Customize Dialog Box
 
 
 
Quick Reference

Creates, modifies, and organizes tool palettes, tool palette groups, and block authoring palettes. Imports and exports tool palette files.

Access Methods

 Ribbon: Manage tabCustomization panelTool PalettesNot available on the ribbon in the current workspace.
 Menu:  ToolsCustomizeTool PalettesNot available in menus in the current workspace.
 Shortcut menu: Right-click any tool palette and choose Customize Palettes.
 Command entry: customize

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

Palettes

Lists all available tool palettes.

When you export a palette, it is saved to a file with an .xtp extension. Right-click in the Palettes area to import a palette or to create a new, blank one.

The shortcut menus also provide options to

  • Rename an existing palette
  • Create a new palette
  • Delete a tool palette
  • Export a tool palette (as an XTP file)
  • Import a tool palette
Palette Groups

Displays the organization of your palettes in a tree view.

Right-click a palette group, and then click Set Current on the shortcut menu to display the palette group.

The shortcut menus also provide options to

  • Create a new palette group
  • Delete an existing palette group
  • Rename an existing palette group
  • Remove a tool palette from a group
  • Export a palette group (as an XPG file)
  • Export all palette groups (as an XPG file)
  • Import a palette group
NoteYou might need to collapse all palette groups to expose a blank area within the Palette Groups area. Then, right-click in the blank area to display shortcut menu options that are not specific to any existing palette groups.
Current Palette Group

Displays the name of the palette group currently shown. Displays All Palettes when all available palettes are shown.