Using ArcCatalog

Changing a
command’s
appearance
Grouping commands
1. Show the toolbar containing
the commands that you want
to group together.
2. Click the Tools menu and
click Customize.
3. In the toolbar, right-click the
command located to the right
of where the grouping bar
should be placed.
4. Check Begin a Group to
show a grouping bar to the
left of a command.
Uncheck Begin a Group to
remove a grouping bar.
5. Click Close in the Customize
dialog box.
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ArcCatalog lets you modify the
appearance of buttons, tools,
and menus without programming.
You can add a grouping
bar to visually separate
commands used for different
tasks such as browsing and
querying. You can also modify
the command’s display type—
either Image Only, Image and
Text, or Text Only. By default, a
button or tool dropped onto a
toolbar has the display type
Image Only; when dropped
onto a menu the display type is
Image and Text. Menus can
only have the display type Text
Only.
Changing a command’s caption
changes the text that appears
with the appropriate display
types. Menus and their
contents can be accessed from
the keyboard by holding down
the Alt key and pressing the
underlined letter. To create an
access key, type an ampersand
(&) in front of a letter in the
command’s caption.
Other properties, such as a
button’s ToolTip and Message,
can only be modified with
programming. When you hold
the mouse pointer over a u
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A grouping bar appears
in the toolbar to the left
of the command.
Changing the display
type
1. Show the toolbar containing
the command whose display
type you want to change.
2. Click the Tools menu and
click Customize.
3. In the toolbar, right-click the
command you want to
change. u
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