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Standard Menu: To open the Standard Menu, position the cursor over the simulator. On a PC, click the right mouse button. On a Macintosh, hold down the Apple key and click the mouse. You can only open the Standard Menu in Stop mode. Document Load Load a previously-saved
simulator setup. See Save
HTML. Save Save the current setup
with a file name you specify. In most
cases, you will find the Save
HTML function
better fitted to your needs. Edit Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste,
and Delete are easier to execute using
keyboard
commands. See the keyboard
commands page for
descriptions of these functions. Simulator Show script
box Open or close the
Script
Box. Show control
palette Show or conceal the
control palette (Run, Stop
buttons). Show shapes
palette Show or conceal the
shapes or graphics palette. Show elements
palette main Show or conceal the top
elements palette (select, delete, battery,
switch, four bulbs). Show elements
palette additional Show or conceal the
bottom elements palette (all other
elements). Show View
palette Show or conceal the
view palette (Realistic and Schematic View
tools). Options Group Group selected
elements. After executing this command,
you only need to select one grouped
element to select all of them (disabled on
PCs). Ungroup Ungroup selected
elements (disabled on PCs). See below. 
Snap to grid Realistic. Force objects in Realistic View to be positioned on a grid. Default is off. Snap to grid Schematic. Force objects in Schematic View to be positioned on a grid. Default is on. Switch to Realistic View. Same as Realistic View tool (disabled on PCs). Switch to Schematic View. Same as Schematic View tool (disabled on PCs). Show voltage coloring. Display wires with a voltage coloring scheme in which red indicates the high, positive side of a potential difference, and blue indicates the low, negative side. The remaining colors (cyan, green, yellow, orange) indicate intermediate potential levels. See figure below. Show bulbs' current numbers. In Schematic View, display the current running through light bulbs using an ad hoc measurement system called current numbers. By default, a current number of 1.0 is equal to the current running through a 40 ohm bulb connected to a 1.5 volt battery (37.5 mA). You can change this setting in the background properties. See figure below. Show bulbs' brightness. In Schematic View, display the luminosity of light bulbs using an ad hoc measurement system called brightness. A brightness of 100 is the luminosity produced by a current with a current number of 1.0 running through a 40 ohm bulb. See figure below. Show current arrows. Display arrows that indicate the direction of current. If electron currents (below) is checked, the arrows display the direction of electron currents rather than standard currents. In the background properties, you can set both the standard arrow length (for a current with a current number of 1.0; default length is 60 pixels) and the current arrow color (black [default]; red [CPU standard color for positive charge, voltage, current]; or blue [CPU standard color for negative charge, voltage, current]). See figure below. Electron currents. If you choose to show current arrows (above), display electron currents rather than standard currents. See figure below. Fewer elements. Hide (or display) the buttons for the capacitor, resistor, ammeter, voltmeter, ohmmeter, diode, and socket.
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