In the toolbar, important functions are accessible directly or through submenus. The appearance of the toolbar is controlled by themes, which are determined via the configurator and the dialog "Your Stylo Settings." The controls for which functions are available are managed through the Stylo Configurator.

The presence of submenus in the toolbar is indicated by a small arrow beneath the respective icon.

1

Burger Menu

Opens a context menu where the functions relevant to the selected element can be found. This corresponds to what is displayed with a mouse context menu call.

2

Selection Cursor

This tool allows you to change the object selection, e.g.

• If an image frame is selected, this selection is canceled, and instead, the image within the frame is selected.
• If the image in a frame is selected, this selection is canceled, and instead, the frame is selected.
• If the text cursor is in a text field, the text cursor is deleted, and instead, the text frame is selected.
• If a text frame is selected, this selection is canceled, and the text cursor is placed in the text field.

3

Zoom

Select the desired zoom factor. Users can enter the desired zoom factor in the settings under "Your Stylo Settings." Otherwise, the default value from the loaded document is used.

The default values can be set in the Stylo Configurator.

4

Undo/Redo

In Stylo, all actions performed are stored in a cache. The maximum number of stored actions depends on the actions taken. Thus, any actions can be undone and redone. Typically, more than twenty-five actions are possible.

If objects are moved with the cursor keys or the mouse, or their size is changed, not every single change is saved, but only the state before the first change. The same applies to text changes (inserting or deleting text). Undo/Redo is triggered via the function buttons in the toolbar or through the keyboard shortcuts CTRL Z and CTRL Y.

5

Create Text Frame

This icon allows you to create new text frames.

6

Graphic Objects

When you select this symbol, a submenu opens as a window from which you can select additional graphic tools. Currently available are:

• Rectangle
• Ellipse
• Line
• Star

7

Load Image

This icon allows you to place images into designated image frames or replace existing images.

8

Properties

To access all properties of an object and make settings, you can use this icon. The properties dialog opens.

9

View Options

From this menu, various palettes and dialogs can be accessed:

• Show/Hide Control Characters
• Show/Hide Ruler
• Show/Hide Guidelines

• Show/Hide Automatic Grid
• Show/Hide Hidden Text Frames

• Object Palette
• Drawing Palette
• Paragraph Palette
• Paragraph Format Dialog
• User Field Catalog
• Special Characters
• Glyphs
• Release Image

10

Layers

Displays the Layers Palette on the right side of the Stylo window.

11

Text Settings

If one or more text frames are selected as graphic objects, the floating toolbox for graphic objects usually appears. However, if you want to change text settings and work with the corresponding toolbox, this function will assist you.

12

Resize Text in Displays

The font size can be reduced or increased – usually in 10% increments. The value can be adjusted in the Stylo administration.

13

External Stylo Window

An external browser window opens, where Stylo is called with the current document. This can be helpful if the management interface is too constraining during design. It should be noted that an initial call may fail, as browsers recognize it as a popup window and prevent it from opening. In that case, opening from this domain must be explicitly allowed.

14

Export

From this menu, various export options can be accessed:

• Manuscript
• PDF
• SVG
• SVG (including effects)

15

Info

From this dialog, the following functions can be accessed:

• News from Stylo
• Info
• Your Stylo Settings

Context Menu

In the context menu, you will find Stylo functions depending on the selected object and its state. Restrictions can be applied through configuration, which determines which functions and values are available.

The context menu is usually accessed via the right mouse button but can also be on the left mouse button if the client system has been configured accordingly.

Floating Toolbox

The floating toolbox is offered to you depending on the selection. If text is highlighted, you receive the Text Toolbox, when selecting graphic objects, the Object Toolbox, and if you have selected image frames, the Image Frame Toolbox is offered. In the Stylo dialog "Your Stylo Settings," the floating toolboxes can be disabled.

If the palettes or dialogs for editing text or objects are open, the floating toolboxes are not offered.

Using the transporter icon in the upper right corner, the floating toolbox can be moved. The position will be remembered. It is automatically corrected if the toolbox would extend beyond the edge.

Notifications

In the lower right corner of the Stylo window, notifications are displayed, which indicate either

• Successes (in green with a happy smiley)
• Notes (in the theme color with an info icon)
• Warnings (in yellow with an exclamation mark icon) or
• Errors (in red with a not-happy smiley)

These are stacked on top of each other and disappear after a short time (errors remain longer than notes and success messages).

Icons

In some cases, Stylo communicates information about the status of the object to you via icons on the objects:

Icon	Meaning
	Deletion not allowed
	Text change not allowed
	Image change not allowed
	Additional icon to show that the rule comes from the Layers
	If an object is anchored relatively and therefore cannot be moved manually, it receives this designation upon selection.