User`s manual

4. Basics
Barco – iStudio – R5976569 – user's manual – revision 09 – March-2007
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4.1 Quick guide to iStudio
This section gives an introduction in the use of iSTUDIO. It explains the user interface and provides a guide to cre-
ate a first layout and display it on the connected projection module. It is not meant to be complete. Only the
most common actions are explained to give an idea how iS
TUDIO can be used. An extensive reference to the iSTU-
DIO
software can be found in the next two chapters. They will answer remaining questions.
4.1.1 User interface
The user interface of the iSTUDIO software consists out of up to eleven elements:
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Log in buttons
The Admin [1] and User [2] buttons in the upper right corner serve to easily log in as administrator or as user,
see section
6.1 Administrator / user mode.
Menu
The menu [3] on top of the user interface provides access to all of the functionality of iS
TUDIO. The handling of
the menu is explained in detail in the reference in section
5 Menu and toolbar.
Toolbar
The buttons of the toolbar [4] make iS
TUDIO quick and easy to operate. They are located under the menu. Some
of these buttons are toggle buttons to switch from one state to another. They are marked with a red triangle in
the lower right corner if switched on. Most of these buttons are a shortcut to a command of the menu, see sec-
tion
5 Menu and toolbar. Many commands can also be accessed by means of a shortcut key, see section 5.1
Overview of shortcut keys and toolbar buttons.