User`s guide

Adding Your Own Data 177
Note: Photorealistic horizons require an
OpenGL capable graphics card.
Customizing the Favourites Menu
You were introduced to the Favourites
menu in “The Favourites Menu
” on
page 147. Recall that this menu is a quick
shortcut to a selection of pre-made Starry
Night files. The options at the top of this
menu allow you to customize this menu
and add your own files. This can be
particularly effective if you are giving a
lecture or presentation and need to open a
lot of files in a short period of time.
Adding new files or folders: To add a new
file to the Favourites menu, set up a scene
in Starry Night, exactly as if you were
creating a new file (see
“Creating Files - An Example
” on
page 148 if you are not familiar with
creating Starry Night files). Then choose
Favourites->Add Favourite from the
main menu. The Favourites side pane will
open and prompt you to name your file.
From now on, your file will be listed at the
bottom of both the Favourites menu and
the Favourites side pane, and can be
opened in the same fashion as any other
file in these menus.
If you plan to add a lot of files to the
Favourites menu, you may wish to create
folders within this menu to subdivide your
files and make them easier to retrieve. To
do this, choose Favourites->Add
Favourite Folder from the main menu.
Files and folders in the Favourites side
pane are “drag and drop”, so it is easy to
move them around and arrange them in the
order you prefer.
Modifying files: You can modify any of the
files listed in the Favourites menu. To
modify a file, first open the file, from the
Favourites menu, or the Favourites side
pane. Next, modify the file in any fashion
using the Starry Night controls. Finally,
choose Favourites->Save Favourite from
the main menu. A dialog box will appear,
asking you if you wish to overwrite the
existing file. Choose Replace Favourite
to overwrite the existing file.
Adding notes to files: You can add
personal text notes to any file in the
Favourites side pane. Open the Favourite
file you want to add a note to and select
File->Edit Document Notes.
Use the text box to enter any additional
information about the file. Then click the
Ok button. To attach and save your note to