The PlanetPress Suite Ribbon

The PlanetPress Workflow Ribbon centralizes commands, organizing them into a set of Tabs, each Tab containing Groups of Controls. Each tab on the Ribbon displays the commands that are most relevant to a given feature set. The built-in Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar contain commands that are frequently used and convenient to keep close at hand. You can minimize the Ribbon, and choose the position of the Quick Access Toolbar, as well as the commands it displays.

You can minimize the Ribbon by right-clicking on it and selecting Minimize the Ribbon.

You can also customize the Ribbon's color scheme in the Preferences window.

The PlanetPress WorkflowRibbon has five tabs: the Home tab, the View tab, the Debug tab, the Tools tab and the Help tab. Each one of these tabs contains a series of groups, each group holding a number of controls.

• The Home tab includes the Clipboard, Processes, Variables, Documents and Printer Queues groups.
  • The Clipboard group contains the typical Windows-based editing controls: Cut, Copy, Paste, Select All, Delete.
  • The Processes group contains workflow controls, allowing to insert new processes of any type as well as controls to converts, activate or branches processes.
  • The Variables group contains two controls to insert either a Global variables available throughout the entire configuration, or Local variables available to the current process only.
  • The Documents group contains the document controls, used to insert, refresh, update or delete documents and document instances.
  • The Printer Queues group contains controls to set up printer queues of any type, as well as replace any existing queues.

• The View tab includes the Arrange, Navigate and Show/Hide groups.
  • The Arrange group contains the Group/Ungroup and Sort by Name and Order controls, allowing to reorder objects in the Configuration Components Pane. It also includes the Undo/Redo controls, as well as a Rename control, to modify a given component's name.
  • The Navigate group contains a Processes control to select any existing process of the currently loaded configuration, as well as a Highlight control to mark a given node, a Zoom Out for a quick overview of the currently selected process, and Go to Child/Go to Parent to move around a given process logical nodes (branches or conditions).
    
  • The Show/Hide group contains four controls to display or hide any of the four panes; the Configuration Components Pane, the Object Inspector pane, the Message Window pane, the Debug Info pane and the Plug-in bar.

• The Debug tab includes the Data, Debug and Debug Messages groups.
  • The Data group allows to associate a sample data file to the currently selected process, as well as update or replace it, and display it in its text/PDF or Hexadecimal format.
  • The Debug group contains the debugger's controls, allowing to execute a process step by step, skipping over or ignoring certain tasks, as well as setting up breakpoints and resetting variables values. This group also includes the Send Configuration button, necessary to push the current configuration to PlanetPress Workflow service.
    
  • The Debug Messages group contains two controls to either Clear or Save the contents of the Messages pane.

• The Tools tab includes the Managers, Services and Test Page groups.
  • The Managers group contains:
    • The Install PostScript Font control allows to install a PostScript font into your PlanetPress Suite installation.
    • The Virtual Drive Manager control loads the Virtual Drive Manager.
    • The Access Manager control loads the Access Manager, allowing to grant/remove permissions to hosts.
    • The Check for updates control, used to update the current PlanetPress Suite version.
    • The Launch Upgrade Wizard control, used when migrating from a previous PlanetPress Suite version.
  • The Services group contains:
    • The Services Status control allows to start, pause and stop PlanetPress Workflow service.
      
    • The Configure Services control loads the PlanetPress Suite Services dialog to configure the user account PlanetPress Suite should use.
    • The Service Console button opens the The PlanetPress Suite Service Console, allowing to monitor real-time information on the configuration execution.
  • The PlanetPress Capture group contains:
    • The Document Manager button opens the PlanetPress Capture Document Manager.
    • The Pen Manager button opens the PlanetPress Capture Pen Management Tool.
      
  • The Test Page group contains:
    • The PS Test Page control allows to print a Status Page for the selected Printer Queue. Note that if no printer queue is selected in the Configuration Components pane, the control is disabled.
      
    • The Text Test Page control allows to print a raw text test page for the selected Printer Queue. Note that if no printer queue is selected in the Configuration Components pane, the control is disabled.

• The Help tab includes the Help and Activation groups.
  • The Help group contains the User Guide, the Reference Guide and the About controls, used to access online documentation and version informations.
  • The Activation group contains the Software Activation and the Printer Activation controls, used to enter activation codes for either the software or a given device.
  • The Licence group contains a link to the PlanetPress Capture License Management.