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| <h1>Turning menu and tool bar items on and off</h1> |
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| <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> |
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| <img src="../images/Image71_dialog_toolbar.png" alt="Turning off the 'Print' tool bar item" border="0" > |
| </p> |
| </li> |
| <li><p CLASS="Para">Observe that the toolbar no longer includes the |
| <b>Print</b> icon.</p> |
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| <td align="center"><b>Before</b></td> |
| <td align="center"><b> </b></td> |
| <td align="center"><b>After</b></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td> |
| <img src="../images/Image71_file_toolbar_before.png" alt="Before picture for the 'Print' tool bar item (visible)" border="0" > |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <img src="../images/Image71_arrow.svg" alt="Arrow" border="0" > |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <img src="../images/Image71_file_toolbar_after.png" alt="After picture for the 'Print' tool bar item (visible)" border="0" > |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
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| </li> |
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| <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> |
| <p> |
| <img src="../images/Image71_dialog_menu.png" alt="Turning off the 'Print' menu item" border="0" > |
| </p> |
| </li> |
| <li><p CLASS="Para">Observe that the <b>File</b> menu no longer includes the |
| <b>Print</b> item.</p> |
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| <tr> |
| <td align="center"><b>Before</b></td> |
| <td align="center"><b> </b></td> |
| <td align="center"><b>After</b></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td> |
| <img src="../images/Image71_file_menu_before.png" alt="Before picture for the 'Print' menu item (visible)" border="0" > |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <img src="../images/Image71_arrow.svg" alt="Arrow" border="0" > |
| </td> |
| <td> |
| <img src="../images/Image71_file_menu_after.png" alt="After picture for the 'Print' menu item (visible)" border="0" > |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
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| <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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