Custom Report Components
Right-click nodes to select and add these report nodes from the Custom Contents submenu or directly in the context menu for Section nodes under Documentation: Bibliography, Code, Equation, Heading, Image, List, Note, Table, and Text.
The custom report components provide basic building blocks for a report as described in Table 21-13.
Table 21-13: Custom Report and Documentation Components
Icon
Report Component
Description
Bibliography
Adds a reference or bibliography to the report or document. Right-click to add Reference nodes. Available under a Documentation node only.
Code
Adds a text block for code using a code (monospace) font. You can also make part of the text using an italic or bold variant of the code font.
Equation
Adds an equation to the report or document. You can use LaTeX markup directly or import the equation as an image. Under Equation preview you can see the equation that the LaTeX commands that you enter create.
Heading
Adds a heading to the report or document with a text from the Text field and a layout for the level (Level 1–Level 6) from the Level list. The default is to use the level where the Heading node appears.
Image
Adds an image to the report or document. Select the image source from the Source list: Plot group to select the plot from available plots in the Plot group list; External to use any external image file in PNG, Windows Bitmap (BMP), or JPEG format; or From Export to use an Image node under Results>Export as the source. Add a Caption if desired.
List
Adds a list. By default, the Numbered check box is selected, giving a numbered list; clear the check box for an unordered (bullet) list. Right-click the List node to add List Item nodes.
List Item
Right-click the List node to add this node with a Text area for the list item’s contents. Right-click to add Code, Equation, Image, Table, Text, or other List nodes for inserted texts, equations, images, or tables in the list or for creating nested lists.
Note
Adds a Note node for adding one of the following note types, which you select from the Type list: Note (the default), Caution, Important, Model, See also, or Tip. From the Show list, select Icon (the default) to display the icon only, Description (the type), or Icon and description. Then add the text for the note. Available under a Documentation node only.
Reference
Right-click a Bibliography node to add references. The reference information that you provide is formatted based on the type of reference that you select from the Type list: Journal article (the default), Book, Conference paper, Thesis, or Web. Available under a Documentation node only.
Table
Adds a table with a Title and a Number of columns (default: 3 columns). Right-click to add a Table Heading Row and Table Rows.
Table Heading Row
Right-click the Table node to add this node and then define headings for each column.
Table Rows
Right-click the Table node to add this node and then add the contents for each column in a row of a table.
Text
Provides a Text area where text can be added (including HTML tags for formatting and links).
Text Formatting Tools
For all Text, List Item, and Note nodes’ settings, a set of tools above and below the text field provides a quick way to add formatting to the text:
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The formatting tools above the text provide character formats for user-interface labels; emphasis; code (standard, bold, and italic); equation components (bold, variables, and constants); subscript; and superscript. To convert a part of the text to any of these character formats, highlight the text that you want to format and then click , say, to mark the text as a user-interface label (a sans-serif boldface font) enclosed by the opening and closing tags <l> and </l> before and after the text, respectively.
Each line in the text editor corresponds to a separate paragraph in the output. Therefore, matching opening and closing tags must appear on the same line.
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From the character tools below the text, click the character that you want to insert, for example, click to insert an uppercase omega as \Omega in the text. The character tools include lowercase and uppercase Greek letters and the en-dash (–) and em-dash (—) punctuation symbols.
Click Preview Selected () to display a preview of the text, including formatting, in the Preview window.