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Hatch Patterns with Multiple Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 4
User Interface Customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Understand User Interface Customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Overview of the Customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Use the Customization Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Overview of the Customize User Interface (CUI)
Editor
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Work with the Customizations In Pane . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Work with the Command List Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Work with the Dynamic Display Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
How Customization Has Changed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Customization Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Work with the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor . . . . . . . . . . 58
Create a Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Create User Interface Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Create a Quick Access Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Customize the Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Create a Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Create a Pull-Down Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Create a Shortcut Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Customize Shortcut Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Create a Double Click Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Create a Mouse Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Create and Modify Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Create a Workspace from the User Interface . . . . . . . . . 70
Create a Workspace with the CUI Editor . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Create and Manage Customization Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Basics of Customization Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Create and Load a Partial CUIx File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Create an Enterprise CUIx File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Find and Replace Commands and Text in a CUIx File . . . . . . . 85
Customize Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Overview of Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Create, Edit, and Reuse Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Create Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Overview of Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Use Special Control Characters in Macros . . . . . . . . . . 104
Pause for User Input in Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Provide International Support in Macros . . . . . . . . . . 108
Repeat Commands in Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Use Single Object Selection Mode in Macros . . . . . . . . 110
Use Macros to Swap User Interface Elements . . . . . . . . 110
Use Conditional Expressions in Macros . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Control the Display of Command Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Assign Search Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
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