VMN Toolbox’s menu allows you to access the tools and is available at all times.
The menu appears as a floating menu.

Floating Menu

The floating menu is docked by default at the top of the screen. Its small size (smaller than a Windows title) allows you to keep it on top of applications without having to move it.
The floating menu offers the advantage of preserving the entire Windows desktop. However, you must open the menu before using the tool. An additional click is therefore necessary.

Setting the menu anywhere on-screen
The menu is docked at the top of the screen by default. However, you can shift it anywhere on-screen by clicking on the floating menu and moving the mouse while holding down the control button.

Place sticky notes anywhere on your desktop with a few mouse clicks. With sticky notes, your notes are always visible to you while working. It's easy to remember important information.

Using Sticky notes

Sticky notes interface

The sticky notes is represented by a yellow note icon on your screen. Everytime you want to type a note, click on the image and the sticky notes interface will appear. Another click on the yellow note icon will put the sticky notes interface not in modal window until you called for it again.
To close the sticky notes, click on 'Sticky notes' from the VMN Toolbox menu.

Sticky notes menu

Options available from the menu:

• New: to create a new note. A clipboard appears on your screen.
• Copy: to copy a text within the sticky notes interface or outside the interface.
• Paste: to paste a text within the sticky notes interface or outside the interface.
• Delete: to delete the note.
• Delete: to delete the note.
• Send to: to send notes by email.

Sticky notes options

• Notes opacity: to specify the opacity of the notes tool. This value of the opacity applies to the color of the background color also.
• Open Notes tools at startup: to display the notes tool at startup. The sticky notes icon will appear.
• Show existing notes at startup: to display the sticky notes interface with your notes at startup.

The pixel ruler allows you to measure any object on-screen and is the closest tool to a real measuring ruler. Two rulers are available from the VMN Toolbox: the Horizontal ruler and the Vertical ruler.

Using the Pixel Rulers

You can show the position markers on the measuring ruler, move it in the desired direction, and set it on the object to be measured.
When you move the mouse, markers point out the position on the ruler.

To memorize a dimension
To memorize a dimension, click on the markers, double-click on the ruler at the desired setting. Double-click again to take new measurements.

To hide or show position markers
Click on the doted-bar icon to hide or show position markers. When the option is disable, the marker remain visible on the ruler but invisible on the rest of the desktop.
 

The colors control tool allows you to select a color on-screen, to select a color from the color palette, and to keep favorites.

Color Picker

The picker tool (upper part of the tool) allows you to select a color from anywhere on-screen, after which you may copy the color code or keep it in favorites.

To pick a color
Place the mouse on top of the picker to activate the desired color.

To copy a color code
RGB and hexadecimal codes of an active color (in the rectangle beside the picker) are shown to the right of the color picker zone. To copy one of the codes, click on the small control to the right of the desired code.

To adjust a color
An activated color can be adjusted by changing the red, green, and blue components.
To do so, click on the control to the right of the color to be changed.
Hold down the control while moving the mouse vertically.

Choosing a Color from a Palette

VMN Toolbox offers three color palettes. Select a palette by clicking on the icon to the left of the color palette in the central part of the color management tool.

Click on the desired color from the palette to select a color. Once activated, the color can be memorized in favorites or the codes can be copied to the clipboard.

The 16-colors palette represents the Windows classic colors display and is composed of the purest colors possible.

The 216-colors palette, often called websafe, represents colors safely used on the Web, whatever system is used.

The 65,000-colors palette offers every color possible. The brightness adjusting bar allows for different color intensities.
 

Custom palette

The lower part of the color management tool is reserved for favorite colors.
Custom palette stems from a palette or a screen pixel and can be reused later.

To memorize a pixel’s color from the screen
Use the color picker to choose a color from the screen.
Then click on any free space of the Custom palette to memorize color.

To memorize a color from a palette
Click on the selected color from one of the color palettes. Then click on any free space of the Custom palette to memorize color.

To activate and use a color from favorites
To activate a color, click on the color from the Custom palette. Then you can copy the color codes.

To remove a color from Custom palette
Click with the right mouse button on the color to be removed (left mouse button if your mouse buttons are reversed).
 

The Screen Capture tool allows you to copy to the clipboard to save or modify part of the screen.

Using Screen Capture

Hide or show the Screen Capture tool from VMN Toolbox’s menu by setting the yellow selection zone so that the zone to be captured is centered.

Then click on the corresponding icon.

To copy to the clipboard
Click on the first icon to copy the selected picture to the clipboard.
You can paste the picture from any software program that includes the paste function.

To save on disk
Save the picture in JPG or BMP.
You can adjust the parameters, particularly compression in JPEG format.

Magnifier is a window designed to increase the screen portion surrounding the mouse.
By adjusting the zoom factor, you will be able to work comfortably at the pixel level.

Using the Magnifier

Show or hide the magnifier from the VMN Toolbox menu.

Adjusting the zoom factor
The zoom factor can be changed from the window zoom by using the series of icons.

To resize the window
The window can be resized from the small yellow square located at the bottom right of the window.