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The tool bar provides fast access to the major functions of TreeGraph 2. Alternatively many functions can also be accessed the context menu or a keyboard shortcut. The main menu allows access to all functions.

This article describes this feature for the latest version of TreeGraph 2. For older versions the following articles are available:
Tool bar (until 2.0.23)

File functions

File functions are related to opening and saving of tree and graphic files.

Option:	Function:
New	Creates a new (unsaved) tree document and opens it in the editor.
Open	Displays a dialog to open a tree file. This option can either be used to open a TreeGraph 2-document (*.xtg) or to import a document in another tree format (e.g. Nexus). (See Open files for details.)
Save	Saves the tree file which is currently focused. If this file has just been created you will be asked to specify a file name (same as Save as..).
Show PDF	Exports the document with the default resolution to a PDF-file in a temporary directory and opens it with the systems default editor. This function can be used to quicklly print a document from the PDF-viewer. (You can alternatively use the Exporting trees as graphics-function.) This option was not available before version 2.0.24.

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Edit functions

Edit functions are functions to manipulate the structure of a TreeGraph document like adding, deleting, moving document elements or changing the contents of any node/branch data.

Option:	Function:
Undo	Restores the state the document had before the last operation (e.g. the change of a format or the deletion of a document element) was executed on it.
Redo	Restores the state the document had before the last undo operation was performed (only possible if the last operation was Undo).
Copy	Copies the currently selected element to the clipboard. (See Copying/cutting document elements for details.)
Cut	Copies the currently selected element to the clipboard and removes it from the document. (See Copying/cutting document elements for details.)
Paste	Inserts the content of the clipboard at the selected position. (See Copying/cutting document elements for details.)
Delete	Removes the currently selected elements including their subtrees. (See Copying/cutting document elements for details. Use Collapse node if you want to remove a node without deleting its subtree.)
Move subtree up	Moves the currently selected node (including its subtree) upwards. (See Moving nodes for details.)
Move subtree down	Moves the currently selected node (including its subtree) downwards. (See Moving nodes for details.)

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Format functions

This buttons provide direct access to the document formats.

Option:	Function:
Document formats	Displays a dialog to change the document formats (e.g. leaf margin).
Show rooted	Shows or hides the root branch. (This button is a short cut for the Show rooted-option in the Document formats-dialog.
Show scale bar	Shows or hides the scale bar. (This button is a short cut for the Show scale bar-option in the Document formats-dialog.

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View functions

Options contained here allow you to change the view on the tree document.

Option:	Function:
Zoom to original size	Displays the tree in original size. (See Zoom for details.)
Fit zoom to width and height	The zoom is changed so that the document fits to the current size of the window. (See Zoom for details.)
Fit zoom to width	The zoom is changed so that the tree width equals the current width of the window. (See Zoom for details.)
Rectangular cladogram	Changes the view mode to Rectangular cladogram (See View modes for details.)
Phylogram/Chronogram	Changes the view mode to Phylogram/Chronogram (See View modes for details.)

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Window functions

Allows you to directly navigate through the currently opened documents. (The window menu also contains a complete list of all opened documents.)

Option:	Function:
Previous document	Brings the window which displays the previous document to the front.
Next document	Brings the window which displays the next document to the front.