2008

User Interface Problems and Recovery
It can be frustrating when you can't find something on the user interface,
especially when you saw it a few minutes ago and now it's gone missing. Of
course, you've been so engrossed in your modeling that you forget what you
might have done to cause the button, element or dialog to disappear.
This section addresses several common user-interface situations and how you
can fix them.
Problems and Resolutions
Large Fonts and 3ds Max
While some users like to configure their systems to use large fonts, this setting
is not recommended with 3ds Max. The 3ds Max user interface was designed
to operate with your system set to small fonts. Small fonts are the default
setting for both Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
If you have your system set to use large fonts, some of the most common
anomalies you can expect while running 3ds Max are as follows:
■ Buttons might be missing from the command panels.
■ Some text-entry fields may not allow you to type in them.
■ Garbled text appears in some dialogs.
■ Text labels in dialogs and rollouts might be cut off or overlap other fields.
■ Dialogs show cascading text fields and spinners.
To remedy these problems, set your system font back to small fonts.
1 Exit 3ds Max.
2 Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel, and click Display.
You can also right-click anywhere in the open desktop and choose
Properties.
3 Open the Settings panel and click the Advanced button.
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