Tool Properties Dialog Box

Controls the properties associated with the selected tool.

TOOLPALETTES (Command) Find: Right-click a tool on a tool palette > Properties

The types of properties that are displayed will vary depending on the type of tool that is selected. In addition the following controls are displayed:

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

Image

Displays the icon of the selected tool. You can right-click the image to specify a different one.

Name

Displays the name of the selected tool, which you can change.

Description

Displays the description that you enter to act as a tooltip for the selected tool.

Command

For many tools, includes controls for specifying tool flyouts and the macro to run when you click on the selected tool. You can access examples of command strings by opening the Properties option in the default tools.

General

Sets the default properties of the object to be created or inserted.

You can include several instances of the same tool with different property settings for each one.