Index

A

• additional interactivity
  • adding / Additional interactivity
  • interactive checkbox / Interactive checkbox
  • text row, adding / Even more interactivity
  • popup form, adding / Even more interactivity
• additional tips
  • Lorem ipsum / Lorem ipsum
  • Sketch it! / Sketch it!
  • Auto-Size / Auto-Size
• Adobe Air
  • about / What is Adobe Air?
• align tool
  • about / Align tool
• A List Apart
  • URL / Usability websites
• Application Bar, Balsamiq application window
  • about / Application Bar
  • Quick Add tool / Quick Add
  • Tool Bar / Tool Bar
  • Show Markup / Show Markup
  • Full Screen (Presentation Mode) / Full Screen (Presentation Mode)
• Application menu, Balsamiq
  • about / Application menu
  • New Clone of Current Mockup / New Clone of Current Mockup
  • Save All / Save All
  • Close All / Close All
  • Export to PNG Image / Export to PNG Image
  • Export All Mockups to PNG / Export All Mockups to PNG
  • Export All Mockups to PDF / Export All Mockups to PDF
  • Export Image to Clipboard / Export Image to Clipboard
  • Export Mockup XML / Export Mockup XML
  • Import Mockup XML / Import Mockup XML
• application window, Balsamiq
  • about / Application view
  • Application Bar / Application Bar
  • UI Library / UI Library
  • canvas / Canvas
  • File Browser / File Browser
• Ask the Community button
  • about / Ask the community
• Auto-Size
  • about / Auto-Size

B

• Balsamiq
  • about / What is Balsamiq?, Further reading
  • features / What is Balsamiq?
  • installing / Installing Balsamiq
  • trial, versus paid version / Trial versus paid version
  • application / The application
  • Application menu / Application menu
  • application view / Application view
  • Property Inspector / Property Inspector
  • project files / The project files
  • files, organizing / Organizing your Balsamiq files
  • symbols / What are symbols?
  • data tables / Data tables
  • data, formatting / Formatting data
  • data, deciphering / Deciphering the data
  • data table tips / Data table tips
  • icons, exploring / Exploring icons
  • icons, importing / Importing icons
  • Icon Library / The Icon Library
  • images / Images
  • text, working with / Text usage and formatting
  • formatting tools / Text usage and formatting
  • additional tips / Additional tips
  • prototyping / Prototyping
  • pages, linking / Linking pages
  • additional interactivity / Additional interactivity
  • Markup widgets / Markup widgets
  • exporting functionality / Exporting for Presentation
  • XML / XML in Balsamiq
  • keyboard shortcuts / Keyboard shortcuts
  • third party extensions / Third-party extensions
  • books / Books
  • usability websites / Usability websites
  • tip / One final tip
• Balsamiq blog
  • about / Balsamiq blog
  • URL / Balsamiq blog
• Balsamiq files
  • organizing / Organizing your Balsamiq files
  • naming / Naming your files
  • naming, alphabetically / Alphabetically
  • numbering / Numbering
• Balsamiq installation
  • about / Installing Balsamiq, Installation
  • system requisites / System requirements
• Balsamiq Mockups
  • versus, myBalsamiq / Balsamiq Mockups versus myBalsamiq
• Balsamiq support
  • about / Balsamiq support
  • URL / Balsamiq support
  • Record a Screenshot button / Record a Screencast
  • Ask the Community button / Ask the community
  • Create a new topic button / Ask the community
• Bring Forward tool / Layering
• Bring to Front tool / Layering

C

• canvas, Balsamiq application window
  • about / Canvas
• close all, file menu
  • about / Close All

D

• data
  • formatting / Formatting data
  • deciphering / Deciphering the data
  • columns, creating / Columns and rows: A closer look
  • columns, removing / Columns and rows: A closer look
  • grid form elements / Grid form elements
  • width, controlling / Width and alignment controls
  • text alignment, controlling / Width and alignment controls
• data table
  • in wireframe project / Wireframe project revisited
  • fornatting / Formatting: Readability is usability
  • data, keeping manageable / Learn more/see more
  • data, keeping readable / Learn more/see more
  • table columns, padding / Padding table columns
  • text, aligning / Aligning text
  • maximum column width / Maximum column width
  • Mac and PC compatibility issues / Mac and PC compatibility issues
• data tables
  • building / Data tables
• data table tips
  • about / Data table tips
  • table row, highlighting / Highlighting a table row
  • scroll bar, adding / Adding a scroll bar

E

• Export All Mockups to PDF, file menu
  • about / Export All Mockups to PDF
• Export All Mockups to PNG, file menu
  • about / Export All Mockups to PNG
• exporting functionality
  • about / Exporting for Presentation
  • using / Exporting wireframes as XML
• Export Mockup XML, file menu
  • about / Export Mockup XML
• Export to PNG Image, file menu
  • about / Export to PNG Image

F

• File Browser, Balsamiq application window
  • about / File Browser
  • options / File Browser
• Full Screen (Presentation Mode)
  • about / Full Screen (Presentation Mode)

I

• Icon Library
  • about / The Icon Library
• icons
  • explroing / Exploring icons
  • importing / Importing icons
• images
  • about / Images
  • Load Image window / The Load Image window
  • copying, to project assets / Copying images to project assets
  • Image not found / Image not found
  • cropping / Cropping images
• image widgets
  • about / Images
• Import Mockup XML, file menu
  • about / Import Mockup XML
• installation
  • Balsamiq / Installing Balsamiq

K

• keyboard shortcuts
  • about / Keyboard shortcuts
  • URL / Keyboard shortcuts

L

• layering
  • about / Layering
• layers
  • rearranging / Layering
• linked pages
  • presentation mode / Presentation mode
• link types, presentation mode
  • invisible links / Link types
  • visible links / Link types
• LiveMockups
  • about / LiveMockups
  • URL / LiveMockups
• Lorem ipsum
  • about / Lorem ipsum
  • URL / Lorem ipsum

M

• Mac and PC compatibility issues, data table / Mac and PC compatibility issues
• markup
  • about / Markup widgets
  • adding, to wireframe / Markup widgets
• Markup widgets
  • about / Markup widgets
• master page
  • about / Symbols as a master page
• Mockups2Android application / Reality Mechanic
• MockupsToGo
  • URL / MockupsToGo
  • about / MockupsToGo

N

• Napkee
  • URL / Exporting wireframes as XML, Napkee
  • about / Napkee
• New Clone of Current Mockup, file menu
  • about / New Clone of Current Mockup

P

• pages
  • linking / Linking pages
• presentation mode, linked pages
  • link types / Link types
  • toggling / Link types
  • Show Markup / The other two icons
  • Edit this mockup / The other two icons
• project
  • building / The project, So what are we building?
  • UI Library / The UI Library revisited
  • widget, adding / Adding a widget
  • Video Player widget, adding / Adding a widget
  • Video Player widget, positioning / Alignment
  • layering / Layering
  • layers, grouping / Grouping layers
  • implementing / Putting it all together
  • design and layout / Before we begin: A brief word about design and layout
  • Rectangle/Canvas/Panel / Rectangle/Canvas/Panel
  • text, adding / Adding text
  • images, adding / Images
  • align tool / Align tool
  • body copy / The body copy
• project files
  • about / The project files
  • downloading / The project files
• project management tools
  • about / Project management
• Property Inspector
  • about / Property Inspector
• prototyping
  • about / Prototyping
  • symbols, revisiting / Symbols revisited

R

• Reality Mechanic
  • about / Reality Mechanic
  • URL / Reality Mechanic
• Record a Screenshot button
  • about / Record a Screencast
• Rectangle/Canvas/Panel
  • about / Rectangle/Canvas/Panel

S

• save all, file menu
  • about / Save All
• saved symbols
  • locating / Location of the saved symbols
• Send Backward tool / Layering
• Send to Back tool / Layering
• Sketch it!
  • about / Sketch it!
• symbol library
  • creating / Creating a symbol library
• symbols
  • about / What are symbols?
  • creating / Creating a symbol, Creating a new symbol
  • as master page / Symbols as a master page
  • modifying / Modifying a symbol
  • deleting / Deleting a symbol
  • deleting, page by page / Page by page
  • deleting, all pages / All pages
  • header symbol, adding to wireframe project / Revisiting the wireframe project
  • adding, to multiple pages / Adding symbols to multiple pages
  • copying / Copying and pasting the symbol
  • pasting / Copying and pasting the symbol
  • dragging / Dragging the symbol
  • double-clicking / Double-clicking on the symbol
  • text, adding / Adding some text
  • footer, adding to pages / Adding the footer to all pages
  • adding, to project / Adding the symbol to your project
  • sharing / Sharing symbols
  • sharing, project by project / Project by project
  • sharing, across multiple projects / All projects
• symbols, modifying
  • about / Modifying a symbol
  • page-by-page basis / Page by page
  • all pages / All pages
  • additional ways / Additional ways to edit a symbol
  • Break Apart button / Break Apart
  • Edit Source button / Edit Source
  • Project Assets section / Project Assets
  • reverting to saved feature / Reverting to saved
• Symbols.bmml
  • about / Symbols.bmml

T

• text
  • formatting styles, combining / Combining formatting styles
  • single line text, versus paragraph / Single line text versus paragraph
• text formatting
  • about / Text usage and formatting
• text tools
  • about / Additional text tools
• third party extensions
  • about / Third-party extensions
  • Napkee / Napkee
  • MockupsToGo / MockupsToGo
  • Reality Mechanic / Reality Mechanic
  • LiveMockups / LiveMockups
  • Wirify / Wirify by Volkside
  • project management tools / Project management

U

• UI Library, Balsamiq application window
  • about / UI Library
  • using / UI Library
• usability websites
  • about / Usability websites
• User Experience Community
  • URL / Usability websites

W

• wireframe project
  • symbols, adding / Revisiting the wireframe project
• wireframe project, revising
  • action bar / Action Bar
  • data table / Data table
  • paging / Paging
• wireframes
  • exporting, to PDF / Exporting to PDF
  • exporting, to PNG / Exporting to PNG
  • single page, exporting to PNG / Exporting a single page to PNG
  • individual elements, exporting to PNG / Exporting individual elements to PNG
  • entire project, exporting to PNG / Exporting an entire project to PNG
  • image, exporting to clipboard / Exporting an image to the clipboard
• Wirify
  • about / Wirify by Volkside
  • URL / Wirify by Volkside

X

• XML
  • about / XML in Balsamiq
  • exporting / Exporting wireframes as XML
  • importing / Importing XML