In this topic you'll learn the main window of the Gallery Builder program and its various parts. The functionality of the A4Desk Flash Photo Gallery Builder is covered under other subsequent topics. The opening main window of the Gallery Builder program looks as shown below. The Menu bar. The Menu bar and its menus is where you can access and perform most of the functions of the A4Desk Flash Photo Gallery Builder. Position the mouse over a menu item and its associated menu drops down revealing the options as shown below for the File menu. You can also invoke the menus using the Alt key of your keyboard plus the first letter of a menu. For example to invoke the File menu press Alt on your keyboard and holding it down press F. And subsequently after a menu is open you can access any of the functions or menu options of that menu by pressing the underlined letter of the menu item. For instance if the File menu is open you can invoke the New function by pressing N on your keyboard as N is the underlined letter of the function New in the menu. Inside a menu you can select an option by either clicking it with the mouse or using speedkey combinations indicated beside a menu option. For instance to open a New project press the Control (Ctrl) key and holding it down press N on your keyboard. Note that to use a speedkey you need not open a menu. The Toolbar. Several important functions of the menu bar are displayed using the same icons as in the menus conveniently below the menu bar on a Toolbar. To find out what these buttons stand for simply hold your mouse pointer on any of them and a tool tip will indicate their function. The Toolbar is composed of individual smaller toolbars grouped according to similarity of functions. These toolbars can be detached and docked as shown below. To detach and dock a toolbar simply drag it off the main Toolbar by grabbing and holding its holder using the mouse. There are two distinct panes. They are. The Left Pane. This pane displays the album structure of the photo gallery. The Right Pane. This pane displays the preview of the Album. Note that in this case details of the album is displayed as the album ( My Photo Album )was selected in the Left pane. If a Gallery is selected on the Left pane its details are displayed on the Right pane and if a photo is selected in the Left pane its details are displayed in the Right pane. Both the Left and Right panes for the album structure and preview respectively, will be dealt in more detail under the topic Creating a New Album. The Shortcut menu. Gallery Builder offers another convenient menu from where several functions can be executed. This is via the Shortcut menu. The Shortcut menu is activated by right clicking inside the Left or Right pane. Note: Right clicking in the fields such as Album Name. Album Preview and Gallery Name will not display this shortcut menu.
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