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Vensim Help

The View menu allows limited control over appearance and also allows you to switch to a sketch representation of the model you are working with.

As Sketch (models and Venapps only) allows you to view the model you are working with as a sketch (in the Sketch Editor).  The sketch information (stored at the bottom of the text-formatted equations) is interpreted to create the views.  Any changes you might have made to structure will also be incorporated through the addition or deletion of links as necessary.  If a model has Syntax errors, it cannot be viewed as a sketch.

Horizontal Scroll Bar shows and hides the horizontal scroll bar in the Text Editor.  Since the Text Editor is automatically scrolled when the cursor is positioned off of the screen the scroll bar is not completely necessary.

Set Font allows you to set the font in use by the editor.  This is a local change and is not recorded outside of the current instance of the Text Editor.   You can also change fonts in the tool options, or with the Options>Fonts command.

View Screen(Venapp Definitions (.vcd files) only) allows you to view the current screen as it will appear when the Venapp is run.  This is a quick way to check layout and functionality.  When you start a Venapp in this way you can move up and down between screens using the Pg Up and Pg Dn keys.  If an error occurs, you will be asked if you want to suppress further errors.