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To delete a window you no longer want:
Select a window, then click the Delete button.
To reset a window:
 To reset one window to its default shape: Select a window, then choose Reset
Selected Window from the Option drop-down.
Showing and Hiding Onscreen Window Controls
When you open the Window palette, the Viewer goes into Power Window mode. Enabling a
window makes that window’s onscreen controls appear within the Viewer, and are mirrored to
video out so you can see the window controls on your external display. If you like, you can
change how and where the onscreen controls appear.
To choose whether onscreen controls are mirrored to video out, or
disabled, do one of the following:
Choose an option from the View > Window Outline submenu.
There are three options:
 Off: Hides the window outline on both the external display and the Viewer.
 On: The default, shows the window outline on both the external display and the Viewer.
 Only UI: Hides the window outline on your external display, but leaves it in the Viewer.
Press Option-H to toggle among all three of the above modes.
To show or hide window on-screen controls using the DaVinci control panel:
 Press SHIFT UP and then DISPLAY/CURSOR, above the fourth trackball on
the Center panel.
This command is a three-way toggle. The first use of this command hides the window outline on
your external display, but leaves it in the Viewer. The second use of this command hides the
window outline on both the external display and Viewer. The third use of this command shows
the window outline on both the external display and Viewer.
TIP: If you leave the onscreen controls visible in the Viewer, you may find that as you
work you want to temporarily hide or show the onscreen controls in the Viewer so you
can get an uncluttered look at the image you’re adjusting. You can quickly toggle any
set of onscreen controls off and on without selecting Off in the menu by pressing
Shift-` (tilde).
Using the High-Visibility Power Window Outline Option
Ordinarily, Power Window outlines are white (for the center shape) and gray (for the softness
shapes). However, sometimes this color scheme can be difficult to see, so the Color panel of
the User Preferences has an option in the General Settings section called “High visibility Power
Window outlines.” Turning this on sets Power Window outlines to be drawn as green (for the
center shape) and yellow (for the softness shapes), to make these windows easier to see in
certain circumstances.
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