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The Retirement Analysis Kit Help File

The Appearance ribbon tab controls TRAK's appearance.

AppearanceRibbonTab

The following options are available discussed below.

Skins

Use Skins

Determines if the application is skinned. Skins provide user interface appearance, color and design.

Skins

If Use Skin is selected, select the skin to use. Note that clicking on the down arrow button to the bottom-right of the skins selector will display a larger pop-up window displaying the name of each skin available

SkinSelector

The different skins can have quite a difference in appearance in the application. Here are different screen shots using different skins.

Blue (default)

SetupSkinBlueDefault        

Metropolis

SetupSkinMetropolis

Visual Studio 2013

SetupSkinVisualStudio2013

Ribbon Options

Minimize Ribbon Bar

Determines if the ribbon bar is minimized or displayed normally.

Quick Access Toolbar

Determines if the Quick Access Toolbar is visible. The Quick Access Toolbar is displayed on the top-left of the application.

QuickAccessToolbar

Buttons on the tabs of the ribbon bar may be added to the Quick Access Toolbar by right clicking over the desired button and selecting "Add Quick Access Toolbar".

QuickAccessToolbarAddItem

Buttons on the Quick Access Toolbar can be quickly accessed by pressing the "Alt" key and the numeric key automatically associated with the button.

QuickAccessToolbarAddButtons

Buttons can be removed by right clicking over the respective button and selecting "Remove from Quick Access Toolbar".

Program Options

Minimize Program Header and Minimize Program Tabs

Clicking either of these buttons will toggle the visibility of the respective items. The image below labels the Program Tab and Program Header that the buttons refer to.

SetupHideProgramHeader

Other Options

The other options ("Minimize Ribbon" and "Show Status Bar") determine the state of the respective controls. The options below "Show Status Bar" determine the content of the status bar (if visible).