1. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Using Toolbars and Tooltips Cooper 29

2. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Topics Toolbar Properties Toolbar Properties Images vs. Text Images vs. Text Using Images & Text Using Images & Text Balloons and ToolTips Balloons and ToolTips Gizmos Other Than Buttons Gizmos Other Than Buttons Customizing Toolbars Customizing Toolbars Windows Taskbar Windows Taskbar

3. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Toolbar Properties Immediately available menu items Immediately available menu items Usually icons, not text Usually icons, not text –Faster to identify then reading menus –Easily recognizable, once learned –Icon may not be intuitive Does not contain all functionality of menus Does not contain all functionality of menus

4. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Images vs. Text Images Images –Must be understood –Quicker to identify –Less precise Text Text –Slower to read –More precise –Better for learning new functionality

5. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Using Images & Text Uses more screen space Uses more screen space Makes access “too easy”! Makes access “too easy”!

6. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Balloons and ToolTips Balloons Balloons –Macintosh facility –Activates on MouseOver –Immediately displays explanatory text –Teaches things to new users –Too big and obtrusive for daily use

7. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Balloons and ToolTips ToolTips ToolTips –Microsoft invention –Text limited to the specific button –Single word or short phrase –More of a memory jogger –Approximately ½ second before displayed

8. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Gizmos Other Than Buttons Toggle Buttons Toggle Buttons –MS Office Bold, Underline, Italic Combo Boxes Combo Boxes –MS Office Style, Font, Font Size, etc. Pulldown Menus Pulldown Menus –MS Office Undo, Redo

9. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Customizing Toolbars Movable Movable –Docked –Floating –Expansion control Add, delete buttons Add, delete buttons Grouping buttons Grouping buttons

10. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Windows Taskbar Runs applications Runs applications Displays running programs Displays running programs Start menu Start menu –Entry point to cascading menus Quick Start toolbar Quick Start toolbar –Immediate program access System tray System tray

11. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Questions & Discussion