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               <p class="para_td">Overview</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('customizing_nx/roles_p.html');return(false);">How To </a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">Use Roles to simplify the NX user interface so that just the tools you need for each of the main tasks appear. Eliminating commands which are not relevant to the task at hand:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Allows you to locate tools and commands quickly, making learning easier.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Reminds you of which commands are the preferred methods.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('customizing_nx/roles_choose_r.html');return(false);">Choose a Role</a> from one that you customized, or from the NX defaults: 
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      <div class="title_division">Default Roles</div>
      <p class="para_division"> The <b class="uiTerm">Essentials</b> Roles contain a basic set of functionality that best suits an NX novice or occasional user. The <b class="uiTerm">Advanced </b>Roles provide more access to NX toolbars. Both <b class="uiTerm"> Essentials</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Advanced</b> Roles have versions with and without full menus. Some sample industry specific Roles are provided as well.  
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      <div class="title_division">Custom Roles</div>
      <p class="para_division">Your company can create as many Roles as desired, each relating to a specific task. These are added to a separate, protected Role folder. Roles save your work space settings under an assigned name.  Work space settings include customized menu/toolbars content and locations. As of NX 5, you also can save dialog box settings in a Role. </p>
      <p class="para_division">Switch between available Roles by clicking the Role you want from the Roles palette. </p>
      <div class="title_division">Where do I find it?</div>
      <p class="para_division">Click the <b class="uiTerm">Roles </b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/roles.gif" border="0"> tab on the Resource Bar to see the Roles palette.  
      </p><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="create_a_role_p.html">Create a personal Role</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="roles_create_shared_role_p.html">Create a shared Role</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="roles_edit_role_p.html">Edit a Role</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="roles_change_p.html">Change a Role</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="roles_choose_r.html">Choosing a role</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="roles_share_r.html">Sharing roles</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="roles_memory_r.html">Dialog memory</a><br></body>
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