View tab

The View tab contains controls that allow you to change the display of the program’s user interface.

The commands on the View tab are arranged into the following groups: Desktops, Panels, View, and Visual Appearance.

 

Desktops

The Desktops group contains buttons that allow you to change which of the program’s pre-defined Desktop arrangements appears on your screen. Click on the name of a Desktop arrangement to see which panels it displays:

 

Panels

The Panels group contains buttons that allow you to select which panels appear on your screen.

To open or close a particular panel, click its corresponding button.

Buttons on the View tab are highlighted to indicate which panels are currently open: e.g. in the picture above the Project Manager and Workbook are currently open.

To open all the panels, click on the Open All button.

To close all the panels, click on the Close All button.

To toggle the appearance of a particular panel, press Ctrl+Alt+letter on your keyboard, where “letter” corresponds to the letter that is underlined on the corresponding button: e.g. D for Drawing Board, P for Project Manager, S for Stockyard, etc.

 

View

 

Visual Appearance

The Visual Appearance group contains buttons that allow you to change the program’s colour-scheme.

A blue skin is selected as the default visual appearance but this can be changed in Program Options.