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 command, pressing F6, or clicking the "Control Board" button of the View toolbar . You can also hide the Control Board by clicking its cross button:

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

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

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 each with its own set of panels:

When you need to exchange the panels of the left and right copy of the Control Board (to move the panels of the left copy of the Control Board to the right copy, and vice versa), use the "Swap Sides" command:

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:

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:

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:

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

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:

   Headings

   Bookmarks

   Index

   Sections

   Styles

   Lists

   Reveal Formatting

   Selection

   Find/Replace

   Format Palette

   Clip Library

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