Tool Picker is a versatile new tool for UltraPaint 1.01 that allows you to choose just the tools you want to use for each session of UltraPaint by creating Tool Sets.
A Tool Set is a customized selection of External Tools. You can customize one Tool Set that will automatically be used for every session of UltraPaint, or you can create different Tool Sets for different circumstances and choose the one you want UltraPaint to use for any session of UltraPaint. Since Tool Picker does not delete tools from your disk, you can reactivate tools whenever you need them.
Tool Picker is very useful for machines with less than 2.5MB of RAM. If you know you do not need certain large tools like the rubber stamp or the TIFF Import/Export for a session of UltraPaint, then use Tool Picker to deactivate them in the Tool Set for that session. By selecting only the tools you need, memory is conserved. An increase in available memory improves UltraPaint’s overall performance, increases its speed, and allows for the opening of larger documents.
Tool Picker is especially valuable for users with MAC Pluses or MAC SE’s. By deactivating unnecessary tools, Tool Picker saves screen space becauses it reduces the amount of tools displayed in the External Tools Palette. This leaves more screen available for working on your document.
To create a Tool Set you must first load Tool Picker. To load Tool Picker, hold the spacebar down while launching UltraPaint from the Macintosh desktop. The UltraPaint title block will appear on the screen. On the right hand side of the title block, in the space above the user’s name, UltraPaint flashes the name of each tool as it is loaded. The first tool loaded will be Tool Picker. Once you see Loading Tool Picker listed in this spot, release the spacebar.
The Tool Picker dialog box will then appear on the screen. On the left hand side a scroll box will display icons for all the tools in the UltraPaint Tools Folder. Tools that are menu items will be represented by the UltraPaint logo; tools in the External Tools Palette will be represented by their respective icons. The first time Tool Picker is opened, all the icons are active. To deactivate a tool, scroll to its icon and click on it. An X will appear across the icon to indicate that this tool has been deactivated. To reactivate a tool that has been deactivated, click on it again. The X will disappear. The active icons form your new Tool Set.
Once you complete your tool selection you are ready to save the Tool Set. In the bottom left hand corner of the dialog box you will see the pop-up menu with the title Sets: . If you have not yet saved a Tool Set, this pop-up box will say none. If you hold the mouse down on this box you will pop up the menu. All Tool Sets you save will be listed in this pop-up menu. The last two pop-up menu items give you the option to add or delete Tool Sets.
To add a Tool Set to the pop-up menu, choose Add .... A new dialog box will appear prompting you to enter a name for your set. Enter a name and click OK, or cancel to abort. This new name will now appear in the pop-up box. To delete a Tool Set, select the Tool Set’s name from the pop-up menu and then choose Delete.
To activate a saved Tool Set, choose its name from the pop-up menu or click on the name if it is already in the pop-up box. Tool Picker will update the selection in the scroll box to match the one you saved by that name. If you then want to modify the tool selection, you can. The modifications will not overwrite your saved Tool Set. The icon selection in the scroll box is what will appear in the document, regardless of the name in the pop-up box.
Deactivated menu item tools will either appear grayed in the document’s menus or not appear at all. Deactivated External Tool icons will not appear in the document’s External Tools Palette.
To proceed with your launching of UltraPaint you will need to use one of the buttons on the right hand side of the Tool Picker dialog box. The following is an explanation of these buttons and their functions:
All ON activates all the tools.
All OFF deactivates all the tools. This option is particularly useful when you only want to use a few tools, since you can then go back and reactivate the tools you want.
Revert returns each icon to the status it was in when you entered this session of Tool Picker.
Temporary uses your selection for this session of UltraPaint only and launches you into UltraPaint. Subsequent sessions will revert to the previously used Tool Set.
Cancel launches you into UltraPaint with your previously used Tool Set.
OK saves your selection as your new default Tool Set for subsequent sessions and launches you into UltraPaint.
To continue the UltraPaint launching process, you must choose either Temporary, Cancel or OK. If you have made changes to the tool selection that you want UltraPaint to use this time only, choose Temporary. If you want UltraPaint to ignore all changes you made during this session of Tool Picker, choose Cancel. If you change the tool selection and want to continue using this modified Tool Set, it is highly recommended that you save and name it, then choose OK.
If you suddenly see you need a tool you did not include with your tool set, save your file and quit. Then use Tool Picker to reactivate that tool when you relaunch UltraPaint, open your file and continue working.
Now, each time you launch UltraPaint it will automatically load your Tool Set. There is no need to open Tool Picker to reselect it. It will remain the active Tool Set until you want to change it.
Note: In the UltraPaint Tools folder, the Tool Picker name is proceeded by a space. Do not delete this space. It is necessary for the proper functioning of this tool.
