Drawing Styles

    Drawing parameters can be collectively set by applying a style. MarvinSketch provides a built-in default style (ChemAxon style), which includes a small set of journal styles based on drawing parameters of some well-known scientific publications.

    Additionally, MarvinSketch stores newly created user-defined journal styles.

    Drawing Styles in MarvinSketch

    The following pre-defined styles are available in MarvinSketch:

    • ACS
    • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
    • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
    • Elsevier
    • European Journal of Organic Chemistry
    • Helvetica Chimica Acta
    • Royal Society of Chemistry
    • Small
    • Synlett
    • Synthesis
    • Tetrahedron

    Loading a Style

    1. Open the Document Style Settings dialog by selecting File > Document Style > Settings.
    2. Choose from the available styles by using the Journal style preset drop-down list.
    3. Click OK. The chosen style is applied to the whole document.

    Restoring Default Settings

    1. Open the Document Style Settings dialog by selecting File > Document Style > Settings.
    2. Click the Restore to defaults button.
    3. Click OK.

    Applying Drawing Parameters

    1. Open the Document Style Settings dialog by selecting File > Document Style > Settings.
    2. Set parameters in the Font Settings and the Size Settings pane.
    3. Click OK. The chosen parameters will be applied for the whole document.

    Creating/Saving a New Style

    1. Open the Document Style Settings dialog by selecting File > Document Style > Settings.
    2. Select Custom from the Journal style preset drop-down list.
    3. Set the drawing properties.
    4. Click Set style name.
    5. Type a name for the new style in the Save Style dialog.
    6. Click OK.

    {info} Existing styles cannot be overwritten in the Save Style dialog.

    Saved files are stored under the chemaxon/journal_styles/ directory of your home directory. A style file can be added to the chemaxon/marvin/journal_styles directory under the Marvin installation directory. This new style file has to be listed in chemaxon/marvin/styles/styleFileList.properties.

    The new style files are copied to the chemaxon/journal_styles/ library in your home directory and appear in the drop-down list of the Journal style pane.