You may want to change the look of the PastPerfect Main Menu. To do this from the PastPerfect Main Menu, click on the Setup button at the top left of the screen to open the Setup drop-down menu and then click Main Menu to open the Setup Main Menu screen.
Name on Main Menu - Enter your organization's name as you want it to appear on the PastPerfect Main Menu. This setting will display on all workstations.
Main Menu Image Options - There are three options for the large image display on the main menu: "Default Image" which displays a single static image, "Default Slide Show" which displays a slide show of all images stored in the Menu Images folder, or "Catalog Record Images" which displays a slide show of your selected catalog record images.
Default Slide Show - PastPerfect comes with about 70 images pre-loaded into the MenuImages folder. You can add to or replace these images by copying JPG image files into that folder, which is usually located at "c:\pp5\MenuImages". If PastPerfect is installed on a network, each workstation can have its own set of images.
Catalog Record Images - If you purchased the optional MultiMedia Upgrade and have attached digital images to records in PastPerfect, you can have these images appear as a slide show on the Main Menu. To select the images to display, on the Setup Main Menu screen, select this option under Image Group, then click the Select Catalog Images button.
On the next screen you may view the images currently in the slide show by clicking the radio button next to Selected Images. To view just the images not in the slide show, click the radio button next to Unselected Images. To view all images, click the radio button next to Both. If you are viewing Both, you may also choose the catalog from which to include images. Use the scroll bar on the right to display more images. To select an image to be included, click on it so the background turns yellow. To de-select an image with a yellow background, click on it so the background turns white. To start over, click Remove All Catalog Record Images from Slide Show. To view your selections before saving them, click the radio button next to Selected Images. Then click Close.
TIP: Another way to select and remove images from the slide show is from the catalog records themselves. If you are attaching a great new image and you know you want it to be on the slide show, you can select the image immediately after you attach it. To do this, go to the catalog record where the image is attached. Click the Image Management button, then make sure you are viewing the image you want. Click the Save As button under Output. To select this image to be included on the slide show, click Add this Image to the Main Menu Slide Show. To remove the image, click Remove from Main Menu Slide Show.
If using one of the slide show options, you must select the interval between image changes. This can be from 1 to 99 seconds. Clicking Exit will load the new show.
Main Menu Banner Color - Click on the desired color to use as a background for your organization's name on the PastPerfect Main Menu.
Main Menu Background Color - Click on the desired color to use as a background for the Main Menu.
Pull Down Setup and Utilities Menus with Mouseover - If you click on the Setup or Utilities buttons, drop-down menus will appear. You can choose to have these menus automatically appear when you move your mouse over the word Setup or Utilities by checking this box. Otherwise you must click on the Setup or Utilities button to make the drop-down menus appear.