6 Creating personalized views by adding a new tab to the bottom of the EK80 presentation

The tabs at the bottom of the display presentation allows you to choose which channels to open. By means of the Presentation Modes dialog box you can change the order of these tabs, and you can add your own tabs.

Context

The views are organized in presentation modes. Which presentation mode to use is selected with the tabs at the bottom of the EK80 presentation.

The phrase presentation mode is used to describe the combination of views that are shown when the mode is selected at the bottom of the display presentation.

You can create a new tab to contain the view(s) of your choice.

Procedure

Open the Display menu.

Observe the Docking Views function. Select the middle of the button to open it for access to the available options.

Select Presentation Modes to open the dialog box.

The Presentation Modes box lists the current presentation modes. Each of these appears as a tab on the bottom bar.

In the Presentation Modes box, select New.

Type a name for the new mode.

Select Add.

Select any of the two arrows to position the tab at the bottom of the EK80 presentation.

Select OK to save the selected setting and close the dialog box.

At the bottom of the EK80 presentation, select the new tab.

Observe the Docking Views function. Select the middle of the button to open it for access to the available options.

Select Add Window to open the dialog box.

Select which channel(s) to place in the new presentation.

In this context, the term channel is used as a common term to identify the combination of transceiver, transducer and operating frequency.

Select OK to save the selected setting and close the dialog box.