The PADS4 Designer application allows you to work on multiple presentations at the same time. Each presentation is displayed in a separate window, and you can arrange these windows to suit your workflow.

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Opening Additional Presentations

To open a new presentation in a separate window:

  1. Click New Presentation or Open on the File menu.

If you started PADS4 Designer and have an unused blank presentation open:

  • Click New Window in the Windows section of the View menu to open an additional presentation in a new window.

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Switching Between Presentations

To switch between open presentations:

  1. Click Switch Windows in the Windows section of the View menu.
  2. Select the presentation you want to switch to from the list.

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Arranging Presentation Windows

You can arrange multiple presentations in tab groups to view them side by side — either horizontally or vertically.

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To Place a Presentation in a New Tab Group:

  1. Click New Tab Group in the Windows section of the View menu.
  2. Select either New Horizontal Tab Group or New Vertical Tab Group, depending on your preference.

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To Move a Presentation to Another Tab Group:

  1. Click Move to in the Windows section of the View menu.
  2. Choose Move to Previous Tab Group or Move to Next Tab Group.

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Tip for Efficient Design

Having multiple presentations open side by side is very useful when you want to copy page elements between them:

  • Select the elements you want to copy.
  • Use Copy from the Clipboard section of the Home menu.
  • Switch to another presentation.
  • Use Paste from the same Clipboard section.

This workflow makes it easy to reuse content between presentations.

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Additional Remarks

  • The ribbon bar and toolbox will always apply to the active presentation window (the one currently in focus).
  • You can also right-click the tab area of a presentation window to access arranging options via a context menu.
  • Close unused presentations to maintain optimal performance in PADS4 Designer.
  • To close all other presentations except the current one:
    Right-click the tab area and choose Close All But This from the context menu.