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<!-- $XConsortium: ch07.sgm /main/11 1996/11/11 20:13:21 cdedoc $ -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Digital Equipment Corporation. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Hewlett-Packard Company. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 International Business Machines Corp. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Novell, Inc. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 FUJITSU LIMITED. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Hitachi. -->
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<chapter id="UG.StylM.div.1">
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<title id="UG.StylM.mkr.1">Customizing the Desktop Environment</title>
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<para>Style Manager can be used to customize the appearance
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of the desktop.
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</para>
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<informaltable id="UG.StylM.itbl.1" frame="All">
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<tgroup cols="1">
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<colspec colname="1" colwidth="4.0 in">
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<tbody>
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<row rowsep="1">
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<entry><para><!--Original XRef content: 'Customizing Screen Appearance134'--><xref
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role="JumpText" linkend="UG.StylM.mkr.2"></para></entry></row>
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<row rowsep="1">
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<entry><para><!--Original XRef content: 'Customizing System Behavior140'--><xref
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role="JumpText" linkend="UG.StylM.mkr.4"></para></entry></row>
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<row rowsep="1">
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<entry><para><!--Original XRef content: 'Customizing Startup and Logout145'--><xref
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role="JumpText" linkend="UG.StylM.mkr.7"></para></entry></row></tbody></tgroup>
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</informaltable>
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<sect1 id="UG.StylM.div.2" role="Procedure">
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<title>To Start Style Manager</title><indexterm><primary>Style
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Manager</primary><secondary>opening</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
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<primary>opening</primary><secondary>Style
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Manager</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>starting</primary><secondary>Style
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Manager</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>Style
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Manager</primary><secondary>starting</secondary></indexterm>
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<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager control in the Front
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Panel.</para>
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</listitem></orderedlist>
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<figure>
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<title>Style Manager Front Panel control</title>
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<graphic id="UG.StylM.grph.1" entityref="UG.StylM.fig.1"></graphic>
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</figure>
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<para>The Style Manager controls and the items that they control are:</para>
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<informaltable>
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<tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
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<?PubTbl tgroup dispwid="6.08in">
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<colspec align="left" colwidth="81*">
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<colspec align="left" colwidth="420*">
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<tbody>
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<row>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Color</para></entry>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Workspace colors and palettes</para></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Font</para></entry>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Application font sizes</para></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Backdrop</para></entry>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Workspace backdrop patterns</para></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Keyboard</para></entry>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Key click volume and character repeat
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capability</para></entry></row>
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<row>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Mouse</para></entry>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Mouse button click settings, double-click
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speed, pointer acceleration, and pointer movement threshold</para></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Audio</para></entry>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Beeper volume, tone, and duration</para></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Screen</para></entry>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Number of minutes before your screen
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blanks and whether your screen is covered and locked at that time</para></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Window</para></entry>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>How a window acquires focus, if the
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window raises when it receives focus, and where window icons are placed</para></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Startup</para></entry>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>How your session begins and ends</para></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>Intl'</para></entry>
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<entry align="left" valign="top"><para>(Internationalization) This control appears only if
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appropriate for the current locale. It allows you to select the
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input method to use at the next login session, as well as the input method
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style for preediting. For details, refer to the <citetitle>CDE Advanced User's
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and System Administrator's Guide</citetitle>.
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</para></entry>
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</row>
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</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
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<figure>
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<title>Style Manager controls</title>
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<graphic id="UG.StylM.grph.2" entityref="UG.StylM.fig.2"></graphic>
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</figure>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="UG.StylM.div.3">
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<title id="UG.StylM.mkr.2">Customizing Screen Appearance</title>
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<para>You can change the following aspects of your screen appearance:</para>
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<itemizedlist remap="Bullet1"><listitem><para>Workspace colors</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Workspace backdrops</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Font sizes</para>
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</listitem></itemizedlist>
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<sect2 id="UG.StylM.div.4">
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<title id="UG.StylM.mkr.3">Colors</title>
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<para>You set your workspace colors through a color palette. The number of
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color buttons in the palette is determined by your display type and the Number
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of Colors selection.</para>
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place:-->
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<graphic id="UG.StylM.igrph.1" entityref="UG.StylM.fig.3"></graphic>
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<para>The default is More Colors for Applications, which keeps the number
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of colors used on a high-color display to a minimum. To increase the number
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of color buttons on a high-color display, select More Colors for Desktop
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in the Number of Colors dialog box and restart the current session.</para>
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<para>While you can't use more colors than your display allows, you can reduce
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the number of colors used by the desktop by choosing a lower-valued color
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usage.</para>
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<para>For example, if you have a high-color display and have selected More
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Colors for Desktop but you want to run a color-rich application such as a
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computer- aided design (CAD) program, you should choose More Colors for Applications
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or Most Colors for Applications to decrease the number of colors that the
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desktop uses. The remaining colors are available for the CAD program.</para>
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<sect3 id="UG.StylM.div.5">
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<title>Color Buttons</title>
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<para>Your display type and the Number of Colors selection determine the number
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of color buttons that make up a palette. You will have two, four, or eight
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color buttons in the Color dialog box. The different color buttons in the
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palette control the colors used for different areas of the screen.</para>
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<para>If you have eight color buttons, they will be used as follows (buttons
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numbered from left to right, top to bottom):</para>
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<orderedlist><listitem><para>Active window borders</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Inactive window borders</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Switch for workspace 1 and every fourth additonal
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workspace (workspace 5, 9, ...)</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Text and list areas</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Main window background and switch for workspace
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2 and every fourth additional workspace (workspace 6, 10, ...)</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Dialog box background and menu bar and switch for
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workspace 3 and every fourth additional workspace (workspace 7, 11, ...)
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</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Switch for workspace 4 and every fourth additional
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workspace (workspace 8, 12, ...)</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Front Panel background</para>
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</listitem></orderedlist>
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<para>If you have four color buttons, they will be used as follows (buttons
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numbered from left to right):</para>
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<orderedlist><listitem>
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<para>Active window borders</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Window bodies:</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem><para>Inactive window borders</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Main window and dialog box backgrounds and menubar</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Front Panel background</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Workspace switches and backgrounds</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Text and list areas</para>
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</listitem></orderedlist>
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<para>If you have two color buttons, they will be used as follows (buttons
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numbered from left to right):</para>
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<orderedlist><listitem><para>Active window borders</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Everything else</para>
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</listitem></orderedlist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="UG.StylM.div.6" role="Procedure">
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<title>To Select a Palette</title><indexterm><primary>Color dialog
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box</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>selecting</primary>
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<secondary>palette</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>workspaces</primary>
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<secondary>changing colors of</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
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<primary>color</primary><secondary>changing</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
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<primary>changing</primary><secondary>colors</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
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<primary>palette</primary><secondary>selecting</secondary></indexterm>
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<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Color control.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Select a palette from the Palettes list.
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<graphic id="UG.StylM.igrph.2" entityref="UG.StylM.fig.4"></graphic>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Click OK.</para>
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</listitem></orderedlist>
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<para>Workspace colors come from predefined color palettes. The Color dialog
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box lists the palettes that came with your system plus any palettes you have
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added.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="UG.StylM.div.7" role="Procedure">
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<title>To Modify an Existing Palette</title><indexterm><primary>palette</primary>
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<secondary>modifying</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>customizing</primary><secondary>palette</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>customizing</primary><secondary>colors</secondary></indexterm>
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<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Color control.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Select a palette in the Color dialog box.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Double-click a color button to open the Modify
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Color dialog box, or click a color button and then click
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Modify.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Adjust the settings for the level of red, green,
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blue, brightness, or hue by adjusting the corresponding slider.</para>
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<para>The old and new color samples will be displayed in the upper left corner
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of the Modify Color dialog box.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK in the Modify Color dialog box.<indexterm><primary>Modify dialogbox</primary></indexterm>
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</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Repeat steps 2-4 to modify another color button.
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</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK in the<indexterm><primary>Color dialog
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box</primary></indexterm> Color dialog box.</para>
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</listitem></orderedlist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="UG.StylM.div.8" role="Procedure">
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<title>To Grab a Color from the Workspace</title><indexterm><primary>grabbing color
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from workspace</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>color</primary><secondary>grabbing
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from workspace</secondary></indexterm>
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<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Color control.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Select a palette in the Color dialog box.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Double-click a color button to open the Modify
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Color dialog box, or click a color button and then click Modify.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Click Grab Color to display the grab pointer.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Move the pointer to an area of color on the screen
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that you want to grab.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Click to make that color the new color.</para>
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</listitem></orderedlist>
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<note>
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<para>This causes the desktop to use one more color that applications cannot
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have.</para>
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</note>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="UG.StylM.div.9" role="Procedure">
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<title>To Create a Custom Palette</title>
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<para>You can create your own palette by copying and
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modifying an existing palette.<indexterm><primary>palette</primary><secondary>adding</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>adding</primary><secondary>palette</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>palette</primary><secondary>creating</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>creating</primary><secondary>custom palette</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>copying</primary><secondary>palette</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>Color dialog box</primary></indexterm>
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</para>
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<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Color control.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Choose Add in the Color dialog box.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Type the new palette name and click OK in the Add
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Palette dialog box.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Modify the palette.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK in the Color dialog box.</para>
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</listitem></orderedlist>
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<para>Adding a palette makes a copy of the currently selected palette with
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a unique name. You then create your custom palette by modifying the copy,
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so the original palette is not changed.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="UG.StylM.div.10" role="Procedure">
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<title>To Delete a Palette</title><indexterm><primary>palette</primary><secondary>deleting</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>deleting</primary><secondary>palette</secondary></indexterm>
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<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Color control.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Select the palette from the Palettes list.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Click Delete.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK in the Delete Palette dialog box.</para>
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</listitem></orderedlist>
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<para>When you delete a palette, Style Manager prefixes the name of the palette
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with a ~ and stores a copy in the <symbol role="Variable">HomeDirectory</symbol><filename>/.dt/palettes</filename> directory.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="UG.StylM.div.11" role="Procedure">
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<title>To Restore a Deleted Palette</title><indexterm><primary>palette</primary>
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<secondary>restoring</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>restoring</primary><secondary>palette</secondary></indexterm>
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<orderedlist><listitem><para>Open a File Manager view showing <symbol role="Variable">HomeDirectory</symbol><filename>/.dt/palettes.</filename></para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>For system-supplied palettes, delete the file ~<symbol role="Variable">palette_name</symbol><filename>.dp</filename></para>
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<para>For user-added palettes, rename the deleted palette from ~ <symbol role="Variable">palette_name</symbol><filename>.dp</filename> to <symbol role="Variable">palette_name</symbol><filename>.dp.</filename></para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Restart Style Manager (close, then reopen).</para>
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</listitem></orderedlist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="UG.StylM.div.12" role="Procedure">
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<title>To Change the Number of Colors Used by the Desktop</title><indexterm><primary>color</primary><secondary>limiting usage of</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
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<primary>changing</primary><secondary>number of colors</secondary></indexterm>
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<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Color control.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Click Number of Colors in the Color dialog box.
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</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Select an option to set the number of colors used
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by the desktop.</para>
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<para>See <!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;Colors&xd3; on page 135'--><xref
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role="SecTitleAndPageNum" linkend="UG.StylM.mkr.3">.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK.</para>
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</listitem></orderedlist>
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<para>You must log out and back in before the change takes effect.</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="UG.StylM.div.13">
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<title>Fonts</title>
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<para>The font size you select in Style Manager is used on window labels and
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text. The new font size is used as applications are started. Existing windows
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will not reflect the change.</para>
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<graphic id="UG.StylM.igrph.3" entityref="UG.StylM.fig.6"></graphic>
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<sect3 id="UG.StylM.div.14" role="Procedure">
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<title>To Select a Font Size</title><indexterm><primary>fonts</primary><secondary>selecting
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new size for</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>selecting</primary><secondary>font
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size</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>Font dialog box</primary></indexterm>
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<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Font control.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Select a font size.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK.</para>
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</listitem></orderedlist>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="UG.StylM.div.15">
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<title>Backdrops</title>
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<para>You can select a backdrop pattern to cover each of your workspaces (the
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screen area underneath your windows). A unique backdrop for each workspace
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adds variety and helps you to quickly identify the workspace you are in.
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</para>
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<graphic id="UG.StylM.igrph.4" entityref="UG.StylM.fig.5"></graphic>
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<sect3 id="UG.StylM.div.16" role="Procedure">
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<title>To Select a Backdrop</title><indexterm><primary>workspace backdrop</primary>
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<secondary>selecting</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>backdrop</primary>
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</indexterm><indexterm><primary>selecting</primary><secondary>backdrop</secondary></indexterm>
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<orderedlist><listitem><para>Switch to the workspace where you want the backdrop.
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</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Backdrop control.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Select a backdrop.<indexterm><primary>Backdrop
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dialog box</primary></indexterm></para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Click Apply.</para>
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</listitem></orderedlist>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="UG.StylM.div.17">
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<title id="UG.StylM.mkr.4">Customizing System Behavior</title>
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<para>You can adjust the following settings for system devices:</para>
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<itemizedlist remap="Bullet1"><listitem><para>Keyboard click volume and character
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repeat</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Mouse button click settings, double-click speed,
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pointer acceleration, and pointer movement threshold</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Beeper volume, tone, and duration</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Screen blanking when not in use</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Window focus, movement, and icon behavior</para>
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</listitem></itemizedlist>
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<sect2 id="UG.StylM.div.18" role="Procedure">
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<title>To Change Keyboard Behavior</title><indexterm><primary>customizing</primary>
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<secondary>keyboard behavior</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
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<primary>keyboard</primary><secondary>customizing
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behavior</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>Keyboard dialog box</primary></indexterm>
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<graphic id="UG.StylM.igrph.5" entityref="UG.StylM.fig.8"></graphic>
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<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Keyboard control.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Select the settings you want:</para>
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<itemizedlist remap="Bullet2"><listitem><para>Auto Repeat: Sets characters
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to repeat when you hold down their keys</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Click Volume: Determines the volume of key clicks
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(turned off at 0%)</para>
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</listitem></itemizedlist>
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</listitem><listitem><para>To save the changes, click OK. To return to the
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default settings, click Default.</para>
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</listitem></orderedlist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="UG.StylM.div.19" role="Procedure">
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<title>To Change Mouse Behavior</title><indexterm><primary>customizing</primary>
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<secondary>mouse behavior</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>mouse</primary><secondary>customizing behavior</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
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<primary>Mouse dialog box</primary></indexterm>
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<graphic id="UG.StylM.igrph.6" entityref="UG.StylM.fig.7"></graphic>
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<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Mouse control.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Select the settings you want:</para>
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<itemizedlist remap="Bullet2"><listitem><para>Handedness: Reverses mouse buttons
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1 and 3.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Button 2: Determines whether the middle mouse button
|
|
is used to extend selections (Adjust) or drag and drop objects (Transfer).
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If Adjust is selected, transfer actions (drag) will require the use of mouse
|
|
button 1.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Double-Click: Determines the maximum time between
|
|
clicks of a double- click. (Test the speed by double-clicking in the mouse
|
|
picture provided.) A new double-click speed does not take effect until the
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|
next time you log in.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Acceleration: Sets how fast the mouse pointer moves
|
|
across the display.</para>
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</listitem><listitem><para>Threshold: The distance in pixels the pointer moves
|
|
at a slow speed before moving at the accelerated rate.</para>
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</listitem></itemizedlist>
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</listitem><listitem><para>To save the changes, click OK. To return to the
|
|
default settings, click Default.</para>
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</listitem></orderedlist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="UG.StylM.div.20" role="Procedure">
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<title>To Change Beep Settings</title><indexterm><primary>Beep dialog box</primary>
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</indexterm>
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|
<graphic id="UG.StylM.igrph.7" entityref="UG.StylM.fig.10"></graphic>
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<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Beep control.<indexterm>
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<primary>beep, changing settings for</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>changing</primary><secondary>beep settings</secondary></indexterm></para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Select the settings you want:</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet2"><listitem><para>Volume: Determines the volume
|
|
of the beep (turned off at 0%)</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Tone: Determines the pitch of the beep from 82
|
|
to 9000 Hertz</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Duration: Determines the length of the beep</para>
|
|
</listitem></itemizedlist>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>To save the changes, click OK. To return to the
|
|
default settings, click Default.</para>
|
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</listitem></orderedlist>
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</sect2>
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|
<sect2 id="UG.StylM.div.21">
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<title id="UG.StylM.mkr.5">Screen without Lock Extensions</title>
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|
<graphic id="UG.StylM.igrph.8" entityref="UG.StylM.fig.9"></graphic>
|
|
<para>You can customize the screen blanker or Front Panel lock, or return
|
|
the settings to the default. If your system supports lock on timeout, see
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|
<!--Original XRef content: '&xd2;Screen with Lock
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|
Extensions&xd3; on page 142'--><xref role="SecTitleAndPageNum" linkend="UG.StylM.mkr.6">.
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|
</para>
|
|
<para>If you have a color display, bright colors on the screen can <emphasis>burn</emphasis> into the picture tube. Setting the screen to go blank or
|
|
be covered prevents this from happening.</para>
|
|
<sect3 id="UG.StylM.div.22" role="Procedure">
|
|
<title>To Change Screen Blanker Settings</title><indexterm><primary>customizing</primary>
|
|
<secondary>screen saver</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>screen
|
|
saver</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>Screen dialog
|
|
box</primary></indexterm>
|
|
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Screen control.<indexterm>
|
|
<primary>screen blanker, settings for</primary></indexterm></para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Select the settings you want:</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet2"><listitem><para>Screen Blanker: Enables (On)
|
|
or disables (Off) the screen blanker immediately, even before you click OK.
|
|
When Screen Blanker is On the Start Blanker slider is active.</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Start Blanker: Specifies the number of minutes
|
|
from the last pointer movement or keystroke before the screen is blanked.
|
|
When this value is changed, the new value goes into effect immediately, even
|
|
before you click OK.</para>
|
|
</listitem></itemizedlist>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>To save the changes, click OK. To return to the
|
|
default settings, click Default.</para>
|
|
</listitem></orderedlist>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
<sect3 id="UG.StylM.div.23" role="Procedure">
|
|
<title>To Change Front Panel Lock Settings</title>
|
|
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Screen control.<indexterm>
|
|
<primary>Front Panel</primary><secondary>lock settings</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
|
|
<primary>changing</primary><secondary>Front Panel lock settings</secondary>
|
|
</indexterm></para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Select the settings you want:</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet2"><listitem><para>Use Backgrounds For Lock: Enables
|
|
the lock backgrounds.</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Transparent Lock: Backgrounds are not used when
|
|
the screen is locked.</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Backgrounds List: Displays the available backgrounds
|
|
in a multiple-select list. Select or deselect a background by clicking on
|
|
the list item. The last background selected will be displayed to the right
|
|
of the list.</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Time Per Background: Specifies the number of minutes
|
|
each selected background runs before the next one starts when the screen
|
|
is being saved. The backgrounds are cycled through in the same sequence as
|
|
they appear in the list. A setting of 0 (zero) results in only the last background
|
|
(the one currently in the preview area) being used.</para>
|
|
</listitem></itemizedlist>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>To save the changes, click OK. To return to the
|
|
default settings, click Default.</para>
|
|
</listitem></orderedlist>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
<sect2 id="UG.StylM.div.24">
|
|
<title id="UG.StylM.mkr.6">Screen with Lock Extensions</title>
|
|
<graphic id="UG.StylM.igrph.9" entityref="UG.StylM.fig.11"></graphic>
|
|
<para>You can customize the screen saver or screen lock, or return the settings
|
|
to the default. If your system does not support lock on timeout, see <!--Original
|
|
XRef content: '&xd2;Screen without
|
|
Lock Extensions&xd3; on page 141'--><xref role="SecTitleAndPageNum"
|
|
linkend="UG.StylM.mkr.5">.</para>
|
|
<para>If you have a color display, bright colors on the screen can <emphasis>burn</emphasis> into the picture tube. Setting the screen to go blank or
|
|
be covered prevents this from happening.</para>
|
|
<sect3 id="UG.StylM.div.25" role="Procedure">
|
|
<title>To Change Screen Saver Settings</title><indexterm><primary>customizing</primary>
|
|
<secondary>screen saver</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>screen
|
|
saver, customizing</primary></indexterm>
|
|
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Screen control.</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Select the settings you want:</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet2"><listitem><para>Screen Saver: Enables (On) or
|
|
disables (Off) the screen saver immediately, even before you click OK. When
|
|
Screen Saver is On the Start Saver slider is active.</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Screen Saver List: Displays the available screen
|
|
savers in a multiple-select list. Select or deselect a screen saver by clicking
|
|
on the list item. The last screen saver selected will be displayed to the
|
|
right of the list.</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Start Saver: Sets the number of minutes from the
|
|
last pointer movement or keystroke before the screen saver starts. When this
|
|
value is changed, the new value goes into effect immediately, even before
|
|
you click OK.</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Time per Saver: Specifies the number of minutes
|
|
each selected screen saver runs before the next one starts.</para>
|
|
</listitem></itemizedlist>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>To save the changes, click OK. To return to the
|
|
default settings, click Default.</para>
|
|
</listitem></orderedlist>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
<sect3 id="UG.StylM.div.26" role="Procedure">
|
|
<title>To Change Screen Lock Settings</title>
|
|
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Screen control.<indexterm>
|
|
<primary>screen lock</primary><secondary>enabling</secondary></indexterm></para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Select the settings you want:</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet2"><listitem><para>Screen Lock: Enables (On) or
|
|
disables (Off) Screen Lock on a timeout. When this setting is changed, the
|
|
new setting goes into effect immediately, even before the dialog box is closed.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>If screen saver and screen lock are both enabled (On) and the Start
|
|
Lock value is smaller than the Start Saver value, when the screen lock times
|
|
out it replaces the contents of the screen with the currently selected screen
|
|
savers. If Start Lock is greater than Start Screen, then the automatic screen
|
|
lock simply continues the current screen saver.</para>
|
|
<para>If the screen saver is disabled (Off) and automatic screen lock is
|
|
enabled (On), when the screen lock times out the screen contents of the screen
|
|
are not covered with a screen saver.</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Start Lock: Specifies the number of minutes from
|
|
the last pointer move or keystroke before the screen lock starts. When this
|
|
value is changed, the new value goes into effect immediately, even before
|
|
you click OK.<indexterm><primary>screen lock</primary><secondary>duration
|
|
before starting</secondary></indexterm></para>
|
|
</listitem></itemizedlist>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>To save the changes, click OK. To return to the
|
|
default settings, click Default.<indexterm><primary>Screen dialog box <$endrange></primary></indexterm></para>
|
|
</listitem></orderedlist>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
<sect2 id="UG.StylM.div.27">
|
|
<title>Windows</title>
|
|
<graphic id="UG.StylM.igrph.10" entityref="UG.StylM.fig.12"></graphic>
|
|
<para>You can change the window focus policy, how active windows are displayed,
|
|
and where window icons are displayed.</para>
|
|
<sect3 id="UG.StylM.div.28" role="Procedure">
|
|
<title>To Change Window Behavior</title><indexterm><primary>windows</primary><secondary>policy
|
|
for activating</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>clicking</primary><secondary>to
|
|
make window active</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>pointing to
|
|
make window active</primary></indexterm>
|
|
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Window control.<indexterm>
|
|
<primary>windows</primary><secondary>focus policy for</secondary></indexterm></para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Select the settings you want:</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet2"><listitem><para>Point In Window To Make Active:
|
|
Makes a window active when the mouse pointer enters it</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Click In Window To Make Active: Makes a window
|
|
active when the mouse pointer enters it and you click mouse button 1</para>
|
|
</listitem></itemizedlist>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>To save your changes, click OK.</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK when asked to Restart the Workspace Manager.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></orderedlist>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
<sect3 id="UG.StylM.div.29" role="Procedure">
|
|
<title>To Change How Active Windows Are Displayed</title>
|
|
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Window control.<indexterm>
|
|
<primary>windows</primary><secondary>determining how to display active</secondary>
|
|
</indexterm></para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Select the settings you want:</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet2"><listitem><para>Raise Window When Made Active:
|
|
Select this if you want a partially concealed window to be brought to the
|
|
top when it becomes active</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Allow Primary Windows On Top: Select this if you
|
|
want the main window to be allowed to be displayed on top of secondary windows
|
|
when you click the primary window</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Show Contents During Move: Select this if you want
|
|
move the whole window during a window move instead of just moving the outline
|
|
at first</para>
|
|
</listitem></itemizedlist>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>To save your changes, click OK.</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK when asked to Restart the Workspace Manager.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></orderedlist>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
<sect3 id="UG.StylM.div.30" role="Procedure">
|
|
<title>To Change Where Window Icons Are Displayed</title>
|
|
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Window control.<indexterm>
|
|
<primary>icons</primary><secondary>displaying in icon box</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
|
|
<primary>icons</primary><secondary>displaying on workspace</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
|
|
<primary>windows</primary><secondary>icon display policy for</secondary></indexterm></para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Select the settings you want:</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet2"><listitem><para>Use Icon Box: Displays your
|
|
window icons in an icon box</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Place On Workspace: Displays your window icons
|
|
on the workspace backdrop</para>
|
|
</listitem></itemizedlist>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>To save your changes, click OK.</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK when asked to Restart the Workspace Manager.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem></orderedlist>
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
<sect1 id="UG.StylM.div.31">
|
|
<title id="UG.StylM.mkr.7">Customizing Startup and Logout</title>
|
|
<graphic id="UG.StylM.igrph.11" entityref="UG.StylM.fig.13"></graphic>
|
|
<para>You can change the following options for startup and logout:<indexterm>
|
|
<primary>Startup dialog box</primary></indexterm></para>
|
|
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet1"><listitem><para>Session started when you log
|
|
in</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Session to be your home session</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Logout confirmation preference</para>
|
|
</listitem></itemizedlist>
|
|
<para>Whenever you are logged into the desktop, you are working in a <emphasis>current session</emphasis>. By default, when you log out, the desktop saves
|
|
your current session and restores it the next time you log in.<indexterm>
|
|
<primary>current session</primary><secondary>definition of</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
|
|
<primary>session</primary><secondary>current</secondary></indexterm></para>
|
|
<para>You can also save a <emphasis>home session</emphasis>, a session you
|
|
want to be able to return to regardless of what you do during the current
|
|
session.<indexterm><primary>home session</primary><secondary>definition
|
|
of</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>session</primary><secondary>home</secondary></indexterm></para>
|
|
<sect2 id="UG.StylM.div.32" role="Procedure">
|
|
<title>To Change How Your Next Session Starts</title><indexterm>
|
|
<primary>changing</primary><secondary>how your next session starts</secondary>
|
|
</indexterm><indexterm><primary>session</primary><secondary>changing
|
|
startup</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>startup</primary><secondary>changing
|
|
session</secondary></indexterm>
|
|
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Startup control.</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Select the settings you want:</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet2"><listitem><para>Resume current session: Starts
|
|
your next session the way you left your last one including any setting, client,
|
|
or resource modifications<indexterm><primary>current session</primary><secondary>resuming at</secondary></indexterm></para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Return to Home session: Starts the session you
|
|
set as your home session<indexterm><primary>home session</primary><secondary>returning to</secondary></indexterm></para>
|
|
</listitem></itemizedlist>
|
|
<para>To define a new home session based on your current session, select Set
|
|
Home Session.</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>To save your changes, click OK.</para>
|
|
</listitem></orderedlist>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
<sect2 id="UG.StylM.div.33" role="Procedure">
|
|
<title>To Set a Home Session</title>
|
|
<para>When setting a home session, be sure to first select and save your desired
|
|
startup settings.</para>
|
|
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Startup control.<indexterm>
|
|
<primary>home session</primary><secondary>setting</secondary></indexterm></para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Click Set Home Session.</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK in the confirmation dialog box that appears.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK in the Startup dialog box.</para>
|
|
</listitem></orderedlist>
|
|
<para>If you have never set a home session, the system default session is
|
|
used when you select Return to Home session.</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
<sect2 id="UG.StylM.div.34" role="Procedure">
|
|
<title>To Set Your Logout Confirmation Preference</title>
|
|
<indexterm><primary>changing</primary><secondary>how your next session
|
|
starts</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>logout
|
|
confirmation</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>Startup dialog
|
|
box</primary></indexterm>
|
|
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Click the Style Manager Startup control.</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Select On or Off for Logout Confirmation.</para>
|
|
<para>If you set Logout Confirmation to On, you will be asked for confirmation
|
|
that you want to log out whenever you log out.</para>
|
|
</listitem><listitem><para>Click OK.</para>
|
|
</listitem></orderedlist>
|
|
</sect2><?Pub Caret>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
</chapter>
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|
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