Setting Screen Dimensions

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joleenf
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Setting Screen Dimensions

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The process of setting the display to a defined size is outlined in a few posts, but needs a place in tips and tricks.

To save an image as a consistent size, it is easiest to use the Full Screen Mode found in the View menu of the main display.

1. Before selecting View Full Screen, set the desired screen dimension
    Click View>Properties
    Set the Full Screen Dimensions

View&gt;Properties menu (left)<br />Resulting Window (right)
View>Properties menu (left)
Resulting Window (right)


2. Select View>Full Screen

It is best to construct the graphics in the full screen mode when using the set dimensions for proper placement of graphics.

When the bundle is saved, the graphic will be saved with the set dimensions. The bundle can be opened with any option except "Merge with Active Tabs" and the
Full Screen Size will be retained.

There is a bug which occasionally places the graphics incorrectly when the bundle is loaded and the user opens the full screen. The following workaround helps:

1.) For colorbars, open Edit>Properties>Color Scale of the layer, click Apply.
2.) For layers added using Display>Draw Freely
    When Draw Freely is used, make sure to select the option View>Dock in Data Explorer when first creating the graphic
    When creating new Draw Freely Controls, dock them in the data explorer to that the control can be retrieved in the future.
    When creating new Draw Freely Controls, dock them in the data explorer to that the control can be retrieved in the future.

    When the bundle is reloaded, double-click on each glyph, click Apply in the resulting window
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hproe
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Re: Setting Screen Dimensions

Post by hproe »

Hi Joleen -

Excellent, it really works well and is an acceptable workaround to get reproducible graphics layouts. Even the dimensions are saved in the bundle, so no need to remember them. All this did not work properly months ago, when I tried it last.

HP
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