How to beautify ma LabView panel?

Hello there,
I want to beautify my LabView panel, but how?
How can I change the colour of my Background?
Importinga "picture" file in what format/size?
How to rescale a tank?
Please help me, Ruth.

Hi Ruth,
You can change the color of your background by first going to set color tool from the Tools Palette. You make choose any color by clicking on the two squares(it would appear like the one in Paint file). Also in the front panel you have the option to choose the size, color, font,etc. You can do that by dropping the menu "13 Application Font" (by the pause button).
For rescaling any object you can select the Select/position/size tool and then move(drag to englarge or srink)the tank to resize it.
Also below I have attached the link to a document where it describes in detail about the customization.
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/conceptd.nsf/2d17d611efb58b22862567a9006ffe76/a9fbcaa7a3d7922186256a3000652b56?OpenDocument
Hope this helps !
Shruti T
Na
tional Instruments
www.ni.com/ask

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