Customer Guidelines
The customer has given your manager the following guidelines for the system:
Interfaces and startup:
· The system needs to be GUI oriented and user friendly with functionality logically grouped together into sub-menus.
· When program first starts it needs to give an option to open a new document or existing document. If existing, it will show directory structure to select the file from
· An opened document (new or existing) will have the following Menus to select from: File, Font, and Paragraph
· File extension will be .abx
File Options:
There needs to be a File Menu with following sub-options:
Open – show directory structure to select the file from. If the file is a different format that .abx it will give an error and another file needs to be selected or open canceled. If there is another file already open and not saved, it will prompt to save first or cancel opening the file. The currently opened file will be closed if already saved.
New – when clicked opens a new blank document in current window. If there is another file already open and not saved, it will prompt to save first or cancel opening a new file. The currently opened file will be closed if already saved.
Save – saves the current document in current directory; if document has not been saved yet, it will show directory structure to select where to save and a filename field. The file extension will automatically be saved as .abx. File cannot be saved without selecting directory and typing in filename.
Save as – show directory structure (with current directory) to select where to save and a filename field. The file extension will automatically be saved as .abx. File cannot be saved without selecting directory and typing in filename. If file by that name already exists in current directory, a message will be given to overwrite or cancel. The cancel will bring up directory structure (with current directory) where user can type in a different filename (or change directory) or cancel out of save as.
Font Options:
There will be a font menu with following sub-options:
Font – show a list of available fonts (currently only Times New Roman and Arial). When user selects a different font, all new typed text will use that font. When user highlights text and selects font, the highlighted text will change to that font
Font Size – show a list of available font sizes (currently only8, 10, 12, 16, and 20). When user selects a different font size, all new typed text will use that font size. When user highlights text and selects font size, the highlighted text will change to that font size
Formatting: there will be three options for formatting:
Bold – When user selects bold, all new typed text will be bold. When user highlights text and selects bold and text is not already bold, the highlighted text will change to bold. If text is already bold and bold is selected, text will be un-bolded
Italic – When user selects Italic, all new typed text will be italic. When user highlights text and selects Italic and text is not already italic, the highlighted text will change to italic. If text is already italic and italic is selected, text will be un-italic
Underline – When user selects Underline, all new typed text will be underlined. When user highlights text and selects Underline and text is not already underlined, the highlighted text will change to be underlined. If text is already underlined, and Underline is selected, text will be un-underlined.
When highlighted text is a mixture of selected option (e.g. some bold and some not bold), the end result will be that selection whether bold, italic, or underlined
Paragraph
There needs to be a Paragraph Menu with following sub-options:
Alignment – By default text will be left aligned. There will be three options for alignment: left aligned, center aligned, and right aligned. When user selects Alignment option, all new typed text will be aligned based on that option. When user highlights text and selects Alignment option text will be changed to the selected alignment.
