Menus and toolbars

Menus

In AskiaDesign, the following menus are available:

Toolbars

Two toolbars are available in AskiaDesign:

Standard toolbar: provides shortcuts to commonly-used program features.
Formatting toolbar: allows you to change the appearance of question long captions in question mode.

Standard toolbar

You can show or hide the standard toolbar by selecting standard from the view menu. The controls in the standard toolbar vary depending on the mode you are working in, as indicated in the "Modes" column below:

Button name	MODES	Description
New	All	Create a new questionnaire. See question mode for more information.
Open	All	Open a questionnaire.
Save	All	Save the current questionnaire.
Undo	All	Reverse an you carried out. You can repeat the undo command to reverse multiple successive actions.
Redo	All	Reverse the last undo action you carried out. You can repeat the undo command to reverse multiple successive undo actions.
Cut	Question, Routing	Remove the selected element and place it on the clipboard.
Copy	Question, Routing	Copy the selected element to the clipboard (without removing it).
Paste	Question, Routing	Paste an element from the clipboard.
Languages	Question, Routing	Allows you to add a language to your survey, or choose the default language.
Align left	Screens	This command is available when you have selected two or more screen elements at the same time. It aligns the selected elements to the most recently selected element's left-hand edge.
Align top	Screens	This command is available when you have selected two or more screen elements at the same time. It aligns the selected elements to the most recently selected element's top edge.
Make same width	Screens	This command is available when you have selected two or more screen elements at the same time. It applies the width of the most recently selected element to all other elements.
Make same height	Screens	This command is available when you have selected two or more screen elements at the same time. It applies the height of the most recently selected element to all other elements.
Space across	Screens	This command is available when you have selected three or more screen elements at the same time. It evenly spaces the selected elements horizontally, based on the position of the element on the left and the element on the right.
Space down	Screens	This command is available when you have selected three or more screen elements at the same time. It evenly spaces the selected elements vertically, based on the position of the element at the top and the element at the bottom.
Library Management	All	Allows you to authorize the use of a local library and/or the global library (network library) and transfer question(s) between them.
Library	Question, Routing	Displays the contents of the library, allowing you to insert a variable from the library into your questionnaire.
Test the questionnaire	All	Allows you to test an AskiaVoice or AskiaFace questionnaire.
Properties	Screens	Opens the properties sheet for the selected element or elements.
Show a view of the screen as it would be during data entry	Screens	Opens askiavoice/askiaface's preview of the current screen.
Internet Explorer preview	Screens	Opens an AskiaWeb preview of the questionnaire, i.e. as it would appear in Internet Explorer.
Question mode	All	Switches to question mode, where you can to create and sequence your survey's questions, chapters and loops.
Routing mode	All	Switches to routing mode, where you can define the survey's routing instructions.
Screen mode	All	Switches to screen mode, where you can design the layout of the survey's interviewing screens.
About	All	View the number and release date of the askiadesign version you are using.

Formatting toolbar

The formatting toolbar is available in question mode and screen mode, and it allows you to change formatting of specific text (e.g. the font size or emphasis):

In question mode, it is available when you are editing a question's long caption in the preview tab. You can show or hide the toolbar by right-clicking in the toolbar area and then selecting formatting in the context menu.
In screen mode, it is available when you select a screen element, and it allows you to change the formatting of the text in that element. You can show or hide the toolbar by selecting formatting from the view menu; alternatively, right-click in the toolbar area and then select formatting in the context menu.

It contains the following controls:

Button name	Description
Font	Determines the font that will be used to display the selected text.
Font size	Determines the font size that will be used for the selected text.
Bold	Determines whether the selected text will be displayed in bold.
Italic	Determines whether the selected text will be displayed in italics.
Underline	Determines whether the selected text will be underlined.
Text color	Determines the color of the selected text.
Text background color	Determines the background color of the selected text.

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