Introducing the Tools Menu Useful tools for improving your files...

The Main Toolbar Tools drop-down menu provides access to a wide range of useful commands. In this section we will look at three of the most commonly-used sub-menu options accessed from the Tools drop-down menu:

Tools > Languages

Select your preferred language for all Omniscope menus and dialogues. This will not change the language of your data, only the Omniscope commands. For detailled instructions on switching languages, see Tools > Languages.

If you would like to edit/modify the language translation files you use, see our Knowledge Base Translation Guide.

Tools > Show details using...

In addition to the Details View, Omniscope can display configurable record-level details as pop-up windows and embedded Side Bar panels. Open a Side Bars on your file and try each option for viewing details outside of the Details View.

More on Viewing Details and Adding Links

Tools > Tooltips

Tooltips are extra pop-up displays that appear on top of views whenever users hover their mouse on specific records, such as a single row in the Table View or single record dots plotted in a Graph View. You can select which fields are displayed in the pop-up Tooltips hover display. This is an extremely useful way to help users understand the key attributes of any record just by pointing with the mouse.

You should be selective displaying Tooltips, however. Trying to display too many fields in the Tooltips pop-up results in large, cluttered displays that obscure other important aspects of your reports.

The other commands located on the Tools menu are discussed in other sections:

• Links- discussed in the Using Links section
• Web Services- discussed in the Web Services section
• Images- discussed in the Adding Images section
• Advanced Tools- discussed in the Tools-Advanced Tools section