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Getting Started Guide

Version 2.0

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Gobe Productive, Version 2.0

Copyright ' 1999, Gobe Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Authors: Andrew Plato, Susanna Breiling, Daniel Alves, Cheyenne Tuller

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Conventions Used in this Manual

Bold The names of screen objects, such as menu choices, window names, field names, and items in lists.

Italics Italics are used for emphasis or to highlight an important word or concept. Monospaced Pathnames, filenames, and code are shown in monospaced font. Monospaced

Bold Values you must type in are shown in monospaced, bold font. Monospaced

Italics Variables, such as a server name, are shown in monospaced, italic font.

These are usually enclosed in angled brackets <servername> as well.

[Inside Brackets] Keyboard keys, such as [ENTER] or [Page Up] are shown inside brackets.

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Introduction

Thank you for using Gobe Productive from Gobe Software. If this is your first time using Gobe Productive, this guide introduces the basic components of the Productive suite.

Gobe Productive is a powerful, fully integrated suite of office and graphics tools designed exclusively for BeOS. At the core of Gobe Productive is a flexible and easy to use document-centric design. Modular plug-in components, called parts, make adding new features and capabilities simple and flexible.

Using different frames, you can place graphics, text, images and spreadsheets all within a single document. Each frame behaves like a graphic object. For example, a spreadsheet frame can be rotated 90 degrees and layered on top of a rectangle graphic to create a unique design for your document. Furthermore, this spreadsheet frame is also a fully functioning, floating environment capable of being directly edited.

Gobe Productive Parts

Five types of documents comprise the “top level” of the Gobe Productive Suite: Graphics, Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Image Processing, and Presentation. This section introduces these documents. For detailed instructions on how to use the different document types, and for specific questions, see Section IV “For More Help” on page 33.

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Graphics

The graphics environment is tuned for the design and layout of graphic objects. The environment includes tools for drawing lines, curves, shapes, and other graphic items.

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Graphic documents are ideal for laying out many different types of frames. For example, if you wish to create a graphically rich newsletter which contains text, pictures, and a spreadsheet table, a graphics document is the best environment to use.

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Word Processing

A word processing document is a text-based environment. Word processing documents are ideal for letters, reports, books, proposals and anything where a lot of text is used.

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Although the word processing document is specially designed for writing text, you can easily integrate graphics, charts, and spreadsheets into the text flow.

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Spreadsheet

A spreadsheet document is a cell-based environment. It is the best place for number crunching and data organization. Spreadsheet documents can also create colorful charts and graphs.

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The Gobe Productive spreadsheet recognizes many different kinds of data: numbers, currency, scientific notation, text, dates, times, true/false, and formu- las. Over 100 built-in mathematical, scientific, and financial functions make calculations easy.

Spreadsheets are also great for organizing information. For example, you can use a spreadsheet to alphabetize a list of names. In this way, a Gobe Productive spreadsheet functions as a simple database. Use it to store information about inventories, contacts, and investments.

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Image Processing

Image Processing is a digital image environment ideal for touching up and editing image files and digital photographs.

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For example, if you have a digital image, you can copy it to your system and edit the picture for use in other documents. Gobe Productive supports many stan- dard graphics formats such as TIF, TGA, and JPG.

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Presentation

A Presentation document is a graphics-based environment with the ability to create and display slide shows.

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The Presentation environment has a sophisticated layering system for construct- ing slide shows. For example, you can create a presentation that reuses the same elements many times without having to copy and paste those items from slide to slide. Moreover, you can create multiple backgrounds or “master slides.”

Environments

All documents and frames in Gobe Productive have an environment. An environ- ment is a set of tools and features available for a frame or document type. Gobe Productive dynamically changes the environment to reflect the currently active document or frame. For example, if you are working on a word processing document, the word processing environment is active. If you then activate a spreadsheet frame within that word processing document, the spreadsheet environment becomes active. The Environment Icon indicates which environ- ment is currently active.

Throughout this manual and the on-line help, the term environment is used to refer both to a document and a single frame.

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Installing Gobe Productive

This section describes the requirements and instructions for installing Gobe Productive on your system.

Pre-Installation Considerations Before you install Gobe Productive please consider these requirements. H Operating System: BeOS Release 4.5 or better. M@ Memory: Minimum of 32 MB required, 64 MB recommended. M@ Hard Drive Space: 20 MB free.

Installation Instructions

1. Insert the Gobe Productive CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. Double-click the Gobe Productive CD icon to open the CD.

Note: Ifthe Gobe Productive CD icon does not appear automatically, click and hold your mouse on the desktop. Select Mount from the desktop context menu, and then select Gobe Productive from the displayed sub- menu.

3. Once inside the CD folder, double-click Install Gobe Productive. 4. Follow the on-screen installation instructions.

5. The Gobe Productive setup is complete.

Note: When you update Gobe Productive, install the new version of the software in the same directory as the old version. If asked whether to replace a file, select Replace All, and click OK. The new files over- write the old files, and the new updated version is installed.

Uninstalling Gobe Productive

To uninstall Gobe Productive, move the folder or directory where Gobe Produc- tive is installed to the trash and then empty the trash.

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This section contains the basic concepts on how to use the Gobe Productive suite effectively.

Running Gobe Productive

Gobe Productive is a fully integrated suite of tools. Only one application is required to access all the tools and power of Gobe Productive.

There are two ways to start Gobe Productive:

1. Double-click the Gobe Productive desktop icon linked to the Gobe Productive application

2. Click the main Be menu. From the Applications folder, select Gobe Productive.

Once opened, the New Document dialog box is displayed. If you wish to start a new file, select the type of document you wish to create and click OK. If you wish to open an existing file, click Open.

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If you are opening an existing file, a standard BeOS Open File dialog box is displayed. Locate the file you wish to open and click Open.

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The Gobe Productive Interface

At the heart of Gobe Productive is a dynamic and powerful graphics-oriented user interface. The buttons, toolbars, and menus are simple, intuitive, and consistent.

As you switch between different frames in a document, the interface dynami- cally changes to reflect the capabilities of the currently selected frame. For example, if you are working in a word processing document the toolbars at the top of the screen display tools specifically for the word processing environ- ment. If you switch to a graphics frame, the toolbars and menus change to display commands only applicable to the graphics environment.

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As seen in Figure 9, the Gobe Productive interface can be divided into six sections: Graphics, Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Table, Presentation, and Image Processing.

An Intelligent and Simple Interface

There are some common interface items in Gobe Productive that help you work smarter. In the middle of the Productive window is the workspace. This is where you type text, draw graphics, and do all your work. The environment icon in the left corner tells you which environment is currently active. The remaining interface items are consistent with the look and feel of BeOS. Scroll bars, resize tools, and the window tab all work the same as in any other BeOS application.

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Workspace: The workspace is the main working area. The Gobe Produc- tive suite is a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) environment. Items on the screen appear the same as in a printed document. The workspace also changes to reflect the currently active environment. Fora spreadsheet, the workspace contains rows and columns of cells, for graphics it contains a grid, and so forth.

Scroll Bars: Use the scroll bars to move up and down or side to side in the workspace. The scroll bars are only displayed when the contents of the workspace do not fit within the window.

Zoom Tool: Click the plus button (+) to zoom in, click the minus (-) button to zoom out. You can also tear-off the zoom tool to display a handy slider bar for controlling the zoom. Right-clicking on the + and - buttons incre- ments the zoom by 1% rather than the defined intervals. Also, single- clicking the zoom percentage reverts the zoom to 100%.

Gobe Productive Bars

There are four types of bars in Gobe Productive: the Menu Bar, the Format Bar, the Part Bar, and the Tool Bar. Bars display the Gobe Productive commands and can contain buttons, menus, or a combination of both. This section describes the basics of the different bars within Gobe Productive.

The Menu Bar

At the very top of the Gobe Productive document window is the MenuBar. The Menu Bar displays the appropriate menus for the currently active environment. Each document type has its own special menu items. How- ever, the first five menu items in the Menu Bar are common to all Gobe Productive documents.

Common Menus

File: Contains commands for opening, saving, and printing documents. This menu also accesses the application preferences and information areas of Gobe Productive.

Edit: Contains commands (such as copying and pasting) for manipulating objects in Gobe Productive documents.

Document: Contains menu commands that perform actions to the entire document.

Frame: Contains commands for inserting and working with frames.

Window: Contains commands and controls for the Gobe Productive win- dow. Contains commands for displaying or hiding interface items such as the Tool Bar, Part Bar, or Sheet Bar.

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Graphics Environment Menu Bar

Arrange: Contains commands that alter the layer qualities of frames and graphic items. This menu also contains commands to alter the rotation, scale, and layout of frames and graphics.

Word Processing Environment Menu Bar

Format: Contains commands for formatting text and inserting special document fields such as page numbers.

Spreadsheet Environment Menu Bar

Format: Contains commands for formatting cells including cell height and width.

Options: Contains commands specific to a spreadsheet, such as sorting, filling, and calculating cells.

Image Processing Environment Menu Bar

Plugins: Contains the image retouching tools installed for your copy of Gobe Productive. Image retouching tools are categorized by the type of modifications they make to an image.

Presentation Environment Menu Bar

Arrange: Contains commands that alter the layer qualities of frames and graphic items. This menu also contains commands to alter the rotation, scale, and layout of frames and graphic items.

Presentation: Contains commands specific to running a slide show presen- tation.

The Format Bar

The Format Bar is located right below the Menu Bar. It allows you to change the basic textual and graphical properties of a currently selected item. The Format Bar contains buttons that alter the color, fill, and text of various objects. From this toolbar you can also access stylesheets and name items in your document.

Following is a description of the Format Bar buttons. All the buttons on

the Format Bar can “tear away” to its own floating control palette. This

option allows you to keep the tool open while you work. See page 31 for more information about the tear-off tools.

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pattern, or gradient). The default text color for new text is black. This button has no effect on graphic items.

The fill tool (top image) sets the color and transparency for filling a graphic or spreadsheet cell. When selected, the tool displays a popup menu bar (lower image) for selecting the color (solid, pattern, or gradient) as well as the transparency. The default fill color for new items is white. This button has no effect on text.

The pen tool (top image) sets the color, pattern, weight, and style of the lines in a graphic. When selected, the tool displays a popup menu bar (lower image) for selecting the color (solid, pattern, or gradient) as well as the transparency, line size, and line style. The default pen color for new items is black. This button has no effect on text or spreadsheet cells.

The style tool applies a style to a selected item. You can create styles that define properties for a graphic item, cells in a spreadsheet, or text. The tool displays the style

applicable for any selected item or text.

The name selection tool allows you to set or select named items. You can select any graphic, group of cells, or text, and give the selection aname. Using this button, you can select a named selection, edit the name, or create a new

named selection.

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The Shape Transparency tool sets the opacity or transparency of a selected frame or drawing object. When selected, the tool displays a popup box from which you can select a transparency percentage. 100% represents full opacity, 0% denotes total transparency. The shape transparency box can be torn-off to display a slider bar (lower image), which you can also use to choose the transparency of the selected object or frame. For more information about transparency, see the Transparency topic in the graphic section.

The Part Bar

The Part Bar is the most dynamic element of the Gobe Productive suite. Located between the Format Bar and the Workspace, the Part Bar changes to display the applicable tools for the current environment.

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Environment Icon: Indicates the type of environment or document that is currently active. This icon indicates that one or more graphic items are selected or that you are working ina graphics document. The graphics Part Bar is displayed when a frame is selected.

Alignment Buttons: These buttons are enabled when more than one item is selected. Use the buttons to align multiple objects. The button icons represent each type of alignment available. You can align the objects to the top, bottom, right, and left, as well as distribute the objects horizontally or vertically. You can also align the centers of the objects vertically or horizontally.

Text Wrap: This button controls how text wraps around a frame or drawing object. When selected, a Text Wrap dialog box is displayed.

Arrow Head Style: Use this button (left image) to select arrow head styles for the Arc, Line, Freehand, Bezigon or Polygon Tools. Click on the Arrow Head Style button to display a popup menu (right image) from which you can select an arrow head

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Left Position: This tool indicates the position of an item relative to the left side of the page. Click the number to activate the

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Top Position: This tool indicates the position of an item relative to the top of the page. Click the number to activate the field. Once active you can manually enter anew top position value. You can change the units of measurement (inches shown) using the Preferences options from the File menu.

Right Position: This tool indicates the position of an item relative to the right side of the page. Click the number to activate the field. Once active you can manually enter a new right position value. You can change the units of measurement (inches shown) using the Preferences options from the File menu.

Bottom Position: This tool indicates the position of an item relative to the bottom of the page. Click the number to activate the field. Once active you can manually enter a new bottom position value. You can change the units of measurement (inches shown) using the Preferences options from the File menu.

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Width: This tool indicates the width of a graphic item. Click the number to activate the field. Once active you can manually enter a new width value. You can change the units of measurement (inches shown) using the Preferences options from the File menu. Height: This tool indicates the height ofa graphic item. Click the number to activate the field. Once active you can manually enter a new height value. You can change the units of

measurement (inches shown) using the Preferences options from the File menu.

Rotation: This tool indicates the rotation angle of a graphic item. Click the number to activate the field. Once active you can manually enter a new rotation angle.

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Environment Icon: Indicates the type of environment or document that is currently active. This icon indicates that a word processing frame is active or that you are working in a word

processing document.

Ela ele Alignment Buttons: These buttons control the alignment of the

text (left, center, right, justified).

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Show/Hide Invisibles: Toggles the display of non-printing characters such as tab, paragraph, and space marks.

Spell Check Button: This button starts the spell checker, and displays the SpellBar. The SpellBar is a special addition to the PartBar exclusively used for spell checking.

Columns: These buttons add (right button) or remove (left button) columns in the document.

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Environment Icon: Indicates the type of environment or document that is currently active. This icon indicates that a spreadsheet frame is active or that you are working in a spreadsheet document.

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Create Chart: Places a new chart into the spreadsheet.

Confirm and Cancel: Use these buttons to confirm or cancel the entry of values into a cell. These buttons are active only

when you are using the Entry field to modify the contents of a cell.

Functions: This button displays the Paste Function dialog box. Use this dialog box to select and paste one of the numerous functions provided.

Entry Field: This field is used to directly modify or enter text, numbers, or formulas into a cell.

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Environment Icon: Indicates the type of environment or document that is currently active. This icon indicates that a charting frame is active.

Alignment Buttons: These buttons are enabled when more than one item is selected. Use the buttons to align multiple objects. The button icons represent each type of alignment available. You can align the objects to the top, bottom, right, and left, as well as distribute the objects horizontally or vertically. You can also align the centers of the objects vertically or horizontally.

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Color Picker: This button allows you to select the foreground and background colors for image retouching. In this image the foreground color is black, and the background color is white. These colors are the default for the Color Picker. To select a different color, right click on the button to display the color palette. To create a new color, left click on the Color Picker. This displays a New Color dialog box where you can use sliders to select the Hue, Lightness and Saturation of the new color. Click on the arrow to switch the foreground and background colors.

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Marquee Tool: The Marquee Tool is used to select a certain area of an image. When the cursor changes to display a crosshair, draw out the area of the image you want to select. Once selected, any command such as copy, delete, etc. applies to the selected area and not the entire image. To create multiple, non-congruous selections, click and hold [SHIFT] while you draw out each selection.

Lasso Tool: This tool allows you to make a freeform selection of an image.

Magic Wand Tool: This tool selects areas of an image by similarities in color and hue. Click on an area in an image using this tool and all congruous sections with alike color are selected.

Magnify Tool: This tool increases the magnification level of the image. To zoom in, click the image with the primary mouse button. This increases the magnification factor by one level.

Find Color Tool: Use this tool to select all areas in an image that

contain the foreground color (as displayed in the Color Picker). To deselect the area, click on the tool again.

Pencil: Use the pencil to draw freehand over the image. The pencil uses the foreground color displayed in Color Picker. To mask your drawing area, use the Marquee Tool to select an area first.

Eraser Tool: Use this tool to erase parts or the whole image. The erased portion will have the background color you selected.

Eye Dropper Tool: Use the Eye Dropper Tool to pick up an active color from the image. This tool allows you to get an exact match from a color in an image.

Bucket Tool: Use this tool to fill an area with the foreground color. Place the black lip of the bucket on the area you want filled and click the mouse. The current foreground color is filled into all areas with congruous colors. To mask the fill area, use the Marquee Tool to select an area first.

Air Brush Took: This tool simulates painting with an airbrush or spray can. When you click the tool, a dialog box is displayed

where you can configure the type of brush, opacity, etc. To mask the airbrush area, use the Marquee Tool to select an area first.

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Show/Hide Invisibles: Toggles the display of non-printing characters such as tab, paragraph, and space marks.

Vertical Alignment: This tool controls the vertical text/number alignment of the selected cells. When selected, a popup menu displays the different alignment choices: Align Top, Align Center, Align Bottom.

Insert Column: This tool inserts a column ina table. The new column is inserted to the left of the currently selected column. This feature is also available from the Insert Column menu item onthe Table menu.

Insert Row: This tool inserts a row ina table. The new row is inserted above the currently selected row. This feature is also available from the Insert Row menu item on the Table menu.

Merge Cells: This tool merges one or more cells into a single, larger cell. You can select cells from a row, from a column, or from both. This feature is also available from the Merge Cells menu item on the Table menu.

Split Cells: Use this tool to split a cell into one or more child cells. You can select one or more multiple cells from rows or columns or both to split. This feature is also available from the Split Cells menu item on the Table menu.

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The Tool Bar

The Tool Bar is primarily for drawing and formatting graphic shapes. The Tool Bar is usually visible. If it is not visible, select View ToolBar from the Window menu.

The Tool Bar contains the following tools.

Selection Tool

Use this tool to change the selection mode of the document. Click on the bottom right corner of the button to display a popup menu with these three selection tool options:

Normal Use the normal selection pointer to select, move, and activate items in the workspace. Rotate When positioned at the corners of a selected frame or <, graphic item, the rotation pointer allows you to freely rotate an item or frame. This pointer works like a

normal pointer when not positioned at the corner of a frame or item.

Reshape | When positioned over the handle of a graphic item, this & point allows you to freely reshape an item. This is especially useful for graphic items with many handles, suchas a curve or Beizer Curve. This pointer works

like a normal pointer when not positioned at the handles of an item.

Frame Tool

Use this tool to “draw” a new frame in the current workspace. To draw a new frame click the tool and select the type of frame you want to create from the popup menu. The cursor changes to a cross hair (+). Proceed to “draw” the new frame in the workspace.

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Graphic Tools Use these tools for drawing graphic shapes.

HM Click once on the tool to draw a single graphic. When finished drawing the graphic item, the cursor returns to the selection tool.

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Frames and Graphic Items

Graphics are a fundamental aspect of the Gobe Productive suite. Frames, like a spreadsheet or word processing frame, behave the same as graphic items. You can apply borders, fill colors, even rotate a frame in the same way you can manipulate a box, oval, or line.

Draws a Beizer curve.

Draws a polygon shape.

Unlike graphic items, frames have content inside them. A frame is essen- tially a floating version of an environment. If you insert a word processing frame into a graphics document, the word processing functions are all fully available when the frame is active. This introduces the important concept of selecting and activating in the Gobe Productive suite.

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Table Frames

The Table frame is an easy way to create table layouts in all environments. This tool is especially useful for making tables in word processing documents.

While the table frame does share some characteristics with the spreadsheet, it is not a true spreadsheet environment. Rather, it is a specialized frame that gives you the flexibility to layout text, images, or even other tables.

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Table frames can be both in-line or floating. You can also insert rows and columns as well as merge and split cells.