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Home › Help Documentation › The Authoring Stage

The Main Toolbar

The Main Toolbar is located at the top of the Authoring Stage.

Main Toolbar

It contains the Page Navigator, the save, preview, copy and paste, copy and paste coordinates, undo, redo, and delete icons as well as the Text Toolbar controls and the hyperlink icon.

  • File Menu
    • Saving a lesson
    • Saving a copy of a lesson
    • Saving a page as template
    • Previewing a lesson from the Authoring Stage
    • Publishing a lesson
    • Open the Translate window
    • Close a lesson
  • Copy and Paste Objects
  • Copy and Paste Object Coordinates
  • Delete Objects From the Page
  • Hyperlinks
  • Edit Menu
    • Apply a Template
    • Copy and Paste Pages between Lessons
    • Delete a Page
    • Edit Meta-Data
    • Re-Order Pages in a Lesson
    • Setting the Page Size
    • Using the Grid
  • Keyboard shortcuts
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  • Text Toolbar
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