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Draw.io

• Free software, fairly easy to learn to use

• Without this I doubt you’d be able to open the files

What each file contains

• Each tab contains one page

• Formatting has to be done manually (quite tedious)

• List of topics for each page found in contents (separate file)

• Generally each topic covers the definition (D), risk factors (R), aetiology (A; causes), pathophysiology (P), signs & symptoms (S/smx), investigations (Ix), management (Mx) and prognosis (P) ± complications

Layers

• Most files have two layers – the background (which is usually locked and invisible) and the contents layer (probably ‘untitled’). To see the layers you can click Cmd+Shift+L.

• Due to printing issues (i.e., on having to upload the file to Amazon to print), the background layer tells me the margins I have to work with. If you intend to print your notes (eg sending to a printer to print and bind), this may be helpful for you. Otherwise you can ignore this.

Content formatting

• The size of each page is 1205 x 856 pixels. This size was decided on due to printing issues. You can resize this, although I don’t see any particular benefit to doing so as it will probably just make formatting a nightmare.

• The column width is usually 190 pixels, and the space between columns is 30 pixels. I’ve found that this allows me to have 5 columns in each page.

• Under the format panel (on the right hand) > text > spacing, you can control the spacing for the columns (i.e. how close the text goes to the margin of each box). I have opted for 4pt global and -7pt top as what I think works best.

• Under the format panel > style, you can control the fill and line for each textbox. This is how I’ve colour-coded the content (the colours in the book were not chosen specifically, just to make things less boring).

• Diagrams in the pages have either been hand-drawn by myself or obtained from royalty-free sources.

• Where topics/pages have been updated recently, the update date is written on the top or bottom right corner.

• A quick summary of topics is found on either the top or bottom of each page, along with the chapter tab.

• Fonts

  • General content: Helvetica, font size 10px

  • Headers: Helvetica, 11px

  • Page header/footer: Calluna Sans, 11px

Download here: Google Drive link for content files

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