| iTool User's Guide: iTools Interface Reference |

## Insert Menu

The Insert menu contains tools for adding visualization elements to the displayed data. Contents of the Insert menu vary from iTool to iTool.

Table A-6: The Insert Menu

Table A-6: The Insert Menu
Menu Selection | Function
--- | ---
Visualization | Inserts a new visualization into the current window. See Inserting Visualizations for details.
View | Inserts a new view into the current window. If the window is currently locked, this menu item will be grayed out. If the window is not locked, the new view is added to the layout in the appropriate location, depending on the currently active layout.
Dataspace | Inserts data space. (useful when overplotting such as in iPlot)
Axis | Inserts a new axis. Choose from these options: X: inserts an additional X axis Y: inserts an additional Y axis Z: inserts an additional Z axis See Additional Axes for details.
New Legend | Inserts a new legend for the data set or for the selected visualization(s) into the current window. See Legends for details.
Legend Item | Inserts a new item into your existing legend.
Colorbar | Inserts a colorbar for the selected item. Note - Only available for indexed color images.
{Additional items vary depending on the iTool selected.} For example:
Light | Inserts a new light into the current window. See Lights for details.
Map | Inserts a new map into the current window.

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