Show ScreenTips on toolbars - either enables (checked) or disables (unchecked) the help text that appears when you hover the mouse over the toolbar button.

Show shortcut keys in ScreenTips - this sets the ScreenTips, when enabled, to also display any available keystroke shortcut to execute that button's function. Enabling these is a great way to learn the keyboard hot keys for operating HyperSnap-DX 5, and the keyboard is almost always faster than the mouse.

Large icons - checking this uses the "SVGA" button size. Great for users with high-color high-resolution displays such as 1280 X 1024. The buttons are easier to see than the smaller buttons at such a resolution, although they take up more screen real estate.

Lots 'o buttons?

If you have a lot of buttons showing on the toolbar, and then check Large icons, you may find your buttons are larger than the available screen space can show. Either remove some buttons using the customization tool, or go back to the smaller size buttons.

Alternately, if the single-row takes up too much space, you can pull the button bar "off" of HyperSnap-DX 5's user interface by grabbing the raised area at the left edge of the bar and dragging it "away" from the menu (either up, down, or away to either side totally off the HyperSnap-DX 5 window).

Then it will become a free-floating palette which you can size like a window, allowing you to double-up the rows. You can place it anywhere you like on your screen, it will still function as before even if it doesn't "touch" the HyperSnap-DX 5 window.

To replace it, simply drag it back into the previous place. The "side" bar will move out of the way as may be required. (Both the top bar and the side bar support this positioning method, by the way.)

Look 2000 - changes the toolbars to look like Windows 2000 and Office 2000 toolbars. This option shows up only if you turn off the Office XP Style selection under the Options menu.

The next section affects how your menus operate, and whether or not they track which functions you use and move them to the beginning of the menu list as you use them.

Menus show recently used commands first - enable this to set the program to prioritize the menu items by how often and recently you've used them. Most-used commands are automatically moved to the top of the menu, and least-used commands are hidden below the little double "caret" at the bottom of the menu. Some people find this behavior desirable (typically folks who use the mouse more than the keyboard, where menu placement by counting up or down to the menu item you want is the norm). Others prefer the menu to be static, like previous versions and most common software. If that's your preference, be sure to disable this function.

If you enable Menus show recently used... then the item below will be available for checking.

Show full menus after a short delay - this works in tandem with the above listed function, and causes the least-used menu items (which are hidden beneath the little double "caret" at the bottom of the menu) to automatically reveal themselves after a brief delay of a few seconds. This way you don't have to click the double caret character to unfold the menu. Holding the menu open will cause the program to automatically unfold, revealing any hidden menu items.

Reset my usage data - clicking this erases the database HyperSnap-DX keeps that lets it know which menu items you've used the most. Click this if you want to reset all positions back to the default places for each item. Doing this is not reversible, so be careful.

Tear-off menus available - when you open any menu during normal program operation (but not when you are in "Customize" mode) you should note a horizontal grey bar on the side or top edge. You can grab this bar with your left mouse button and then drag the menu away from its docked position to "tear it off." Thus you can make a floating "menu toolbar."

If you want, you can dock this menu/toolbar to any side of HyperSnap-DX 5's window, thus having single-click access to all menu functions. When docked to the top, it becomes a menu again.