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The Forms Manager  
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Viewing The Forms Manager  
 
prcarrow The Forms Manager, which is used to view and control the pages in a report, can be displayed or hidden by using commands that are built-in to three interface components:  
 
1.Click on the Show/Hide Forms Manager Button to display or hide the Forms Manager (see example below).  
2.Click on Hide Forms Manager from the View Menu to hide the Forms Manager window.  
 
 
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The View Menu

 
 
3.Click on Show Forms Manager from the View Menu to display the Forms Manager window .  
 
Forms Manager Components  
 
do-it The Forms Manager interface is comprised of three components.  
 
1 A Container Title Bar, which displays the full name and extension of the container file.  
2 A Container Toolbar, for page manipulation and for navigating the report.  
3 A Container Portal where forms can be dropped, viewed or selected:  
 
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Forms Manager Components
 
prcarrow To create an appraisal report, forms may be added to the container from the Forms Library via the Forms Manager by several methods, for example, by using drag-and-drop or with hot-key/mouse-click combinations.  
 
prcarrow By default, pages are listed by name in the order that they were added, or most recently arranged when the report was last saved.  
 
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The Application Title Bar

 
redarrow When the Forms Manager is hidden (full-screen view) the file name will appear in the Application Title Bar.  
 
 
The Container Toolbar  

prcarrow There are four Container Toolbar buttons:  
 
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The Container Toolbar  
flbutton Use the Show/Hide Forms Library button to Hide or Show the Forms Library . The button graphic is stylized to resemble two hard-copy form pages.  
 
upbutton Select a form and click the Up Arrow to move it towards the front of the report.  
 
downarrowbutton Select a form and click the Down Arrow to move it towards the back of the report.  
 
deleteformbutton Use the Delete Form Button (Trash can) to remove Forms from the report. The button graphic is easily identifiable, since it resembles a stylized trash can.  
 
redarrow Some Forms are sets of pages that will always be moved or deleted together.