Display Windows

Standard Windows Elements

When you start InfoRecall, you will see the main window which contains the following standard Windows control elements.

• In the upper left-hand corner, the Control Menu box button.
• In the upper right-hand corner, the Maximize and Minimize and Restore buttons.
• At the top is the Title bar followed by the Menu bar, the Tool bar and the Document bar.
• To the left is the Document Tree.
• On the right is the Editor.
• On the bottom is the Status bar

If you are not too familiar with the operation of these standard Windows elements, you should read the chapter on Basics in your windows manual.

Re-Sizing the InfoRecall Window

When you start InfoRecall, you will see the main window which contains the standard Windows control elements. In the upper left-hand corner, the Control Menu box button. In the upper right-hand corner, the Maximize and Minimize and Restore buttons. The Title bar and the Menu bar. If you are not too familiar with the operation of these standard Windows elements, you should read the chapter on Basics in your windows manual.

To make the InfoRecall Window smaller:

Restore InfoRecall.down

Position the cursor at an edge and when the cusor turns into an arrow press the mouse button and drag to resize.:

• Resize North/South
• Resize East/West
• Resize NortWest/SouthEast

Clicking on the Restore button alternately reduces or maximizes the main window. InfoRecall will save the size and position of its re-sized application window on exit and start with the new size next time it is run.

The Menu Bar

The Menu Bar is located just below the Title bar. When one of these menus is selected, a pull down menu will appear, containing further menu items. Some of the menus have three periods, indicating that if you select one of them, a dialog box will appear asking you for more information before proceeding.

The Tool Bar

The Toolbar allows you to organize the commands in InfoRecall the way you want to so you can find and use them quickly. You can easily customize toolbars for example, you can add and remove, hide or display the toolbar, and move toolbar. As the cursor is moved across a button it is raised and the button help tip appears telling you what the button is used for.

Clicking on a button tells you what the buttons function is for.

To add a button to the Toolbar:

• Choose Customize Toolbar from the Tools menu.
• Click a menu category and all the buttons available to it will be shown.
• Click a button in the dialog and read what it does in the Description box.
• Click the button to add, press the left mouse button.
• Drag the button to the toolbar and drop it into the desired location.

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