File menu.

The Export dialog box will be displayed.

3. Click on down arrow in the Export Files of Type box.

A list of file formats in which you can export the text will be displayed.

4. Select the type from the list.

5. Select the drive and directory to save the exported file in.

How to

6. Click on the Export button.


Insert a Rectangle, Ellipse, Line etc.,
How do I ?

Insert a Rectangle, Ellipse, Line etc.,

Related Topics :

1. Move selected frame to the front/back of overlapping frames

Using the button on the Standard Bar

1. Click the [image]  button on the Standard Bar.

You will be in the sketch mode. The buttons on the Properties Bar will change to show the Sketch properties.

2. Click the shape that you want to insert from the Properties Bar.

The shape of the cursor will change accordingly.

3. Click the cursor in the document, to fix the starting point of the shape, and drag the mouse with the left button pressed, till the end point.

Using the Insert menu

1. Select the Shapes item in the Insert menu.

A sub menu will pop up displaying the shapes ( Line, Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle or Ellipse) you can insert into your document.

2.  Select the shape that you want to insert.

  The shape of the cursor will change accordingly.

3. Click the cursor in the document, to fix the starting point of the shape, and drag the mouse with the left button pressed, till the end point.


Set the Line Width of the Shapes
How do I ?

Set the Line Width of the Shapes

1. Switch to the frame mode.

Select the Frame item in the Edit menu.

or Click the [image] button on the Standard Bar.

2. Select the shape(s) in the document.

How to : Select a shape (frame)

The buttons on the Frame Properties Bar will change.

2.  Click the down arrow on the  Line Width box on the Frame Properties Bar.

A drop down list will show a list of  available line widths.

3. Select a line width from the list of values.


Set Outline Colour for the Shapes
How do I ?

Set Outline Colour for the Shapes

1. Switch to the frame mode.

Select the Frame item in the Edit menu.

or  Click the [image] button on the Standard Bar.

The buttons on the Properties Bar will change to show the Frame Properties.

2. Select the shape(s) in the document.

How to : Select a shape (frame)

The buttons on the Frame Properties Bar will change.

3.  Click the down arrow on the Line Fill button on the Frame Properties Bar.

A colour palette will be displayed.

4. Click on a colour to set the outline colour of the shape.


Fill Colour for the Shapes
How do I ?

Fill Colour for the Shapes

Related Topics :

1. Move selected frame to the front/back of overlapping frames

1. Switch to the frame mode.

Select the Frame item in the Edit menu.

or  Click the [image] button on the Standard Bar.

The buttons on the Properties Bar will change to show the Frame Properties.

2. Select the shape(s) in the document.

How to : Select a shape (frame)

The buttons on the Frame Properties Bar will change.

2.  Click the down arrow on the Fill button on the Frame Properties Bar.

A colour palette will be displayed.

3. Click on the colour you want to fill the selected shape with.


Cut and Paste Graphic(s)
How do I ?

Cut and Paste graphic(s)

1.  Select the graphic (frame).

How to : Select frames

2.  Click the Cut item in the Edit menu.

or  Press CTRL+X (Shortcut key).

3. Go to the page where you want to move the frame to.

a. Click the Go to item in the Edit menu.

b. Enter the page number to go to.

c. Click OK.

4. Click on the page where you want to paste the frame.

5. Select Paste item in the Edit menu.

The cursor shape will change to

6. Click in your document where you want to place the top left corner of your graphic.


Copy and Paste Graphic(s)
How do I ?

Copy and Paste graphic(s)

1.  Select the graphic (frame).

How to : Select frames

2.  Click the Copy item in the Edit menu.

or  Press CTRL+C  (Shortcut key).

3. Go to the page where you want to move the frame to.

a. Click the Go to item in the Edit menu.

b. Enter the page number to go to.

c. Click OK.

4. Click on the page where you want to paste the frame.

5. Select Paste item from the Edit menu.

The cursor shape will change to

6. Click in your document where you want to place the top left corner of your graphic.


Insert Graphics from Other Programs
How do I ?

Insert graphics from other programs

Related Topics :

1. Move graphic frames within the document using the Pasteboard

1. Open the graphic in the application that created it.

2. Select and Copy the graphic ( or the portion you want to copy).

3. In LEAP Office select the Paste Special item in the Edit menu.

or  Press ALT+INS (Shortcut key).

or  Click here  [image] to activate the Paste Special dialog box.

The Paste Special dialog box will be displayed. You can choose to paste the graphic in any of the three formats offered.

a. Picture (Metafile).

b. Image ( Device Independent Bitmap).

c. Bitmap.

4. Select the format in which you would like to paste the graphic into your document.

5. The cursor shape will change to

6. Click in your document where you want to place the top left corner of your graphic.


Insert a Clipart
How do I ?

Insert a Clipart

Related Topics :

1. Size a frame

2. Move graphic frames within the document using the Pasteboard

3. Move selected frame to the front/back of overlapping frames

4. Paste Clipboard contents in a particular format (Paste Special)

You can insert a Clipart (graphic) with the wmf ( Windows Metafile), bmp (Windows Bitmap) and  clp (Clipart) extensions only.

1. Select Clipart item in the Insert menu.

or  Click here  [image] to activate the Insert Clipart box.

2.  Select file containing the Clipart to insert.

How to

If you want to select a clipart provided on the LEAP Office CD, select the drive that has the LEAP Office CD, select the directory and the Clipart(file).

3. Click OK.


Paste Clipboard contents in a Particular Format (Paste Special )
How do I ?

Paste Clipboard contents in a particular format (Paste Special )

* The Paste Special menu item is enabled only if the Windows Clipboard contents are not empty and its contents are available in the formats that are supported by LEAP Office.

1. Select the Paste Special item from the Edit menu.

or  Press ALT+INS (Shortcut key).

or  Click here  [image] to activate the Paste Special dialog box.

The Paste Special dialog box will be displayed. You can choose to paste the text or graphic in any of the following  formats offered.

a. Picture ( Metafile).

b. Image ( Device Independent Bitmap).

c. Bitmap.

d. Text.

2. Select the format in which you would like to paste the Clipboard contents into your document.

3. The cursor shape will change to

4. Click in your document where you would want the top left corner of your graphic to be.


Write Graphic from a LEAP Office Document to a Specified File Format
How do I ?

Write graphic from an LEAP Office document to a specified file format

1. Select the graphic (frame).

How to : Select frames

2. Click on the Export item in the File menu.

The Export dialog box will be displayed.

3. Click on the down arrow in the Export Files of Type box.

A list of file formats in which you can export the text will be displayed.

4. Select the type from the list.

The graphic can be exported in the following two formats only.

a. Windows Metafile Graphic ( WMF).

b. Windows DIB ( Device Independent Bitmap).

5. Select the drive and directory to save the exported file in.

How to

6. Click on the Export button.


Show/Hide Page Preview Window
How do I ?

Show/Hide Page Preview Window

Related Topics :

1. Show/Hide Graphics

2. Show/Hide Text

3. Get a magnified view of a document

4. Normal Mode

5. Moving in the document page using the Page Preview

The Page Preview Window is available in the Page Layout mode only.

1. Click the Page Preview Window item in the View menu.

or  Click [image] on the Standard Bar.

or  Click here  [image] to activate the Page Preview Window.

The Page Preview Window will popup in the top right hand corner of your screen. ( You may have to move or minimise this Help window to view it).

If the Page Preview Window is already activated, step 1 above will hide the Page Preview Window.


Moving in the Document using the Page Preview Window
 How do I ?

Moving in the document using the Page Preview Window.

Related Topics :

1. Show/Hide Graphics

2. Normal Mode

3. Get a magnified view of a document

Zoom onto a particular portion of the document page using the Page Preview Window.

1. Click in the Page Preview Window.

2. Drag the mouse with the left button pressed to identify the portion to zoom onto.

3. The document will show a magnified view of the defined area.

* Right click the Page Preview Window to display a related command menu.


Show/Hide the Ruler
How do I ?

Show/Hide the Ruler

Related Topics :

1. Place/Remove Guides

2. Snap to Guides

3. Set Tab Stops and Paragraph Indents

4. Set Tabs with Lead Characters

5. Set Tab Type

* The Vertical Ruler is not available in the Normal Mode

1. Click the Rulers item in the Tool Bars menu available under the View menu.

The horizontal and vertical rulers will be displayed.

If Rulers are visible, step 1 described above will hide the Rulers.


Set the Unit of Measurement (Ruler Scale)
How do I ?

Set the Unit of Measurement (Ruler Scale)

1.  Right click on the Units of Measurement button on the Status Bar at the bottom of the screen.

A menu will popup displaying all the units of measurement available. The Help window maybe overlapping the Status Bar and therefore the Units of Measurement button may be hidden behind it. Resize or move the Help window to see this button.

2. Select the Unit of Measurement of your choice.

If you change the Unit of Measurement the divisions on Rulers will reflect the new scale.


Set Ruler Zero
How do I ?

Set Ruler Zero

Related Topics :

1. Place/Remove Guides

2. Snap to Guides

3. Set Tab Stops and Paragraph Indents

You can set the Ruler zero only when the Rulers are visible.

1. Click [image] Set Ruler Zero control above the vertical Scroll Bars.

The following picture shows the position of the button.


Place/Remove Guides
How do I ?

Place/Remove Guides

Related Topics :

1. Show/Hide the Ruler

2. Snap to Guides

3. Move a group of frames

You can place the Guides only when the Rulers are visible and the Guides Visible item in Layout menu is turned on.

Place a Horizontal Guide

1. Move the cursor over the horizontal Ruler. Its shape will change to

2. Drag the mouse with the left button pressed onto your document to the position where you would like to place the guide.

Place a Vertical Guide

1. Move the cursor over vertical Ruler. Its shape will change to

2. Drag the mouse with the left button pressed onto your document to the position where you would like to place the guide.

Remove a Guide (Single)

You cannot remove guides if they are locked or have been defined in the Master Pages ( Master Page guides can be removed in the Master Pages only).

1. Point the tip of your cursor over the guide you want to remove.

 The cursor shape will change to   [image] or

2. Click and drag the Guide to the end of the screen.

3. The Guide will be removed.

Remove All Guides

Guides that have been defined in the Master Pages can be removed only in the Master Pages.

1. Select the Remove Guides item in the Layout menu.


Lock Guides
How do I ?

Lock Guides

Related Topics :

1. Snap to Guides

1. Select the Lock Guides item in the Layout menu.

or  Press SHIFT+ALT+L (Shortcut Key).

Guides that have been defined in the Master Pages can be removed only in the Master Pages.


Show/Hide Guides
How do I ?

Show/Hide Guides

1. Select the Guides Visible item in the Layout menu.

or  Press SHIFT+ALT+V (Shortcut Key).


Snap to Guides
How do I ?

Snap to Guides

Related Topics :

1. Place/Remove Guides

2. Show/Hide Guides

3. Lock Guides

4. Size a frame

1. Select the Snap to Guides item in the Layout menu.


Snap to Margins
How do I ?

Snap to Margins

Related Topics :

1. Show/Hide Ruler

2. Place/Remove Guides

3. Lock Guides

4. Size a frame

1. Select the Snap to Margins item in the Layout menu.


Select a Double Sided Page Layout
How do I ?

Select a Double Sided Page layout

Related Topics :

1. Show/Hide Page Preview

2. Set view to Page Layout mode

Using the buttons on the Page Properties Bar

1. Switch to the frame mode.

a. Click the [image]  button on the Standard Bar.

or  Select the Frame item in the Edit menu.

The Properties Bar will roll to display the Page Properties.

2. LEAP Office gives you 4 different choices of  double-sided page layout. Click on the appropriate button to select the layout of your choice.

  Set Double Sided Page, Tall, Vertical layout.

  Set Double Sided Page, Tall, Horizontal layout.

  Set Double Sided Page, Wide, Vertical layout.

 Set Double Sided Page, Wide, Horizontal layout.

Click on the layout of your choice.

A Page Properties dialog box will be displayed - confirming the change in the page layout.

3. Click Yes.

* You can select a Double Sided Page layout using the Page Properties item in the File menu. On selecting this item the Page Properties dialog box will be displayed.

1.  Select the Page Properties item in the File menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Page Properties dialog box.

2. Click on the Size and Orientation in the Categories.

(This category is the default category ).

3. You will be provided with a similar selection of buttons as described in step 3 above.

4. Click on the layout of your choice in the dialog box.

5. Click OK.


Select Vertical binding
How do I ?

Select Vertical binding

Related Topics :

1. Show/Hide Page Preview

2. Set view to Page Layout mode

Using the buttons on the Page Properties Bar

1. Switch to the frame mode.

Click the [image]  button on the Standard Bar.

or  Select the Frame item in the Edit menu.

The Properties Bar will roll to display the Page Properties.

2. LEAP Office gives you two layout choices with vertical binding.

a.  Double Sided Page, Tall, Vertical layout.

b.  Double Sided Page, Wide, Vertical layout.

Click on the layout of your choice.

A Page Properties dialog box will be displayed - confirming the change in the page layout.

3. Click Yes.

* You can select a Vertical binding page layout using the Page Properties item in the File menu.  Choosing this item will display the Page Properties dialog box.

1.  Select the Page Properties item in the File menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Page Properties dialog box.

2. Click on the Size and Orientation in the Categories.

(This category is the default category).

You will be provided with a similar selection of buttons as described in step 3 in the Page Properties dialog box.

3. Click on the layout of your choice in the dialog box.

4. Click OK.


Select Horizontal binding
How do I ?

Select Horizontal binding

Related Topics :

1. Show/Hide Page preview

2. Set view to Page Layout mode

Using the buttons on the Page Properties Bar

1. Switch to the frame mode.

Click the [image]  button on the Standard Bar.

or  Select the Frame item in the Edit menu.

The Properties Bar will roll to display the Page Properties.

2. LEAP Office gives you two layout choices for Horizontal binding.

a.  Double Sided Page, Tall, Horizontal layout.

b.  Double Sided Page, Wide, Horizontal layout.

Click on the layout of your choice.

A Page Properties dialog box will be displayed - confirming the change in the page layout.

3. Click Yes.

* You can select a Horizontal binding page layout using the Page Properties item in the File menu. Choosing this item will display the Page Properties dialog box.

1.  Select the Page Properties item in the File menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Page Properties dialog box.

2. Click on the Size and Orientation in the Categories.

(This category is the default category ).

You will be provided with a similar selection of buttons as described in step 3 in the Page Properties dialog box.

3. Click on the layout of your choice in the dialog box.

4. Click OK.


Set Page Margins
How do I ?

Set Page Margins

Related Topics :

1. Snap to Margins

2. Place/Remove Guides

1.  Select the Page Properties item in the File menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Page Properties dialog box.

2. Click on the Page Margins in the Categories.

The dialog box will display the Page Margins options.

3. Enter the page margins in the appropriate boxes.

Options available in the page margins boxes depend on the layout type that you have selected for the document.

4. Click OK.


Replicate Text or Graphics Across Several Document Pages(Use Master Pages to )
How do I ?

Replicate text or graphics across several document pages (Master Pages )

Related Topics :

1. Edit Master Page design

2. Set Master Pages Overlay On/Off

1.  Edit the Master Pages and place the required graphics on the Master Pages.

2. Switch on the Master Pages.

a. Click on the Overlay Master Pages item in the Layout menu.

or  Click here  [image] to activate the Overlay Master Pages dialog box directly.

The Overlay Master Pages dialog box will be displayed.

b. Select an option in the dialog to display Master Pages.

a.  Select All to display Master Pages for all the document pages.

b.  Select Current Pages  to set the Master Pages on for the current pages.

c.  Click Pages and enter the range of pages to display the Master Pages.


Edit Master Page Design
How do I ?

Edit Master Page design

1.  Select the Go to item in the Edit menu.

or  Press CTRL+G (Shortcut Key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Go to dialog box.

2. Click on the Master Pages in the Section.

3. Click on the Page Number button.

4. Enter RM in the Page Number box to go to the Right Master Page.

or  LM to goto the Left Master Page.

If you have selected a Single Sided Page layout as the layout for your document, only the contents of the Right Master Page are visible in your document.

If you have selected a Double Sided Page layout, text and graphics on the page marked RM will be visible on the right-hand pages of the document and that on the page marked LM will be visible on the left-hand pages of the document.

5. Click OK.

You will be in the Master Pages section of the document.

6. OR Press ALT + 0 (Shortcut key) to take you directly to the Master pages

7. Enter/Edit text and graphics that you want on the Master Pages.

* To place the caret for entering text on the Master Page press CTRL and click in the page.

8.  Exit out of the Master Pages edit mode

a.  Select the Go to item in the Edit menu.

or  Press CTRL+G (Shortcut Key).

or  Click here [image]  to activate the Go to dialog box.

b. Click on the Document in the Section.

c. Click OK.

d. or Press SHIFT + CTRL + D (Shortcut key) to take you directly to the document pages


Set Master Pages Overlay On/Off.
How do I ?

Set Master Pages Overlay On/Off.

1.  Click on the Overlay Master Pages item in the Layout menu.

or  Click here  [image] to activate the Overlay Master Pages dialog box directly.

An Overlay Master Objects dialog box will be displayed.

2.  Select an option to display the Master Pages.

a.  Click All to set the Master Pages on all pages in the document.

b.  Click Current Pages to set the Master Pages on the pages that are currently visible on the screen.

c. Click Pages and enter a range of pages for which you want to turn on the Master Pages in your document.

    To shut-off the display of Master Pages on all document pages - Delete the digits displayed in this box (leave the box blank) and click OK.


Merge Paragraphs
How do I ?

Merge paragraphs

Related Topics :

1. Merge Stories

1. Select the paragraphs that you want to merge.

2. Select the Form Paragraph item in the Tools menu.

or  Press CTRL+M (Shortcut Key ).

* This feature takes consecutive paragraphs not separated by blank lines and merges them into a single paragraph. It is very useful to use this feature after inserting ACII text into an LEAP Office document, since some editors store line breaks to break up their paragraphs. Therefore when such text is imported each line of your text will appear as a separate paragraph.


Merge Stories
How do I ?

Merge Stories

Related Topics :

1. Size a frame

2. Remove pages

3. Insert pages

4. Merge paragraphs

You can merge stories using the Cut and Paste option.

Select the story that you want to merge.

1.  Place the caret in the story you want to select.

2.  Select the Select All item in the Edit menu.

3.  Select the Cut item in the Edit menu.

4.  Place the caret at the end of the story with which you want to merge your text.

5.  Select the Paste item in the Edit menu.


Insert Text in a Story
How do I ?

Insert text in a Story

Related Topics :

1. Open a document created in a previous version of LEAP Office

2. Insert Indian language text from other programs

1.  Switch to the text mode.

a. Click the [image] button on the Standard Bar.

or  Select the Text item in the Edit menu.

2. Place the caret at the location where you want to insert the text.

Click to place the caret in an existing story. To place the caret anywhere else in the document press CTRL and click the left mouse button (create a new story).

3. Type in your text.

If some text has been previously copied onto the Clipboard, it can be inserted in this location by pressing CTRL+V (shortcut key).


Delete Objects (Text, Text Frames, Graphics etc.,)
How do I ?

Delete objects (Text, text frames, graphics etc.,)

Deleting text

1. Select the text.

How to : Select text

2. Select the Clear item in the Edit menu.

or  Press Del (Delete key) (Shortcut key).

Deleting a text frame

Switch to the frame mode.

1. Select the text frame.

How to : Select frames

2. Select the Clear item in the Edit menu.

or  Press Del (Delete key) (Shortcut key).

Deleting a graphic ( graphic frame)

Switch to the frame mode.

1. Select the graphic (frame).

How to : Select frames

2. Select the Clear item in the Edit menu.

or  Press Del (Delete key) (Shortcut key).

Deleting a shape ( Rectangle, Circle etc.,)

Switch to the frame mode.

1. Select the shape.

How to : Select a shape (frame)

2. Select the Clear item in the Edit menu.

or  Press Del (Delete key) (Shortcut key).


Select and Move Text Frame(s)
How do I ?

Select and move text frame(s).

Tip : You can use the Pasteboard to temporarily store frames or objects as you scroll up or down in the document. Operations involving the Pasteboard can be best performed if you are in a zoomed out view of the document.

Zooming out ( reduced magnification) while performing the above mentioned task offers the following advantages

a. You get a better view of multiple objects or frames stored on the Pasteboard and large documents, allowing you to place frames or objects properly.

b. You can easily select multiple objects using the marquee.

c. Reduces the time taken for scrolling in the document.

1.  Select a text frame.

How to : Select frames

2. Move the mouse over the selection.

3. The cursor shape will change to

4. Click and drag the selection outside the document page onto the Pasteboard.

5. Go to the page that you want to move the text to.

6.  Select the frames on the Pasteboard ( as explained in Step 1 ).

a. Click the Go to item in the Edit menu.

b. Enter the page number to go to.

c. Click OK.

7. Drag the selection onto to the document ( Step 2, ..3, ..4)


Select and Move a Graphic Frame(s)
How do I ?

Select and move a graphic frame(s)

Related Topics :

1. Move graphic frames within the document using the Pasteboard.

1.  Select a graphic (frame).

How to : Select frames

2.  Click the Cut item in the Edit menu.

or  Press CTRL+X (Shortcut key).

3. Go to the page where you want to move the frame.

a. Click the Go to item in the Edit menu.

b. Enter the page number to go to.

c. Click OK.

4. Click on the page where you want to paste the frame.

5. Select the Paste item from the Edit menu.

The cursor shape will change to

6. Click in your document where you want to place the top left corner of your graphic.


Move Frames (Text and Graphics)within the Document using the Pasteboard
How do I ?

Move frames (text and graphics) within the document using the Pasteboard.

Tip : You can use the Pasteboard to temporarily store frames or objects as you scroll up or down in the document. Operations involving the Pasteboard can be best performed if you are in a zoomed out view of the document.

Zooming out ( reduced magnification) while performing the above mentioned task offers the following advantages

a. You get a better view of multiple objects or frames stored on the Pasteboard and large documents, allowing you to place frames or objects properly.

b. You can easily select multiple objects using the marquee.

c. Reduces the time taken for scrolling in the document.

1.  Select a frame.

How to : Select frames

2. Move the mouse over the selection.

3. The cursor shape will change to

4. Click and drag the selection outside the document page onto the Pasteboard.

5. Go to the page that you want to move the graphic to.

6. Select the frames on the Pasteboard ( as explained in Step 1 ).

7. Drag the selection onto to the document ( Step 2, ..3, ..4)


Move a Group of Frames
How do I ?

Move a group of frames

Related Topics :

1. Move selected frame to the front/back of overlapping frames

You can use the Pasteboard to store selected frames as you scroll up or down in the document. Operations involving the Pasteboard can be best performed if you are in a zoomed out view of the document.

1.  Select the frames.

How to : Select frames

2.  Move the mouse over the selected frames.

3.  Its shape will change to

4.  Click and drag the selection on to the Pasteboard.

5.  Go to the page that you want to move the frames to.

6.  Go to the page that you want to move the frames to.

a. Click the Go to item in the Edit menu.

b. Enter the page number to go to.

c. Click OK.

7.  Select the frame or frames that you want to move on to the document ( Step 1).

8.  Move the mouse over the selected frames.

9.  Its shape will change to

10.  Click and drag the selection over to the document.


Select Multiple Frames
How do I ?

Select multiple frames

Switch to the frame mode. To switch to the frame mode click on the [image]  button on the Standard Bar.

1.  Hold down the SHIFT key and click on the frames you want to select.

or

You can also select multiple frames on the same page by drawing a rectangle marquee around them. In the frame mode - click on the document and drag the mouse diagonally ensuring that the frames you want to select are within the rectangle marquee that is drawn. ( To de-select a frame from the frames selected, hold down the shift key and click on the frame).


Size a Frame
How do I ?

Size a frame

Related Topics :

1. Move selected frame to the front/back of overlapping frames

2. Make columns of selected frames

This operation can be performed in the frame mode.

1. Select a frame.

How to : Select frames

2. Move the mouse to the edge of the frame.

3. The cursor shape will change to

4. Click and drag the edge of the frame to size it.


Size a Frame(s) with reference to another Frame/Object.
How do I ?

Size a frame(s) with reference to another frame/object.

Related Topics :

1. Move selected frame to the front/back of overlapping frames

2. Make columns of selected frames

1. Select the frame(s).

How to : Select frames

The buttons on the Properties Bar will change to display the Frame Properties.

2. Click on the appropriate button to perform any of the operations listed below.

To Increase the width of selected frames equal to the width of the widest frame in the selection.

(This option is available only when more than one frame has been selected).

Click

To Resize the width of selected frames equal to the width of the frame, that has the smallest width in the selection.

(This option is only available when more than one frame has been selected).

Click

To Resize the height of selected frames equal to the height of the tallest frame in the selection.

(This option is only available when more than one frame has been selected).

Click

To Resize the height of selected frames equal to the height of the frame, with the smallest height in the selection.

(This option is only available when more than one frame has been selected).

Click

To Increase the width of selected frames equal to the width of the page.

Click

To Increase the height of selected frames equal to the height of the page.

Click


Direct the Text Flow
How do I ?

Direct the text flow

While typing in LEAP Office, when the text being entered exceeds the size of the frame, a new frame automatically gets created on a fresh page.  If the page immediately after the current page has some objects on it then the new frame will be created on the next available page.

Following are the steps to direct the text (story) to continue on the page or pages immediately after the current page.

1. You need to switch to the frame mode.

2.  Select the text frame (story).

How to : Select frames

3.  Move the mouse over the empty box at the base of the frame (story).

4.  The cursor will change to

The change in the cursor shape indicates that you can continue the text in the present story somewhere else in the current document. If you want to cancel the above action press Escape.

5.  Click the cursor in the empty box.

6.  Click or click and drag to draw a frame marking the boundaries of the new text frame.

Clicking in the document will create a frame which is the same size as the frame from which text is to be continued. You can also draw a box to determine the boundaries of the new frame into which the text will flow.

* If the box at the base of a text frame is empty it indicates that there is more text. A filled box indicates end of story.


Align a Frame(s)
How do I ?

Align frame(s)

1. Snap to Guides

2. Snap to Margins

This operation can be performed in the frame mode.

1. Select the frame(s).

How to : Select frame(s)

2. To perform any of the following operations, click the appropriate button.

To Left Align the selected frames to the left edge of the frame that is located on the extreme left in the selection.

Click

To Center align the selected frames to the center of width of the selection.

Click

To Right align the selected frames to the right edge of the frame that is located on the extreme right in the selection.

Click

To Top align the selected frames to the top edge of the topmost frame in the selection.

Click

To Center align the selected frames to the center of height of the selection.

Click

To Bottom align the selected frames to the lower edge of the frame situated at the bottom of the selection.

Click


Move Selected Frame to the Front/Back of Overlapping Frames
How do I ?

Move selected frame to the front/back of overlapping frames

Related Topics :

1. Replicate text or graphics across several document pages (Master Pages)

To move a frame to the back of overlapping frames

1. Select a frame(s).

How to : Select frames

2. Click on the [image] button in the Frame Properties Bar.

or  Press CTRL+SHIFT+G ( Shortcut key ).

To move a frame to the front of overlapping frames

1. Select a frame(s).

How to : Select frames

2. Click on the [image] button in the Frame Properties Bar.

or  Press CTRL+SHIFT+F ( Shortcut key ).


Make Columns of Selected Frames
How do I ?

Make columns of a selected text frame

Related Topics :

1. Size a selected frame

2. Autoflow text

3. Snap to Guides

4. Snap to Margins

5. Hyphenate the Indian language text

1. Select a text frame.

How to : Select frames

2. Select the Make Columns item in the Layout menu.

or  Press CTRL+SHIFT+K (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Make Columns dialog box.

3. Enter the number of columns of the text, to be created, in the Number of Columns box.

4. Enter a number to specify the space (Gutter) between the columns in the box labeled Gutter.

5. Click OK.


Define Styles
How do I ?

Define Styles

Related Topics :

1. Load Styles from another document

1. Select the Define Styles item in the Text menu.

or  Click here  [image] to activate the Define Styles dialog box.

2. Click on the New Button.

The Edit Style dialog box will be displayed.

3. Enter a name for the new style to be defined in the Name of Style box.

4. In the Base the Style on box, select the style on which you want to base the new style.

The text attributes or specifications of the style on which the new style is to be based will be displayed.

5. Click on the Specs button.

The Text Attributes dialog box will be displayed.

6.  Define the specifications of the new style by selecting the text attributes in this dialog box.

7. Click OK ( in the Text Attributes box).

8. Click OK ( in the Edit Style box).

9. Click OK ( in the Define Styles box).


Apply Styles to a Paragraph
How do I ?

Apply Styles to a paragraph

Related Topics :

1. Define Styles

2. Format text using Styles

3. Reformat text using Find and Replace

Using the Style box in the Text Properties Bar

1. Place the caret in the paragraph.

2. Click the down arrow key in the Style box on the Text Properties Bar.

3.  Select the style you want to apply to the paragraph from the list of styles available.

Using the Style item in the Text menu

1. Place the caret in the paragraph.

2. Select the Style item in the Text menu.

or  Click here  [image] to activate the Text Attributes dialog box.

The Text Attributes dialog box will be displayed.

3.  Select the style you want to apply to the paragraph from the Style box.


Maintain Design Consistency in a Multilingual Document (Twin Styles)
How do I ?

Maintain design consistency in a multilingual document (Defining Twin Styles)

1. Define Styles

You  can use Twin Styles (Matching Styles) for predefined or existing styles for Indian languages.

1. Select the Define Styles item in the Text menu.

or  Click here  [image] to activate the Define Styles dialog box.

The Define Styles dialog Box will be displayed.

2. Select the style for which you want to define a Twin Style in the Style box.

The specifications for the selected style will be displayed in the dialog box.

The New button will change to Edit button in the dialog box.

3. Click on the Edit button.

The Edit Style dialog box will be displayed.

4.  Click on the Match Type button.

The Text Attributes dialog box will be displayed with a matching English language font  and attributes for the Indian language.

5.  You can modify the attributes of the Twin Style here.

These text attributes will be applied to the English language text in the paragraph.

* The text attributes of the Indian language text and English text in a multilingual paragraph will change appropriately on applying a style which has a matching style or Twin style defined for it.


Insert Pages
How do I ?

Insert pages

Related Topics :

1. Merge Stories

2. Insert text in a Story

3. Move graphic frames within the document using the Pasteboard.

1. Select the Pages item in the Insert menu.

or

a. Right click the Page button [image] on the Status Bar.

     The Help window maybe overlapping the Status Bar, hiding the Page button behind it. Resize or move the Help window to see this button.

b. Select Insert Pages from the menu that pops-up.

or

Click here  [image] to activate the Insert Pages dialog box directly.

The Insert Pages Dialog box will be displayed.

2. Enter the number of pages you want to insert in the Insert Pages box.

3. Click Before or After to select whether you want to insert the pages before or after the page defined in the Page number box.

4. Click OK.


Remove Pages
How do I ?

Remove pages

Related Topics :

1. Size a frame

2. Move graphic frames within the document using the Pasteboard

3. Merge Stories

1. Select the Delete Pages item in the Edit menu.

or

a. Right click the Page button [image] on the Status Bar.

     The Help window maybe overlapping the Status Bar, hiding the Page button behind it. Resize or move the Help window to see this button.

b. Select Delete Pages from the menu that pops-up.

or

Click here  [image] to activate the Delete Pages dialog box directly.

The Delete Pages dialog box will be displayed.

2. Enter the range of pages you want to delete in the From and To boxes.

3. Click OK.

The Delete Pages dialog box will ask for confirmation.

4. Click Yes.


Set Page Numbering
How do I ?

Set page numbering

1. Select the Page Properties item in the File menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Page Properties dialog box.

2. Select Page Numbers in the Category.

3. Modify the options in this dialog to adjust and set the page numbers.

Options

a. Start Page Number : Set the number to start the page numbers in the document.

b. Show Page Numbers : Select to display the page numbers in the document.

c. Mirror Page Numbers : Available for Double Sided Page layout only. Mirrors the position of the page numbers.

d. Specs : Define size and font of the page numbers.

e. Defaults : Reset and apply the default settings.( Show page numbers is off by default ).

4. Click OK.


Set Start Page Number
How do I ?

Set start page number

1. Select the Page Properties item in the File menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Page Properties dialog box.

2. Select Page Numbers in the Category.

3. Enter a number (with which you want to start the page numbers in the document) in the Start Page Number box.

4. Click OK.


Move Text and Graphics Across Documents
How do I ?

Move text and graphics frames across documents

1.  Select the frames.

How to : Select frames

2.  Click the Cut Item in the Edit Menu

or  Press CTRL+X (Shortcut key).

3.  Open the document you want to paste the frames into.

a. Click the Open item in the File menu.

or

Click the [image]  button on the Standard Bar.

LEAP Office Save dialog box will be displayed.

4.  Click Yes button in the LEAP Office Save dialog box.

The current document will be saved and the document in which you wish to paste the frames will be opened.

5.  Go to the page where you want to paste the frames.

a. Click the Go to item in the Edit menu.

b. Enter the page number to go to.

c. Click OK.

6.  Click the Paste item in the Edit menu.

or  Press CTRL+V (Shortcut key).

The cursor shape will change to

7.  Click the cursor in the document where you want to place the frames.


Load Styles from Another Document
How do I ?

Load Styles from another document

Related Topics :

1. Format text using Styles

1. Select Define Styles item in the Text menu.

or  Click here  [image] to activate the Define Styles dialog box.

The Define Styles dialog box will be displayed.

2. Click on the Load button.

The Load Styles dialog box will be displayed.

3. Select the LEAP Office document from which you want to load the styles into the current document.

In case you want to load styles from a document created in a previous version of LEAP. Click the down arrow key in the Open Files of Type box and select LEAP Documents (*LP1).

Warning :  Styles in your current document that have the same name as the new styles that are being loaded will be overwritten.

4.  Click OK in the dialog box asking for confirmation whether to overwrite the existing styles in the current document.

The control will return to the Define Styles dialog box.

5. Click OK.


Reuse Documents (Templates)
How do I ?

Reuse documents (Templates)

All LEAP Office documents created previously can be opened as templates. You can create your own template by creating a document which contains template fields in it e.g., if you want to send a letter which has common contents and needs to be sent to a number of people, then create a document with the Date, Name, Address etc., fields as template fields.

While editing a template....

To use the template field click on it, one click will select the entire field. Type the new text in its place. What ever attributes have been set for the template field the same attributes will get applied to the text that is typed in its place.


Embed Instructions in a Template (Create a Template)
How do I ?

Embed instructions in a template (Create a template)

Related Topics :

1. Create a new document using Templates

All LEAP Office documents can be opened as templates.

1. Open a document in which you want to insert the template fields.

2. Select the text that you want to transform into a template field.

How to : Select text

For ease of use, write the text in the template field as instructions. e.g. Enter the name here.

3. Click on Character item in the Text menu.

4. Set the attributes that you want, to the text that will replace the template field instructions.

5. Click Other Attributes in the Categories.

The options in the Text attributes dialog box will change.

6. Click and select Template Field box in the Template Field group.

7. Click OK.

The colour of the text in your document will change and be underlined indicating that the text is now changed to a template field (This will not affect printing). You can still apply a colour and underline attributes to this text although you will not see these attributes on screen.

When using templates - when you enter the new text, the attributes of the template field will be maintained. You can apply a colour and underline attributes to this text although you will not see these attributes on screen.


Save the Document.
How do I ?

Save the document.

Related Topics :

1. Save a copy of the currently active document under a different name

2. Reuse documents (Templates)

3. Translate and embed instructions in a template

1. Select the Save item in the File menu.

or  Press CTRL+S (Shortcut key).

or  Click the [image] button on the Standard Bar.

* If the document has not been previously saved a Save As dialog box will be displayed. Enter the file name under which you would like to save the current document in the File Name box.  Select the drive and directory in which you want to save the document in and click Save.


Save a Copy of the Currently Active Document under a Different Name
How do I ?

Save a copy of the currently active document under a different name

1. Select the Save As item in the File menu.

The Save As dialog box will be displayed.

2. Enter the file name under which you would like to save the current document in the File Name box.

3. Select the drive and directory to save the document.

4. Click Save.


Automatically Save my documents at regular intervals
How do I ?

Automatically save my documents at regular intervals

Related Topics :

1. Discard the last saved changes to a document

1. Select the Options item in the Tools menu.

The Options dialog box will be displayed.

2. Click on the Editor item in the Categories.

The options in the dialog box will change to display the Editor options.

3. Click on the Save Automatically box.

This activates the automatic save option.

4.  Enter a number in the every minute(s) box to automatically save your document after the duration of minutes specified in this box.


Select a Printer
How do I ?

Select a printer

Related Topics :

1. Print a document

1. Select the Target Printer item in the File menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Target Printer dialog box.

The Target Printer dialog box will be displayed.

2. Click on the Specific Printer button.

In a box below this button the name of the printer currently selected will get highlighted.

3. Click the down arrow in the Specific Printer box.

A list of the printers currently installed on your computer will be displayed.

4. Select a printer of your choice.

5. Click OK.


Change the Paper Size
How do I ?

Change the paper size

Related Topics :

1. Fit document page to the given paper size

2. Print a oversized document page.

3. Fit maximum number of pages on a single sheet of paper

1. Select the Print item in the File menu.

or  Press CTRL+P (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Print dialog box.

The Print dialog box will be displayed.

2. Click on the Setup button.

A Target Printer dialog box will be displayed.

3. Click the down arrow in the Size list box in the Paper group.

4. Select a paper size of your choice.

The list of paper sizes available is dependent on the printer i.e., it will vary according to current printer that has been selected..

5.  Click OK.


Select a Paper Source for the Printer
How do I ?

Select a paper source for the printer

Related Topics :

1. Print a document

1. Select the Print item in the File menu.

or  Press CTRL+P (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Print dialog box.

The Print dialog box will be displayed.

2. Click on the Setup button.

A Target Printer dialog box will be displayed.

3. Click the down arrow in the Source list box in the Paper group.

4. Select a paper source for the printer from the list.

The list of sources available is dependent on the printer i.e., it will vary according to current printer that has been selected.

5.  Click OK.


Print a Document
How do I ?

Print a document

Related Topics :

1. Print selected range of pages in the document.

2. Set the print sequence (Collating )

3. Print to a file

1. Select the Print item in the File menu.

or  Press CTRL+P (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Print dialog box.

The Print dialog box will be displayed.

* Make sure that the All button in the Print Range is selected and the Print to File box is not selected else the document will be sent to a print file.

2. Click Print.


Print all the Pages in a Document.
How do I ?

Print all the pages in a document

Related Topics :

1. Select a paper source for the printer

2. Preview the entire document design at a glance (Thumbnail)

1. Select the Print item in the File menu.

or  Press CTRL+P (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Print dialog box.

The Print dialog box will be displayed.

2. Click All in the Print Range group.

This is the default setting.

3. Click Print.


Print Selected Range of Pages in the Document.
How do I ?

Print selected range of pages in the document.

Related Topics :

1. Preview the entire document design at a glance (Thumbnail)

1. Select the Print item in the File menu.

or  Press CTRL+P (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Print dialog box.

The Print dialog box will be displayed.

2. Click on the Pages button in the Print Range group.

3. Enter the page number from which you would like to begin printing your document in the From box.  Enter the last page number of the range that you would like print in your document in the To  box.

4. Click Print.


Set the Print Sequence (Collating )
How do I ?

Set the print sequence (Collating)

1. Select the Print item in the File menu.

or  Press CTRL+P (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Print dialog box.

The Print dialog box will be displayed.

2. Click on the Options button.

3. Enter a number in the Number of Copies box in the Copies group. This number will determine the number of copies of the document to print.

* The Collate option is only available if the number of copies to be printed is greater than one.

4. Click in the Collate box in the Copies group.

5. Click OK.


Print to a File
How do I ?

Print to a file

1. Select the Print item in the File menu.

or  Press CTRL+P (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Print dialog box.

The Print dialog box will be displayed.

2. Click in the Print to File box.

3. Click Print.

The Print to File dialog box will be displayed.

4.  Enter a name for the print file.

* '.PRN' is the default extension for a print file.

5. Select the drive and directory to save the print file in.

6. Click OK.


Fit Document Page to the given Paper Size
How do I ?

Fit document page to the given paper size

Related Topics :

1. Change the paper size

2. Preview the entire document design at a glance (Thumbnail)

1. Select the Print item in the File menu.

or  Press CTRL+P (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Print dialog box.

The Print dialog box will be displayed.

2. Click on the Options button.

3. Select the Reduce to Fit options in the Fit Options group.

4. Click OK.


Print a Oversized Document Page
How do I ?

Print a oversized document page

Related Topics :

1. Fit document page to the given paper size

2. Preview the entire document design at a glance (Thumbnail)

1. Select the Print item in the File menu.

or  Press CTRL+P (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Print dialog box.

The Print dialog box will be displayed.

2. Click on the Options button.

3. Select the Tiling options in the Fit Options group.

4. Enter a number in the box labeled Overlap next to the Tiling option. This number determines the width by which the image printed on various printed pages will overlap.

5. Click OK.


Fit Maximum Number of Pages on a Single Sheet of Paper
How do I ?

Fit maximum number of pages on a single sheet of paper

1. Select the Print item in the File menu.

or  Press CTRL+P (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Print dialog box.

The Print dialog box will be displayed.

2. Click on the Options button.

3. Select the Fit Max Pages options in the Fit Options group.

4. Enter a number in the box labeled Gutter next to the Fit Max Pages option. This number defines the width of the gutter separating two pages on the printed page.

5. Click OK.


Preview the Entire Document Design at a Glance
How do I ?

Preview the entire document design at a glance (Thumbnail)

Related Topics :

1. Fit document page to the given paper size

2. Print a oversized document page.

3. Fit maximum number of pages on a single sheet of paper

1. Select the Print item in the File menu.

or  Press CTRL+P (Shortcut key).

or  Click here [image] to activate the Print dialog box.

The Print dialog box will be displayed.

2. Click on the Options button.

3. Click on the Thumbnails options in the Fit Options group.

4. Enter the number in the Per Page box next to Thumbnails. This number defines the number of pages of your document that you would like to print on a single printed page.

5. Click OK.


Print the Keyboard Layout.
How do I ?

Print the keyboard layout.

Related Topics :

1. Print a document

1.  Select the Onscreen Keyboard item in the View menu.

or  Press SHIFT+ALT+K (Shortcut key).

or  Click the [image] button on the Standard Bar.

or  Click here

A Keyboard overlay will be displayed.

2.  Right click on the Language button on the Status Bar at the bottom of the screen.

A menu will popup displaying all the languages. (The Help window maybe overlapping the Status Bar, hiding the Language button behind it. Resize or move the Help window to see this button),

3. Select the language in which you want to type.

The Keyboard overlay will change to display the keyboard layout of the selected Indian language.

4. Right click on the Keyboard Layout button on the Status Bar at the bottom of the screen.

A menu will popup displaying all the Keyboard layouts available. (The Help window maybe overlapping the Status Bar, hiding the Keyboard layout button behind it. Resize or move the Help window to see this button).

5. Select a keyboard layout.

The Keyboard overlay will change to display selected the keyboard.

6.  Click the Print button on the Keyboard overlay.

A Print Setup dialog will be displayed. Check if the print options are OK. If you choose Landscape as the option the keyboard will be automatically scaled up to fit the page width.

7.  Click OK.


Discard the Last Saved Changes to a Document
How do I ?

Discard the last saved changes to a document

Related Topics :

1. Save a copy of the currently active document under a different name

1. Select  Revert item in the File menu.

or  Click the [image]  button on the Standard Bar.

2. Click Yes in the Revert dialog box to confirm.


Open a Backup File
How do I ?

Open a backup file

Related Topics :

1. Open an existing document

LEAP Office creates a backup file for every document that is created in it. In case you loose or corrupt your LEAP Office file you can recover it by using the backup file.

Do the following steps to open a backup file.

1. Select Open item in the File menu.

or  Click the [image]  button on the Standard Bar.

or  Click here  [image] to activate the Open dialog box.

A Open dialog box will be displayed.

2. Select All Files (*.*) in the Open Files of Type box.

3. Select the .bak ( backup file) to open, by selecting the appropriate drive and directory location.

4. Click on the Open button.

An alternate method that could be used to open a backup file is to re-name the extension of the .bak file to .LP2 and open it following the steps required to open an LEAP Office document.


Show/Hide Graphics
How do I ?

Show/Hide Graphics

1. Select the Hide Graphics item in the View menu.

or  Press SHIFT+ALT+G (Shortcut key).

* On activating Hide Graphics, LEAP Office displays gray boxes in place of the actual graphics. Switching on the Hide Graphics option results in faster screen display (useful feature to be activated while scrolling through the pages in the document). You can use Hide Graphics to uncover text that may be hidden behind a graphic also.


Show/Hide Text
How do I ?

Show/Hide Text

1. Select the Hide Text item in the View menu.

or  Press SHIFT+ALT+T (Shortcut key).

* On activating Hide Text, LEAP Office displays gray stripes in place of characters. Switching on the Hide text option results in faster screen display (useful feature to be activated while scrolling through the pages in the document).


Set view to Page Layout Mode
How do I ?

Set view to Page Layout mode

Related Topics :

1. Get a magnified view of a document

1. Select the Page Layout item in the View menu.

or  Press SHIFT+ALT+F (Shortcut key).


Set view to Normal Mode
How do I ?

Set view to Normal mode

Related Topics :

1. Show/Hide Graphics

1. Select the Normal item in the View menu.

or Press SHIFT+ALT+C (Shortcut key).


Show/Hide Tabs
How do I ?

Show/Hide Tabs

Related Topics :

1. Show/Hide Ruler

1. Select the Show/Hide Tabs item in the View menu.

or  Press SHIFT+ALT+N (Shortcut key).


Get a Magnified View of a Document
How do I ?

Get a magnified view of a document

Related Topics :

1. Show/Hide Page Preview

1. Enter a number specifying the zoom percentage that you would like to view the document in the Zoom box on the Standard Bar.

or  Click on the down arrow key on the Zoom box and select a predefined zoom percentage.


Show/Hide the Tips at Start-up and Balloon Help
How do I ?

Show/Hide the Tips at Start-up and Balloon Help

Using the button on the Standard Bar

1. Click the [image] button on the Standard Bar.

Using the menu options

1. Select the Options item in the Tools menu.

or  Click here [image] to activate the Options dialog box.

2. Click on the Document View item in the Categories.

The options in the dialog box will change to display the Document View options.

3. Select the Balloon Help & Tips option in the Help group to show both the features. De-select to hide.


Show/Hide Standard Tool Bar
How do I ?

Show/Hide Standard Bar

1. Select the View menu.

2. Select the Tool Bars menu.

3. Select Standard  Bar item from the menu that is displayed.


Show/Hide Properties Bar
How do I ?

Show/Hide Properties Bar

1. Select the View menu.

2. Select the Tool Bars menu.

3. Select Properties Bar item from the menu that is displayed.


Show/Hide Rulers
How do I ?

Show/Hide Rulers

1. Select the View menu.

2. Select the Tool Bars menu.

3. Select the Rulers item from the menu that is displayed.


Save Desktop settings
How do I ?

Save Desktop settings

The Desktop and other settings that are existing when you exit LEAP Office are saved under your User Login Name. If you login using the same name, your desktop settings will be restored.

You can take advantage of this feature and use different login names for other users so that individual settings and defaults can be saved under their names. If you are a single user, working in two different languages or projects (which require individual settings) you can take advantage of this feature, by creating multiple login names for yourself ( for every unique setting) thereby saving time and effort.


Right Align Text
How do I ?

Right Align text

Switch to the text mode.

1. Select the text or click in the paragraph.

2. Click the [image] button on the Text Properties bar.

or  Press CTRL+R (Shortcut key).


Left Align Text
How do I ?

Left Align text

Switch to the text mode.

1. Select the text or click in the paragraph.

2. Click the [image] button on the Text Properties bar.

or  Press CTRL+L (Shortcut key).


Center the Text
How do I ?

Center the text

Switch to the text mode.

1. Select the text or click in the paragraph.

2. Click the [image] button on the Text Properties bar.

or  Press CTRL+E (Shortcut key).


Justify a Paragraph
How do I ?

Justify a paragraph

Related Topics :

1. Hyphenate the Indian language text

Switch to the text mode.

1. Select the text or click in the paragraph.

2. Click the [image] button on the Text Properties bar.

or  Press CTRL+J (Shortcut key).


Force Justify a Paragraph
How do I ?

Force Justify a paragraph

Related Topics :

1. Hyphenate the Indian language text

Switch to the text mode.

1. Select the text or click in the paragraph.

2. Click the [image] button on the Text Properties bar.

or  Press CTRL+F (Shortcut Key)


Move Indents to the next default Tab stop
How do I ?

Move Indents to the next default Tab stop

Switch to the text mode.

1. Select the text or click in the paragraph whose indents you want to move.

2. Click the [image] button on the Text Properties bar.


Move Indents to the previous default tab stop
How do I ?

Move Indents to the previous default Tab stop

Switch to the text mode.

1. Select the text or click in the paragraph whose indents you want to move.

2. Click the [image] button on the Text Properties bar.


Using the Open dialog box.

1.  In the Drives box, select the drive that contains the document.

a. Click on the down arrow key in the box.

Use the vertical scroll bar in this box to see the entire list.

b. Click on a drive name.

All drives connected to your computer will be displayed in the above box.

2.  In the Directories box, select the directory or folder that contains the document.

Use the vertical scroll bar in this box to see the entire list.

a. Double click a directory or folder to view its contents.

3.  Select a type in the Open Files of Type box.

a. Click on the down arrow key in the box.

Use the vertical scroll bar in this box to see the entire list.

b. Click on an appropriate type.

All documents belonging to the above selected type, present in the current directory will be listed in the box below the File Name box.

4.  Click on the document you want to open.

The File Name box will display the name of the selected document.

5.  Click on the Open button.

or Cancel to exit without opening.


Using the 'Open a Document as a Template' dialog box.

1.  In the Drives box, select the drive that contains the document.

a. Click on the down arrow key in the box.

Use the vertical scroll bar in this box to see the entire list.

b. Click on a drive name.

All drives connected to your computer will be displayed in the above box.

2.  In the Directories box, select the directory or folder that has the Document.

Use the vertical scroll bar in this box to see the entire list.

a. Double click a directory or folder to view its contents.

3.  Select a type in the Open Files of Type box.

a. Click on the down arrow key in the box.

Use the vertical scroll bar in this box to see the entire list.

b. Click on a appropriate type.

All documents belonging to the above selected type, present in the current directory will be listed in the box below the File Name box.

4.  Click on the document you want to open as a Template.

The File Name box will display name of the selected document.

5.  Click on the Open button.

or Cancel to exit without opening.


Using the 'Insert a Clipart' dialog box.

Note : By default this dialog box will display files ending with the .clp extension only. To see file names having other  extensions enter  *. <File Extension > in the File Name box, e.g. *.bmp or *.wmf etc.

If you want to select a clipart provided on the LEAP Office CD, select the drive that has the LEAP Office CD, select the directory and the Clipart (file ) from the CD.

1.  In the Drives box, select the drive that contains the Clipart (file).

a. Click on the down arrow key in the box.

Use the vertical scroll bar in this box to see the entire list.

b. Click on a drive name.

All drives connected to your computer will be displayed in the above box.

2.  In the Directories box, select the directory or folder that contains the Clipart.

Use the vertical scroll bar in this box to see the entire list.

a. Double click a directory or folder to view its contents.

3.  Click on the Clipart you want to insert into your document.

The File Name box will display name of the selected Clipart.

The Preview portion of the dialog box will display a preview of  the image selected.

4.  Click on the Insert button.

or Cancel to exit without inserting the Clipart.


Using the 'Insert' dialog box.

1.  In the Drives box, select the drive that contains the file.

a. Click on the down arrow key in the box.

Use the vertical scroll bar in this box to see the entire list.

b. Click on a drive name.

All drives connected to your computer will be displayed in the above box.

2.  In the Directories box, select the directory or folder that has the file.

Use the vertical scroll bar in this box to see the entire list.

a. Double click a directory or folder to view its contents.

3.  Select a type in the Open Files of Type box.

a. Click on the down arrow key in the box.

Use the vertical scroll bar in this box to see the entire list.

b. Click on the type of file you want to insert.

All documents belonging to the above selected type, present in the current directory will be listed in the box below the File Name box.

4.  Click the file you want to insert in the box.

The File Name box will display name of the selected file.

5.  Click on the Insert button.

or Cancel to exit without inserting.


Using the 'Export' dialog box.

1.  In the Drives box click on a drive to select it.

a. Click on the down arrow key in the box.

Use the vertical scroll bar in this box to see the entire list.

b. Click on a drive name.

All drives connected to your computer will be displayed in the above box.

2.  In the Directories box, select the directory or folder to save the exported file in.

Use the vertical scroll bar in this box to see the entire list.

a. Double click a directory or folder to view its contents.

3.  Select a type in the Export Files of Type box.

a. Click on the down arrow key in the box.

Use the vertical scroll bar in this box to see the entire list.

b. Click on a type of file.

4.  Enter a name for the file to which the document will be exported in the File Name box.

5.  Click Export  button

or Cancel to exit without exporting.


Quick Reference

Working with documents

Edit/Enter text

Selecting text

Formatting characters

Formatting paragraphs

Cut, Copy or Paste (Shortcut keys)

Inserting graphics and drawing Shapes

Selecting Frames (Text, graphic frames or Shapes)

Aligning Frames

Sizing Frames

Other Frame operations

Layout modes and document views

Defining the Zoom (Magnification)

Moving around the document

Cursors

Mouse


Quick Reference : Working With Documents
Quick Reference

Working with documents

To                      	Press

Create a new document	CTRL+N

Open a document	CTRL+O

Save a document	CTRL+S

Print a document	CTRL+P

Export a document	CTRL+SHIFT+X

<TIP> You can export data as text or graphic in a variety of formats.

Quit LEAP Office	ALT+F4

To               	Press

Find & Replace text, formatting 	F3

Repeat the last find	F3

Close Find & Replace Bar	CTRL+F3

Spell Check the document	F7

Resume Spell Check	F7

Close the Spell Check Bar	CTRL+F7

Show/Hide the Onscreen

Keyboard	SHIFT+ALT+K

Show/Hide the Translation

Dictionary	F8

Insert pages	CTRL+SHIFT+INS

Go to a page 	CTRL+G

Go to page 1	ALT+1

Go to page 2	ALT+2

Go to page 3	ALT+3

Go to page 4	ALT+4

Go to page 5	ALT+5

Go to page 6	ALT+6

Go to page 7	ALT+7

Go to page 8	ALT+8

Go to page 9	ALT+9

Go to the Master Pages	ALT+0

Go to document pages

from Master Pages	SHIFT+CTRL+D

Go to next page (Frame mode)	CTRL+PAGE DOWN

Go to previous page

(Frame mode)	CTRL+PAGE UP

To                                  	Press

Cancel an action	ESC

Undo an action	CTRL+Z, ALT+BACKSPACE

Toggle between Indian languages

and English	SWITCH KEY - Scroll Lock, Caps Lock or Nums Lock whichever has been set from the Options dialog box.

<TIP> Alternate way is to  - Left click on the Language section of the Status Bar.

To                           	Press

Show/Hide Tabs	CTRL+SHIFT+N


Quick Reference : Edit/Enter Text
Quick Reference

Edit/Enter text

To switch between Indian languages and English

Press the SWITCH KEY - Scroll Lock, Caps Lock or Nums Lock whichever has been set from the Options dialog box.

Delete text

To                       	Press

Delete one character to the left	BACKSPACE

Delete one character to the right	DELETE

Delete one word to the right 	CTRL+DELETE

Cut selected text to the Clipboard	CTRL+X, SHIFT+DEL

Undo the last action	CTRL+Z, ALT+BACKSPACE

Merge paragraphs

Form paragraph of selected text	CTRL+M

Create a new Story

Press CTRL and click the cursor to place the caret in the document.


Quick Reference : Selecting Text
Quick Reference

Selecting text

Related Topics:

1. Overview: Text Frames

2. Overview: Story

To select text hold down the SHIFT key and press the key that moves the insertion point.

To extend a selection	Press

One character to the right	SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

One character to the left	SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

To the end of a word	CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

To the beginning of a word	CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

To the end of a line	SHIFT+END

To the beginning of a line	SHIFT+HOME

One line down	SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

One line up	SHIFT+UP ARROW

To the end of a paragraph	CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

To the beginning of a paragraph	CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW

One screen down	SHIFT+PAGE DOWN

One screen up	SHIFT+PAGE UP

To the end of frame	CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN

To the beginning of a frame	CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE UP

To the beginning of the Story	CTRL+SHIFT+HOME

To the end of the Story	CTRL+SHIFT+END

To include the entire Story	CTRL+A

<Tip> If you know the key combination to move the insertion point, you can select the text by using the same key combination while holding down the SHIFT key. For example, CTRL+RIGHT ARROW moves the insertion point to the next word, and CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW selects the text from the insertion point to the beginning of the next word.

Quick selection of text using the mouse

Selecting specific amount of text	Drag over the text.

A word	Double-click the word.

A paragraph	Triple-click anywhere in the paragraph.

A large block of text	Click in the text from where you want to start the selection, drag the mouse upto text which you want to select (it could be across pages), and then hold down the SHIFT key and click.

Select a text frame

Switch to the Frame mode and click on the text.

(The selected frame will display a thin black border around it.)

<TIP> Sometimes a text frame maybe overlapping (in front of) a graphic frame or a Rectangle, Circle (or any other shape). To select the frame or object below the overlapping frame - press CTRL and click on the frame on the overlapping frame.


Quick Reference : Formatting Characters
Quick Reference

Formatting characters

To                               	Press

Change character formatting

(Character command in the

Text menu)	CTRL+SHIFT+C

Increase the Font size by 2 point	CTRL+PLUS(+)

Decrease the Font size by 2 point	CTRL+MINUS (-)

Increase Character Width 	CTRL+*

Decrease Character Width 	CTRL+/

To          	Press

Apply Bold formatting	CTRL+B

Apply Italic formatting	CTRL+I

Apply an Underline 	CTRL+U

Apply Subscript formatting 	CTRL+Y

Apply Superscript formatting 	CTRL+H

Strike through text	CTRL+K

Remove formatting (Normal)	CTRL+Q

To          	Press

Make selected text a template

field	CTRL+T


Quick Reference : Formatting Paragraphs
Quick Reference

Formatting paragraphs

Change paragraph formatting

(Paragraph command in the

Text menu)	CTRL+SHIFT+P

Change formatting of Tabs

(Tabs command in the

Text menu)	CTRL+SHIFT+D

Setting Paragraph Alignments and Indents,

To       	Press

Left Align a paragraph	CTRL+L

Right Align a paragraph	CTRL+R

Center a paragraph	CTRL+E

Justify a paragraph	CTRL+J

Force Justify a paragraph	CTRL+F

Move Left Indents to the next

default Tab Stop	CTRL+D

Move Left Indents to the previous

default Tab Stop	CTRL+W

Applying styles,

To                               	Press

Apply a Style 	CTRL+SHIFT+S


Quick Reference : Cut, Copy or Paste (Shortcut keys)
Quick Reference

Cut, Copy or Paste (Shortcut keys)

Copy and move text, graphics or shapes

To                           	Press

Copy selected text, graphics

or shapes	CTRL+C, CTRL+INS

Paste the Clipboard contents 	CTRL+V, SHIFT+INS

Paste by choosing from amongst

multiple formats (Paste Special)	ALT+INS


Quick Reference : Inserting Graphics and Drawing Shapes
Quick Reference

Inserting graphics and drawing shapes

To create a graphic insert of

     the any of the following

     types    	Press

1. Graphic image in the Bitmap or

    Windows Metafile format from

    the Clipboard.

2. Clipart image using the Clipart

    option in the Insert menu.

3. File	SHIFT+ALT+INS

<Tip> Use the same Shortcut key to insert text into your document.

When in the Sketch mode.

Clicking on any of the buttons on the Properties Bar in the Sketch mode will change the shape of the cursor to the relevant tool.  You can draw a Square, Rectangle, Ellipse, Rounded rectangle or a Circle using the tools provided.

To create a shape 	Press

A Line 	CTRL+SHIFT+L

<Tip> To draw a (straight-line) horizontal, vertical or diagonal line - draw the line with the SHIFT key pressed.

A Rectangle 	CTRL+SHIFT+R

A Rounded Rectangle	CTRL+SHIFT+O

<Tip> To draw a Square - draw a rectangle with the SHIFT key pressed.

An Ellipse	CTRL+SHIFT+E

<Tip> To draw a Circle - draw an ellipse with the SHIFT key pressed.


Quick Reference : Selecting Frames (Text, Graphics or Shapes)
Quick Reference

Selecting Frames (text, graphics or shapes)

Related Topics:

1. Overview: Text frames

You have to switch over to the Frame mode to perform any of the following operations. To switch to the Frame mode click on the [image]  button on the Standard Bar. In the Frame mode all the objects are viewed as frames. The following operations given below are common to all kinds of objects - text, graphics or shapes)

To                      	Press

Select a frame	Click on the object (text, graphic, and shape).

Select another frame as well

as the currently selected

frame(s)	Press and hold down the SHIFT key and click on other frames.

Select multiple objects/frames	Marquee selection. You can also select multiple frames on the same page by drawing a rectangle marquee around them. Click on the document and drag the mouse diagonally ensuring that the frames you want to select are within the rectangle marquee that is drawn.

Select a frame or object below

the selected frame.	CTRL+ Click on the overlapping frame.

Select a frame or object below

the selected frame as well.	CTRL+ SHIFT+Click on the overlapping frame.

De-select a frame from a

selection	With the SHIFT key held down click on a frame you want to de-select from the selection.

<TIP> When frames have been selected, pressing the Esc key or clicking outside the selection rectangle will cancel the selection and de-select all frames.

To switch back to the Text mode click on any portion of a selected text frame.


Quick Reference : Aligning Frames
Quick Reference

Aligning Frames

To       	Press

Align the frame to the Left

margin of the page	CTRL+SHIFT+1

Align the frame to the Right

margin of the page	CTRL+SHIFT+2

Align the frame to the Center

of the page horizontally	CTRL+SHIFT+3

Align the frame to the Top

margin of the page	CTRL+SHIFT+4

Align the frame to the Bottom

margin of the page	CTRL+SHIFT+5

Align the frame to the Centre

of the page vertically	CTRL+SHIFT+6

Align the frame to the Centre

of the page horizontally and

vertically	CTRL+SHIFT+0

Aligning frames with reference to the position of other frames in the selection

To	Press

Align the frames to the left

edge of the frame located on the

extreme left in the selection	CTRL+SHIFT+1

Align the frames to the right

edge of the frame located on the

extreme right in the selection	CTRL+SHIFT+2

Align the centres of the frames

to the centre of the selection

horizontally	CTRL+SHIFT+3

Align the frames to the top

edge of the frame located on the

extreme top in the selection	CTRL+SHIFT+4

Align the frames to the bottom

edge of the frame located on the

extreme bottom in the selection	CTRL+SHIFT+5

Align the centres of the frames

to the centre of the selection

vertically	CTRL+SHIFT+6

Align the centres of the frames

to the centre of the selection

horizontally and vertically	CTRL+SHIFT+0


Quick Reference : Sizing Frames
Quick Reference

Sizing Frames

To               	Press

Shrink (horizontally) the width of

the frames, to equal the width of

the frame having the smallest

width in the selection.	CTRL+1

Increase (horizontally) the width

of all frames, to equal the width

of the frame having the largest

width in the selection.	CTRL+2

Increase (horizontally) the width

of all frames, to equal the width of

the box surrounding the selection	CTRL+3

Increase (horizontally) the width  of

frame(s), to equal the width of the

page margin	CTRL+4

Shrink (vertically) the height of

the frames, to equal the height of

the frame having the smallest

height in the selection.	CTRL+5

Increase (vertically) the height

of all frames equal to the height

of the frame having the largest

height in the selection.	CTRL+6

Increase (vertically) the height

of all frames equal to the height of

the box surrounding the selection	CTRL+7

Increase (vertically) the height of

frame(s) equal to the height of the

page margin	CTRL+8

Change the width  and height of

the frame(s) to the width  and

height of the page margins	CTRL+0

Shrink all frames vertically and

horizontally equal to the smallest

frame in the selection.	CTRL+SHIFT+MINUS(-)

Grow all frames vertically and

horizontally equal to the largest

frame in the selection.	CTRL+SHIFT+PLUS(+)


Quick Reference : Other Frame Operations
Quick Reference

Other frame operations

Related Topics:

1. Overview: Text Frames

Create Columns of a text frame

Create multiple columns of a text

frame	CTRL+SHIFT+K

Positioning the Frame(s)

To	Press

Move selected frame(s) to

the front	CTRL+SHIFT+F

Move selected frame(s) to

the back	CTRL+SHIFT+G


Quick Reference : Layout Modes and Document Views
Quick Reference

Layout modes and document views

To                    	Press

Switch to Page Layout view	SHIFT+ALT+F

Switch to Normal view	SHIFT+ALT+C

Show/Hide Graphics	SHIFT+ALT+G

Show/Hide Text	SHIFT+ALT+T

Switch to Text mode	CTRL+SHIFT+T

<Tip> In Sketch mode press the CTRL+SPACEBAR to move to Frame mode. Once in Frame or Text mode it will toggle between the Text mode and the Frame mode.

Show/Hide Guides for all pages	SHIFT+ALT+V

Lock Guides in their places	SHIFT+ALT+L

Refresh the Screen	F12

Get help on Screen elements	SHIFT+F1 and then click on the Screen element

Get Complete Help	F1


Quick Reference : Defining the Zoom (Magnification)
Quick Reference

Defining the Zoom (Magnification)

To Zoom 	Press

to 50%	SHIFT+ALT+5

to 60%	SHIFT+ALT+6

to 75%	SHIFT+ALT+7

to 80%	SHIFT+ALT+8

to 90%	SHIFT+ALT+9

to 100% (Actual Size)	SHIFT+ALT+1

to 200%	SHIFT+ALT+2

to 300%	SHIFT+ALT+3

to 400%	SHIFT+ALT+4

to Fit Page Width into Screen	SHIFT+ALT+W

to Fit Page Height into Screen	SHIFT+ALT+H

to Fit Page into Screen	SHIFT+ALT+P

or

Click drag a box starting in the Page Preview Window and ending outside the Page Preview Window.

to any value between 25% and

600%	SHIFT+ALT+0

<Tip>	CTRL+ALT+Left Click to zoom-in in increments of 25%.

CTRL+ALT+Right Click to zoom-out in increments of 25%.

a selected region	CTRL+ALT and Click drag to zoom the selected region.

or

Click drag the mouse in the Page Preview Window to zoom the selected region.


Quick Reference : Moving around a Document
Quick Reference

Moving around a document

Moving around the document in the Text mode ( Caret placed in text )

To move	Press

One character to the left	LEFT ARROW

One character to the right	RIGHT ARROW

One word to the left	CTRL+LEFT ARROW

One word to the right	CTRL+RIGHT ARROW

One paragraph up	CTRL+UP ARROW

One paragraph down	CTRL+DOWN ARROW

Up one line	UP ARROW

Down one line	DOWN ARROW

To the end of a line	END

To the beginning of a line	HOME

To the top of the frame	CTRL+PAGE UP

To the end of the frame	CTRL+PAGE DOWN

Up one screen (scrolling)	PAGE UP

Down one screen (scrolling)	PAGE DOWN

To the end of a Story	CTRL+END

To the beginning of a Story	CTRL+HOME

To the beginning of next Story	SHIFT+ALT+RIGHT ARROW

To the beginning of previous

Story	SHIFT+ALT+LEFT ARROW

Moving around the bocument in the Text mode ( Caret NOT placed in text)

To move	Press

To the first page	CTRL+HOME

To the last page	CTRL+END

To the next page	CTRL+PAGE DOWN

To the previous page	CTRL+PAGE UP

Moving around the document in the Frame mode (with a text frame selected)

To move	Press

To move to next frame in the

Story	CTRL+DOWN ARROW

To move to the last frame in the

Story	CTRL+END

To move to the first frame in the

Story	CTRL+HOME

To move to previous frame in the

Story	CTRL+UP ARROW

To move to first frame of the next

Story	SHIFT+ALT+RIGHT ARROW

To move to first frame of the

previous Story	SHIFT+ALT+LEFT ARROW

Moving around the document in the Frame mode (with NO frame selected)

To move	Press

To the first page	CTRL+HOME

To the last page	CTRL+END

To the next page	CTRL+PAGE DOWN

To the previous page	CTRL+PAGE UP

Moving around the document in any mode

To	Press

Go to a page 	CTRL+G

Go to page 1	ALT+1

Go to page 2	ALT+2

Go to page 3	ALT+3

Go to page 4	ALT+4

Go to page 5	ALT+5

Go to page 6	ALT+6

Go to page 7	ALT+7

Go to page 8	ALT+8

Go to page 9	ALT+9

Go to the Master Pages	ALT+0

Go to document pages

from Master Pages	SHIFT+CTRL+D

Go to next page(Frame mode)	CTRL+PAGE DOWN

Go to previous page

(Frame mode)	CTRL+PAGE UP

Moving around the document using the Page Preview Window

Click on the arrow button on the Page Preview Window to flip the pages in the appropriate direction.

<TIP> If you keep the button pressed the pages will keep flipping until you release the button. Right click on the button causes the pages to flip in the reverse direction.


Quick Reference : Cursors
Quick Reference

Cursors

When you move the mouse, you move a mouse cursor(pointer) over your display screen. As you work in the different parts of the software you will notice that the mouse cursor changes its shape. A change in cursor shape indicates that different sets of commands are available to you.

Cursor shapes

When you point with the mouse to different parts of your screen, the pointer shape changes, allowing you to perform different tasks. Some commands also change the pointer shape. If the pointer assumes a shape you don't want to use, for example, if you accidentally press the Help key (SHIFT + F1), changing the pointer to a bold question mark, press ESC to restore the pointer to its previous shape.

Note: 	ESC key is a general key which is used to de-select text, de-select frames, abort current processes etc.

The following list shows the cursor shapes and the contexts in which they appear:

Pointer shape and significance

The pointer appears in the Text mode. This is sometimes called the I-beam pointer. You use this pointer to indicate where you want to begin typing or start selecting.

This pointer appears when you want to create a new story and press CTRL and cick the cursor to place the caret in the document.

This pointer appears in the ellipse creation mode.

This pointer appears in the rectangle creation mode.

This pointer appears in the line creation mode.

These are the sizing arrows, which appear when you have a graphic, text frame or shape selected. You drag the edges of a frame to scale a picture or resize a text frame.

This pointer appears in the Frame mode. Using this you can select text and/or graphic frames, move them, size them, make columns, cut, copy, paste them, etc. In a smaller form this pointer appears in the Page Preview Window, it lets you zoom any portion of the active page(s) and also to move to a particular location on the page.

This pointer appears when you select the magnify mode. You can use this pointer to magnify from the display window.

Note: 	Keeping CTRL + ALT pressed and dragging with the left mouse button causes you magnify the portion of the screen that was selected in that rectangle. As soon as you move the mouse keeping CTRL + ALT pressed the cursor changes to the Magnify cursor.

The pointer appears after you select the What's this help command (SHIFT + F1). You can point to a command name or a region on the screen and click to get help on the item you clicked.

This pointer appears in the Frame mode. It indicates you can drag the frame. It appears when positioned over a selected frame (text or graphic) indicating you can drag the frame to a new position. In a smaller form this pointer appears when the mouse is on the top portion of the Page Preview Window. You can move the Page Preview Window using this pointer.

This pointer appears when you choose the paste command and the Clipboard contains multiple LEAP Office text frames. Click the mouse left button to place the contents of the Clipboard. The contents of the Clipboard are placed with the top left corner of the frame at the position of the mouse click.

This pointer appears when you choose the paste command and the Clipboard contains graphic frame(s). Click with the left the mouse button to place the contents of the Clipboard.

This pointer appears when you choose the paste command and the Clipboard contains graphic and text frame(s). Click with the left the mouse button to place the contents of the Clipboard.

This pointer appears when you are moving the mouse over the empty rectangle at the bottom of the enclosing rectangle of the text frame. Click this pointer to pick up text flowing from this frame. Once you click the mouse pointer shape changes permanently till you click again to place the text or press escape to abort the operation.


Quick Reference : Mouse
Quick Reference

Mouse

The user interface to the LEAP Office software is based on the mouse. You can use the mouse to cut and paste text and manipulate documents on the desktop. The only activity for which you are not likely to use the mouse is extended text entry. Many of the commands for manipulating text are duplicated on the keyboard, so that when you are typing a lot of text, you need not switch between the mouse and keyboard constantly.

Right click for Context Sensitive menu and commands.

Right clicking the mouse on screen elements in LEAP Office will pop-up a list of related menus and commands that you can use to modify the properties/attributes of that object in LEAP Office.


Overview : Guides

Guides are vertical or horizontal lines running across the length / breadth of your pages. These are visual tools which help you to design page layouts. To display guides in front of text and graphics, click on the Guides Visible item in the Layout menu. You can hide the guides by once again selecting the Guides Visible option. You can also hide or show guides from the Options dialog box (select the Desktop Settings Category). Hide the guides when you want to see what the page will look like, when printed.

Guides are normally placed on top of all the elements on the page.

Lock Guides

When you are satisfied with the guide positions, lock them in place by choosing the Lock Guides item in the Layout menu. Then you can select text or graphics placed on or near the guides without accidentally moving the guides. You can unlock the guides whenever you want by choosing the Lock Guides option again.

If a guide and a frame overlap then while clicking with the mouse, LEAP Office will attempt to pick up the guide first. To avoid this you can lock guides in place using the Lock Guides option. Once guides are locked the mouse will not pick them up.

Snap to Guides

When Snap to Guides or Snap to Margins option is selected (Layout menu), the guides and the page margins exert a magnetic pull on any text, graphic, or sketch that you position close to them, aligning the object to the guide or margin.


Overview : Measurement units

You can set the measurement units in your document as either Inches, Millimeters, Picas, Points or Ciccero. The unit of measurement that you choose here, becomes the standard for all your document measurements. The units on the rulers will be shown in the measurement system you choose.


Overview : Styles

A style sheet is a collection of styles or formatting information that you apply to a document's paragraphs to define their appearance. The information includes specifications such as typeface, type size, indents and tabs, alignments, character widths etc.

Styles provide numerous benefits. First, using styles frees you from the repetitive task of selecting and applying each of several formatting attributes individually to each paragraph in your document.

Second, when you want to change the look of a heading or body text, you can make one formatting change that automatically affects every paragraph assigned to that style.

Third, the styles ensure consistency in format throughout a document, a feature that is particularly useful for long documents, standard corporate designs, or documents that several people work on.

You build a style set by specifying a format for each kind of paragraph in your document. For example, if your document has two heading levels and body text, your documents style set would contain three different styles: Heading, Subheading, and Body text. Using a style set, you can format your document simply by assigning a predefined style to each paragraph.

LEAP Office provides you with a number of pre-defined styles that you can apply to the text in your document. You can also define your own styles. Styles also help you maintain the design consistency in two different documents by allowing you to load (copy) Styles defined in another document into your current document.


Overview : Master Pages

Every new LEAP Office document automatically has one or two blank pages identified as Left Master (LM) and Right Master (RM). The Right Master page applies to all pages in a single-sided document, but only to the right pages in a double sided document. The Left Master page applies only to the left page in the double-sided document.

Master pages are like extra pages, transparent layers containing page elements that you want to display on some or all of the pages of your document. Master pages ensure a consistent look for the entire document and are a great time saver because you create these elements only once rather than copying them onto each page.

Some of the elements used on the Master pages are:

-	A layout grid with guides that don't print.

-	Text, such as footers or a running head with the date or title of a chapter.

-	Graphics such as a logo that you want to appear on all your document pages.

To work on the Master pages, select the Go to item in the Edit menu and choose Master to go to the Master pages section of the current document.

Modifying a Master Page

Modify a Master page in the same way you created it. Add, change, or delete Master page items that can be printed, such as text and graphics, and Master page items that cannot be printed (guides).

When you modify Master pages, changes to text and graphics appear on all document pages for which Master Objects are turned on.


Overview : Indents

You can set three types of indents in your document  - First Line Indent, Left Indent, Right Indent.

First Line

To specify the distance from the left edge of a text frame or column to the left edge of the first line of the paragraph, enter a value in the First line field.

Left Indent

To specify the distance from the left edge of a text frame or column to the left edge of a paragraph, enter a value in the Left Indent field. This applies for all lines except the first line.

Right Indent

To specify the distance from the right edge of a text frame or column to the right edge of a paragraph, enter a value in the Right Indent field. This applies for all lines of the paragraphs.

Setting the paragraph indents with the ruler

To change the indents for selected paragraphs or the current paragraph (the paragraph in which the caret is placed) drag the indent markers on the ruler. When text is selected, the rulers will show indents and tabs for the first paragraph of the selection, provided the page on which the first selected paragraph lies is active. In case text is not selected, the ruler shows the indents and the tabs of the current paragraph.

The Indent marker placed at the left end has two halves; the upper half controls the first line indent while the lower half controls the left indent for the rest of the paragraph. These indent markers are moved independent of each other. The indent marker placed at the right end controls the right indent for the entire paragraph.

To modify the indents click on any of the indents and drag it inwards or outward and release.

The Indent markers cannot be dragged beyond the limits of the text frame containing the paragraph. (Select the text in the frame mode to know the limits of the text frame.) The left indents cannot go beyond the right indent.

In case you are not sure of what is going to happen if you release the mouse at a particular point, look at the help message in the Status Bar.

For any of the indents, you can specify a value between 0 and 54 inches. If the value of the indent exceeds the frame width, the indent is ignored. All indent values are specified in the current measurement units.


Overview : Twin Styles
Overview : Twin Style

Another time saving feature for multilingual documents is the Twin style. A Twin style automatically defines a matching style for the English text that might be embedded in a paragraph of text in an Indian language or an English paragraph that might accompany a paragraph in an Indian language.

The advantage of this scheme is that you do not have to separately balance the embedded text. Also it is easy to associate two paragraphs of text that are in different languages i.e. it is possible for you to mark the text in English and that in an Indian language with the same style thus enabling you to structure your multilingual documents better.

Your style is composed of two type specifications, one main type specifications and the second the matching English type specifications. If your main type specifications use an Indian language then you are allowed to define the matching English type specifications. In this case your style is a Twin style. If your main type specifications use English, then you need not specify the matching English type specifications, and you have an English style.

To define styles to use in your document, you have to use the Define Styles dialog box in the Text menu. After you have created the styles you want, you can apply them to paragraphs. The Text Attributes dialog box lists all the styles currently defined for your document and provides a convenient way to apply styles as you work.


Overview : Setting Tab Stops

Setting Tab Stops with the Tabs Dialog box

Selecting the Tabs item in the Text menu will activate the Tabs dialog box. The Tabs dialog box can be used to set the position, the alignment of the tab (left, right, center, decimal, comma or slash) and the tab fill style (blank, dotted, dashed, line).

Changing the properties of a Tab.

If you want to change the property of a Tab stop the Tabs dialog box is the most convenient to use.

Example:  If you want to convert the third tab stop into a center tab from a left tab.

Open the Tab dialog box.(The Tab dialog box can be activated by clicking on the Tabs item in the Text menu).

Select the third position in the Position list. The Alignment and Fill Style fields will show you the attributes set for the third tab stop. The Set button will now transform to Change button indicating that you can edit this attributes of the Tab.  Select Center tab in the Alignment list and click on the Change button.

Options in the Tab dialog box

Position

The Position field, in the Tabs dialog box, lists the tab stops that are set in the selected paragraph.

Alignment

Alignment field lets you specify Left, Center, Right, Decimal, Comma or a Slash (/) alignment for the tab stop that is selected in the Tab Position list.

The Decimal alignment option aligns a decimal point at the tab stop. Then, text or numbers before the first decimal point extend to the left of the tab stop, and numbers to the right of a decimal point extend to the right of the tab stop. Similarly for comma and slash, the alignment is done around the first comma or slash character of the text.

Fill Style

Fill Style field lets you specify the kind of leader you want to use for the space to the left of the selected tab stop (blank, dotted, dashed, or solid line).

Set/Change

Set button adds a tab stop at the location you specify in the Tab Position edit box with the options that you've selected. This same button shows Change when you select an existing tab stop and want to change its alignment and fill style.

Clear

Clear removes the tab you've identified when you click on the Clear button in the Tabs dialog box.

Clear All

Clear All removes all tab stops from the selected paragraphs.

If you select a number of paragraphs, the tab positions and attributes are displayed only for the first paragraph among the selected paragraphs.

Moving a tab stop

Select that tab stop to be moved by clicking on it and drag it to a new position on the ruler.

If the SHIFT key is pressed while moving the tab stop, then all the tab stops defined after the tab stop are also moved such that the distance between consecutive tab stops remains the same. If a tab stop is moved beyond the right indent, it will get deleted.

If you find it difficult to pick up the tab stop, look at the mouse status in the Status Bar for help, while moving the mouse cursor over the tabs. It gives you help on whether you can pick up the tab or not.

Deleting a tab stop

Select the tab stop to be deleted and drag the tab stop outside the ruler or beyond the indents.

If you don't set any tab stops for a paragraph, LEAP OFFICE's default tab stops are in effect. These tab stops are defined at half-inch intervals, are left aligned and blank filled. The default tab stops appear as small 'T' shaped marks along the horizontal ruler. When you set the tab stops for a paragraph, the default stops remain in effect to the right of the last tab stop that you've set.


Overview : Identifying fonts for a language

In LEAP Office fonts available for a language are distinguished by a pre-fix to the font names. The following table displays a list of languages and the corresponding pre-fix used to identify fonts available for that language and their matching English fonts.

Indian 	Prefix for 	Prefix 	of

Language	the 	 	the Matching English

Font Name.	Fonts.

_______________________________________________________

Assamese	AS-	AS1

Bengali  	BN-	BN1

Gujarati	GJ-	GJ1

Hindi 	DV-  	DV1

Kannada	KN-	KN1

Malayalam	ML-	ML1

Marathi	DV-  	DV1

Oriya         	OR-	OR1

Punjabi	PN-	PN1

Tamil	TM-	TM1

Telugu	TL-	TL1

Sanskrit	SD-	SD1


Overview : Text frames

A text frame defines a space on the page occupied by text. You always see the text on the screen, but by selecting the text frame in the frame mode you can see its boundaries. The smallest text frame can contain a single character. The largest text frame can be as big as 17 inches x 22 inches.

Note: To select a text frame, switch to the frame mode from the Edit menu and click on the text.

A text frame can be either a single story or part of a longer story composed of a number of text frames. (A story is text that LEAP Office recognises as a unit, or simply a few lines of text typed into a blank area on the page. A long story in a document can occupy several frames, while a shorter story might occupy only a single text frame).

Flow of text within the frames

In case a story spans over more than two pages, then the text frame on the first page will have an empty box at the bottom indicating that the text has overflowed to the next frame (which is now on the next page). All the text frames on the intermediate pages will have an empty box on the top indicating text has flowed into this block from a previous block and an empty box at the bottom indicating that text is flowing into the next text frame. The text frame on the last page will have an empty box at the top indicating that text has flowed into this frame and a filled box at the bottom indicating that this is the last frame in the chain.

In case the text occupies a single page, both the top and bottom boxes are filled indicating that the story has only one text frame.

Modifying text frame

In the frame mode you can perform various operations like sizing, aligning on the selected text frame.


Overview : Story

A story is text that LEAP Office recognises as a unit, or simply a few lines of text typed into a blank area on the page. All text or stories that are created in LEAP Office are surrounded by a boundary within whose limit the text flows. The text boundary is called a frame.  These boundaries are automatically created each time a new story is begun.

Whenever text (story) overflows the bottom margin of a page while typing or entering text in LEAP Office it is automatically continued on the next page. The text that is continued on the next page along with the one on the previous page belongs to the same story. A long story in a document can span several pages and occupy several frames, while a shorter story might occupy only a single text frame on a single page. No matter how many text frames make up a single story, all the text in a story is automatically linked together.

You can create a completely new story in the text mode in LEAP Office by holding down the CTRL key and clicking the cursor in the document outside the boundaries of an existing text frame.


Enter the name of the file you want to open.


Select the document that you want to open, from the list.


Displays sub-directories in the current drive. Double click on a directory to open and choose a directory that contains the file / document you want to open.


Displays the file type to open. Only files belonging to the type selected here will be displayed in the list above. Select the file type you want from the list.


Displays the drives on your computer. Click on a drive to choose it.


Enter the name of the file (Template) you want to open.


Lists Templates that are existing in the selected drive and directory. Click to select the file (Template) that you want to open from the list.


Displays sub-directories in the current drive. Double click on a directory to open and choose a directory that contains the file / document (Template) that you want to open.


Displays the file type to open. Only files belonging to the type selected here will be displayed in the list above. Select the file type you want from the list.


Displays the drives on your computer. Click on a drive to choose it.


Enter the name of the file that contains the file you want to import or insert into your document.


Displays the list of files belonging to chosen file type, existing in the selected directory. Click on the file name in this list to display / select it in the Filename box above.


Displays sub-directories in the current drive. Double click to choose and open a directory that contains the file you want to insert.


Displays the current Insert file type selected .  Click to select a file type of your choice from the list.


Displays the drives on your computer. Click a drive name to choose it.


Enter the name of the file that contains the Clipart you want to import or insert into your document.


Displays the list of files belonging to chosen file type, existing in the selected directory. Click on the file name in this list to select display it in the Filename box above.


Displays sub-directories in the current drive. Double click to choose and open a directory that contains the Clipart you want to insert.


Displays the various drives on your computer. Click a drive name to select it


Enter the name of the file you want to export to.


Displays the list of files belonging to chosen file type, existing in the selected directory. Click on the file name to select and display it in the Filename box above.


Displays sub-directories in the current drive. Double click to choose and open a directory into which you want to save the exported file.


Displays the current Export file type selected. The document will be exported in a format depending on the type selected in this box. Click to select a file type of your choice from the list.


Displays the various drives on your computer. Click a drive name to choose it


 Select this option if you want the text being exported to be formatted such that each line of the text starts as a new paragraph.


Enter a file name to save the file as.


Click on a file name, to select it from the list.


Displays the sub-directories in the current drive. Double click to choose and open a directory to save the file into.


Displays the file type selected. Only files belonging to the type selected here will be displayed in the file list above. Click to select the file type of your choice.


Displays the drives on your computer. Click a drive name to choose it.


Select to print the document on the default printer on your computer.


Select to print the document on a specific printer from amongst the installed printers on your computer.


Select to print the document on a specific printer from amongst the installed printers on your computer.


Click to select a printer as your target printer for the document.


Click to set the print orientation of your document to portrait.

Conventionally in a Portrait the height of the page is more than its width.


Click to set the print orientation of your document to Landscape.

Conventionally in a Landscape the width of the page is more than its height.


Displays the paper size selected to print the document. Click to choose a paper size from the list of available sizes.


Displays the current source from where the printer will accept the paper. The list of available paper sources to choose from is printer specific i.e. depends on the printer that you have selected.


Click to set / change the printer options.


Select to print all pages in the document.


Click to enter a range of pages to print from the document.


Select to print a range of selected pages from the document. This box displays page number of the first page in the range.


Displays the last page (number) in the print range selected to print. Click to enter a page number, denoting the last page in the range.


Click to sequentially print all the pages in the print range selected above.


Click to print only the even number pages, in the print range selected above.


Click to print only the odd number pages, in the print range selected above.


Click to set / change the print options.


Displays the current print quality ( DPI - Dots per Inch) selected for the current document. Click to select a setting of your choice.


Click to print to a file.


Click to set / change the printer setup options.


Common dialogs end here


Enter the text to be searched for. The text entered will be in the current language that has been selected. To specify the language and other attributes of the search text click on the Format button below.


Enter the text to replace the text located in the document with. The text entered will be in the current language that has been selected. To specify the language and other attributes of the replacement text click on the Format button below.


Click to locate only those occurrences of the 'Search for' text that matches the capitalisation (case) of the 'Search for' text. This option available only when English is selected.


Searches for occurrences that are whole words and not a part of a larger word.


Click to find the next occurrence of the text specified in the 'Search for' box.


Click to replace the search text found with the 'Replace by' text.


Click to replace this instance of the 'Search for' text found in the document with the 'Replace by' text and locate the next occurrence of the search text.


Click to replace all occurrences of the 'Search for' text with the 'Replace by' text .


Click to specify the language and other attributes of the 'Search for' text.


Click to specify the language and other attributes of the 'Replace by' text.


Click to close the Find and Replace bar.


Click to specify the scope of the search.


Click to clear the attributes set for the 'Search for' text.


Click to clear the attributes set for the 'Replace by' text.


Click to specify the options for the spelling check. ( Options include specifying the personal dictionaries to be accessed for each language and some advanced options depending on the Spell check that is active.)

Click the Resume Spell Check button on the bar to resume the spelling check.


Ignore this occurrence of the spelling error that has been located.

Click the Resume Spell Check button on the bar to resume the spelling check.


Ignore all occurrences of this spelling error that are present in the document.

Click the Resume Spell Check button on the bar to resume the spelling check.


Click to replace the spelling error found with the word in the Change To box.

Click the Resume Spell Check button on the bar to resume the spelling check.


Click to replace all the occurrences of this spelling error found, with the word in the Change To box.

Click the Resume Spell Check button on the bar to resume the spelling check.


Click to delete the misspelled word located.

Click the Resume Spell Check button on the bar to resume the spelling check.


Click to add the word to a Personal dictionary. This button is available only when a Personal dictionary has been created.

Click the Resume Spell Check button on the bar to resume the spelling check.


Resume the spelling check of the document.


Displays the word that will change / replace the misspelled word that has been located by the Spell Check.


Displays a list of words as suggestions from the Spell Check dictionary to change / replace the misspelled word that has been located in the document. Double click on any of the suggestions to replace the misspelled word by this suggestion. Alternately, select a suggestion and click on Change to replace the misspelled word.


Click to close the Spell Check bar.


Displays the sections that you can go to in the document.

Click Master to go to the Master Page section.

Selecting Document will allow you to go to the document pages section.


Select to go to the first page in the document. ( Applicable only when the Document section has been selected )


Select to go to the last page in the document. ( Applicable only when the Document section has been selected )


Select to enter the page number to go to in the document.

When the Master Page section has been selected enter LM to go to the Left Master page, RM  to go to the Right Master page.


Enter the page number to go to in the document.

When the Master page section has been selected enter LM to go to the Left Master page, RM  to go to the Right Master page.


Enter a number to specify the number of pages to be inserted into the document.


Click to select if you want to insert the pages before the page number displayed in the Page Number box.


Click to select if you want to insert the pages after the page number displayed in the Page Number box.


By default displays current page number in the document. Click and enter a page number as a reference point to insert pages in your document. New pages inserted will either be inserted before or after this specified page number.


Displays the page number to start deleting pages from in the document. Click to enter a different page number.


Displays the last page number to delete the pages up to. Click to enter a different page number.


Displays the width of the document page.  In case a standard page has been selected, width displayed is that of the standard the page size selected. Entering a value directly into this box will automatically change the page size from Standard to Custom. (in the Standard sizes box).


Displays the height of the document page. In case a standard page has been selected, height displayed is that of the standard the page size selected. Entering a value directly will automatically change the page size from Standard to Custom.(in the Standard sizes box).


 Click to set the document pages to be single sided and tall. Using this option, you can print only on one side of the paper.


 Click to set the document pages to be single sided and wide. Using this option, you can print only on one side of the paper.


 Click to set the document pages to be double sided, tall with vertical binding. Using this option, you can print on both sides of the paper and the paper is bound vertically, like a regular book.


 Click to set the document pages to be double sided, tall with horizontal binding. Using this option, you can print on both sides of the paper and the paper is bound horizontally, like a calender.


Click to set the document pages to be double sided, wide with vertical binding. Using this option, you can print on both sides of the paper and the paper is bound vertically, like a regular book.


Click to set the document pages to be double sided, wide with horizontal binding. Using this option, you can print on both sides of the paper and the paper is bound horizontally, like a calender.


Displays the width of the margin i.e. space between the edge of the page and the page margin. In a single sided page layout, this value determines the Left Margin. In case of a double-sided page layout with vertical binding, this value determines the Inner Margin. In case of a double sided page layout with horizontal binding, this value determines the Left Margin. Click and enter a value to set the margin.


Displays the width of the margin i.e. space between the edge of the page and the page margin. In a single sided page layout, this value determines the Right Margin. In case of a double-sided page layout with vertical binding, this value determines the Outer Margin. In case of a double sided page layout with horizontal binding, this value determines the Right Margin. Click and enter a value to set the margin.


Displays the width of the Top Margin. Click and enter a value to set the Top Margin. In case of a double-sided layout with horizontal binding, this value will display the Inner Margin.


Displays the width of the Bottom Margin. Click and enter a value to set the Bottom Margin. In case of a double-sided layout with horizontal binding, this value will display the Outer Margin.


Displays the page number of the first page in the document. Click and enter a page number, LEAP Office will number the subsequent pages automatically.


Select to choose a category of attributes and associated options to be displayed in this dialog box.


Displays the current page size selected for the document. To change the page size, click on this box and choose one from amongst the list of standard page sizes available. To define a size not available among these standard sizes, select Custom and enter its dimensions in Width and Height boxes below.


Click to set the position of the page number at the Top Left corner of the page.


Click to set the position of the page number at the Top and Center of the page.


Click to set the position of the page number at the Top Right corner of the page.


Click to set the position of the page number at the Bottom Left corner of the page.


Click to set the position of the page number at the Bottom and Center of the page.


Click to set the position of the page number at the Bottom Right corner of the page.


Click to set the position of the page number at the Top Left corner of the page.


Click to set the position of the page number at the Top and Center of the page.


Click to set the position of the page number in the Top Right corner of the page.


Click to set the position of the page number in the Bottom Left corner of the page.


Click to set the position of the page number at the Bottom and Center of the page.


Click to set the position of the page number in the Bottom Right corner of the page.


Click to set the position of the page number in the Bottom Right corner of the page.


Reset all the values in this dialog to the default values.


Reset all the margins in this dialog to the default values.


Click to set the attributes of the Page Numbers. Set the font, size etc., of the Page Numbers.


Click to Reset all the values in this dialog to the default values.


Select to display the Page Numbers. De-selecting this button will hide the Page Numbers.


Select to Mirror the position of the Page Numbers on the opposite pages in a double sided page layout.  This option is  available when a double sided page layout has been selected.


Select to choose a category of attributes and associated options to be displayed in this dialog box.


Select a new script from the list to replace the script of the selected text.


Click to define the character width from the list. You can enter a number representing a percentage value of the normal character width. ( normal character width is 100% i.e., entering 70 % will narrow the text while entering 120 will space the text out.)


Select and set the colour of the text. A drop-down list itemises the colours you can apply to the text.


Display the current value of the Character Spacing (Tracking).  Use to adjust the space between letters and words in selected text or of the next text you type in a specific point size. You can specify a value between -1.750 to 14 points in increments of 0.001 points. A negative value indicates a tight spacing and gets loose as the value increases.


Displays the current Line Spacing (Leading) value set. The Line Spacing box displays a set of predefined line spacings  that you can use to adjust the vertical space between lines.

You can specify a value between 0 and 1300 points in increments of 1 point.


Select and set the language for typing.


Set the attributes of the text to normal.


Strike text.(draw a line through the text)


Set the attributes of the text to Superscript.


Set the attributes of the text to Subscript.


Mark the selected text as a Template field.


Set the attribute of the text to a Template field. Use this option to embed instructions in your document.


De-select to mark text to be skipped over by the Spell Check tool. By default all text that is entered will be scanned by the Spell Check tool. Apply this attribute in special cases where you want to ignore spelling errors in certain text, e.g. proper nouns, addresses etc.


Set automatic hyphenation On for Indian language text.


Set automatic hyphenation Off  for Indian language text.


Displays the Hyphenation Zone set. For left aligned text, this specifies the maximum amount of white space that LEAP Office will allow between the end of a line and the right margin. For justified text, it specifies amount of extra white space between the words in a line. You can specify a value between 0 and 2 inches in increments of 0.001 inches.


Displays the limit of the Consecutive Hyphens. The value specifies the maximum number of consecutive lines of text that LEAP Office will let you end with hyphens. You can enter numbers from 1 to 255, or 'No Limit' in the edit box.


Select and set the language for typing.


Displays a list of Styles defined in your document. Click and choose a style to apply.


Displays the position of tab stops for the selected paragraphs. For multiple paragraphs selected, it displays the tab stops of the first selected paragraph. Enter a new value here to add a new tab on the location specified by the value.


Displays the alignment of the Tab selected. When a new tab is added click to specify the alignment of the new tab from the list.


Displays the fill style of the Tab selected.  Click to specify the Fill Style of the Tab for new tabs.


Click to set the tab at the given position. If this button reads Change you can modify the Tab settings.


Click to clear or remove a tab stop in the tab sequence. When you select Clear, the tab stop is immediately replaced by the next tab stop in the sequence.


Click to remove all tabs and revert back to the original settings. This brings you back to the default tabs which is tabs spaced at intervals of 0.5 inches, left aligned and having a blank fill style.


Displays the position of the Superscript,  you can adjust its position by specifying a value here.


Displays the size of the Superscript,  you can modify and determine the size by specifying a value here.


Displays the position of the Subscript,  you can adjust its position by specifying a value here.


Displays the size of the Subscript,  you can modify and determine the size by specifying a value here.


Click to reset the values in this dialog to defaults.


Click and choose a Script that will replace ( transliterate) the script of the selected Indian language text.


Displays the First line Indent in the paragraph - distance from the left edge of a text block or column to the left edge of the first line of the paragraph. Enter a number to define your own value.


Displays the Left Indent in the paragraph - distance from the left edge of a text block or column to the left edge of a paragraph, this settings affects all lines except the first line. Enter a number to define your own value.


Displays the Right Indent in the paragraph - distance from the right edge of a text block or column to the right edge of a paragraph, this setting affects for all lines of the paragraphs. Enter a number to define your own value.


Display the Top Para Spacing - white space between the previous paragraph and the top of each paragraph. Enter a number  to define your own value.


Display the Bottom Para Spacing - white space added after the bottom of each paragraph.


Set automatic hyphenation option On for Indian language text.


Set automatic hyphenation option Off  for Indian language text.


Displays the Hyphenation Zone set. For left aligned text, this specifies the maximum amount of white space that LEAP Office will allow between the end of a line and the right margin. You can specify a value between 0 and 2 inches in increments of 0.001 inches.


Displays the list of Styles defined in the current document. Click to select a Style from a list.


Click to define attributes of a new Style or edit the attributes of an existing Style.


Click to delete the existing Style.


Click to load (copy) styles defined in another LEAP Office(*.lp2) or LEAP(*.lp1) document.


Click and select a style to base the new style on.


Enter a name for the new style to be defined.


Click to specify the attributes of the style.


Available when the Style is an Indian language style. Select to set the English attributes of the Twin Style.


Displays the current colour of the line for all shapes that will be drawn using the sketching tool. Click to select a colour from a list of colours provided.


Displays the current line thickness chosen for drawing the outlines for all shapes to be drawn using the sketching tool.  Click and enter a value your choice.


Displays the current fill colour for all shapes that will be drawn using the sketching tool. Click to select a colour from the list.


Maintain the horizontal position of the frame(s) when the frame(s) are aligned.


Available only when multiple frames have been selected. Click to align the left edge of all the frames in the selection with the left edge of the frame on the extreme left.


Available only when multiple frames have been selected. Click to align the right edge of all the frames in the selection with the right edge of the frame on the extreme right.


Available only when multiple frames have been selected. Click to horizontally align the centers of all the frames in the selection.


Select to align frame(s) with the Left margin of the page.


Select to align frame(s) with the Right margin of the page.


Select to align frame(s) horizontally with the center of the page.


Maintain the vertical position of the frame(s) when the frame(s) are aligned.


Available only when multiple frames have been selected. Click to align the top edge of all the frames in the selection with the top edge of the frame at the extreme top.


Available only when multiple frames have been selected. Click to align the bottom edge of all the frames in the selection with the bottom edge of the frame at the extreme bottom.


Available only when multiple frames have been selected. Click to vertically align the center of all the frames in the selection.


Select to align frame(s) with the Top margin of the page.


Select to align frame(s) with the Bottom margin of the page.


Select to align frame(s) vertically with the center of the page.


Available only when multiple frames have been selected. Click to shrink (horizontally) the width of all frames, to equal the width of the frame having the smallest width in the selection.


Available only when multiple frames have been selected. Click to increase (horizontally) the width of all frames, to equal the width of the frame having the largest width in the selection.


Available only when multiple frames have been selected. Increase (horizontally) the width of all frames, to equal the width of the box surrounding the selection.


Click to increase (horizontally) the width of frame(s), to equal the width of the page.


Maintain the dimensions of the frame(s) horizontally ( keep the width the same ).


Available only when multiple frames have been selected. Click to shrink (vertically) the height of all frames, to equal the height of the frame having the smallest height in the selection..


Available only when multiple frames have been selected. Click to increase (vertically) the height of all frames, to equal  the height of the tallest frame in the selection.


Available only when multiple frames have been selected. Increase (vertically) the height of all frames, to equal the height of the box surrounding the selection.


Click to increase (vertically) the height of frame(s), to equal the height of the page.


Maintain the dimensions of the frame(s) vertically ( keep the height the same ).


Select to activate the Master Pages overlay for all the pages in the document.


Select to activate the Master Pages overlay for the pages currently being viewed.


Select to activate the Master Pages overlay for specific range of pages in the document.


Enter a range of pages, separated by a hyphen, to display the Master pages overlay. You can specify discontinuous ranges of pages separated by commas. e.g. 1,4-13,15.


Enter the number of columns to create.


Enter the space (Gutter) between the columns to be created.


Select to choose a category of attributes and associated options to be displayed in this dialog box


Click to take a Regular print out.


Thumbnails option - When selected, LEAP Office prints miniature versions of the selected pages on a paper so that you can review the layout of graphic and text blocks in a document.


Tiling option - When this option is selected, oversized document pages are printed in sections, or tiles, on more than one paper. To make a complete document page, you must assemble the tiles.


Displays the number of thumbnails to print per page. The number of thumbnails that can be printed per page is limited by the document page size and the paper size. Click and enter a value of your choice.


Displays the overlap when the Tiling option is selected. Type a value (Overlap) in this box to set the minimum amount of overlap between tiles.


Fit Max. Pages - When selected, LEAP Office prints as many document pages on the printer page as possible. This option works only when the document page is smaller than the printer page.


Displays Gutter when the Fit Max. Pages option is selected.  Specify a value in the Gutter field to be used as the separation between the pages. This Gutter is the white space separating two pages.


Click to shrink a document down to a smaller page size. For example, this can help in bringing a larger sized page down to 8.268 by 11.693 (A4) inches for proofing.


Using this option you can reduce or enlarge the pages from 1% to 1000% of their original size. LEAP Office centers the reduced and enlarged pages on the paper. If an enlarged page exceeds the length or width of the paper, you may loose some of the image.


Displays the number of copies of the document to print. Click and enter a number to declare the number of copies you want. One is the minimum. This option is not available when you select Fit Max. Pages or the Thumbnails option.


This option is on by default. De-select this option if you want to suppress the printing of blank pages within a document.


When selected, one complete copy of the range of pages is printed before printing the next copy. Printing with the Collate option takes more time since the pages have to be down loaded to the printer that many number of times.


Click to print in Reverse Order. Depending on which side of the paper is put face down on the out tray of the printer, choose this option to order the pages such that they need not be manually sorted again .


This option causes the graphics in the document to be printed as hollow rectangles. Useful to take proofs of the document since it will result in substantial savings in terms of ink.


Select  to get alignment marks on the printed paper. This option prints a circle with a cross hair at the center of the four page boundaries, a little away from the page boundaries.


While printing a smaller page on a bigger paper or printing using the Fit Max. Pages option, you might need marks which indicate the page boundaries. Select this option to print these marks at the page boundaries.


Displays the current personal dictionary that is associated with language selected above. The drop down list also contains other personal dictionaries if they have been defined and associated before,  you can select one from the list to make it the current personal dictionary to be accessed during a spelling check.


Select a language to associate with a personal dictionary, which when activated will be accessed by the Spell Check tool. The Spell Check tool searches for text in only one personal dictionary at a time for a language.


Displays the current scope of the Spell Check. Click and set a scope of your choice.


Advance Options for the Hindi and Marathi Spell Checks.


Click to create a new personal dictionary to be associated with the language selected in the Language box. Clicking on this button will display the Personal Dictionary dialog box.


Click to delete a personal dictionary from the list of dictionaries available.


Click to set the Caps Lock as the toggle or Switch key to switch between the current Indian language and English while editing or entering text.


Click to set the Nums Lock as the toggle or Switch key to switch between the current Indian language and English while editing or entering text.


Click to set the Scroll Lock as the toggle or Switch key to switch between the current Indian language and English while editing or entering text.


Select and set the default font to be associated with default language selected above.


Select and set the default language for typing in this document. Options in Matching font pairs group box will be available on selecting an Indian language as the default language in this box.


Select and set the default Keyboard layout to be activated whenever the user switches to the default language.


Click to set the Extended Roman characters on for all Indian scripts ( On by default). This option is often used for transliterating Sanskrit text in Devanagari script to Roman.

If you change this option while you are editing a document, the entire document will have to be reformatted to get the characters having the proper diacritic marks.


Displays a list of Matching font pairs set for the Indian language.


Select the font for which you want to set a Matching font pair. If a matching font pair has already been defined for the font you select in this box, the Add button will be appear disabled.


Select an English font that you would like to associate with the Indian language font selected alongside,  as its matching font pair.


Click to add the Matching font pairs selected to the list of matching font pairs.


Click to remove the selected Matching font pair from the list of matching font pairs.


Click to print the current Keyboard layout.


Click to copy the text displayed in the preview box, at the current caret position in your document.


Keep pressed to see additional Indian language characters.


Word Reference Box

Displays a sample word list from which you can choose a word, to view the Keystroke Sequences required to construct it (using the present Keyboard layout selected).


Phonectic Keyboard Edit box.

Displays the Keystroke Sequences required to construct the word selected in the Word Reference box alongside. You can directly type into this box and see the result in the preview box underneath. (The max. length of characters that you can type at length is 255. Click the Copy button to copy the text in the preview box into your document.)


Click to delete the selected shortcut from the list of Keyboard shortcuts defined.


Displays the current language selected. Click to choose a language and define Keyboard shortcuts for it.


Displays a list of Keyboard shortcuts defined.


Enter a Keyboard shortcut to use when the language selected in the Language for shortcut(s) box is chosen for entering or editing text.


Enter an expansion for the shortcut defined in the Shortcut box.


Click to add the shortcut defined to the list of available shortcuts. The Add button will change to Modify if you select a shortcut from the list of shortcuts. You can modify the expansion of the selected shortcut.


Click to create a new untitled LEAP Office document.


Click to create a new document from a Template


Click to create a new document using your existing document as a Template	.


Select to set the target printer of the document to the default printer installed on your computer.


Select to set the target printer of the document to a specific printer from amongst the printers installed on your computer.


Displays the current alignment of the paragraph. Click and select the alignment of your choice.


Displays the current scope of the Spell Check tool. Selecting Current story will spell check only the story in which the cursor has been placed at present. Selecting All Stories will spell check the entire document.


Select this to activate the Auto Save option. Auto Save will automatically save documents at a regular duration while working in LEAP Office.


Displays the time duration in minutes after which the Auto Save option (if it has been switched on)will save your document. Click and enter a different duration of your choice.


 Switch on the Keyboard shortcuts option. This option when turned on, automatically replaces the pre-defined shortcut typed while entering or editing text,  with its associated expanded or full form.


Select to display the Onscreen Keyboard.


Select to switch on the Balloon Help. This option when selected pops up a small balloon containing information about the screen element, whenever the mouse is moved over a screen element in LEAP Office.


Select to switch on the Page Preview Window. The Page Preview Window gives a birds-eye view of your document.

This option is dimmed if the current mode is set to Normal or the document has a single sided page layout.


Select to switch on the Standard Bar. Most commonly used commands are available as buttons on the Standard Bar.


Select to switch on the Properties Bar. The Properties Bar is a rolling bar, which displays the properties of the object that is selected. You can change the property of an object by directly using the buttons on this bar. The Properties Bar gives you very fast access to the properties of an object.


Select to switch on the Rulers. Rulers allow you to measure objects in your document, they provide a very useful reference point while placing, sizing, aligning objects or frames in the document.

You can place guides in the document by double clicking the Rulers or clicking and draging the mouse from the ruler onto your document.


Select to choose the layout view of the document to Normal (mode). In Normal mode all the pages of the documents are placed one below the other in a continuous stream.


Select to set the Page Layout mode on. In Page Layout mode, two pages of the document are placed along side each other (or one below the other - in case of horizontal binding).


Select to set Hide Text option on. On activating Hide Text, LEAP Office displays gray stripes in place of characters. Hiding Text results in faster screen display; it does not affect printing.


Select to set Hide Graphics option on. Hiding the graphics results in faster screen display and only affects the way the graphics are being displayed on screen. (This setting does not affect printing.)


Select to display Tabs (Non Printable Character). Setting this options on, displays the tabs that you have entered. (Setting this option on does not affect the way the text is printed).


Displays the current zoom (magnified) view of the document. Click to select and set a zoom percentage from a list of predefined magnification and zoom percentages available. All zoom percentages offered are in proportion to the actual size of the printed document. LEAP Office allows you to edit your document in any of the zoom values applied.


Displays the current unit of measurement for measuring all objects ( Page, Rulers, Frames, etc.,)  in your document. Click and select a unit of measurement of your choice from the list provided. It is advisable to set the unit of measurement before you begin designing your page layout.


Displays the current Tab type set. Click and select a tab type of your choice.


Displays the current Tab Fill style set. Click to scroll through all the Fill styles available. The Tabs set from here onwards will be filled with the style that you just set.


Select to set the Snap to Guides option on. Snap to Guides command makes all guides exert a magnet-like pull on the sketches and frames. This option makes it easy to precisely align text and graphics to a guide, regardless of where the guide is placed.


Select to set the Snap to Margins option on. Snap to Margins command makes the page margins exert a magnet-like pull on the text, sketches and graphic frames. When Snap to Margins is on, a frame of text or graphics that you move within the pre-defined snap distance from a margin, snaps into position against the margin.


Select to set the Snap to Ruler divisions on. This option exerts a magnet-like pull on Indents, Tabs, Sketches and frames and snaps them to the nearest division on the scale of the Ruler.


Select to display the Guides. This is a global setting that applies to the document pages as well as the Master pages guides. The guides on all the pages in the document will be visible or invisible depending on this option.


Select to Lock Guides in their positions. You can avoid picking up or dragging a guide by mistake when you are moving frames on a page if the guides have been  locked.


Set the current Tab Type to Left.


Set the current Tab Type to Right.


Set the current Tab Type to Center.


Set the current Tab Type to Decimal.


Set the current Tab Type to Comma.


Set the current Tab Type to Slash.


Set the current Tab Fill Style to Blank.


Set the current Tab Fill Style to Dots.


Set the current Tab Fill Style to Line.


Set the current Tab Fill Style to Dashes.


Title Bar of the LEAP Office Window.


Minimise Button : Click to Minimise the LEAP Office window.


Maximise and Restore Button : In case the LEAP Office window has not been Maximised Click to Maximize the size of the LEAP Office window. Else Clicking this button will restore the LEAP Office to its previous size.


Click to display the application menu.


Click to switch between editing in Indian languages and English.  This key has been assigned to be the current Switch key or Toggle key.


 Typewriter Keyboard

Available when you choose an Indian language as the current language. This keyboard layout maps the position of the keys on your computer keyboard to that of an Indian language Typewriter available for that language .


Phonetic Keyboard.

The Phonetic Keyboard has been specially designed for entering text in Indian languages using English characters. When you select this keyboard layout and press a key, Indian language text  which is the phonetic equivalent of the key pressed will be entered into the document. The right hand portion on the Onscreen Keyboard displays help for entering text and using this keyboard. The Word Reference provides a list of words as seen in the Indian languages script. The Keystroke Sequence displays the combination of English characters that were used to create the word displayed in the Word Reference box. You can scroll through this list to locate words which sound similar to the one that you want to enter. Click on the characters directly to achieve the result or enter the characters in the Keystroke Sequence box and check the result in the preview window below it. Click Copy button to copy the text displayed in the preview box into your document.

The Phonetic Keyboard is available for all the Indian languages installed on your computer. You can switch between entering text in an Indian language and English by pressing the Switch/Toggle Key (default- Scroll Lock).


Inscript keyboard.

Inscript Keyboard has been specially designed for entering text in Indian languages using Indian scripts.

When you select this keyboard, Indian language script characters are mapped onto your keyboard. Since the Indian languages have more characters than English, extra characters are available by holding down the SHIFT key.  You can switch between entering text in an Indian language and English by pressing the Switch/Toggle key (default - Scroll Lock).  Some punctuation marks are only available when you switch over to English and are placed in the same position as that on the normal (QWERTY) Keyboard layout. The Inscript Keyboard is available for all Indian languages installed on your computer.


QWERTY Keyboard.

The QWERTY Keyboard is the normal computer keyboard.  It derives its name from the first 6 English language characters that are present in the first line of the character keys. When you edit in English, this is the keyboard available to you and is automatically selected.


Click to activate or deactivate the Caps Lock on your keyboard. The Caps Lock  can be set as the Toggle or Switch key. The Toggle or Switch key allows you to switch between editing in Indian languages and English.


Click to activate or deactivate the Num Lock on your keyboard. The Num Lock  can be set as the Toggle or Switch key. The Toggle or Switch key allows you to switch between editing in Indian languages and English.


Click to activate or deactivate the Scroll Lock on your keyboard. The Scroll Lock is the default Toggle or Switch key (you can set the Num Lock or the Caps Lock to be the Switch Key also). The Toggle or Switch key allows you to switch between editing in Indian languages and English.


Mail your document to another user in the LEAP Office Document (current) format.

This option will work only if you have any Mail (MAPI Compliant) software installed on your computer.

If you send the document using this option, the receiver needs to have LEAP Office ( LEAP Office or LEAP Office Office ) installed on his computer.


Mail your document to another user, as a RTF (Rich Text Format) document.

This option will work only if you have any Mail (MAPI Compliant) software installed on your computer.

To be able to read the RTF mail document, the receiver needs to have the Indian language fonts used in the document and a software that can read a RTF document.


Mail your document to another user in the HTML(Hyper Text Markup Language) format.

This option will work only if you have any Mail (MAPI Compliant) software installed on your computer.

To be able to read the HTML mail document, the receiver needs to have the Indian language fonts used in the document and a software that can read an HTML document.


 Mail your document to another user in the ISCII format. ISCII - is the basic Indian language format that  is recognised by Indian language softwares that work on DOS e.g., GIST cards, ALP e.t.c., (Text in ISCII can be imported and read in LEAP Office).  This is the most compact way of sending the mail as all the formattting information is discarded. The receiver should have one of the above mentioned softwares or a GIST card installed on his / her computer to be able to read the mail.


Mail the first visible page in your document to another user in the JPEG format.


Mail the first visible page in your document to another user as a monochrome BMP (bitmap) file.


Click to create a new story at the current cursor position.


Click here to upgrade from LEAP Office Lite (Evaluation Copy ) to a full version of LEAP Office.


Enter the Activation Key that has been mailed to you along with your License Agreement.


Displays the Keystroke Sequence for typing the words listed in the Word Reference. If the keyboard selected is Phonetic, it displays the Indian language equivalent of the words typed or displayed in the Keystroke Sequence box.


Click to map a drive to a directory on another PC connected to your computer. Ensure that the other PC is on. The directory must be shared and you must have access permissions to it. 	Mapping a drive to a directory helps you to access the files more easily.


Displays information about how to order LEAP Office and a list of LEAP Office dealers along with their contact numbers. Please feel free to contact us for more information.


 BUTTONS ON THE BARS (HICK ! SIC# ! )


New

Creates a new untitled LEAP Office document.


BUTTONS ON THE TEXT PROPERTIES BAR


Style -  Properties Bar

Displays the current Style applied to a paragraph.  The drop down list in this box displays the Styles that have been defined for this document.

To apply a Style, select a paragraph,  click the down arrow key and select a style from the list.


Fonts

This drop-down list displays the fonts available on your system.

The fonts in this list depend on the currently selected language. Only those fonts which belong to current language are shown in this list box. This limits the number of fonts you have to browse, before choosing the one that you want to apply.

You can change the font of your text by first selecting the text and then selecting a font from the drop-down list.


Font Size

This box displays the font sizes available for the current font.

To change the font size of your text, first select the text and then choose a size from the drop-down list in this box. (You can also click and enter a font size of your choice in this box. Valid range is between 4 and 650 points.)


 Bold [CTRL + B]

Selecting the Bold attribute makes the characters appear thicker without changing the point size. Bold attribute can be used to emphasis selected text.


Italic [CTRL + I]

Change the attribute of selected text to Italic (Italic makes characters slant towards the right side).


Underline [CTRL + U]

Underline selected text.


Increase Font

Increases the font size of selected text by 2 points.

If selected text has text with two different point sizes in it, both text sizes will be increased by 2 points automatically.


Decrease Font

Decreases the font size of selected text by 2 points.

If selected text has text with two different point sizes in it, both text sizes will be decreased by 2 points automatically.


Left Align a Paragraph [CTRL + L]

Left Align selected paragraphs or the next text you type.


 Right Align a Paragraph [CTRL + R]

Right Align selected paragraphs or the next text you type.


Center Align a Paragraph [CTRL + E]

Center Align selected paragraphs or the next text you type.


Justify a Paragraph [CTRL + J]

Justify selected paragraphs or the next text you type.


Force Justify a Paragraph [CTRL + F]

Force Justify text in a selected paragraphs or the next text you type.

Force Justifying an Indian language word causes LEAP Office to space out the character conjuncts.


Move Indents to the previous default Tab Stop

Moves Indents of selected text to the previous default Tab Stop.

If the selected text contains more than one paragraph with different indent settings, then the indents of all those paragraphs will be moved to their respective previous default tab stop.


Move Indents to the next default Tab Stop

If the selected text contains more than one paragraph with different indent settings, then the indents of the all those paragraphs will be moved to their respective next default tab stop.


BUTTONS ON THE PAGE PROPERTIES BAR


Page Size

This box display the current page size of the document. To choose a different page size click the down arrow in the box and select a page size from the list.

The width and length of the selected page size are displayed alongside this box.

You can define a custom page size by entering the values of its width and length in the appropriate edit boxes alongside this list box.

In case you want to change the orientation you can do so directly by clicking the page orientation buttons given on this bar.


Page Width

Width of the current page.


Page Length

Length of the current page.


Page Width

Width of the current page.


Page Length

Length of the current page.


Single sided, Tall

In this mode you print your matter on one side of the paper only.

Conventionally in a tall / Portrait layout, the height of the page is more than its width.


Single sided, Wide

In this mode you print your matter on one side of the paper only.

Conventionally in wide / Landscape the width of the page is more than its height.


Double sided, Tall, Vertical Binding.

In this mode you print your matter on both sides of the paper.

Click to set the Page Layout for your document to Double sided, Tall, Vertical Binding .


Double sided, Tall, Horizontal Binding.

In this mode you print your matter on both sides of the paper.

Click to set the Page Layout for your document to Double sided, Tall, Horizontal Binding .


Double sided, Wide, Vertical Binding.

In this mode you print your matter on both sides of the paper.

Click to set the Page Layout for your document to Double sided, Wide, Vertical Binding.


Double sided, Wide, Horizontal Binding.

In this mode you print your matter on both sides of the paper.

Click to set the Page Layout for your document to Double sided, Wide, Horizontal Binding.


Display Page Numbers On/Off

This command sets the display of page numbers on / off.

You can set the start page number, position of the page numbers etc., in your document  by selecting the Page Properties item from the File menu.


BUTTONS ON THE SKETCH PROPERTIES BAR


Increment Line Width

Increase the current Line width or border thickness of objects by 1 point.

Select the object(s) and click this button to increment the border thickness. You can increment the border thickness upto 20 points only after which the thickness will be reset to Hairline.

If no object is selected this option sets the default line thickness of the object(s) to be drawn.


Line Width

Displays the current line width and border thickness of objects.

To set the thickness, select the object(s) and choose the line thickness of the object from the drop down list.

If no object is selected this option sets the default line thickness of the object(s) to be drawn.


Line Colour

Displays the current colour of the line or border of objects.

This button changes the colour everytime you click on it. With every mouse click, it selects the next colour in the list. A click on the last colour, will make it roll back to the first colour.


Set / Change the Line Colour

To set / change the line colour or border colour of objects, select the object(s), click this button and choose/click  the colour from the choices available in the box/menu.


Set/Change the Colour(Fill) of the Object(s).

Displays the current colour of objects.

This button changes the colour everytime you click on it. With every mouse click, it selects the next colour in the list. A click on the last colour will make it roll back to the first colour.


Set / Change the Colour(Fill) of the Object(s).

Fill the object(s) with a colour or change the colour of object(s), select the object(s), click this button and choose / click the colour from the choices available in the box / menu.


BUTTONS ON THE FRAME PROPERTIES BAR


X Position of the Object / Frame(s)

Displays the horizontal distance of the selected object / frame from the left side of the page border to the left side of the object / frame(s). If multiple objects are selected, it shows the distance from the left most edge of the group.

The distance is displayed in the current unit of measurement. You can enter a value here to reposition the selected object / frame(s).


Y Position of the Object / Frame(s)

Displays the vertical distance of the selected object / frame(s) from the top of the page border to the top of the object / frame(s). If multiple objects are selected, it shows the distance from the top most edge of the group.

The distance is displayed in the current unit of measurement. You can enter a value here to reposition the selected object / frame(s).


Width of the Object / Frame

Displays the width of the selected object / frame(s). If multiple objects are selected it shows the width of the group of objects. If a single object / frame is selected, you can enter a value here to resize the object. The width is displayed in the current unit of measurement.


Height of the Object / Frame

Displays the height of the selected object / frame(s). If multiple objects are selected it shows the height of the group of objects. If a single object / frame is selected, you can enter a value here to resize the object. The height is displayed in the current unit of measurement.


Increase width of the selected frames to the widest frame.

Resize the width of selected frames to equal the width of the widest frame in the selection.


Shrink width of the selected frames to the smallest frame.

Resize the width of selected frames to equal the width of the frame, which has the smallest width in the selection.


Increase height of selected frames to the tallest frame.

Resize the height of selected frames to equal the height of the tallest frame in the selection.


Shrink height of selected frames to the smallest frame.

Resize the height of selected frames to equal the height of the frame with the smallest height in the selection.


Increase width of the selected frames to the page width.

Resize the width of selected frames to equal the width of the page.


Increase height of the selected frames to the page height.

Resize the height of selected frames to equal the height of the page.


Left Align the frames

Left Align the selected frames to the left edge of the frame, located on the extreme left in the selection.


Center Align the frames to the width.

Center align the selected frames, to the center of the width of the selection.


Right Align the frames

Right align the selected frames to the right edge of the frame, located on the extreme right in the selection.


Top Align the frames

Top align the selected frames to the top edge of the topmost frame in the selection.


Center Align the frames to the height

Center align the selected frames to the center of the height of the selection.


Bottom Align the frames

Bottom align the selected frames to the lower edge of the frame situated at the bottom of the selection.


OTHER INTERFACE ELEMENTS BROTHER.


Page Window

Page Window contains both the Document Page and the Pasteboard in the background.

You can change the properties of the page selecting the Page Properties item in the File menu.

The Pasteboard is useful to hold objects while moving them across pages. You can also store objects  on the Pasteboard that you do not want to include while printing your document.


Horizontal Ruler

Use the Ruler to find out horizontal measurements of objects in your document, it provides a very useful reference while placing, sizing, aligning objects or frames in the document.

Double click the Ruler to place a vertical Guide. Click and drag the mouse with the left button pressed from this ruler to  the document to place a horizontal Guide.


Vertical Ruler

Use the Ruler find out vertical measurements of objects in your document, it provides a very useful reference while placing, sizing, aligning objects or frames in the document.

Double click the Ruler to place a horizontal Guide. Click and drag the mouse with the left button pressed from this ruler to the document to place a vertical Guide.

The Vertical Ruler is not visible in the Normal mode.


Horizontal Scroll bar.

Use the arrows at the end of the horizontal Scroll bar to scroll the screen to the left or to the right in the application. To scroll in larger increments click on the scroll bar or drag the thumb (square shaped button) on the scroll bar.


Vertical Scroll bar

Use the arrows at the end of the vertical Scroll bar to scroll the screen up or down in the application. To scroll in larger increments click on the scroll bar or drag the thumb (square shaped button) on the scroll bar.


Process in progress

This portion of the status bar displays the process in progress, when no process is active then it displays perpetual help on the current mouse position.


Script

Displays the current Script that has been selected.

Right click this button to view a list of available scripts and choose another script of your choice.


Language

Displays the current language that has been selected.

Right click this button to view a list of available languages and choose another language of your choice. Left click to toggle between the current Indian language being used and English.


Keyboard Layout

Displays the current Keyboard layout in use..

Right click this button to view a list of available Keyboard layouts for the current language and choose a Keyboard layout of your choice. Double click to load the Options dialog box, to enable you set language specific parameters such as default font, keyboard etc.


Page Number

Displays the range of numbers of the visible pages and the total number of pages in this document.

Right click this button will display a popup menu  with commands related to page properties.  Double click to show the Insert Pages dialog box.


Unit of Measurement

Displays the current unit of measurement used in the document.

Right click this button to view a list of measurements available and set the unit of measurement of your choice.


Reset the Ruler ( Zero Position)

Click to reset the Zero Position on the ruler to start the scale at top left corner of the page.


Tab Type

Displays the current Tab Type.

Click this button to change the Tab Type to be inserted.


Tab Fill Style

Displays the Fill Style of the Tab.

Click this button to change the fill style of the Tab to be inserted.


Set the Ruler zero position

You can set the zero position on the rulers, to provide an alternate frame of reference while placing, sizing, aligning objects in your document.

To set the zero position, click and drag the cursor from this button on to the document, to the point where you want to set the ruler zero.


Sketch Mode

Changes the mode of the program to Sketch mode.  In the Sketch mode you can draw lines, rectangles, rounded rectangles and ellipse in your document.

In this mode the Properties bar will roll to show the sketch tools that you can use to draw the above objects, also displayed will be the Fill tool to fill the object with colour and the Outline tool which you can use to change the colour or thickness of the drawing objects.


Edit Indian language text in other Windows applications

Click this to minimise LEAP Office and edit Indian language text in other Windows applications. Minimising LEAP Office activates the Indian language keyboard for other Windows applications.


Current Zoom level

Displays the current magnification / zoom level of the document.

To set a new value of the zoom, click the down arrow key on this box and select a value from the list or type in a value directly.


Properties Bar

The Properties bar is a rolling bar, the buttons displayed on the properties bar depend on the object that has been currently selected.

You can change the property of an object directly by using the buttons on the Properties bar. The Properties bar gives you very fast access to the properties of an object. You can modify the properties of an object by selecting the object and clicking the appropriate button on the Properties bar.


Screen Refresh [ F12]

Refreshes the screen in LEAP Office.


Edit Text in Indian Languages in Other Windows applications
How do I ?

Edit text in Indian languages in other Windows applications

(Important : This Help topic is pertaining to LEAP Office version. LEAP Office comes with a keyboard driver to allow you to use Indian languages in other Windows applications. For more information on LEAP Office visit our web site (Look in the About item in the Help menu) or contact your nearest GIST dealer or distributor.)

LEAP Office comes with a keyboard driver for other windows applications called ISM-Soft. This is a separate application which is installed when you install LEAP Office. The menu item and icon to load this program is available in the LEAP program group. Once you run this program, it loads up and stays loaded while you work with Indian languages in other applications such as MS Word, MS Excel etc. ISM-Soft woks with Bilingual Indian language fonts in addition to the regular Indian language fonts. Bilingual fonts are identified by a 'B' in the third position in the font name, e.g. DVB-TTSurekh, MLB-TTKarthika etc. These fonts are not available for use directly in LEAP.

Note : While copying and pasting Indian language text from LEAP to other windows applications, you must remember to NOT use bilingual fonts (XXB-TTxxx fonts) on the pasted text. For details on using ISM-Soft refer to the on-line help in ISM-Soft.


Activate Indian Scripts Keyboard Driver for Other Windows Applications
How do I ?

Activate the Indian language keyboard driver for other Windows applications

(Important : This Help topic is pertaining to LEAP Office version. LEAP Office comes with a keyboard driver to allow you to use Indian languages in other Windows applications. For more information on LEAP Office visit our web site (Look in the About item in the Help menu) or contact your nearest GIST dealer or distributor.)

LEAP Office comes with a keyboard driver for other windows applications called ISM-Soft. This is a separate application which is installed when you install LEAP Office. The menu item and icon to load this program is available in the LEAP program group. Once you run this program, it loads up and stays loaded while you work with Indian languages in other applications such as MS Word, MS Excel etc. ISM-Soft woks with Bilingual Indian language fonts in addition to the regular Indian language fonts. Bilingual fonts are identified by a 'B' in the third position in the font name, e.g. DVB-TTSurekh, MLB-TTKarthika etc. These fonts are not available for use directly in LEAP.

Note : While copying and pasting Indian language text from LEAP to other windows applications, you must remember to NOT use bilingual fonts (XXB-TTxxx fonts) on the pasted text. For details on using ISM-Soft refer to the on-line help in ISM-Soft.


Get Translation Of Official Words/Terms used in English
How do I ?

Get Translation of official words/terms used in English

(Important : This Help topic is pertaining to LEAP Office version. LEAP Office comes with Translation Dictionaries in different languages which give meanings of English words and phrases. For more information on LEAP Office visit our web site (Look in the About item in the Help menu) or contact your nearest GIST dealer or distributor.)

Related Topics :

1. Add own words to the Translation dictionary

1. Select the Translation Dictionary item in the Tools menu.

or  Press F8 (Shortcut key).

2. Click on the Select Translation dictionary box to get a list of the translation dictionaries supported by LEAP Office and select one of the dictionaries.

3. Enter the English word for which you want the equivalent Indian language word in the Enter text to be translated box.

4. The Select word to be translated box will get filled with words which begin with the word you have entered. Click to select the word which is closest to the English word for which you want the Indian language translation.

5. The Select phrase to be translated box will get filled with the phrases which contain the word you want translated. Click to select the English phrase you want translated to its equivalent Indian language phrase.

6. The translation of the selected English phrase will appear in the Translation box. Click to select a translated phrase.

7. Click on the Copy button to copy the translation into the document.

8. Click on the Close button to close the Translation Dictionary Bar.

You can extend or modify the translation provided by the LEAP Office dictionaries and add the words or phrases to the Translation dictionary as custom words. Refer to the Related topic Add own words to the Translation dictionary given above.


Add own words to Translation dictionary
 How do I ?

Add own words to the Translation dictionary

(Important : This Help topic is pertaining to LEAP Office version. LEAP Office comes with Translation Dictionaries in different languages which give meanings of English words and phrases. For more information on LEAP Office visit our web site (Look in the About item in the Help menu) or contact your nearest GIST dealer or distributor.)

1. Enter the English word or phrase you want to add to the Translation dictionary in the Enter English phrase box in the Add own words to Translation dictionary group.

2. Enter the equivalent Indian language word or phrase in the Enter Indian language phrase box.

3. Click on the Add button to add the words to the Translation dictionary.

NOTE : The Add button is grayed or disabled if either the Enter English phrase box or the Enter Indian 	language phrase box is empty.

You can make your own words to add to the Translation dictionary by combining the existing words in the Translation dictionary. e.g. Get the translation of the word "Computer", and double click on it in the Translation box. The translation will get copied in the Enter Indian language phrase box. Next, get the translation of the word "Engineer", and double click on it in the Translation box. The translation will get appended in the Enter Indian language phrase box. Enter the word "Computer Engineer" in the Enter English phrase box and click on the Add button. The word "Computer Engineer" and its Indian language translation will get added to the Translation dictionary.

Delete own words from the Translation dictionary

You can delete only those words from the Translation dictionary which you have added to the dictionary. Any previously existing words cannot be deleted from the dictionary.

1. Enter the word you have added to the Translation dictionary in the Enter text to be translated box.

2. One of the phrases in the Select phrase to be translated box will be the English phrase you have added to the Translation dictionary. Click to select the phrase

The translation of the phrase will appear in the Translation box.

3. Click to select the translated phrase in the Translation box.

4. Click on the Delete button to remove the word from the Translation dictionary.


Get Synonyms of Indian language words
How do I ?

Get Synonyms of Indian language words

(Important : This Help topic is pertaining to LEAP Office version. LEAP Office comes with Synonym Dictionaries in different languages which gives synonyms of words and phrases in the respective languages. For more information on LEAP Office visit our web site (Look in the About item in the Help menu) or contact your nearest GIST dealer or distributor.)

A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word in the same language.

1. Select the Synonym Dictionary item in the Tools menu.

or  Press F9 (Shortcut key).

2. Click on the Select Synonym dictionary box to get a list of the synonym dictionaries supported by LEAP Office and select one of the dictionaries.

3. Enter the word for which you want a synonym, in the Enter the word to look up box.

4. The Select a phrase to look up box will get filled with words or phrases which sound similar to the word you have entered. Click to select a word or phrase which is closest to the word you want to look up.

5. The synonyms of the selected word or phrase will appear in the Synonyms of selected phrase box. Click to select the synonym of your choice.

6. Click on the Copy button to copy the selected synonym in your document.

7. Click on the Close button to close the Synonym Dictionary Bar.