Screens

Description

A screen is a predefined group of windows residing on a single monitor. A number of standard screens are provided as building blocks for rapidly building a customized workspace that suits your needs. Screen files can be saved on a local repository for sharing with colleagues or uploaded to the server.

Loading a screen

To load a screen, select File | Open Screen. The load screen dialog is displayed providing several options on what screen to load and where to display it.

Selecting a screen file

You can select screen files from several sources:

Setting desktop options

A screen can be loaded to the current desktop or to a new desktop. If you chose to create anew desktop, you can type in a title for the desktop.

Selecting a monitor

On a multi-monitor system, you can specify on which monitor the screen should be loaded.
Note: This option is not available if floating windows mode is turned off.

Saving a screen

To save a screen, select File | Save Screen. The save screen dialog is displayed.

Selecting the monitor to save

On a multi monitor system, you need to select the monitor that contains the windows you want to save to a screen file.

Selecting the country

Select a country that is most relevant for the windows in the screen file you want to save. If there is no specific country, select "World".

Selecting the server visibility

Depending on your access level, you may be able to to select who will be able to download the saved screen.

Selecting a title and description

Type an appropriate title and a relevant description for the screen.

Setting up a shared screen repository

To set up a shared screen repository, select Tools | Setup and click on the folders tab to set the path to the repository folder.