Ribbons

Your application uses a ribbon system to deliver core functionality. Context-sensitivity means that only the commands relevant to your current data view are accessible.

The ribbon system provides groups of commands:

The Project Button: this contains commonly-used commands relating to your current project. See The Project Button.
The Quick Access toolbar: a customizable area of your UI that can be used to host your favorite commands. See Quick Access Toolbar.
Ribbons: select a link from the Table of Contents for more information.
Help Menu: access help, tutorials and system information. See Help!!!!

Plot Item Ribbons

Highlighting a plot item anywhere on a plot displays a dedicated ribbon containing various options for resizing, formatting and managing the contents of the target. All commonly-used properties can be accessed here and is generally the most convenient option for configuring plot items.

The options that appear depend on what you select. For example, selecting a Title Box plot item displays a ribbon to let you manage the arrangement of cells within it, whilst selecting a North Arrow item displays a different set of controls to determine the arrow's appearance:

The Title Box ribbon

The North Arrow ribbon

Note: To return to more general plot management functions, activate the Manage ribbon. Plot item ribbons only display for as long as the plot item is selected.

Note: Deselect a plot item by holding <CTRL> and left clicking it.