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The More Windows Sub-Menu

Select the windows to be visible and deselect those to be hidden. You can select from:

Note:

This sub-menu is a tear off menu.

The Toolbars Sub-Menu

Select the toolbars to be visible and deselect those to be hidden. You can select from:

Note:

This sub-menu is a tear off menu.

The Snap to Grid Sub-Menu

The Snap to Grid menu offers two options:

  • Standard Grid - constrains elements to the grid when they are added to diagrams.
  • Smart Placement - places elements even distances away from other elements and spaces elements evenly.

If the Standard Grid or Smart Placement options are not enabled, the elements can be placed freely on the diagram.

The Visual Style Sub-Menu

Displays windows with the following visual styles:

  • A flat XP look and feel
  • The 2003 style look and feel
  • The 2005 style look and feel
  • The modern 2007 look and feel
  • Classic Windows look and feel.

You can also use the:

  • Animate Autohide Windows option to animate windows that have been automatically hidden
  • Show Toolbar Customize Button option to toggle the button on the end of the toolbar that enables you to customize the toolbar buttons, as shown below:

ToolbarCustomizeButton

  • Hide Diagram Caption Bar option to hide or redisplay the diagram caption bar at the top or bottom of a diagram. The caption bar is illustrated below:

DiagramCapt

The Visual Layouts Sub-Menu

Set the layout of docked windows, toolbars and the Enterprise Architect UML Toolbox to a custom layout. Current options are the default layout, your own user layout, or the ICONIX layout for working with the ICONIX process.

ViewMenuVisualLayouts