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Use the Lightsource Colors control panel to change the color of
LIGHT 2. Make it different from LIGHT 1 so you can more easily see what’s happening as you adjust the lights.
37.Changing the model window’s background color
Select the Utilities/Customize/Pen Colors… menu item.
In the Pen Colors control panel, set the Background popup to
OTHER or set the Pen popup to BACKGROUND.
Use the color sliders to customize your background’s color.
Or just set the Background popup to one of the predefined color
choices.
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38.Using the Help menu
Select the Help/Getting Started… menu item.
You can use the buttons in the Getting Started control panel to find
out more about:
♦ The names of the parts of Cerius2’s graphical environment and
how to manage all the windows.
♦ Loading models.
♦ Manipulating models in the model window, including:
Access to on-screen summaries of mouse- and keyboardactions for selecting and moving models.
Information on changing the display style and atom colors, as
well as on labeling atoms.
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