Managing Video Layouts
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About the Layout menu
The Layout menu allows you to save particular Video Window layouts for easy monitoring
and access of cameras.
The name of the currently-displayed layout can be found in
the top-left corner of the Viewing Area, next to the Layout
button. You can create a new layout, save a layout or open
and rename a previously-saved layout.
Click the Layout button to open the Layout menu. You can also right-click anywhere in the
Viewing Area to display the Layout menu.
Personal Layouts: lists layouts created
by the current user. They are separated
below the Shared Layouts list.
Below the Layout menu options, existing
Layouts are displayed and divided into two
sections, Shared Layouts and Personal
Layouts, as shown in this example.
Shared Layouts: lists layouts created by
Administrators that cannot be modified by
Operators; however Operators can save
layouts under a new name in the Personal
Layouts list below.
Shared
Layouts
Personal
Layouts
Layout
menu
options
To create a new layout (if a previously-saved layout is displayed):
Click the Layout button to open the menu, and then select New Layout. You may be
prompted to save the current layout if it is not saved. The Viewing Area will become
blank and the default layout name ‘Untitled’ will be displayed.
The process of creating folders and saving a layout could be done in the following
order:
Organize and
create Layout
folders
Save Layout to
a folder
Select a grid
style for a new
Layout
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