Manage Views Editor

You can specify how to display documents on mobile devices by using Mobile Views. Mobile Views allow you to quickly and easily determine how the elements of a document are displayed when the user rotates the mobile device. Mobile Views also allow you to design documents to accommodate mobile devices with different screen sizes, such as the iPhone and iPad.

Steps are below to:

To define a Mobile View in a document

  1. Open the document in Design or Editable Mode.

  2. From the Tools menu, select Manage Views. The Manage Views Editor opens.

    Note: A default Mobile View is automatically displayed in the list of Mobile Views, and cannot be deleted.

  3. Click the Duplicate icon next to an existing Mobile View. A new Mobile View is automatically created.

  4. In the Name field, type a name for the new Mobile View.

  5. Under the Resolution column, specify the height and width of the mobile device screen on which you want to display the Mobile View, as follows:

    1. In the first field, type the width, in pixels, of the device screen.

    2. In the second field, type the height, in pixels, of the device screen.

  6. You can specify whether the Mobile View is designed to be displayed on a mobile device when the device is held vertically or horizontally. From the Orientation drop-down list, select one of the following:

  7. Repeat the appropriate steps above to define each Mobile View.

  8. You can determine which Mobile View to display in Design Mode and Editable Mode when the document is viewed in the application. Under the Current column, select the Mobile View you want to display.

  9. To delete an existing Mobile View, click the Delete icon next to the Mobile View you want to delete.

  10. You can choose to show all document controls in Design Mode in the application, regardless of whether or not they are marked as hidden. For example, you design a Mobile View to be displayed on the mobile device. The Mobile View contains several controls that will be displayed on the mobile device, as well as a grid that is marked as hidden and will not be displayed. You can choose to display all the controls in Design Mode, including the grid. Do one of the following:

  11. Click OK to save your changes and return to the document.

  12. Add controls to the document, such as text fields, images, graphs, and so on. For more information on adding controls to a document, see About creating documents. When you add a new control to the document, a message is displayed asking if you would like to make the control visible in all Mobile Views. Do one of the following:

To determine which Mobile View to display in the application

You can determine which Mobile View to display in Design Mode and Editable Mode when the document is displayed in the application, as described below.

  1. Open the document in Design or Editable Mode.

  2. From the Tools menu, select Manage Views. The Manage Views Editor opens.

  3. Under the Current column, select the Mobile View you want to display.

  4. Click OK to save your changes.  

To delete a Mobile View from a document

  1. Open the document in Design or Editable Mode.

  2. From the Tools menu, select Manage Views. The Manage Views Editor opens.

  3. To delete an existing Mobile View, click the Delete icon next to the Mobile View you want to delete.

  4. Click OK to save your changes.

To hide or delete a control in a document with Mobile Views

Once you have added a Mobile View to the document, you can choose to delete individual controls entirely from the document, or hide them from display in a specific Mobile View, as described below.

  1. Open the document in Design or Editable Mode.

  2. Select the control to hide or delete.

  3. Press DELETE. A message is displayed asking you if you want to delete the control from the document. Select one of the following:

 

 

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