There are several ways of creating new Designed Panels in Menu Designer:
•Create a new panel "from scratch." The new panel will have no components (Definition: An element that can be placed on a menu panel using the components toolbar in Panel Designer. Some components, for example simple item buttons, are linked to items in your menu. Other components, for example quantity or size buttons, are linked to information in the Root Menu tabs. There are also components, for example titles and background shapes, that are not linked to menu information.) (buttons or displays) visible when you open it in the Panel Designer. You will add components as required.
•Create a new panel by copying an existing one using the Duplicate command. When you open it in the Panel Designer, the new panel will have the same components as the panel that was copied. You can save time by duplicating panels that have components similar to the ones that are required on the new panel, and then editing the components as required.
•Create a new panel from a template panel. Templates are used to give a series of new panels a consistent layout that will improve the efficiency of order-taking.
To Add a New Panel:
1.Add a new panel using one of the following methods:
•To add a new, blank panel, right-click on the Panels branch 
, point to Add, and click Designed Panel.
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•To add a new panel by copying an existing panel or template, in the Panels branch , right-click the panel you are copying, and click Duplicate.
2.On the General tab for the new panel, select the Active check box to make the panel available for selection in Store Manager.
3.Select the Visible check box to add a navigation button for the panel to the panel menu that appears at the side of the Terminal menu screen.
4.Enter the new panel name in the Name field.
5.Click in the Caption field to auto-fill it with the panel name, and then type to edit the caption, if desired. The caption will appear as text on the panel navigation buttons.
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Note The Sort Order setting is not currently active. Control the sort order from the Store Manager Menus screen. |
6.Specify a Selection Base Item for the panel, if desired.
7.The Auto Complete Selection check box is selected by default.
8.Click on the Panels branch. The new panel will appear in the expanded list of menu panels.
9.(Optional) Arrange the panels in the order you want the panel buttons to appear in Terminal. How? (Click on a menu panel name, drag the panel to a new location, and release the mouse button.)
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Hint If you arrange the panels in the Menu Designer in the order you want the panel buttons to appear in Terminal, it will not be necessary to reorder the panels when you activate the new menu. |
10.Open the new panel in the Panel Designer by double-clicking it in the panels branch.
11.Add buttons and other panel components (Definition: An element that can be placed on a menu panel using the components toolbar in Panel Designer. Some components, for example simple item buttons, are linked to items in your menu. Other components, for example quantity or size buttons, are linked to information in the Root Menu tabs. There are also components, for example titles and background shapes, that are not linked to menu information.) (see the links below) and edit components on the new panel.
See Also:
•Panel Designer Components Toolbar
•Activate a New Panel or Menu (Store Manager)
