Creating A New Custom Menu; Adding Commands To Existing Menus; Associating An Icon With A New Command - AMX TPDESIGN4 V2.5 Instruction Manual

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6. Specify an Initial Directory, if necessary.
7. Click Close to close the Customize dialog.
8. The new shortcut should appear at the bottom of the Tools menu.

Creating a New Custom Menu

1. Open the Customize dialog (select View > Customize).
2. In the Commands tab, select New Menu from the Categories list. This places the "New Menu"
entry in the Commands list. This item represents a new "empty" menu.
3. Click to select New Menu (under Commands).
4. While holding the mouse button down, drag the New Menu icon to a location within the Menu
Bar.
5. Release the mouse button to create the new (empty) menu at the cursor location.
6. To name the new menu, right-click on the menu to open the New Command context menu, and
select Button Appearance. This opens the Button Appearance dialog. Type the name for the
new menu in the Button Text field and press OK.
7. Select a command category (under Categories) to display a set of commands (under
Commands).
8. Add commands to the new menu by clicking and dragging commands from the Commands list
to the new menu.
9. Release the mouse button to place the selected command in the new menu.

Adding Commands To Existing Menus

1. Open the Customize dialog (select View > Customize).
2. Open the menu that you want to add command(s) to.
3. Select a command category (under Categories). The commands included in the selected
category are displayed (under Commands), along with their associated toolbar icon, if one
exists. Alternatively, select All Commands to view a full list of all commands, regardless of
category.
4. Click to highlight a command/icon (under Commands).
5. While holding the mouse-button down, drag the command/icon to the open menu.
6. Position the command/icon right where you want to drop it in the menu, and release the mouse
button.
7. The command/icon is placed as a new option in the menu.

Associating an Icon With a New Command

Once you have added a new command to a toolbar or menu, you can associate an icon with the
command:
1. Open the Customize dialog (select View > Customize).
2. For toolbar buttons, right-click on the select the button that you want to associate an icon with.
For menu items, right-click on a menu item. This opens the Button Appearance dialog.
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