It's been a busy couple of weeks leading up to the holiday season. Shelley Haduk conducted last week's PB101 class and will again this Friday. I'll be at a client location in Memphis, TN. Our class scheduled for Dec. 29th has been canceled. I'll be back again for hosting on Jan 4 :)
Lots of questions coming through support about the new 4.2.x Beta that is available. Yes, we do have a new Beta available for download at www.thebrain.com/download, but I'd like to stress that this IS BETA SOFTWARE. If you do want to check out the new version, make some BrainZip backups of your 4.1 Brain files first! You can leave feedback on your Beta testing on our PB4.2 Forum: http://forums.thebrain.com/mb/thebrain?forum=104692.
Enjoy your Brain!
Matt
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Changing the look and feel
Lots of questions in our support boxes lately about changing Thought size and colors. Here's a few quick tips to help you on your way:
Thought Drop Shadows and Backgrounds
You can add drop shadows globally to all Thought names so they can be seen more prominently. You can also turn on and off the display of backgrounds behind Thought names. The colors of both shadows and backgrounds can be customized as described below.
To toggle the display of shadows and backgrounds:
1. Open the Preferences dialog box by clicking the Options menu and selecting Preferences.
2. Click the Options tab.
3. Check or uncheck boxes next to Text shadows and Backgrounds as appropriate and click OK.
To change the colors of shadows and backgrounds:
1. Open Preferences dialog box and click the Colors tab.
2. Select the color you want to change (Thoughts, text shadow or Thoughts, background) from the list. The color selection dialog box will be displayed:
3. Click the color of your choice, then click the OK button.
4. Click the OK button in the Preferences dialog box.
Changing the Size of Thought Text
You can change the size of your Thoughts by using the mouse wheel. Sliding the wheel up (away from you) makes all Thoughts larger and sliding it down (towards you) makes all Thoughts smaller. You can also change the size of all Thoughts by dragging the resizing circle that appears behind the active Thought.
Changing a Thought’s Text Color
You can assign a specific color to a Thought so that it stands out visually. To assign a color to a Thought:
1. Activate the Thought and click the Properties & Attachments tab. Or, right-click the Thought you want to change and select Properties & Attachments on the context menu.
2. Click the Display button, then click the Set Color command. The Select Thought Color dialog box will be displayed.
3. Click the color of your choice, then click the OK button.
4. If you used the right-click method to open the properties window, close it when you are through making changes.
Attaching Images to Thoughts
You can attach pictures to your Thoughts to provide a visual boost to your Brain. When you point to the icon next to the Thought, the picture zooms to a larger size automatically.
To add an image icon to a Thought:
1. Copy the image you want to use into the clipboard. For example, if the image is on a Web page, open the page in your browser, right-click the picture, then click the Copy command on the context menu. If the image isn’t on a Web page, right-click it from within any document, then click the Copy command on the context menu.
2. Right-click the Thought, then click the Paste Thought Icon command on the context menu.
To change a Thought’s icon, follow the steps above and click the OK button in the Overwrite existing image? dialog box.
You can use this feature to add instant previews of documents and Web pages you have added to a Thought. Just open the item you want to preview, take a screenshot (in Windows, press Alt+Print Screen to capture just the active Window) and use the Paste Thought Icon command.
To remove a Thought’s icon:
1. Activate the Thought that has the icon to be removed.
2. Click the Properties & Attachments tab. The properties for the active Thought will be displayed.
3. Click the Display button, then click the Remove Icon command.
Have fun sprucing up your Brain!
Matt
Thought Drop Shadows and Backgrounds
You can add drop shadows globally to all Thought names so they can be seen more prominently. You can also turn on and off the display of backgrounds behind Thought names. The colors of both shadows and backgrounds can be customized as described below.
To toggle the display of shadows and backgrounds:
1. Open the Preferences dialog box by clicking the Options menu and selecting Preferences.
2. Click the Options tab.
3. Check or uncheck boxes next to Text shadows and Backgrounds as appropriate and click OK.
To change the colors of shadows and backgrounds:
1. Open Preferences dialog box and click the Colors tab.
2. Select the color you want to change (Thoughts, text shadow or Thoughts, background) from the list. The color selection dialog box will be displayed:
3. Click the color of your choice, then click the OK button.
4. Click the OK button in the Preferences dialog box.
Changing the Size of Thought Text
You can change the size of your Thoughts by using the mouse wheel. Sliding the wheel up (away from you) makes all Thoughts larger and sliding it down (towards you) makes all Thoughts smaller. You can also change the size of all Thoughts by dragging the resizing circle that appears behind the active Thought.
Changing a Thought’s Text Color
You can assign a specific color to a Thought so that it stands out visually. To assign a color to a Thought:
1. Activate the Thought and click the Properties & Attachments tab. Or, right-click the Thought you want to change and select Properties & Attachments on the context menu.
2. Click the Display button, then click the Set Color command. The Select Thought Color dialog box will be displayed.
3. Click the color of your choice, then click the OK button.
4. If you used the right-click method to open the properties window, close it when you are through making changes.
Attaching Images to Thoughts
You can attach pictures to your Thoughts to provide a visual boost to your Brain. When you point to the icon next to the Thought, the picture zooms to a larger size automatically.
To add an image icon to a Thought:
1. Copy the image you want to use into the clipboard. For example, if the image is on a Web page, open the page in your browser, right-click the picture, then click the Copy command on the context menu. If the image isn’t on a Web page, right-click it from within any document, then click the Copy command on the context menu.
2. Right-click the Thought, then click the Paste Thought Icon command on the context menu.
To change a Thought’s icon, follow the steps above and click the OK button in the Overwrite existing image? dialog box.
You can use this feature to add instant previews of documents and Web pages you have added to a Thought. Just open the item you want to preview, take a screenshot (in Windows, press Alt+Print Screen to capture just the active Window) and use the Paste Thought Icon command.
To remove a Thought’s icon:
1. Activate the Thought that has the icon to be removed.
2. Click the Properties & Attachments tab. The properties for the active Thought will be displayed.
3. Click the Display button, then click the Remove Icon command.
Have fun sprucing up your Brain!
Matt
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