Learn to Animate

1. In the room menu (top), right-click on any of the room tabs and select "New Room" (a new room will be added to the menu)
2. Double click on a room name to rename the room to the name of your choice

1. Add and Dock a Window:
   1. In the top menu, go to "Windows" and select the window of your choice
   2. Grab onto the header of the window
      • For horizontal bar windows, grab the left edge (be careful to miss the close button)
      • For other windows, grab the top bar
   3. Drag the window to the boundary between windows where the selected window should be placed (when the cursor lines up with the boundary line, a colored bar appears to show the potential placement)
   4. Release to drop the window into the desired position
   
2. Delete Windows:
   1. Click on the window's header/title area and drag the window into a floating position
   2. Click on the top-right "X" to delete the window
   

1. Left-click and drag the pane's header/title area into a floating position
   • For horizontal bar windows, grab the left edge (be careful to miss the close button)
   • For other windows, grab the top bar
2. As you drag, line up the curser so that it overlaps the boundary of the location you would like to place it
3. When a colored bar appears, release the window pane (it should snap into position)

1. Go to Windows → "Reset to Default Rooms"
2. Close and restart Tahoma to see changes

Resizing a Window

1. Make sure that the workspace is locked
2. Adjust the size of a window by clicking and dragging on the dark boundary lines - either vertically or horizontally

Expanding Windows

The Viewer and ComboViewer windows can be mazimized to take up most of the program window, while leaving the room menu visible.

1. Hover over the window and press the back quote key `
2. Double-click on the window header (top bar) of the window

The Viewer can also enter "Full screen Mode", where the Viewer takes up the entire screen.

1. To make the Viewer full screen, hover the cursor over the Viewer and use the shortcut alt-F
2. To exit the Viewer from full screen, hover the cursor over the Viewer and use the shortcut alt-F

There are many Preferences that you can experiment with. Starting out, these changes are recommended:

1. In the Program menu, go to Tahoma → Preferences

2. Under "General"
   1. Check "Save Automatically" & set to about 7 minutes
      
   2. Set the number of backups to keep to "2"
      
3. Under "Tools"
   1. Change Toolbar Display Behavior from "Default" to "Enable Tools For Level Only"
      

1. Add a command:
   1. Right-click on an empty segment of the command bar
   2. Select "Customize Command Bar"
   3. In the left column, search for the command you want to add
   4. Drag and drop the command to the desired position in the right column
   5. Add separators in the same way as necessary
2. Remove a command:
   1. In the left column, right-click on the command
   2. Select "Remove..."
3. Select "OK" when all customization is finished