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Balsamiq Wireframes Quickstart Guide

By : Scott Faranello
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Balsamiq Wireframes Quickstart Guide

By: Scott Faranello

Overview of this book

<p>Balsamiq Mockups is an easy to use, engaging tool for anyone looking to strategize and brainstorm ideas around product design and information architecture. With Balsamiq, you can strategize, create, prototype and present your ideas clearly and effectively to audiences large and small.<br /><br />"Balsamiq Wireframes Quickstart Guide" is a fast paced and easy to follow instructional book that gets you up and running quickly while challenging you to be the best you can be using the tool. With this book in hand, it will take only minutes to present an idea on screen.<br /><br />Wireframing is one of the key steps of effective user interface design and architecture. Finding the right tools to get your thoughts onto the page quickly and clearly is vital to your success. This book will have you on your way in no time. "Balsamiq Mockups Quickstart Guide" will walk you through the entire application in a fast, simple and engaging way. You will be presented with wireframe samples, exercises and real-world examples that will engage, challenge and enable you to become an expert wireframer and Balsamiq user. Whether you are looking to communicate ideas to your team, a client, a product manager, an IT developer, or if you are wireframing for the fun of it, this book is for you. By the time you are finished, you will have mastered the tools to do whatever your mind can think up. The rest is up to you.</p>
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Importing icons


The next step is to add some icons to the component by placing three Icon widgets to the right of the name in the first row. Once placed, open the Icon Library.

If you recall, in the previous chapter, you can open the Icon Library by double-clicking on an Icon widget. There is, however, an alternate way to open it via the Property Inspector.

Select one of the Icon widgets you just placed and click on the down arrow to the right of the icon search text field in the Property Inspector, as shown in the following screenshot:

Once clicked, the Icon Library dialogue window will appear.

The Icon Library

The Icon Library is a large collection of Balsamiq provided icons, along with links to sort them on the left-hand side of the window. Use these links to narrow down your search or just select All to view every icon available, as shown in the following screenshot:

Similar to Quick Add, you can also search for icons using the Search Icon Library search field located at the lower left of...