| iTool User's Guide: iTools Interface Reference |

## Introduction to iTools Interface Elements

The Standard IDL Intelligent Tools comprise seven distinct tools: iImage, iPlot, iSurface, iContour, iVolume, iMap, and iVector. Each tool has a specific set of functions related to the type of data it is designed to use. In addition to these specific tasks, all four tools have a number of functions in common. This appendix describes those functions that all iTools have in common; for information about the functions unique to the individual iTools, refer to the chapters describing those tools.

This appendix is an overview of these menu items and toolbar buttons that are common to all iTools:

### Menu Bar Items

The following menus appear on the iTool menu bar:

- File Menu

- Edit Menu

- Insert Menu

- Operations Menu

- Window Menu

- Help Menu

### Toolbar Items

The following toolbars appear at the top of each iTool window:

- The File toolbar, containing the New, Open, Save, and Print buttons.

- The Edit toolbar, containing the Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, and Paste buttons.

- The Manipulator toolbar, containing the Select, Rotate, and View Pan buttons.

- The View Zoom button and View Zoom drop-down list.

- The Annotation toolbar, containing the Text and line buttons as well as the Line, Rectangle, Oval, Polygon, and Freehand annotation buttons.

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