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Editor Menus and Presets Drawers:

With the exception of Time, each editor has three menus: Project, Edit, and Settings.

These menus let you save and load Prefs preset files, which allow you to quickly change to different configurations.

By default, these files are saved in the Presets drawer, although they can be saved elsewhere.

If you save icons for the files (by selecting Create Icons?), you can activate the settings by opening the file's icon, rather than opening the actual editor.

Project Menu:
The Project menu options let you save the editor settings to a specific file and open previously saved files.

  • Open
    Loads the information from a specified preset file.
  • Save As
    Specify the preset file in which to save the currently displayed settings. The requester provides a default file name in the Presets drawer. If you want to change it, type in the complete path to a different file and select OK.
  • Quit
    Exits the editor without performing any changes. The same as Cancel gadget.
Edit Menu:
The Edit menu options aUow you to restore previously used settings or the default settings.

The options are:

  • Reset to Default
    Returns the editor settings to the default settings.
  • Last Saved
    Returns the editor settings to the last settings you saved.
  • Restore
    Returns the editor to the settings displayed when the editor first opened.
The WBPattern and Pointer Edit Menus have the following additional options:

  • Cut
    Copies and clears the whole work area to the Clipboard.
  • Copy
    Copies the whole work area to the Clipboard.
  • Paste
    Replaces the whole work area with the last thing cut or copied.
  • Erase
    Deletes everything in the work area.
  • Undo
    Undoes the last action performed.
  • Load Image
    Opens a file requester for entering the name of an image file to use as a background pattern or picture.
  • Reset to Defaults
    Resets the WBPattern to default settings.
  • Last Saved
    Returns the last saved image to the magnified view box.
  • Restore
    Restores the magnified view box to its original state when the editor was opened.
Settings Menu:
The Settings menu contains the Create Icons? item that allows you to save project icons representing your editor settings in the same drawer as your files.

For example, if you save printer specifications to the SYS:Prefs/Presets/Printer.pre file, the icon for the file appears in the Presets window. Double-click on the icon to activate the files settings.

Using the Presets Drawer:
For storing different Preferences editors configurations changed through the Project, Edit, and Settings menus.

Open the Presets drawer and double-click on a file's project icon to use its settings. Or open the editor, choose the Open menu item, and enter the file's complete path.

Select Use to use the settings until you reboot or open another editor file.

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