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| <h2>Customizing Welcome</h2> |
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| The welcome appearance can be customized via the |
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| <b>General > Welcome</b></a> |
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| preference page. You can use this preference page to select one of the pre-defined |
| themes, which affects the overall look of the welcome. You can also select which |
| pages will be displayed, and the visibility, layout, and priority of the items |
| within each page. |
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| <h3>Themes</h3> |
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| Changing the theme is as simple as selecting the theme from the list and clicking |
| <b>Apply</b> or <b>OK</b>. |
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| <h3>Pages</h3> |
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| You can change which welcome pages will be visible to the user by checking them |
| in the list. Each time you select a new page, a new tab will appear allowing you |
| to customize the contents of the page. |
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| <h3>Positioning</h3> |
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| To change the position of an item in a page, open the page's tab, and either drag and |
| drop the item to its new location or right click and select one of the <b>Move |
| Up/Down/To</b> options. You can move items around within the same section of |
| the page or to other sections. To hide an item, simply move it to the |
| <b>Available Extensions</b> section. |
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| <h3>Importance</h3> |
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| You can change the <b>importance</b> of an item within a page by |
| clicking on the item's icon. A drop-down list will be available with the options |
| <i>low</i>, <i>medium</i>, <i>high</i>, <i>new</i>, and <i>callout</i>. The different |
| levels affect how and how much an item will be emphasized within the page (depending |
| on the theme): |
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| <li><b>low</b> - The item will not be emphasized.</li> |
| <li><b>medium</b> - The item will be given some emphasis.</li> |
| <li><b>high</b> - The item will be strongly emphasized.</li> |
| <li><b>new</b> - The item is new and will be presented as such.</li> |
| <li><b>callout</b> - The item is of a different nature, or is special in some way (e.g. a video/animation)</li> |
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| <img border="0" src="../images/ngrelc.png" alt="Related concepts"><br> |
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