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Michiel van der Wulp edited this page Oct 14, 2015 · 2 revisions

Here is a list of Frequently asked questions related to Pencil.

General

Where is the main source of information about this project?

If you want more information about this wonderful wireframing & GUI tool, visit its web site https://github.com/prikhi/pencil

How can I zoom the screen?

Use CTRL + mouse scroll wheel

How do I export to PNG keeping the name of the tab?

If you are using a space in your page/tab title, it will be replaced by an underscore ''

How to write down a description for each page so that the ideas and design decisions can be shared and iterated upon?

use the page note functionality for that.

1.Right click on the page tab - http://db.tt/DCOrfyl4

2.Select Edit page note - http://db.tt/A9rAS7rT

3.Write down your ideas and design decisions to share - http://db.tt/ObDJXBde

This description will be include in your exported documentation.

Where can we download more collections for pencil ?

The first place is the web site of the Pencil project: http://pencil.evolus.vn/en-US/Downloads/Stencils.aspx

You could find a lot of collections shared by the community, simply dig in the old messages of this group (I find a lot myself) You could also find some of them in the download section of the repository of the Pencil project.: http://code.google.com/p/evoluspencil/downloads/list

I want to export my sketches to a pdf. Some discussion here said a template is needed. What template? where can I install one? where can I find any instruction about this?

There is a page on the project's wiki that explain how to use templates:

http://code.google.com/p/evoluspencil/wiki/UsingTemplates

In the table (Basic Web elements) I cannot add more than 3 lines. Any suggestions?

To add more lines you should use shift+enter and to separate columns, use the | character.

How to link 2 pages?

  1. create Page1 and Page2

  2. In Page1 create an HyperLink which links to Page2

  3. Export the project using the HTML template.

  4. Open exported version, pages are linked magically ;-)

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