There are two panes in the Summary Designer window. The pane on the left displays a data tree of elements available for the selected item. You can drag elements to and from the data tree to populate your summary. On the right is the design pane, where you can add, remove, and modify elements. Above the design pane is a series of tabs that let you switch between pages.
When you have finished customising the summary template, you can either save it with a new name or overwrite an existing summary. In both cases the new version will get the status '''draft''' and you need to [[Publish and Archive Views#Publishing a View | publish]] it before it is visible to the users.
The following sections describe how to complete common tasks in the Summary Designer window. For a complete list of the available functions, refer to [[Customise Views#Summary Designer User Interface Buttons | Summary Designer User Interface Buttons]].