Customizing Aspects of the Message Bar

You can customize the behavior of the scrolling message bar that appears at the bottom of the application window from the Message Broadcasting tab in the User Preferences screen.

To customize your message bar

1. From the application-level menu, choose Tools, then User Preferences.

   The User Preferences screen appears.

2. On the link bar, click Message Broadcasting.

   The Message Broadcasting form appears.

3. Edit the fields as desired. The following table describes the functionality of each field.

   Field	Description
   Scroll Speed	Choose a speed at which messages will scroll across the bottom of the application window: Stopped, Slow, Medium, or Fast.
   Arrow Scroll Speed	Choose a speed at which messages will scroll when you click the arrows at either end of the message bar: Stopped, Slow, Medium, or Fast.
   Mouseover Pause Speed	Choose a speed at which the messages will scroll when your mouse cursor hovers over the message bar: Stopped, Slow, Medium, or Fast.
   Update Interval (Seconds)	Enter the interval of time in seconds at which you want the message bar to refresh.
   Prefix of Normal Priority Message	You can specify text to appear before a message. For example, you might want to have the letter N appear before a normal-priority message to let you know it is a normal-priority message. This is especially useful if you have trouble distinguishing the colors of these messages.
   Prefix of High Priority Message	You can specify text to appear before a high-priority message. For example, you might want to have the letter H appear before a high-priority message to let you know it is a high-priority message. This is especially useful if you have trouble distinguishing the colors of these messages.
   Prefix of Urgent Priority Message	You can specify text to appear before an urgent-priority message. For example, you might want to have the letter U appear before an urgent message to let you know it is urgent. This is especially useful if you have trouble distinguishing the colors of these messages.
   Show	Select this check box to show the message bar in the application window. To hide the message bar, clear this box.

   
   

Related Topic

"About the Message Bar in the User Interface"