File menu

The File menu enables you to manipulate electronic files in a number of ways, including the ability to create, open, print, and save. This menu includes the following commands:

  • New: Choose an option from the New submenu to create a project. If you choose New Project from Ticket, you can select a Job Ticket from which you can create the project. You can also use this submenu to create new libraries and books.
  • Open: Use this option to open project files.
  • Close: Use this option to close the active project.
  • Save: Use this option to save the active project.
  • Save As: Use this option to save a copy of the active project.
  • Revert to Saved: Use this option to return the active project to the state it was in when it was last saved.
  • Import: Use this command to import text into a text box or to import a picture into a picture box.
  • Save Text: Use this option to save the contents of the active text box as a separate file.
  • Save Picture: Use this submenu to save the selected picture as a separate file or to save all pictures in a layout as separate files.
  • Append: Use this option to append style sheets, colors, and a variety of other types of resources from another file.
  • Export: Use this option to export a layout as another file type.
  • Collect for Output: Use this option to copy a file, an output report, and selected resources into one folder.
  • Collaboration Setup: Use this option to control project linking, sharing, and updating frequency of shared resources.
  • Job Jackets: Use this submenu to access the specifications and rules for creating and inspecting a layout, link a project to a Job Jackets file, modify a Job Ticket, and evaluate a layout.
  • Print: Use this option to print the active file.
  • Output Job: Use this option to access the Output Specification for outputting a job, which is like a “style sheet” for output.
  • Exit (Windows only): Use this option to exit the application.
Parent topic: Menus

File menu