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| <h1>Turning menu and tool bar items on and off</h1> |
| <p class="Para">In addition to configuring the layout of a perspective you can also control several other key aspects |
| of a perspective. These include:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>The visibility of individual menu and tool bar items.</li> |
| <li>The availability of command groups (groupings of menu items, tool bar items and key bindings).</li> |
| <li>The items in the <b>New</b>, <b>Window > Perspective > Open Perspective</b> and <b>Window > Show |
| View</b> menus.</li> |
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| <p class="Para">Try turning off a tool bar item:</p> |
| <ol> |
| <li> |
| <p class="Para">Select <b>Window > Perspective > Customize Perspective...</b></p> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p class="Para">Select the <b>Tool Bar Visibility</b> tab.</p> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p class="Para">Expand the <b>File</b> item.</p> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p class="Para">Uncheck <b>Print</b> and click <b>OK</b>.</p> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p class="Para">Observe that the toolbar no longer includes the <b>Print</b> icon.</p> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| <p class="Para">Try turning off a menu item:</p> |
| <ol> |
| <li> |
| <p class="Para">Select <b>Window > Perspective > Customize Perspective...</b></p> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p class="Para">Select the <b>Menu Visibility</b> tab.</p> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p class="Para">Expand the <b>File</b> item.</p> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p class="Para">Uncheck <b>Print</b> and click <b>OK</b>.</p> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p class="Para">Observe that the <b>File</b> menu no longer includes the <b>Print</b> item.</p> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| <p class="Para">After experimenting with the other options on the Customize Perspective dialog, choose <b>Window > |
| Perspective > Reset Perspective</b> to return the perspective to its original state.</p> |
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