"Trace Bitmap" is Not

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Sharon175
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"Trace Bitmap" is Not

Postby Sharon175 » Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:20 pm

Have been using Trace Bitmap successfully to separate out background colors... yesterday it stopped displaying the dialog box on my Windows 7 system. Same images working fine on my Mac. Have I touched something to turn it off? Considering uninstall and re-install. Any other thoughts? The on-line Help Manual is great for How-to's, but cannot find a section on troubleshooting.... Thanks!
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Re: "Trace Bitmap" is Not

Postby brynn » Fri Sep 30, 2011 5:57 am

Hi Sharon175,
If you intentionally or accidentally minimized the dialog previously, it's still there. After you click to open Trace Bitmap dialog, look in bottom left corner of your screen. You should see a small title bar with the usual Minimize, Restore or Maximize, and Close buttons. If you click the Restore or Maximize button (the one in the middle), the dialog should go right back to wherever it was when you minimized it. I know that's so confusing, and I hope the developers can offer a docked dialog for that in the future. There are a very few dialogs which can't be docked. Anyway, let us know if you find it. If not, we will keep trying :D

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Re: "Trace Bitmap" is Not

Postby Sharon175 » Fri Sep 30, 2011 6:49 am

Boy is my face red!!!! About 30 years ago when I was teaching a word processing class the first thing I would say to students was... "be sure to look at your entire display - there's lots of good information there"... Thanks, Brynn. Will try to be more observant! "Trace Bitmap" now is!
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Re: "Trace Bitmap" is Not

Postby brynn » Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:42 am

No worries!
I think I was about to click submit on a new topic myself, the first time it happened to me. Honestly, I just figured it out at the last moment, lol. Also, you can't see the titlebar down there, if you clicked anything else since opening the dialog, because that puts it behind the main window. Anyway, you're welcome :D


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