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Single column view
12014-10-01T16:38:33-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa63732961A screenshot of Scalar's single column view.plain2014-10-01T16:38:33-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
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12014-10-01T16:38:34-07:00Selecting a Page's Default View1Determining the default appearance of a page.text2014-10-01T16:38:34-07:00
This section describes functionality in Scalar's page editor, which is accessed by clicking the "New" button (if creating new content) or the "Edit" button (if editing existing content) at the bottom of the page.
Immediately below the text editor is a drop-down menu for selecting the default view for the page. Any given page in Scalar can be rendered in a variety of ways; these are called views. Every page has a default view that determines what the user sees when they first arrive at the page. The most commonly used views can be thought of as layout templates; they govern the relationship between text and media. Other views try to visualize the relationship of the current page to other pages in the book, and still others are purely utilitarian. Let's explore each of the default view options in turn.
Single column. Displays only the text of the page in a single column; all Scalar media links are ignored.
