help • 18 The Use of Skins • Editing Skin
18.2 Editing Skin
You must switch to Edit Mode in order to change the user interface.
* 
The option of changing the Skin is intended especially for those users who already have experience with user interfaces. For this reason, you can only use these functions if the system administrator has given you explicit permission to do so.
 
The following changeable elements are provided within a Skin:
*background images
*action areas (buttons)
*information areas (display elements)
*Slider
*Web Extension
*Tabs (page elements)
Skins are saved as a compressed Cabinet Archive (CAB) on SwyxServer. A CAB contains the following files:
*Skin definition files (SKN)
*A file with information about the transparent background (RegionCache.dat)
*Graphics
*Video clips (AVI)
In addition, the currently selected Skin is saved locally on your PC. If you work at a company location which is not the same as the SwyxServer location, and if you are connected to SwyxServer via a WAN (Wide Area Network), then the Skin does not have to be loaded from SwyxServer during SwyxIt! Classic log-on. Instead a local copy can be used.
* 
Due to the fact that the interface is not available as usual while editing the telephony functionality, your telephoning capability will be limited while you are editing. Incoming calls can be answered, e.g. by lifting the handset or by clicking on “Functions | Pick up call” in the menu bar of the non-transparent Skin.
 
To edit the user interface
1 You have several options:
*Click with the right mouse button on the SwyxIt! Classic user interface. Then, in the context menu, click on “File | Skin | Edit” or
*go to the menu bar and click on “File | Skin | Edit”.
Information concerning the current Online Help appears.
You are now in Edit Mode, which is used to change the current interface. You can change the appearance of existing elements (objects) or add, copy, and delete new elements.
The following describes how you can change the appearance of the interface.
To change the objects of the user interface
1 Click with the right mouse button on the SwyxIt! Classic user interface.
The context menu will appear.
The following is a description of the menu commands.