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<!-- $XConsortium: Tasks.sgm /main/6 1996/09/08 22:27:29 rws $ -->
<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Digital Equipment Corporation. -->
<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Hewlett-Packard Company. -->
<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 International Business Machines Corp. -->
<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc. -->
<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Novell, Inc. -->
<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 FUJITSU LIMITED. -->
<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Hitachi. -->
<!-- Help volume: Iconed -->
<!-- File name: Tasks -->
<Chapter Id="Tasks">
<Title>Icon Editor Tasks</Title>
<Procedure>
<Title>Getting Started with Icon Editor</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.1">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToStartIconEditorTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.2">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawAnImageTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.3">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawAFilledImageTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.4">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawFreehandTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.5">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawAStraightLineTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.6">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawARectangleTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.7">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawACircleTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.8">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToEraseAnAreaTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.9">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToFloodAnAreaTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.10">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawConnectedLinesTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.11">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawAPolygonTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.12">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawAnEllipseTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.13">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToUndoADrawingOperationTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.14">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToOpenAnExistingIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.15">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToSaveAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.16">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToSaveAnIconAsTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.17">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToStartANewIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.18">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToResizeTheCurrentIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
<Procedure>
<Title>Manipulating Images within Icon Editor</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.19">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToSelectAnAreaOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.20">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToCopyPartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.21">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToCutPartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.22">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToMovePartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.23">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToResizePartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.24">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToRotatePartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.25">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToFlipPartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.26">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToAddAHotSpotTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.27">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDeleteAHotSpotTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.28">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToCopyPartOfTheDisplayTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para>These instructions assume that you are using a mouse. Most tasks can
also be done without a mouse.
See <OLink Type="Jump" LocalInfo="Intromgr DesktopKeyboardNav">Keyboard Shortcuts
for the Desktop</OLink> for more information.</Para>
</Step>
</Procedure>
<Sect1 Id="ToStartIconEditorTA">
<Title>To Start Icon Editor</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>starting: Icon Editor</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Icon Editor: starting</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.29">
<Para>Click the arrow control above the Front Panel Text Editor control.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.30">
<Para>In the Personal Applications subpanel, click the Icon Editor control.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Para>Icon Editor starts with an empty drawing area.</Para>
<Procedure>
<Title>Other Ways to Start Icon Editor</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>opening: icon for editing</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>icons: opening for editing</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Icon Editor: opening icon for editing</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<Step>
<Para>You can also start Icon Editor with an icon already loaded:
</Para>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.31">
<Para>In an open File Manager window, double-click the icon file to open it.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.32">
<Para><Emphasis>Or,</Emphasis> drop an icon file on the Icon Editor control in the Personal
Applications subpanel.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.33">
<Para><Emphasis>Or,</Emphasis> select Icon Editor from the Desktop Apps in Application Manager.</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToDrawAnImageTA">
<Title>To Draw an Image</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>drawing icon image</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>icons: drawing</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.34">
<Para>Select a drawing tool (such as the pencil, circle, or line).</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.35">
<Para>Select a color (static color, static gray, or a dynamic color).</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.36">
<Para>Click in the drawing area and begin drawing with the tool you've selected.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.37">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawAFilledImageTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.38">
<Para><XRef Linkend="IconEditorToolsPanelSI"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToDrawAFilledImageTA">
<Title>To Draw a Filled Image</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>drawing filled image</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>icons: drawing filled image</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.39">
<Para>Select the Fill Solids check box below the tool palette.</Para>
<Para>The rectangle, polygon, circle, and ellipse tools change from outlines
to solids in the tool palette.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.40">
<Para>Select a solid drawing tool.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.41">
<Para>Select a color (static color, static gray, or a dynamic color).
(See <XRef Linkend="ColorManagementAndUsageSI">.)</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.42">
<Para>Begin drawing with the tool you've selected.</Para>
<Para>When you release to finish drawing the object, all pixels contained
within the boundaries of the object become the selected color.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.43">
<Para><XRef Linkend="IconEditorToolsPanelSI"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToDrawFreehandTA">
<Title>To Draw Freehand Lines or Pixels</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>line: drawing</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.44">
<Para>Select the Pencil tool from the palette.
</Para>
<Graphic Entityref="IconEditorPencilTool" Id="HICND.TSKS.fig.1"></Graphic>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.45">
<Para>To draw individual pixels, click in the drawing area.</Para>
<Para>To draw freehand lines, click in the drawing area and drag. Release
to finish the line.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.46">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawAStraightLineTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.47">
<Para><XRef Linkend="IconEditorToolsPanelSI"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToDrawAStraightLineTA">
<Title>To Draw a Straight Line</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>line: drawing</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.48">
<Para>Select the Line tool from the palette.
</Para>
<Graphic Entityref="IconEditorLineTool" Id="HICND.TSKS.fig.2"></Graphic>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.49">
<Para>Click in the drawing area and drag to stretch the line.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.50">
<Para>Release to draw the line.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.51">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawConnectedLinesTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.52">
<Para><XRef Linkend="IconEditorToolsPanelSI"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToDrawARectangleTA">
<Title>To Draw a Rectangle</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>rectangle:drawing</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.53">
<Para>Select the Rectangle tool from the palette.
</Para>
<Graphic Entityref="IconEditorRectangleTool" Id="HICND.TSKS.fig.3"></Graphic>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.54">
<Para>Click in the drawing area and drag to stretch the outline of the
rectangle.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.55">
<Para>Release to finish the rectangle.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.56">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawAFilledImageTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.57">
<Para><XRef Linkend="IconEditorToolsPanelSI"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToDrawACircleTA">
<Title>To Draw a Circle</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>circle: drawing</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.58">
<Para>Select the Circle tool from the palette.
</Para>
<Graphic Entityref="IconEditorCircleTool" Id="HICND.TSKS.fig.4"></Graphic>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.59">
<Para>Click in the drawing area and drag to stretch the outline of the
circle.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.60">
<Para>Release to finish the circle.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.61">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawAFilledImageTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.62">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawAnEllipseTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.63">
<Para><XRef Linkend="IconEditorToolsPanelSI"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToEraseAnAreaTA">
<Title>To Erase an Area</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>erase: drawing</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<Procedure>
<Title>To Erase a Large Area</Title>
<Step>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.64">
<Para>Select the Erase tool from the palette.
</Para>
<Graphic Entityref="IconEditorEraserTool" Id="HICND.TSKS.fig.5"></Graphic>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.65">
<Para>Click and drag in the drawing area to erase.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.66">
<Para>Release to finish erasing.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
<Procedure>
<Title>To Erase a Small Area</Title>
<Step>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.67">
<Para>Select the Pencil tool from the palette.
</Para>
<Graphic Entityref="IconEditorPencilTool" Id="HICND.TSKS.fig.6"></Graphic>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.68">
<Para>Select Transparent from the Dynamic Colors.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.69">
<Para>Click in the viewing area.</Para>
<Para>Each pixel clicked is set to transparent which, in effect, erases
the pixel.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.70">
<Para><XRef Linkend="IconEditorToolsPanelSI"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.71">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToCutPartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToFloodAnAreaTA">
<Title>To Flood an Area with a Color</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>color: drawing</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.72">
<Para>Select the Flood tool from the palette.
</Para>
<Graphic Entityref="IconEditorFloodTool" Id="HICND.TSKS.fig.7"></Graphic>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.73">
<Para>Select a static color, static gray, or dynamic color.
(See <XRef Linkend="ColorManagementAndUsageSI">.)</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.74">
<Para>Click a pixel in the area to be flooded.</Para>
<Para>The pixel clicked and all adjacent pixels of the same color are
recolored with the selected color. The flooded area extends in all
directions, bounded only by pixels of colors different from the one
clicked.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.75">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawAFilledImageTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.76">
<Para><XRef Linkend="IconEditorToolsPanelSI"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToDrawConnectedLinesTA">
<Title>To Draw Connected Lines</Title>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.77">
<Para>Select the Polyline tool from the palette.
</Para>
<Graphic Entityref="IconEditorPolygonOpenTool" Id="HICND.TSKS.fig.8"></Graphic>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.78">
<Para>Click the starting point for the first line in the drawing area.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.79">
<Para>Click at the end of each line segment.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.80">
<Para>Double-click at the end of the last line segment.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.81">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawAStraightLineTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.82">
<Para><XRef Linkend="IconEditorToolsPanelSI"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToDrawAPolygonTA">
<Title>To Draw a Polygon</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Polygon: drawing</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.83">
<Para>Select the Polygon tool from the palette.
</Para>
<Graphic Entityref="IconEditorPolygonClosedTool" Id="HICND.TSKS.fig.9"></Graphic>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.84">
<Para>In the drawing area, click the starting point for the first line segment.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.85">
<Para>Click at the end of each line segment.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.86">
<Para>Double-click at the end of the last line segment to close the polygon.</Para>
<Para>A line is drawn from the end of the last line segment to the
starting point of the first line segment.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.87">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawAFilledImageTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.88">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawConnectedLinesTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.89">
<Para><XRef Linkend="IconEditorToolsPanelSI"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToDrawAnEllipseTA">
<Title>To Draw an Ellipse</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>ellipse: drawing</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.90">
<Para>Select the Ellipse tool from the palette.
</Para>
<Graphic Entityref="IconEditorEllipseTool" Id="HICND.TSKS.fig.10"></Graphic>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.91">
<Para>Click in the drawing area and drag to stretch the outline of the ellipse.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.92">
<Para>Release to finish the ellipse.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.93">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawAFilledImageTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.94">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDrawACircleTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.95">
<Para><XRef Linkend="IconEditorToolsPanelSI"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToUndoADrawingOperationTA">
<Title>To Undo a Drawing Operation</Title>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.96">
<Para>Choose Undo from the Edit menu.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para>Only the most recent change can be undone.</Para>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToOpenAnExistingIconTA">
<Title>To Open an Existing Icon</Title>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.97">
<Para>Choose Open from the File menu.</Para>
<Para>If you have unsaved changes, Icon Editor warns you that your changes
will be lost by loading another icon. Click Cancel to cancel the Open
command. Click OK if you don't want to save your changes.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.98">
<Para>Type the name of the icon file you want to load or select it from the
list.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.99">
<Para>Click Open.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Note>
<Para>When you load a file, the output format is automatically set to the
format of the file you load.
</Para>
</Note>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.100">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToStartIconEditorTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToSaveAnIconTA">
<Title>To Save an Icon</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Icon Editor: saving icon</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.101">
<Para>Choose an output format from the Options menu:</Para>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.102">
<Para>XBM for two-color X bitmap format
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.103">
<Para>XPM for multicolor X pixmap format (the default)
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.104">
<Para>Choose Save from the File menu.</Para>
<Para>If the icon is unnamed or you choose Save As, Icon Editor prompts
you for a file name. Type a file name and then click OK.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.105">
<Para><XRef Linkend="StoringIconFilesTO"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.106">
<Para><XRef Linkend="StoringBackdropImageFilesTO"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.107">
<Para><XRef Linkend="IconFileNameConventionsSI"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToSaveAnIconAsTA">
<Title>To Save an Icon with a New Name</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Icon Editor: saving icon with new name</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.108">
<Para>Choose Save As from the File menu.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.109">
<Para>Type the file name under which you want to save the icon.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.110">
<Para>Click Save.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.111">
<Para><XRef Linkend="IconFileNameConventionsSI"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToStartANewIconTA">
<Title>To Start a New Icon</Title>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.112">
<Para>Choose New from the File menu.</Para>
<Para>If you have unsaved changes, Icon Editor warns you that your changes
will be lost by starting a new icon. Click Cancel to cancel the New
command. Click OK if you don't want to save your changes.</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para>Icon Editor clears the work area and resizes it to the default 32x32 size.
The maximum size for an icon is 256&times;256.</Para>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.113">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToResizeTheCurrentIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.114">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToResizePartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToResizeTheCurrentIconTA">
<Title>To Resize the Current Icon</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Icon Editor: resizing icon</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>icons: resizing</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.115">
<Para>Choose Resize Icon from the Edit menu.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.116">
<Para>Edit the current width and height in the dialog box to specify the
new size.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.117">
<Para>Click OK.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Note>
<Para>If you make the icon smaller, the right and bottom edges are clipped
off. If you make the icon larger, the existing image remains in the
upper left of the icon.
</Para>
</Note>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.118">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToResizePartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToSelectAnAreaOfAnIconTA">
<Title>To Select an Area of the Icon</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>icons: selecting parts of</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.119">
<Para>Select the Selection tool (bottom right of the tool palette).</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.120">
<Para>Press mouse button 1 and drag a box around the area you want to select.</Para>
<Para>A box flashes around the selected area.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.121">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToCopyPartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.122">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToCutPartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.123">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToMovePartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.124">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToResizePartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.125">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToRotatePartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.126">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToFlipPartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToCopyPartOfAnIconTA">
<Title>To Copy a Region of the Icon</Title>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.127">
<Para>Select the Selection tool (bottom right of the palette).</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.128">
<Para>Press mouse button 1 and drag a box around the area you want to copy.</Para>
<Para>A box flashes around the selected area.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.129">
<Para>Choose Copy Area from the Edit menu.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.130">
<Para>Choose Paste Area from the Edit menu.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.131">
<Para>Position the outline where you want to paste the copy, and then click.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Para>To paste multiple copies of the region, repeat steps 3 and 4 as many times
as you like.</Para>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.132">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToCutPartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.133">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToMovePartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToCutPartOfAnIconTA">
<Title>To Cut a Region of the Icon</Title>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.134">
<Para>Select the Selection tool (bottom right of the palette).</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.135">
<Para>Press mouse button 1 and drag a box around the area you want to cut.</Para>
<Para>A box flashes around the selected area.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.136">
<Para>Choose Cut Area from the Edit menu.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Para>When you cut a portion of an icon, the exposed area becomes "transparent"
(that is, it is filled in with the Transparent color).</Para>
<Para>After cutting a region, you can paste it back into the image using the
Paste command from the Edit menu.</Para>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.137">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToCopyPartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.138">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToMovePartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToMovePartOfAnIconTA">
<Title>To Move a Region of the Icon</Title>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.139">
<Para>Select the Selection tool (bottom right of the palette).</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.140">
<Para>Press mouse button 1 and drag a box around the area you want to move.</Para>
<Para>A box flashes around the selected area.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.141">
<Para>Choose Cut Area from the Edit menu.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.142">
<Para>Choose Paste Area from the Edit menu.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.143">
<Para>Position the outline where you want to paste the copy, and then click.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Para>To paste multiple copies of the area, you may repeat steps 4 and 5 as many
times as you like.</Para>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.144">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToCopyPartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.145">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToCutPartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToResizePartOfAnIconTA">
<Title>To Resize (Scale) a Region of the Icon</Title>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.146">
<Para>Select the Selection tool (bottom right of the palette).</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.147">
<Para>Press mouse button 1 and drag a box around the area you want to resize.</Para>
<Para>A box flashes around the selected area.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.148">
<Para>Choose Scale Area from the Edit menu.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.149">
<Para>Press mouse button 1 and drag a box that defines the size and shape
that you want the scaled image to be.</Para>
<Para>This box determines how the
selected portion of the image will be scaled; it does <Symbol Role="Variable">not</Symbol> determine
where to place the results.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.150">
<Para>Position the outline where you want to paste the scaled copy, and
then click.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.151">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToResizeTheCurrentIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToRotatePartOfAnIconTA">
<Title>To Rotate a Region of the Icon</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>icons: rotating</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>rotating icon</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.152">
<Para>Select the Selection tool (bottom right of the palette).</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.153">
<Para>Press mouse button 1 and drag a box around the area you want to rotate.</Para>
<Para>A box flashes around the selected area.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.154">
<Para>Choose Rotate Area from the Edit menu and choose Left or Right.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.155">
<Para>Position the outline where you want to paste the rotated area, and then click.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.156">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToFlipPartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToFlipPartOfAnIconTA">
<Title>To Flip (Mirror) a Region of the Icon</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>flipping icon</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>icons: flipping</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.157">
<Para>Select the Selection tool (bottom right of the palette).</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.158">
<Para>Press mouse button 1 and drag a box around the area you want to flip.</Para>
<Para>A box flashes around the selected area.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.159">
<Para>Choose Flip Area from the Edit menu and choose Vertical or Horizontal.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Para>Flipping an area creates a pixel-for-pixel mirror image of the selected
area.</Para>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.160">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToRotatePartOfAnIconTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToAddAHotSpotTA">
<Title>To Add a Hotspot</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>hotspot in an icon</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>icons: hotspot</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>hotspot: adding</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>hotspot: deleting</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.161">
<Para>Choose Add Hotspot from the Edit menu.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.162">
<Para>Click the pixel where you want to assign the hotspot.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Para>Bitmap images (XBM format) can be used as special mouse pointer shapes.
The hotspot marks a single pixel that is the true "point" of the pointer.</Para>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToDeleteAHotSpotTA">
<Title>To Delete a Hotspot</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>hotspot in an icon</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>icons: hotspot</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>hotspot: deleting</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.163">
<Para>Select the hotspot you want to delete.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.164">
<Para>Choose Delete Hotspot from the Edit menu.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToCopyPartOfTheDisplayTA">
<Title>To Capture (Grab) a Region of the Workspace</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>capturing region of workspace</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>grabbing region of workspace</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>display: capturing region of</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>workspace: capturing region of</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Icon Editor: capturing region of workspace</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.165">
<Para>Save your current icon, if necessary.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.166">
<Para>Choose Grab Screen Image from the Edit menu.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HICND.TSKS.item.167">
<Para>Press mouse button 1 and drag a box around the portion of the workspace
you want to capture. The X-Y size above the work area shows
the size in pixels of the area being grabbed.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
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</Sect1>
</Chapter>
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