WinDisp Options Menu Items

Inverse Video

Clicking on this menu item turns on inverse video display mode in which the graphics window is set to black and all black lines and text are displayed as white. All other colours are unaffected. This mode is useful for the production of slides where a layout on a black background projects much better than white. WinDisp remains in inverse mode once this option is selected and any current layout will need to be redisplayed for it to be displayed correctly. Inverse video mode is turned of by clicking on the Inverse Video menu item. The inverse video mode is useful for creating screen dumps to use in presentations.

Display Coordinates...

When there is a valid display, moving the mouse over the display causes the current mouse coordinates to be displayed in the second and third status panel at the bottom of the WinDisp window. The File>Options>Display Coordinates... menu item allows you to specify the format of the displayed coordinates. The available formats are:

• Data: the coordinates are the real world data coordinates
• Geographic: the coordinates are longitude and latitude (Note that this option is not available if no projection has been defined)
• Paper (cm): the coordinates give the location on the plot measured in cm from the lower-left corner of the display 
• Paper (inches): the coordinates give the location on the plot measured in inches from the lower-left corner of the display 

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Last modified: April 10, 2012