The Main Toolbar

 Open

Choose another Compendium database to work with.

 Close

Close the current database.

 Cut

Cut (remove) a node, selection of nodes, link, selection of links, or text from a node Label or Detail.

When you Cut something, it is removed from the current view or node and placed on your computer's clipboard, available for subsequent actions. Cut nodes are placed in the Trash Bin, if they are not present in any other view.

Note: Subsequent Cut or Copy commands will replace whatever is on the clipboard.

 Copy

Copy a node, selection of nodes, link, selection of links, or text from a node Label or Detail.

When you Copy something, it is placed on your computer's clipboard, available for subsequent actions. It is not removed from its current location.

Note: Subsequent Cut or Copy commands will replace whatever is on the clipboard.

 Paste

Place objects (nodes, links, and/or text) from the clipboard into the current view or node.

 Delete

Remove a node, selection of nodes, link, selection of links, or text from a node Label or Detail.

When you Delete something, it is removed from the current view or node. It is not placed on your computer's clipboard. Deleted nodes are placed in the Trash Bin, if they are not present in any other view.

To retrieve items deleted in error, choose 'Undo' from the Edit menu

 Undo

Undo your last action (or series of actions).

Note: Undo only works with some actions at present, such as Cut, Delete, Paste, and Arrange).

 Redo

Redo your last Undo command (or series of Undo commands).

Note: Only works with some actions at present, such as Cut, Delete, Paste, and Arrange).

 Back To...

Open the drop-down list of the full backward views history.

 Back

Move back to the previous view in the backward views history.

 Forward

Move forward to the next view in forward views history.

 Forward To...

Open the drop-down list of the full forward views history.

   
Image Rollover

Switch on and off the image rollover facility. When this is activated, any nodes with external images are mouse sensitive. When you roll the move over them they will enlarge. If their full size is too large for the visible screen, they will be scaled to fit.

 Search

Open the Search dialog box and allows you to look throughout Compendium's database for items of interest.

See Searching for information

 Help On Item

Allows you to select context sensitive help for some screen elements.