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 4. What is Argument Mapping? 
 Educational Use 
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 5. Releases 
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 7. Road Map 
 Editing 
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 8. Documentation 
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 9. Development Notes 
 Tools 
 10. XML 
 DTD 
Edit
Delete
Shortcut: Del
This function does not confirm deletion but has an undo option.
Add Element
Introduced 0.1.3
Reason
Shortcut: Ins
A new reason element is added under the currently selected element.
Objection
Shortcut: Shift - Ins
A new objection element is added under the currently selected element.
Helper
Shortcut: None
A new helper element is added under the currently selected element.
Move
The move functions act on the highlighted element in the Tree View. The move functions do not work on the main premise.
Use Ctrl and the arrow keys to move the elements.
Up
Shortcut: Ctrl-i
Down
Shortcut: Ctrl-m
In
Shortcut: Ctrl-j
Out
Shortcut: Ctrl-k
Swap
Promotes the current element to its parent.
Properties
Initially allow you to change the comment for each element.  The comment for the main premise is a description or overview of the argument.
The Global tab allows you to set the Author and creation date.
Find
Shortcut: Ctrl-f
Finds the next occurrence of the specified text with option to ignore case.
Shortcut: Ctrl-g
Find Next
Cut, Copy & Paste
Ctrl-x
Cut - Copies the selected element or text onto the clipboard and then deletes the selected element or text.  This operation also places a bitmap image on the clipboard.
Ctrl-c
Copy - Copies the selected element or text onto the clipboard and then deletes the selected element or text.
Ctrl-v
Paste - Pastes text or elements from the clipboard in the text editing area or in the tree view.
Please note that elements may be pasted into other applications as indented text or as a graphic image. For example use Edit \ Paste Special... and select bitmap to paste selected elements as an image.
Undo
Ctrl-z
Undo the last action.  Works for delete options
Drag & Drop
As an alternative to Cut & Paste, drag and drop in the Tree View makes editing more intuitive.
Tool Bar
Common functions are now available in a graphical form.
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