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Window Layouts

When you move window panes, explorers, or editors around in the Flare interface, the configuration (or "layout") of the workspace is changed. You can do several things with layouts, including the following:

• Save You can save different layouts of the interface, in case you want to use them for different purposes.

  example

  Let's say that you want to use one layout for creating topics and adding content, and another layout for indexing. In your topics layout, you might want to have only the Project Organizer and Content Explorer open on the far left, but no window panes open on the far right. In your indexing layout, you might want to have the Index Entry window pane open on the far right and the Index Explorer open on the far left. You could save one layout and name it "Topics," and then save the other layout, naming it "Indexing."

• Auto-save You can automatically save the layout of the workspace when you exit Flare. The next time you launch Flare, that same layout will be displayed.
• Select You can quickly change the configuration of your workspace by selecting a window layout that you have saved previously.
• Reset You can return the workspace configuration to the original layout that you saw when you first installed and launched Flare.
• Reload You can return the workspace to the saved configuration of the layout. In other words, if you are working in a particular layout and have opened different interface elements or moved interface elements around, you can select this option to go back to the saved configuration.
• Lock You can freeze a window layout so that the window panes and editors cannot be moved floated or docked to different areas of the interface.
• Delete You can open the Manage Window Layouts dialog, which lets you select or delete an existing layout.

How to save a window layout

1. Configure the workspace how you want it.
2. Select Window>Layouts>Save Window Layout As.
3. In the Rename Window Layout dialog, enter a name for the layout.
4. Click OK.

How to auto-save a window layout

• Select Window>Layouts>Auto-save Layout.

How to select a saved window layout

• Select Window>Layouts>Select Layout>[Name of Layout].

How to reset the window layout

• Select Window>Layouts>Reset Window Layout.

How to reload the window layout

• Select Window>Layouts>Reload Window Layout.

How to lock a window layout

• Select Window>Layouts>Lock Window Layout.

How to delete a window layout

1. Select Window>Layouts>Layouts.

   The Manage Window Layouts dialog opens.

2. Select the layout that you want to delete.
3. Click Delete.
4. Confirm the deletion by clicking OK.
5. Click Close.

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