Menu Commands
Multideck-specific menu items are listed and briefly explained here. Familiar, generic, and common Macintosh menu items are not.File
Validate your project (search for errors and warnings),
and select the options used when validating.
Tell me more about Validation.
Opens the Filter panel,
which lets you select a subset of your deck to be previewed or printed.
Tell me more about Filtering.
Opens the Export panel,
which lets you select options for exporting your deck
as card image files suitable for upload to gaming sites
and print-on-demand services.
Tell me more about Exporting.
Exports the selected template's content to an external CSV file.
(Available only when the selected template uses the Content Editor.)
Tell me more about Templates.
Tell me more about CSV files.
Tell me more about the Content Editor.
Edit
Copy all Styles defined in your project.
You may then open a different project,
and paste those Styles into that project.
Tell me more about Styles.
Available while using the Layout tab.
This command creates a 300ppi image of your currently-previewed card
and places it on the clipboard.
Tell me more about Preview.
and
Duplicate Item creates a duplicate of each selected card item
and adds those duplicates to the layout.
Duplicate Template creates a duplicate of the selected template
and adds that duplicate to the Template List.
Tell me more about Templates.
Tell me more about Layouts.
Tell me more about Card Items.
Select
The menu commands in the Select menu operate on card items in the Layout tab. (They do not operate on text or cell selections in the Content Editor.)
Like Select All, this command selects all card items.
In addition, if any card items are currently hidden by tag,
these items are revealed.
Tell me more about Hiding by Tag.
All selected items become unselected;
all other items become selected.
Choose a tag name from the Select by Tag
or Deselect by Tag submenu
to select or deselect all card items that have the chosen tag.
Your selection is not otherwise affected.
Tell me more about Item Tags.
Choose a Style name from the Select by Style
or Deselect by Style submenu
to select or deselect all items that have the chosen style.
Tell me more about Styles.
Arrange
The menu commands in the Select menu operate on card items in the Layout tab.
These Bring/Send commands affect the Z-order of the selected card items.
Items are printed in back-to-front order,
so card items nearer the front
will overprint and partially (or completely) obscure
card items nearer the back.
These commands have no visible effect
if none of your card items overlap.
Use the menu commands in the Guides submenu
to create and delete guides in the Layout tab.
Tell me more about Guides.
Center Horizontally and Center Vertically
center all selected card items within the bounds of the card.
The commands in the Move to Safe Margin submenu
move all selected items toward the edges of the card,
so that they abut the safe margin
in the chosen direction(s).
Tell me more about the Safe Margin.
The commands in the Fit to Safe Margin submenu
resize all selected items either horizontally or vertically,
so that they abut the left and right (or top and bottom) safe margins.
Tell me more about the Safe Margin.
The commands in the Move to Cut Margin submenu
move all selected items to the edges of the card
in the chosen direction(s).
resize all selected items to reach the edges of the card
in the chosen direction(s).
The Full Bleed command resizes the selected items
so that they extend 1/8" (9mm) past the edges of the card on all sides.
Tell me more about Full Bleed.
and
The commands in the Align submenu
align all selected items by a chosen edge, or by their centers.
The commands in the Space submenu
distribute all selected items evenly, either horizontally or vertically.
Tell me more about aligning items.
Content
The menu commands in the Content menu operate on the Content Editor window and its content. All commands are unavailable if the selected template does not use the Content Editor.
Opens the Content Editor window and brings it to the front.
The Columns submenu contains commands
for adding and deleting columns,
and for automatically setting a column's width
to match its content.
These menu items are identical to those in the Title Row contextual menu.
Tell me more about the Title Row contextual menu items.
The Rows submenu contains commands
for adding, duplicating, and deleting rows,
and for adjusting the row height
either to match its content
or to restore its default (one-line) height.
These menu items are identical to those in the Index Column contextual menu.
Tell me more about the Index Column contextual menu items.
The Cells submenu contains commands
for copying a cell's content to other cells
in its row or column,
and for filling a row or column
with numbers that increase starting with
the number in the selected cell.
These menu items are identical to those in the Cell contextual menu.
Tell me more about the Cell contextual menu items.
Opens the Content Editor's Sort panel,
which allows you to sort the rows in the Content Editor.
In the panel,
you may choose to sort all rows or only those that are selected;
and you may select from various sort options
for up to three columns' content.