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Slides from an OmniGraffle tutorial I ran for the Viget PM group.
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1. Basic Concepts2. Tools3. Demo Time
InspectorMain Window Stencils
Tools, grouped into useful and less useful
Click once to use the tool once, or click twice to make it sticky.
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Canvases, aka “Pages”
Layers, kinda like Photoshop
The little pencil tells us which layer we’re editing
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Layers
Layer 1:Page Content
Layer 2:Page Chrome Wireframe
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Shared layers, they let you share UI pieces
across many canvases
You can’t convert shared layers to normal layers, or normal layers to shared layers
But you can easily add and remove shared layers to a canvas
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Shared Layers
Article & Sidebar Article Gallery & Sidebar
Shared Layers
Article & Sidebar Article Gallery & Sidebar
Shape ToolYou can change shapes in the inspectorYou can deform shapes by making the points editable (go to Edit → Shapes)You can combine and subtract shapes (go to Edit → Shapes)
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Line ToolIt makes lines, and arrows
Text ToolWhy would you default to centered?!5px default padding
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Magnet ToolLets you create and move anchors that lines and arrows attach to
Magnet Tool
No Magnets My Shape Magnets
Zoom ToolZoom in on the canvas (duh)
Drag ToolMove the canvas around when you’re zoomed inPress the spacebar at any time to switch to the drag tool
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Search Search for stencilsSearch Graffletopia
Stencil Folders
Stencils
Stencil Elements
Drag and drop elements on to
your canvasElements only have
one “mode,” to make different
states, you need different elements
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Canvas Options and Tools
Change tool options
Double click on a tab to keep more than one tab
open at once!
Object Properties
Add actions to objects to make them clickable!
Document Properties
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Demo Time
Why I ♥ OmniGraffleDocuments look good
Good layout controls and guidesKeyboard controls
Good multiple document supportShared canvases