 | Aibase documents contain smart content called objects. |
| | | - | Objects can be text, images, image-text combinations, tables, panels, connectors, rulers and shapes. All objects can be placed freely or assembled in an easy and playful manner. The (printable) document canvas can have a side length of 1 km. | | - | Many objects can be assembled into trees, can be dropped into table cells, can be placed on panels or can be visually connected to build diagrams like concept maps, mind maps, flowcharts and organization charts. | | - | A panel can also show a calendar interval. Local times of different time zones can be compared. | | - | Objects can be grouped to form a new image, which is an object again. | | - | An image can show a whole Aibase document - the same document (which could act as reusable graphics-symbol) can be shown at many places (by many images). | | - | An image can not only show a still image, but can contain a slide show controlled by time. Each slide can show a whole Aibase document. A slide show can also be exported as gif animation. | | - | Shapes can be free-form, can contain holes and can be rotated. Editing with bezier handles: | | | | | - | Each object has an attached note containing text and canvas.
Simply select an object in the main view and start to write in the note view!
Aibase shows a document in a twin-view (like Windows Explorer): | | | | | - | Many objects (text, images, tables, panels, connectors) can have links to other documents. | | - | Links can also start other programs. | | - | Many objects (text, images, tables, panels) can be connected by lines, called connectors.
Connectors can have a label and arrows, and they automatically follow when objects are moved. Editing a step connector is really fun: | | | | | - | Text can contain multiple styles, links, equations and symbols. Screenshot from an Aibase text: | | | | | - | For editing equations you need the MS Equation Editor (that comes with MS Word) or MathType. These equations can even contain matrices and can be easily exchanged with MS Word. |
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| Trees (outlines) deserve a special attention in respect to their common use |
| | | - | Trees can contain text, images, tables, panels, bullets and numbering, ticks.
See large screenshot of trees | | - | Trees or sub-trees can be collapsed. | | - | Trees don't need to be small, they can represent whole documents (headings and paragraphs). | | - | By drag and drop you can insert items, tables or panels into trees, or change the order. | | - | Trees can also be built and changed by using the keyboard alone. | | - | You can copy any sub-tree to the clipboard by simply pressing the C-key. | | - | See also: Seeing the information trees |
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| Many operations are done by pressing only a single! key, e.g. |
| | | - | Navigation to other documents: F2 (Forward to), R (Recent), T (Top), A (All) | | - | C (Copy), X (Cut), V (Paste), + (Upsize), - (Downsize) | | - | F2 on linkless object (Create link and new document) |
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| Automatic document creation and deletion |
| | | - | A new document is automatically created when you select a linkless object and press F2. The new document title is equal to the link text and you don't have to care about filenames. | | - | A document is automatically deleted when the document has no use ( when it has neither link access nor user-content. ) This mechanism works in the background for you, you never have to care about it. |
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| Each document holds a pre-document history |
| | | - | In most cases you go into a document by using a link. Each document holds a history of documents that were used for access. If you call the pre-documents dialog, then a list of pre-documents is shown for the currently viewed document. In this dialog you can simply choose a pre-document and go into it. |
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| Auto-synchronizing between link-text and document title |
| | | - | This synchronization is a very important method for efficiency in large information spaces. It ensures that you get what you see (you see the link, and you get a linked document with the shown title ). | | - | With this synchronization you see the document title much more often than you would see otherwise. This motivates users to categorize (structure) more precisely and will result in a more robust information space. It is beneficial for own memorization and creativity. |
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| Maximal screen space for document content |
| | | - | Aibase provides an efficient toolbar at the top. There is no separate menu bar which could reduce the visible document height. You get quickly more functionality by context menus and using the keyboard. | | - | Aibase is very usable on notebooks and subnotebooks. |
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| Document library ... |
| Customizable concept for colors and symbols ... |
| Scalable printing (fit document into x pages) |
| RTF exchange with MS Word via clipboard |
| | | - | By copy and paste, Aibase can exchange data with MS Word, MS Wordpad, StarOffice, OpenOffice and other applications that understand RTF (Rich Text Format). | | - | In this way you can also export numbered outlines, tables and equations to MS Word. |
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| Import (SVG, WMF, EMF, pixel) and Export (HTML, SVG, pixel) |
| | | - | This whole website (HTML) itself was exported by Aibase with a single click. It's a domain of Aibase documents; you can see the Aibase document for this page in Aibase help. | | - | SVG is an image standard (XML) for use in computers, PDAs, and mobile phones. |
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