January 2005
Intermediate to advanced
688 pages
25h 59m
English
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Name
Menus
Synopsis
What is displayed in any given menu is up to the application, but the look and feel of the menus is constant across nearly all Windows applications and can be configured with these settings. See also “Start Menu”.
- Menu animation, enable / disable
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Effects → Use the following transition effect for menus and tooltips
- Menus, animation (enable / disable)
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Performance section → Settings → Visual Effects tab → Custom
- Menus, fonts and colors
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → choose “Menu” from the “Item” list
- Menus, highlight color and font
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → choose “Selected Items” from the “Item” list
- Menus, shadows (enable / disable)
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Effects → Show shadows under menus
- Menus, size
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → choose “Menu” from the “Item” list
- Menus, underlined keyboard shortcuts (show / hide)
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Effects → Hide underlined letters for keyboard navigation until I press the Alt key
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