This dialog box selects the parameters for the document to be created. Characteristics of the pages which make up a document are defined in this dialog box, but they may also be modified individually from the 'Page modification' dialog box.

Screen shot: New document dialog box

Left portion of the dialog box:

• The text field at the top of the box modifies the document name. "Untitled X"" is the default name, where X is a number. If a document's name is changed, Xclamation automatically uses the new name as a default filename when saving. If a filename is not established upon the document's creation, it will be named when first saved. Document names are limited to 31 characters.
   
• The number of pages to be created is chosen in the "Number of pages" text field. If the "Double Page" button is engaged, the number of pages listed corresponds to half the total number of doubled pages, in other words, a single page is counted as a front and back.
   
• The orientation of pages to be created is selected in the "Orientation section". The buttons have two positions:
   
  1. The "Portrait" button displays pages on end, with the longest side positioned vertically.
      
  2. The "Landscape" button displays pages on their side, with the longest side positioned horizontally.
      
• The roll-down "Page Format" menu chooses page formats from a list of frequently used formats. Select "Other" to choose non-standard page sizes.
   
• The width and length of pages are defined in the two "Size" text fields. Both values are expressed in centimeters and must be set between 1(cm) and 300(cm).
   

Right portion of the dialog box:

• The "Front/Back" button creates double-sided pages. These alternate between left and right hand pages, beginning with a page on the right. A left-hand page will be displayed with a shadow on its left, and a right-hand page with a shadow on its right.
   
• The "Double Page" button creates double pages. They are displayed as two pages next to one another, divided by their mutual vertical border.

  Note: If front/back and double page modes are activated at the same time, the document will be laid out in magazine style: the first page on the right, the following pages doubled, and the last page on the left. There must be an even number of pages for the final page to end up on the left.

  
   

• The "Margins" section defines magnetic margins on each page to be created. Margins are displayed with a horizontal or vertical blue line. There are four margins to be defined:
   
  1. The "Top" text field defines the size of the top margin. Its value is expressed in centimeters and must be set between 0(cm) and 150(cm).
      
  2. The "Inside" text field defines the size of the inside margin. On a left-hand page the inside margin corresponds to the right margin, and on a right-hand page it corresponds to the left margin. Its value is expressed in centimeters and must be set between 0(cm) and 150(cm).
      
  3. The "Bottom" text field defines the size of the bottom margin. Its value is expressed in centimeters and must be set between 0(cm) and 150(cm).
      
  4. The "Outside" text field defines the size of the outside margin. On a left-hand page the outside margin is on the left, and on a right-hand page it's on the right. It's value is expressed in centimeters and must be set between 0(cm) and 150(cm).
      
• The "Areas" section adds magnetic lines to the pages being created. The four text fields in this section define how space inside the margins will be evenly distributed:
   
  1. The "Columns" text field sets the number of vertical sections that will divide space within the margins. This value must be set between 1 and 100.
      
  2. On the same line, the "Gutter" text field defines the space separating columns. It's value is expressed in centimeters and must be set between 0(cm) and 20(cm). If two columns with a gutter value of 0(cm) are specified, a single vertical magnetic blue line will appear in the center of each page. In the same context if a gutter value of 1(cm) were specified, two vertical magnetic blue lines would appear, positioned symmetrically with respect to the center of the page and separated by a space 1(cm) wide.
      
  3. The "Rows" text field defines the number of horizontal sections that will divide space within the margins. This value must be set between 1 and 100.
      
  4. The "Gutter" text field defines the space separating two rows. This value is expressed in centimeters and must be set between 0(cm) and 20(cm). If two rows and a gutter value of 0(cm) are specified, a single horizontal magnetic blue line will appear in the center of each page. In the same context if a gutter value of 1(cm) were specified, two horizontal magnetic blue lines would appear, positioned symmetrically with respect to the center of the page and separated by a space 1(cm) in height.
      

Lower portion of the dialog box:

• "Ok" confirms the choices made, closes the dialog box and creates a document with the specified characteristics.
   
• "Open..." closes the dialog box without creating the document and opens the 'Open document' file selector.
   
• "Cancel" closes the dialog box without creating the document.