About Discoverer toolbars

In Discoverer you use a range of toolbars to access Discoverer's powerful features quickly and easily.

About the Standard toolbar

The Standard toolbar contains icons for the most common menu options (e.g. Save, Print, Refresh, Edit Worksheet, Sort). As you become more familiar with Discoverer, you can use the toolbar instead of the menu bar to choose options.

Figure 5-5 Standard toolbar

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To display the Standard toolbar, choose View | Toolbars| Standard Toolbar.

Hint: To display the name of a toolbar option, move the cursor over the toolbar option to display a tool tip on that option. For more information, see "About tool tips".

About the Formatting toolbar

The formatting toolbar enables you to format selected worksheet items.

Figure 5-6 Formatting toolbar

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To display the Formatting toolbar, choose View | Toolbars| Formatting Toolbar.

Hint: To display the name of a toolbar option, move the cursor over the toolbar option to display a tool tip on that option. For more information, see "About tool tips".

About the Graph toolbar

The graph toolbar enables you to edit graphs.

Figure 5-7 Graph toolbar

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To display the Graph toolbar, choose View | Toolbars| Graph Toolbar.

Hint: To display the name of a toolbar option, move the cursor over the toolbar option to display a tool tip on that option. For more information, see "About tool tips".

About the Available Items toolbar

The Available Items toolbar enables you to edit the worksheet using all items available in the business area.

Figure 5-8 Available Items toolbar

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The Available Items toolbar is displayed above the Available Items pane. To display the Available Items pane, choose View | Available Items Pane.

For more information about options on the Available Items toolbar, see "Available Items pane".

About the Selected Items toolbar

The Selected Items toolbar enables you to edit worksheet items currently on the worksheet.

Figure 5-9 Selected Items toolbar

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The Selected Items toolbar is displayed above the Selected Items pane. To display the Selected Items pane choose View | Selected Items Pane.

For more information about options on the Selected Items toolbar, see "Selected items pane".

About tool tips

To help you use Discoverer, tool tips are displayed when you move the cursor over toolbar options. Additional information on toolbar options is also displayed at the bottom of the work area.

The figure below shows the tool tip for the Conditions toolbar item and also shows where additional information is displayed at the bottom of the Discoverer work area.

Figure 5-10 Discoverer tool tips and status bar

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Key to figure:
a. When you move a pointer over a button, the button enlarges and displays a tool tip that describes the button. In this example, the button is New Condition.
b. The status bar at the bottom of the Discoverer work area displays additional information about the option in focus.