Viewing Pages

"Pages" in Solar Fire are viewable pages that can show one or more charts and other astrological data in ways that are not possible from any of the other display options in Solar Fire. Pages all start off as a blank page that information has been added to. This can be a small or large amount of information, and it can be arranged in a free-form way to be however is wanted. Being so customizable pages are therefore very flexible. For example, a page may display a single wheel in a non-standard scaling and positioning, or may display multiple wheels, grids or tabulations on a single page.

Solar Fire also comes pre-supplied with a variety of pages already made up for you, and you can use these pages immediately. You can also change the appearance of these pages, or if you prefer you can create your own pages - either by editing a copy of one of the pre-supplied pages, or creating pages of your own from scratch.

See the advanced topic Editing a Page Design File to see how to create and edit pages, and what information can be used to create a page.

>> To view any page

From the Main Screen...

•Select the Page Topic Index option from the View menu.

This will display the Page Selection by Topic dialog box, listing all available page layout files categorized by topic. If you select a page layout file that displays the same number of charts as are already selected in the list of "Calculated Charts", then it will display that page immediately, using the currently selected charts. Otherwise the "Chart Selection" screen will be displayed, which allows the charts to be selected prior to viewing the page.

From the "View Chart" window...

•Select the Pages button (or make a right hand mouse button click over the list of images at the top right of the screen).

This will display the “Page Selection by Topic” dialog box, listing all page layout files that use the same number of charts as the currently displayed page type. When you have chosen a page, you have the option of selecting the View button to preview the new page without creating a new image, or selecting the OK button to create a new image and close the "Page Selection" dialog.

>> To view any of the four most recently viewed page types

From the Main Screen...

•Select the name of the required page from the list in the View menu underneath the User Defined Page option.

This list is empty the first time you run Solar Fire, but is updated each time you view a user-defined page, and is retained from one session on Solar Fire to the next.

You may change the appearance of any existing pages, and new pages may be created from scratch. See Editing a Page Design File for more information.