You can customize how Corel PaintShop Pro displays icons, screen tips, captions, scrollbars, nodes (sometimes called “handles”), and make it easier to see lines and bounding boxes that appear on screen when you are working with tools.
To set toolbar view options
Edit tab
1 Choose ViewCustomize.
The Customize dialog box appears.
2 Click the Options tab.
3 In the Toolbar area, mark any of the following check boxes:
• Show ScreenTips on toolbars — displays the screen tips that appear over tools and buttons
• Show shortcut keys in ScreenTips — displays the shortcut keys (if available) that appear in screen tips
4 In the Icons area, mark any of the following check boxes:
• Show color icons — mark to show color icons; unmark to show grayscale icons
• Show small icons — mark to decrease the size of the icons; unmark to display the icons at the default size
5 In the Personalized Menus and Toolbars group box, mark any of the following check boxes:
• Menus show recently used commands first — simplifies menus to show only recently used commands
• Show full menus after a short delay — displays all menu items after a delay if the Menus show recently used commands first check box is marked
You can erase the memory of your recently used menu commands by clicking Reset my usage data.
To adjust the size of scroll bars
1 Choose ViewCustomize.
The Customize dialog box appears.
2 Click the Options tab.
3 In the Scroll Bars area, enable the Small, Medium, or Large option.
If you want the scroll bar handle to increase in size when you position a pointer over it, mark the Auto enlarge on hover.
To adjust the size of nodes
1 Choose ViewCustomize.
The Customize dialog box appears.
2 Click the Options tab.
3 In the Node Size area, enable Small, Medium, or Large.
You can adjust the size of nodes (Small on left; Large on right). Nodes are used to adjust layers, vectors objects, Pen tool lines, and more.
To increase the visibility of lines and bounding boxes
1 Choose ViewCustomize.
The Customize dialog box appears.
2 Click the Options tab.
3 In the Lines and Bounding Boxes area (you might need to scroll down to view the area), mark the Increase visibility with pointer proximity check box.
4 In the Proximity (pixels) box, type a value to determine how close the pointer needs to be to a line or bounding box in order to activate the visibility enhancement.
