Simple Wires Help

- Getting Started: /manual/docs/getting-started.html
- Projects Dashboard: /manual/docs/projects.html
- Sharing Projects: /manual/docs/sharing.html
- Drawings and the Start Page: /manual/docs/drawings.html
- The Drawing Editor: /manual/docs/editor.html
- Functional Blocks and Ports: /manual/docs/blocks.html
- Master Library: /manual/docs/equipment-library.html
- Warehouses: /manual/docs/warehouses.html
- Racks and Rack Panels: /manual/docs/racks.html
- Drawing Cables: /manual/docs/cables.html
- Off Sheet Pointers: /manual/docs/off-sheet-pointers.html
- Shapes, Text and Images: /manual/docs/shapes-text-images.html
- Page Setup and Drawing Settings: /manual/docs/page-setup.html
- Printing and Exporting: /manual/docs/print-export.html
- Project Data Grids: /manual/docs/project-data.html
- Signal Types: /manual/docs/signal-types.html
- Drawing Revisions: /manual/docs/revisions.html
- Teams: /manual/docs/teams.html
- Billing and Plans: /manual/docs/billing.html
- Your Account: /manual/docs/account.html
- Themes and Appearance: /manual/docs/appearance.html
- Keyboard Shortcuts: /manual/docs/keyboard-shortcuts.html
- FAQ and Troubleshooting: /manual/docs/faq.html


# Simple Wires Help

Simple Wires is a browser-based design tool for AV and broadcast systems. Draw block diagrams, rack
elevations and cable runs, and Simple Wires keeps the equipment, cable and bill-of-materials data
behind every drawing.

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New to Simple Wires? Start with [Getting Started]({{< relref "docs/getting-started" >}}). In the app, press
<kbd>F1</kbd> to open help for the screen you are on.

## Projects

- [Projects Dashboard]({{< relref "docs/projects" >}}): create, open, copy, archive and delete projects.
- [Sharing Projects]({{< relref "docs/sharing" >}}): invite people and set what they can do.
- [Drawings and the Start Page]({{< relref "docs/drawings" >}}): create, rename, copy, move and recover drawings.
- [Drawing Revisions]({{< relref "docs/revisions" >}}): go back to an earlier version of a drawing.

## Drawing

- [The Drawing Editor]({{< relref "docs/editor" >}}): menus, panes, canvas and tools.
- [Functional Blocks and Ports]({{< relref "docs/blocks" >}}): add equipment and its connections.
- [Master Library]({{< relref "docs/equipment-library" >}}): place equipment with its ports already named.
- [Warehouses]({{< relref "docs/warehouses" >}}): keep your own items, and share them with the project.
- [Racks and Rack Panels]({{< relref "docs/racks" >}}): build rack elevations.
- [Drawing Cables]({{< relref "docs/cables" >}}): connect ports and number cables.
- [Off Sheet Pointers]({{< relref "docs/off-sheet-pointers" >}}): carry cables between drawings.
- [Shapes, Text and Images]({{< relref "docs/shapes-text-images" >}}): annotate drawings.
- [Page Setup and Drawing Settings]({{< relref "docs/page-setup" >}}): page size, margins and defaults.
- [Printing and Exporting]({{< relref "docs/print-export" >}}): PDF, DWG, PNG, SVG and Excel.

## Project data

- [Project Data Grids]({{< relref "docs/project-data" >}}): equipment, cables and bill of materials.
- [Signal Types]({{< relref "docs/signal-types" >}}): cable colors and numbering.

## Account

- [Teams]({{< relref "docs/teams" >}}): members, roles and team projects.
- [Billing and Plans]({{< relref "docs/billing" >}}): plans, add-ons, payment and invoices.
- [Your Account]({{< relref "docs/account" >}}): profile, password and personal data.
- [Themes and Appearance]({{< relref "docs/appearance" >}}): choose how Simple Wires looks.

## Reference

- [Keyboard Shortcuts]({{< relref "docs/keyboard-shortcuts" >}})
- [FAQ and Troubleshooting]({{< relref "docs/faq" >}})