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1 The File tab provides access to:
Project-related commands—for example, open, save and copy projects
License activation, the license agreement and software updates
2 The Quick Access Toolbar—this toolbar is always visible and provides quick access to frequently-used commands. By default, the Save, Edit and Undo commands are available in Quick Access Toolbar. You can customize the Quick Access Toolbar by adding or removing commands. You can also move the Quick Access Toolbar above or below the ribbon.
3 Commands are organized into logical groups, collected together under tabs. Each tab relates to a type of activity, such as creating new project items or analyzing your source materials.
The Home, Create, External Data, Analyze, Explore, Layout, and View tabs are always visible. The other tabs are 'contextual'—they are shown only when needed. For example, the Picture tab is shown only when a picture content is visible.
4 Within each tab, related commands are grouped together. For example, the Format group on the Home tab contains commands for setting font size, type, bold, italics and underline.
1 An arrow below or beside an icon indicates that there is a drop-down menu containing more commands, when you click on the icon the drop-down menu is displayed.
2 Orange highlighting indicates that an option or command is selected. In the example above, the orange highlighting indicates that the item displayed in Detail View is in edit mode—if you click the Edit icon, you will turn OFF Edit Mode.
3 When you hover over a ribbon command, a screen tip appears which provides a brief description of the command.
The ribbon is optimized for a screen resolution of 1280 by 1024 pixels, when the NVivo window is maximized on your screen.
When the NVivo window is not maximized and the ribbon is smaller, you may not see all the icons or text. For example, the Editing group on the Home tab, at full size is displayed as:
When the ribbon is made smaller, it is displayed as:
If you click the arrow below the Editing group icon, the full Editing group is displayed below the ribbon:
If you want to see all the icons and text on the ribbon, you should resize or maximize the NVivo window.
By default, the Save, Undo and Edit commands are available in the Quick Access Toolbar. The New, Open, Print and Print Preview commands can also be added to the Quick Access Toolbar.
To add (or remove) commands on the Quick Access Toolbar:
.The Quick Access Toolbar can be positioned above or below the ribbon.
.You can minimize the ribbon to free up space in your screen.
On the Quick Access Toolbar, click Customize Quick Access Toolbar , and then click Minimize the Ribbon.
Keyboard Shortcut To minimize or maximize the ribbon, double-click one of the tabs at the top of the ribbon.
NOTE When the ribbon is minimized, the tab titles remain visible, so you can access ribbon commands—click the tab title to display the tab, and then click the option or command you want to use.
Refer to NVivo ribbon tabs, for a description of the commands on each tab of the ribbon.
You can also use the ribbon screen tips to help find a command—screen tips contain a brief description of the commands available on each icon. Screen tips are displayed when you hover over the icon.
Shortcut (right-click) menus are available throughout the application. You can access the most frequently-used commands via the shortcut menus.
For example, if you right-click a document source in List View, the shortcut menu is displayed, providing access to many ribbon commands, including Open, Print, Export, Copy and Code Sources.
