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Control Board

The Control Board of Atlantis brings together various tools and commands for document design. It is a set of panels each of which deals with one specific characteristic of the active document.

You can toggle the Control Board display by choosing the "View | Control Board | Show" menu The main menu or simply menu is a horizontal bar with clickable commands anchored to the top of the main window of Atlantis:

Main menu
command, pressing F6, or clicking the "Control Board" Button image button of the View toolbar The 'View' toolbar . You can also hide the Control Board by clicking its cross button:

The Control Board's Close button

To open the menu with the Control Board settings, click the corresponding button in the top right corner of the Control Board:

The Control Board's Settings button

Through this menu, you can choose the position of the Control Board within the main window of Atlantis:

The Control Board's position options

Choosing the "Left" or "Right" option docks the Control Board to the corresponding edge of the Atlantis main window.
The "Left & Right" option creates two copies of the Control Board at both sides of the main window:

Two copies of the Control Board

You can change the Control Board width by grabbing its right or left edge (depending on to which edge of the main window the Control Board is docked) with the mouse and dragging until you get the desired size.

Through the settings menu, you can enable individual panels of the Control Board:

Show/hide Control Board panels

If you have two copies of the Control Board, each can have its own set of panels.

When the "Mouse Hover Previews" option is checked:

Mouse Hover Previews

the panels of the Control Board may display previews in the document window when you hover the mouse pointer over certain items of those panels. For example, hovering the mouse over a chapter heading in the Headings panel temporarily highlights the corresponding chapter heading in the document window:

The Headings panel previews


To activate individual panels of the Control Board, use the toolbar at the top of the Control Board:

Control board toolbar

Each Control Board panel has its own toolbar with a specific set of commands. These dedicated toolbars are located at the bottom of each panel.

Follow the links below to read about individual panels of the Control Board:

  Button image Headings

  Button image Bookmarks

  Button image Index

  Button image Sections

  Button image Styles

  Button image Lists

  Button image Reveal Formatting

  Button image Selection

  Button image Find/Replace

  Button image Format Palette

  Button image Clip Library

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