The Text Dialog is used by many fields to display and edit values. For example, clicking the left mouse button on the Publisher Name field, found in a document's Reference Chapter, will activate the dialog.
The dialog contains a Save button, a Cancel button, a value edit control and sometimes a List button:
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Datum Control: displays and enables editing of the physical property's value. Typically, because the physical property value is a string, very little if any verification is done of the entered value. |
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List Button: when displayed, the List button
compiles a list of suggestions. For example, pressing
the List button on the Text dialog used to edit a
Reference's Publisher Name property, would compile and
display all publishers found in the current knowledge
base.
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Date Control: inserts the current date and
time into the Comments Control. These values are
inserted at the cursor's current position. Pressing
the dialog's Date button displays a menu giving you
the option of selecting from different date + time
formats.
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Save Button: stores the entered values into the current document. |
Clicking the right mouse button within the dialog's edit control will display the edit control's commands menu.
Documentation on each of the menu commands can be found here. See also documentation for the Symbol Dialog and Changing Case.
| Topic | Description |
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| Getting Started using Cranium | provides a quick tour of Cranium's capabilities including a discussion of structure editing. |
| Getting Started using Synapse | provides a quick tour of Synapse's capabilities including examples of chemical product design. |