How To: Create your first slate
UPDATE: For the quickest introduction, watch this 4-minute video to see how to build your first slate.
Once you login, you'll land on the canvas where an initial node already exists. You will never need to save you slate because all your edits are automatically saved. Hover over the node, and you'll find four icons:
Click the icon to create a free-standing node and you'll see this:
Click the icon 2 times to create a connected node and you'll see this:
When creating new nodes or double clicking, you'll see the text-editor appear at the bottom of the canvas:
When you click the node properties icon, you will get this menu:
The four toolbar icons are explained below
Click AND hold the plug icon, then drag it onto other nodes to create associations
Click the delete button to remove the node
Click the edit icon to change the node's text
Click the magnifying glass icon to embed an image in the node
Once clicked, you'll be able to search with the menu that appears below
In addition to the working on the node, you can navigate around the slate in two easy ways:
1 Zoom in and out using the slider on the canvas
2 Move quickly around the node using the birdseye view in the upper-right
