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Screen Layout
The general screen layout of VisualText includes Toolbars, the Main Menu, the Tab Window, the Workspace, and the Log and Find Windows:
The principal controls are the Main Menu, the Toolbars, and the Tabs.
Main Menu
The main menu is a superset of the buttons available in the Toolbars:
Toolbars
VisualText has 5 toolbars: Main, Browser, Tab, Knowledge Base, and Debug:
The table below describes each Toolbar:
TOOLBAR |
DESCRIPTION |
Main |
Standard functions found in all GUI applications, including open, close, cut, and paste |
Browser |
Functions for managing web browser windows |
Tab |
Functions for managing the Gram, Ana, and Text Tabs |
Workspace |
Functions for the Analyzer and Knowledge Base |
Debug |
Tools for examining the input text file, trees, pass file, etc. |
Tab Window
The Tab Window area accesses three key windows: the Gram Tab, Ana Tab, and Text Tab.
The table below describes each:
TAB WINDOW |
DESCRIPTION |
Gram |
Manage user-added text samples for automatic rule generation |
Ana |
Manage the analyzer sequence and pass files |
Text |
Manage input files, output files, and other folders and files |
Right Click Menus
Right-click popup menus play an important role in VisualText. The Gram Tab, Ana Tab, Text Tab, Knowledge Base, Pass File Windows, Parse Tree Windows, Text Windows all employ right-click menus to provide context-sensitive functions quickly. Below is the right-click menu for the Text Tab:
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