User's Manual

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Wizards
Here you will find the Copy Settings wizard. It copies your settings to other user accounts and to the
Windows logon screen: Wizards
11.1.1. Display
Animations and Effects
Effects
Here you can change settings that relate to the display and operation of the Windows user interface.
Under Settings, there are numerous options that you can enable or disable using the checkboxes.
To learn more about an option, simply select it with your mouse. Several lines of explanatory text open
under Description.
Depending on the performance capabilities of your system, switching off unwanted effects can improve
speed. Click Best appearance to select all the options that will give Windows an outstanding visual
appearance. If the performance is more important to you, select Best performance. Selecting Default
settings restores the Windows default settings.
Animations
Under Window and message animation, specify whether windows or tooltips should be animated.
Here you can switch on the animation when windows are minimized and maximized.
If the Use the animation with tooltips is on, you can select the effect you want from the selection
list.
Under Animation of elements, you can specify for which display and control elements scrolling and
opening should be animated. You can switch on the three options list & tree view, list boxes and
dropdown lists.
Click Best performance to turn off all the options that only serve to provide showy effects. Selecting
Default settings restores the Windows default settings.
Menu Appearance
Under Animation you specify whether menu items are to be hidden after the menu is accessed. You
can also select a display effect from the list.
Under Effects, you can specify whether Windows should use flat 2D menus or whether a small 3D
shadow should be displayed beneath an open window.
Font Smoothing
To improve the legibility of text on your computer, here you can select your preferred font smoothing
method. The font smoothing type ClearType merits special attention: it is particularly suitable for flat-
screen monitors (TFT and LCD) and makes use of their so-called subpixels to effectively smooth the
edges of even small fonts. Select ClearType and click on ClearType Settings to obtain the optimum