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Menu Bars

ProductName has several menu bars that you can use to quickly give commands to the ProductName software.

Located at the top of a window, the menu bar has a list of headings that expand to display a list of options you can select. You will find a menu bar at the top of the Map window and the top of the Seismic window. For example, in the Map window, you can select the Display Options | Zoom to access the zoom function.

You can customize the menu bars in the following ways:

CollapsedReset menu usage data

Click <Reset Menu Usage Data> to clear the settings that ProductName automatically saves when you select the menu bar tools.

This option resets tools that appear on short menus only if the Menus show recently used tools first check box is selected.

This button will not change any customizing of toolbars you have made.

CollapsedMove a Menu Bar

To move a dockedMenu Bar on the Map or Seismic window, drag the move handle anywhere on the screen to create a floatingMenu Bar.

Menu Commands

CollapsedAdd a Command to a Menu

  1. From the Application, Map or Seismic menu bar, select Preferences | Customize Layout.
  1. Leave the Customize dialog box open.
  2. Select the Commands tab.
  3. Click on a Category field to display its list of available commands.
  4. Drag a command from the list over the menu you want to add it to.
  5. Point to where you want the command located in the list, and release the mouse button.
  6. When you have completed adding commands, click <Close>.

CollapsedDelete a Command from a Menu

  1. From the Application, Map or Seismic menu bar, select Preferences | Customize Layout.
  2. Leave the Customize dialog box open.
  3. Select the Commands tab.
  4. Click to expand the menu item that contains the command you want to delete.
  5. Click on the command and drag it off the menu.
  6. Click <Close> to finish.

CollapsedShow full menus after a short delay

Follow these steps to set WinPICS to delay showing full menus:

  1. From the Application, Map, or Seismic menu bar, select Preferences | Customize Toolbar Layouts to open the Customize dialog box.
  2. Click the Options tab.
  3. Select the Show full menus after a short delay check box.

CollapsedMenu Animation

Follow these steps to change the menu animations:

  1. From the Application, Map, or Seismic menu bar, select Preferences | Customize Toolbar Layouts to open the Customize dialog box.
  2. Click the Options tab.
  3. Select an option from the Menu animation list.

CollapsedReset a Menu

To reset a menu to its default setting, follow these steps:

  1. From the Application, Map, or Seismic menu bar, or Seismic Menu bar, select Preferences | Customize Toolbar Layouts to open the Customize dialog box.
  2. Click the Options tab.
  3. Click <Reset menu and toolbar usage data>. A confirmation dialog box opens.
  4. Click <Yes> to clear the settings that WinPICS automatically saves when you select the menu bar tools. WinPICS will not undo any customizations of toolbars you have made.

CollapsedModify how text/image appears on menu commands

  1. From the Application, Map or Seismic menu bar, select Preferences | Customize Layout.
  2. Leave the Customize dialog box open.
  3. Select the Commands tab.
  4. Click on the menu that contains the command you want to change.
  5. Right click on the command and select your option from the pop-up menu.
  6. Click <Close> to finish.

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