Create Profile

When you start the Developer for the first time in a single user environment, you are asked to create a content Profile that determines where the content Library is stored on your local computer. See the Add a Content Profile topic in the Create and Manage Profiles chapter of this manual for more information.

When you start the Developer for the first time in a multi-user environment, you are asked to create a login Profile that controls the connection to a specific content Library on a shared server. See the Create and Manage Login Profiles topic in Using the Developer in a Multi-user Environment chapter of this manual for more information.

After you create and open a Profile in either a single or multi-user environment, the Start Screen appears.

Set Primary Authoring Language 

When you start the Developer for the first time, you are asked to choose a primary authoring language that controls the default language for content that you create in the Developer (Language property). This setting also controls the language of the default template, and several default font settings for text. For example, if you choose Japanese or Chinese, the default is automatically set to a font that is capable of rendering these characters onscreen and in print.

Launch the Start Screen

When you launch the Developer, the Start Screen presents you with the following options:

• Open the Library
   
• Open an existing document
   
• Create a new module
   
• Create a new topic
   
• Import content

All of these options can also be performed using menu commands. As you become familiar with the Developer, you may want to suppress the display of the Start Screen by deselecting the Show this screen at startup checkbox. When you launch the Developer without the Start Screen, the Library automatically appears. To display the Start Screen at any time, choose the Start Screen command from the View menu.

The Start Screen also displays the last six modules that you opened in the Recent Modules section. The Library always appears when you close the Start Screen.

 Multi-user Considerations

• If you installed a multi-user version of the product, the word "Client" appears after the Program Group and Program Name.