Managing Layouts

Managing Tab Layout Options

Configure each tab like a slide in a presentation

The Main Toolbar: Layout [1] menu groups most of the commands used to manage the elements of a tab outside of the views to be displayed on that tab.

Edit modes [2] - you can modify the default settings for layout modes and add you own to a given file.
View Spacing - increases or decreases the space between the views displayed on the tab
Title - adds a title to top of the tab
Title style - options to change the appearance of the title on the tab
Annotation - adds your explanatory text to the bottom of the tab
Annotation style - options to change the appearance of the annotation text
Background image - enables you to specify an image that can be faded and used as a backdrop in text slides and views that feature a blank background, like the Graph View (see below).
Header image - enables you to specify an image that can be displayed in the title bar opposite the Title, like the Visokio logo in the example at left (see below).
Centre image - enables you to specify an image to be displayed at centre of a page, usually a large image like a photograph (see below).

Using Background Images

Using Header Images

Using Centre Images

Importing PowerPoint Slides

Import PowerPoint slide - you can import an existing PowerPoint slide into a tab

Clearing layout and choosing styles

Clear layout - removes all the display elements outside of the views displayed on the current tab

Styles - combinations of settings that can be applied to a specific file, and also shared with other users. You can use standard pre-configured Styles, or create a custom organisational Style to apply to all Omniscope file created by a given organisation. For more information, see Styles & Configure styles [3]and also the KnowledgeBase section on sharing custom styles [4].