Wookbooks and Individual .gx Files

Workbooks and Individual .gx Files

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Workbooks are a handy way of putting lessons together.

  • You can make a workbook by opening new tabs (File / New).
  • You can Open .gx files that you have already created to make them part of your workbook.
  • You can create pages from a combination of the above.

page tabs 

When all of the pages are together on the page tab bar, select Save Workbook (As) from the file menu.

warning  Note:  saving the workbook does NOT update any of the individual .gx files displayed in the workbook, since the workbook file is an entirely separate file (.gxw).  If you want to keep the individual .gx file up to date with the workbook page, you must use the regular File / Save for each page / file. But, if you forget, you can always save it from the workbook at any time.

Likewise, saving an individual page, File / Save, of an open workbook does NOT update the workbook file (.gxw).  However, if you forget to save the workbook, but save a page (.gx), you can always open the .gx file again from your open workbook file and resave the workbook.

If you don't want to keep individual copies of all your workbook pages, then you just have to remember to use the Save Workbook file selection.

However, to give the workbook pages custom names (instead of unnamed7.gx), you must save the individual page (for example, Lesson 1 Ellipse.gx) at least once. After the first time, you don't need to continue to save the .gx file.

Only one workbook file can be open at a time.  If you open a workbook file while other individual files or another workbook file is open, they will be closed, after, of course, prompting you to save them if you have made changes.