Legend content and format

Filter Legend content (by folder and visibility)

On the Filter page:

• Set which Keynotes to display: all Keynotes, or just Keynotes visible on the drawings
• Set which folders should have their content displayed (or choose All folders)

     

Show data about conflicting Keynotes

If Legend content includes Keynotes with conflicting data (this may occur with hotlinked elements): Check this box to display info about the conflicting data. Otherwise, the Legend will just display a Key, without any other information.

See also Keynotes in hotlinks .

Order of rows

Choose the order in which to list Keynotes in the Legend:

• Alphabetical (based on the first field in the row)
• As in Keynotes palette

Number of columns

On the Select fields page:

• Click to define the number of columns in the Legend (e.g. “2 Columns”)

  
  
  

Select Keynote fields to display

On the Select Fields page:

Use the pop-ups to set which Keynote data to show in each column of the Legend. (For example, if you selected “2 Columns”, then you can choose two Keynote data here, e.g. Key in the first column and Description in the second.)

Select Folder fields to display

The Legend can display folder data as well as the Keynotes themselves. On the Select Fields page:

Check Display folder data.

Then set which folder data to show in each column of the Legend (e.g. folder Key in the first column and folder title in the second).

Merge data items

You can merge the data and formatting of adjacent fields.

Here it is worth merging the first two keynote fields (Key and Title):

To merge these data: On the Select Fields page of Legend Object Settings, click the Merge button between the two fields.

Separator for merged fields

If the Legend has merged fields (such as Key plus Title), you can set any separator between them.

For example, put a line break between merged Keynote data and a space between merged folder data.

Align data in column

Set preferred text alignment for each column of the Legend (left, center, right).

The entire column gets a uniform alignment.

Display borders and separators

On the Table format page:

• Add border and separator lines for the Legend table (click the icons to turn them on or off)
• Set line types and colors for the border and separator lines
• In the Legend, drag the lines as needed

Display background fill

If you like, set off the Keynote and/or Folder data fields with background fills.

Divide into horizontal units

If the Legend is too long, you can subdivide the table rows into horizontal units.

On the Table format page:

Use the Units pop-up to divide the Keynote legend into equal units, or units of a fixed size.

To further customize the result, edit the Keynote units graphically on the Layout.

Format text

Use the Keynotes format and Folders format pages.

For example:

• Offset the Keynote text or folder text from the Legend frame
• Set text alignment
• Use separate text formats for particular data, such as “Key” or  “Reference”