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Accessing the Mayfield Toolbar

For Windows, the Mayfield software functionality has been created by writing WordBasic or PerfectScript macros. Though you will find the macros accessible and able to run from the menu, you take an unnecessary risk in so accessing them: you might inadvertently delete or edit a macro, leaving the feature unusable. For this reason, you should access the features only through the toolbar buttons or keyboard shortcuts.

A unique toolbar called the Mayfield Toolbar makes it unnecessary to select a macro from a list. This toolbar acts like other toolbars in that you can view or hide it without changing its function. It can be moved or resized to your liking. On the toolbar, you will find four functions: Open Handbook, Create Handbook Link, View Handbook Link, and Create Comment. These four buttons will run the macros needed to open the Handbook, create and view reference links within the Handbook, and insert comments into a completed document.

For each function that is operated by running a macro, a corresponding shortcut key combination can run the macro automatically. You will find the appropriate key combinations in the preceding section and also in Chapter 4, where specific instructions on each feature are given.

Microsoft Word Users

The Mayfield Toolbar will normally be visible automatically after you run the setup program. If it is not visible, you can make it visible by performing the following steps.
  1. Launch Microsoft Word (you do not need to open a document),
  2. Go to the Menu bar, and select View, Toolbars. This window shows all the available toolbars, and each toolbar has an on/off toggle. Make sure that the toolbars you wish to have accessible for word processing are selected.
  3. Click on the Mayfield Toolbar.
  4. Close the View, Toolbars dialog box.

Corel WordPerfect Users

You can make the Mayfield Toolbar visible by performing the following steps.
  1. Launch WordPerfect (you do not need to open a document).
  2. Go to the menu bar, and select Edit, Preferences.
  3. Open the Preferences dialog box for File, Template.
  4. Make sure that the Additional Directory location specified is the one containing the Mayfield template (the "Mayfield.wpt" file). The default installation location is wpoffice\wpwin\wpdocs\template.
  5. Make sure the "Mayfield.wpt" file itself is selected in the Additional Objects Template location. Close the File, Template dialog box.
  6. Open the Preferences dialog box for Keyboard.
  7. Select Mayfield from the scrolling list; click Select to close the dialog box.
  8. Open the Preferences dialog box for Toolbar.
  9. Select Mayfield from the scrolling list; click Select to close the dialog box.
  10. Close the main Preferences window.

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