Set the printing page orientation to Portrait or Landscape.
Paper size
Set the paper size used for printing.
Page guidelines
Show or hide guides on the workspace indicating how the map or workspace is split across pages.
Print range
Choose Workspace to include all maps and boxes for printing or preview, or Map to include only the selected map.
Print zoom level
Set the zoom level used for printing.
Choose 'Fit to Page' to fit the selected map or workspace to a single page. All other zoom options will split the map or workspace onto multiple pages if necessary.
Page margins
Set the page margins (in millimetres) used for printing.
Print
Create a PDF of the selected map or workspace.
Settings
Show / Hide
Overview
Show/hide locked headings (Ctrl+L)
Show or hide the locked headings of boxes.
While locked headings cannot be edited, they can be shown or hidden across a workspace using this feature.
To edit a selected box's heading, uncheck 'Lock Heading' in the right-click menu. After editing, lock the heading again to include it when you show or hide locked headings across the workspace.
Show/hide map references
Show or hide map references for all boxes across the workspace.
Each map reference contains a number, indicating the box's level in its map, and a letter, indicating the box's position on its level.
Show Connecting Words
Show or hide the connecting words which indicate whether a box is a reason, objection or rebuttal.
In Reasoning maps, these are the "Because" and "But" labels which read down to connect two claims.
In Advanced Reasoning mode, these are the "Supports" and "Opposes" labels which read up to connect two claims.
Show Evaluation Shading
Show or hide the visual emphasis used to display evaluations.
Visual emphasis includes shading, line colour, and line thickness.
If you have not made any evaluations yet, you may not see any effect when selecting this button.
Show evaluation markers
Show or hide the markers used to display evaluations.
If you have not made any evaluations yet, you may not see any effect when clicking on this button.
Show Tooltips
Show or hide tooltips
Show Status bar
Show or hide the status bar
Map Overview On
Turn the map overview window on. The overview will always be displayed.
Map Overview Off
Turn the map overview window off. The overview will never be displayed.
Map Overview Automatic
Turn the map overview window to automatic. The overview will only appear when the workspace is too big to fit on the screen.
Default Building Panel
Choose which group of templates is opened by default when the editor loads.
Reset preferences
Set all preferences back to their default settings.
This affects all settings throughout Rationale.
Search (Ctrl+F)
Search for text in the workspace and jump between occurrences.
Note: currently hidden text is excluded from the search.
Print (Ctrl+P)
Creates a PDF of the selected map or workspace. You can also select whether the whole workspace is printed, or just a particular map.
Settings
Adjust your preferences and configurations.
Full screen view (Ctrl+F11)
Toggle between normal view and full-screen view.
Full-screen view is useful when working with large maps.
Open explore help (F1)
Access to Rationale Help.
Open explore guide
Access to Rationale Guide.
Open tutorials
Access to Tutorials.
Open e-book
Access to E-book.
File
Create and save files.
New File
Create a new Rationale file. Creating a new file provides a new workspace.
Open File (Ctrl+O)
Open an existing Rationale file.
Save File (Ctrl+S)
Save the file you are currently viewing.
In Rationale, a workspace is saved into a file, and each file contains just one workspace.
Save File As... (Ctrl+Shift+S)
Save the file you are currently viewing with the options to change the file name.
In Rationale, a workspace is saved into a file, and each file contains just one workspace.
Hide building panel
Hide the building panel to make more room for the canvas.
Show building panel
Show the building panel to drag templates onto the canvas.
Hyperlink Editor (Ctrl+K)
Open the Hyperlink Editor to add or edit the hyperlink for the selected box.
Insert Image
Insert an image from your computer onto the workspace, or into the selected box.
Detach (Ctrl+Shift+D)
Change colour
Change the colour of the current item.
Change Box Type (Ctrl+M)
Change the current box into a box of other possible types.
Evaluate
Evaluate the selected box.
Accept the Item/Contention
Use this when you accept the selected item/contention as true or likely to be true.
Take No Stand on the Item/Contention
Use this when you do not have a sufficient rational basis to accept or reject the selected item/contention. For example, more reasoning and evidence may be required or both supporting and opposing sides may have equally good cases.
Reject the Item/Contention
Use this when you reject the item/contention or consider it to be false.
Evaluate as Strong
Use this when the selected reason provides strong support for …
Evaluate as Weak
Use this when the selected reason provides only weak support for …
Evaluate as Unaccepted
Use this when the selected reason provides no support for …
Evaluate as Strong
Use this when the selected objection provides strong grounds to refute …
Evaluate as Weak
Use this when the selected objection provides only weak opposition against …
Evaluate as Unaccepted
Use this when the selected objection does not refute …
Solid
Use this when you regard the selected basis box as sufficient grounds for accepting the claim above it.
Shaky
Use this when you regard the selected basis as providing only weak grounds for accepting the claim above it.
Nil
Use this when you regard the selected basis as providing no grounds for accepting the claim above it.
Clear Evaluation
Remove the evaluation applied to a box.
Clear evaluations across map
Remove evaluations from all boxes in the currently selected map.
Clear evaluations across workspace
Remove evaluations from all boxes across the workspace.
Change Map
Change the map type
Change to Grouping (Ctrl+Shift+1)
Change the selected map to a Grouping map.
Note that in doing this you may lose some information, such as whether a box is a reason or an objection.
This action can be undone, in which case the information is recovered.
Change to Reasoning (Ctrl+Shift+2)
Change the selected map to a Reasoning map.
Note that in doing this you may lose some information, such as multiple premises in an Advanced Reasoning map will become separated reasons.
This action can be undone, in which case the information is recovered.
Change to Advanced Reasoning (Ctrl+Shift+3)
Change the selected map to an Advanced Reasoning map.
Note that in doing this, Rationale has to add information, e.g., treating each item in a Grouping map as a reason.
Add Note (Ctrl+A)
Map Layout: Show
Trim map
Trim the selected map.
This removes any extra white space in the boxes. It is helpful when you want to make a map more compact.
Flip Map (Ctrl+Alt+O)
Change the orientation of the currently selected map.
Orientations: * Top-to-bottom (default setting for all maps) * Left-to-right (unavailable in Advanced Reasoning mode)
Hyperlink
This field should be a URL in the format "http://www.example.com"
Undo (Ctrl+Z)
Undo the action just taken.
By clicking on this multiple times, you can retrace the steps you took to reach the current situation.
Redo (Ctrl+Y)
Redo the action that was just undone.
Cut Branch (Ctrl+X)
Cut the whole branch and put it on the clipboard. The branch is the selected box plus all boxes beneath it on the map.
Copy (Ctrl+C)
Copy the selected box with any attached boxes and place it on the clipboard.
Paste (Ctrl+V)
Paste the contents of the clipboard.
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Zoom to workspace (F8)
Adjust the zoom level and window position so that everything in the workspace neatly fits into the window.
Zoom to map (F9)
Adjust the zoom level and workspace position so that the selected map fits neatly into the window.
Show next map
Move to the next map on the workspace, and adjust the zoom level so that it fits neatly into the window.
Map order within the workspace is left to right, top to bottom. Maps consisting of a single box are ignored.
Pan Left (Left Arrow)
Move the window leftwards across the workspace.
If nothing is selected, you can pan left using the Left Arrow key.
If something is selected, you can pan left using Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow key.
Alternatively you can pan by clicking on the workspace (not on a box) and dragging.
Pan Right (Right Arrow)
Move the window rightwards across the workspace.
If nothing is selected, you can pan right using the Right Arrow key.
If something is selected, you can pan right using Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow key.
Alternatively you can pan by clicking on the workspace (not on a box) and dragging.
Pan Up (Up Arrow)
Move the window upwards across the workspace.
If nothing is selected, you can pan up using the Up Arrow key.
If something is selected, you can pan up using Ctrl + Shift + Up Arrow key.
Alternatively you can pan by clicking on the workspace (not on a box) and dragging.
Pan Down (Down Arrow)
Move the window downwards across the workspace.
If nothing is selected, you can pan down using the Down Arrow key.
If something is selected, you can pan down using Ctrl + Shift + Down Arrow key.
Alternatively you can pan by clicking on the workspace (not on a box) and dragging.
Zoom Out (Ctrl+ -)
Zoom out by a small step to see more of the workspace.
Zoom In (Ctrl+ +)
Zoom in by an small step to see the map more closely.
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Hide the text panel to make more room for the canvas.
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Show the text panel to view and edit the text representation.
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