20 Minute Translation Makeover - Look & Feel
20 Minute Translation Makeover
Look & Feel Improvements
The Sesame Q&A Translator faithfully reproduces your Q&A form layout. However, once in a Windows™ environment, many users decide that the DOS look is reproduced a bit too faithfully. Fortunately, getting rid of the 16 color look is both easy & fun.
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Open your form in Design Mode.
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Remove the Q&A Line Draw characters by right-clicking on the Form and selecting Delete Q&A Drawing Characters.
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Increase the width and height of the form by clicking on the form and pressing Shift-Down or Shift-Right on your keyboard.
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Right-click on the Form and choose Select All Elements on Form.
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With all of the elements selected, use the Color tab of the Property Editor to set the back/fill color to white.
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Use the Color tab of the Property Editor to set the label color of the elements to black.
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Use the Color tab of the Property Editor to set the text color of the elements to black.
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Left-click once on the form to deselect the elements. Use the Color tab of the Property Editor to set the back/fill color of the form to any color other than black or white.
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Right-click on the form and choose Select All Elements on Form.
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Select the Position tab of the Property Editor. Increase the amount of space between the rows of elements by selecting More in the Vertical Space dropdown.
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Increase the height and width of the selected elements by pressing Shift-Down and Shift-Right on your keyboard.
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Select the Look tab of the Property Editor and select Down from the Box Style dropdown.
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Select Save Layout Design from the Commands menu at the top of the menu panel on the right side of your screen.