![]() To associate a single document with Bean, right click or ctrl-click the document in the Finder to show the context menu, then press the option key to reveal the Always Open With… menu item. Then, click the 'Change All.' button and OK the change. Next, in the Finder's menu bar, select Find > Get Info, then Open with: Bean. In the Finder, select a file of the type you're interested in. How do I associate a file type (.rtf, etc.) with Bean so that it always opens in Bean when I double-click on a document's icon in the Finder? ![]() Note that document files that are locked (with File > Get Info… > Locked in the FInder) will also open in Bean as untitled documents. The document will then reopen in Bean as an untitled copy of the original.ĭocuments in the Templates folder, when opened using the File > Open Template… command, will open as untitled documents. It will be saved to the Templates folder (which is located at /Users//Library/Application Support/Bean/Templates). Supply a name for the template file when prompted. To create a document template from the current document, select File > Make Template. How do I create a reusable 'template' document? A file does not need to be in the /Users//Library/Application Support/Bean/Templates folder to be a custom new document template. You can unlock a locked file by selecting the file in the Finder, then de-select Finder > Get Info… > Locked. ![]() Note: this will ‘lock’ the file so that Bean will treat it as a template. Then click the Choose Template button and select the desired file. Select Bean Preferences > New > New document template: Custom. How do I change the 'new document' template? In the Page Setup sheet (File > Page Setup…), select Orientation: Top to Bottom or Sideways. To make an envelope template document, make the address text into template text (select a line, then Insert > Template Text > Template Text Markers), then make the envelope document into a template document (File > Make Template). You may have to experiment to find the best way to insert the envelope into the printer.Įxample envelope settings in the Page Setup sheet. In the Page Setup sheet, select Orientation: Sideways (the second icon). If you wish, you can create your own envelope size by selecting Paper Size: Manage Custom Sizes…. Tip: If you have a document open in Bean and you want to examine the Folder hierarchy containing it, command-click the title in the title bar.Ĭreate a new document and change the paper size to match the envelope size you wish to print on, like so: File > Page Setup… > Paper Size: Envelope #10 (common in U.S.) or Envelope DL (common in Europe). The Apple menu is accessed by clicking the Apple icon at the extreme left of the menu bar.ģ) Click the File > Save As… menu item to see what the last folder saved to was (Bean offers to save to that folder again), and then examine that folder using the Finder. However, you will only find recently opened files in these menus. The Spotlight icon is the magnifying glass icon at the extreme right of the menu bar.Ģ) With Bean running, look under File > Open Recent or check Recent Items in the Apple menu. Spotlight will search your file system for matches. If you do not remember where the file was saved, try these things:ġ) Click the Spotlight icon and enter pertinent words from the document’s title or text in the search field. So, in short, the file is located in the folder where you saved it. Files saved in Bean are stored in the OS X file system (which is like a bunch of nested folders), not in any special database like with iPhoto or on the iPad.
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