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# Work in the app

- [User Interface](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/user-interface.md)
- [Access Designer](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/user-interface/access-designer.md)
- [Designer Canvas](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/user-interface/designer-canvas.md)
- [Diagrams View](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/user-interface/diagrams-view.md)
- [Formatting](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/formatting.md)
- [Adding Shapes](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/formatting/adding-shapes.md)
- [Replacing Shapes](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/formatting/replacing-shapes.md)
- [Formatting Shapes – Style](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/formatting/formatting-shapes-style.md)
- [Formatting Shapes – Text](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/formatting/formatting-shapes-text.md)
- [Formatting Shapes – Arrange](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/formatting/formatting-shapes-arrange.md)
- [Line Jumps](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/formatting/line-jumps.md)
- [Relationship Connection Points](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/formatting/relationship-connection-points.md)
- [Consolidate and Enlarge](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/formatting/consolidate-and-enlarge.md)
- [Highlight and Unhighlight Descendants](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/formatting/highlight-and-unhighlight-descendants.md)
- [Collapse and Expand Descendants](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/formatting/collapse-and-expand-descendants.md)
- [Diagram Operations](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/diagram-operations.md)
- [Opening Diagrams](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/diagram-operations/opening-diagrams.md)
- [Saving Diagrams](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/diagram-operations/saving-diagrams.md)
- [Exporting Diagrams](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/diagram-operations/exporting-diagrams.md)
- [Exporting Diagrams via XML](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/diagram-operations/exporting-diagrams-via-xml.md)
- [Importing Visio VSDX Files](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/diagram-operations/importing-visio-vsdx-files.md)
- [Cloning Diagrams](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/diagram-operations/cloning-diagrams.md)
- [Content Browser](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/content-browser.md)
- [Load Dependencies](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/load-dependencies.md)
- [Personal Templates](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/personal-templates.md)
- [Layers](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/layers.md)
- [Links](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/links.md)
- [Merging Diagrams](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/merging-diagrams.md)
- [Repository Browser](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/repository-browser.md)
- [Hierarchy Map](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/hierarchy-map.md)
- [HOP](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/hop.md)
- [Using Realtime Indicators](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/using-realtime-indicators.md)
- [Using Relationship Fields](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/using-relationship-fields.md)
- [Elements Used in Diagrams](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/elements-used-in-diagrams.md)
- [Future State Planning & Committing](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/future-state-planning.md)
- [Editing Shape and Relationship Data](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/future-state-planning/editing-shape-and-relationship-data.md)
- [Committing Elements and Relationships](https://docs.ins-pi.com/designer/work-in-the-app/future-state-planning/committing-elements-and-relationships.md)


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