The Main Menu
This is the main menu where you will select the tools
and features you wish to use to create or edit your masterpiece.
Below is a breif explanation of each of the menu items and what they do.
The specific menu items will be broken down and explained in depth in subsequent
chapters.
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Selecting the File menu option will enable you to
start a new map, close one or all of your open maps, open a previously
saved map, save the map you are working on, reinitialize the defaults,
and exit the software.
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Selecting the Edit menu item will give you various
editing capabilities. You can cut and paste sections to and from the selection
palette, as well as delete them. You can also choose to undo your previous
operation from this menu as well.
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The View menu item will allow you to selectively display
the toolbar, status bar, toolbox and minimap. It will also allow you to
configure the various options of Annihilator 1.0
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The Map menu list will provide you with choices for
doing map related things, including importing and exporting greyscale height
maps, and exporting the entire map as a bitmap. It is here where you will
adjust the various map settings like wind speed and sea level. You can
also choose to resize your map, compress it, or edit the features list.
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The Sections menu allows you to import bitmaps as
a section, and allows exportation of selections as a bitmap. Annihilator
1.0 also will allow you to save a section group for later use, as well
as edit an existing section group.
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The Online menu contains links to the latest news
and Annihilator files and updates. There are also links to some of the
more popular Total Annihilation internet sites. There is also a bug form
in the unfortunate instance that you encounter a bug in the software
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The Help menu will allow you to see the various help
topics that are availabe, as well as the version of the software and any
legal terms of using it, if any.