Custom Report, Documentation, and Presentation Components

Right-click nodes to select and add these report, documentation, or presentation nodes from the submenu or directly in the context menu for nodes under : , , , , , , , , and .

Table 21-3: Custom Report, documentation, and presentation Components
Icon	Component	Description
	Bibliography	Adds a reference or bibliography to the 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, document, or presentation. 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, document, or presentation 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, document, or presentation. 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).

Table 21-3: Custom Report, documentation, and presentation Components

Icon

Component

Description

Bibliography

Adds a reference or bibliography to the document. Right-click to add

nodes. Available under a 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, document, or presentation. You can use LaTeX markup directly or import the equation as an image. Under you can see the equation that the LaTeX commands that you enter create.

Heading

Adds a heading to the report, document, or presentation with a text from the field and a layout for the level (Level 1–Level 6) from the list. The default is to use the level where the Heading node appears.

Image

Adds an image to the report, document, or presentation. Select the image source from the list: to select the plot from available plots in the Plot group list; to use any external image file in PNG, Windows Bitmap (BMP), or JPEG format; or to use an Image node under as the source. Add a if desired.

List

Adds a list. By default, the check box is selected, giving a numbered list; clear the check box for an unordered (bullet) list. Right-click the node to add nodes.

List Item

Right-click the node to add this node with a area for the list item’s contents. Right-click to add , , , , , or other nodes for inserted texts, equations, images, or tables in the list or for creating nested lists.

Note

Adds a node for adding one of the following note types, which you select from the list: (the default), , , , , or . From the list, select (the default) to display the icon only, (the type), or . Then add the text for the note. Available under a node only.

Reference

Right-click a node to add references. The reference information that you provide is formatted based on the type of reference that you select from the list: (the default), , , or . Available under a node only.

Table

Adds a table with a and a (default: 3 columns). Right-click to add a and .

Table Heading Row

Right-click the node to add this node and then define headings for each column.

Table Rows

Right-click the node to add this node and then add the contents for each column in a row of a table.

Text

Provides a area where text can be added (including HTML tags for formatting and links).

For all , , and nodes’ settings, a set of tools above and below the text field provides a quick way to add formatting to the text:

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.

Buttons for enclosing text in single (

) and double (

) quotes.

Buttons for increasing and decreasing the list levels for bullet and numbered lists, including combinations of these list types. Select a line and click (

) to increase the bullet-list level by one step; this is indicated in the text area by the addition of a highlighted asterisk (‘*’) symbol at the beginning of the line or to the right of any already added asterisks or hash symbols (‘#’). The latter character represents a numbered-list level, which can be increased by clicking (

). Clicking (

) removes the innermost (highest) list level at the selected line, which can be either a bullet or numbered level.

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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.