Name Change Questions

[mpkeane]

I am working on a Mac PowerBook, using OS 10.4.11, with VW Designer (Educational Version) 12.5.1.

I cannot see how to change the names of things in two cases.

1) Symbols. I created a new Custom Title Block, which I believe is a symbol. Now that I have this nice new title block, I want to put a more appropriate name on it. Can a symbol's name be modified?

2) Viewports. I have made several viewports. Unlike Layers and Classes, I cannot see how to change the name of an existing viewport. Is it possible?

Marc

[Pat Stanford]

1. In the Object Info Palette (OIP), select the symbol and either right click (if you have a two button mouse), or hold down the control key and click (if you have a Mac single button mouse). This will bring up the contextual menu. One of the choices is to Rename the symbol.

2. All objects are named/renamed in the top box of the Data pane of the OIP.

Pat

[mpkeane]

Thanks for your help Pat.

1) I think, if I am not mistaken, that I need to select the Symbol and right click it in the Resource Browser, not the Object Information Palette (at least I couldn't find any way to access the symbol in the OIP but I did in the Resource Browser). In any case, you put me on the right track and I was able to change the symbol name.

2) I was able to rename the Viewport in the OIP Data Pane.

Thank you.

Marc