Tree Builder Version 1.2.1 User Guide

Welcome to Tree Builder User Guide. This Guide provides you with an overview of the Tree Builder product and helps you start using the product immediately.

Getting Started

Tree Builder Environment
   Tree Builder window
   Toolbar
   Trees pane
   Grammar pane
   Comments Pane
   Drawing Canvas
   Menus

Working with Projects
   Creating a new project
   Saving a project
   Opening an existing project
   Closing a project
   Printing the contents of a project

Creating a Grammar
   Phrase structure rules
   Variables
   Lexical categories
   Lexicon

Drawing Trees
   Creating Trees in Assisted Draw mode
   Creating Trees in Free Draw mode
      Top Down Trees in Free Draw mode
      Bottom Up Trees in Free Draw mode
   Editing Trees
   Adding Symbols
   Setting up Features

Transformations
   Movements
   Editng a Movement Arrow
   Insertions
   Deletions

Working with Trees
   Adding a Tree
   Copying a Tree
   Removing a Tree
   Renaming a Tree
   Viewing a Tree
   Saving a Tree
   Printing a Tree

Formatting Trees
   Setting the Font
   Setting the Tree Layout
   Setting the Branch Format
   Highlighting Nodes

Checking Trees
   Checking a tree against the grammar
   Clearing transgressions
   Check Tree options