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Adjusting the Menu Settings

The Menu Settings pane includes two options that have a heavy impact on
how your menu looks. The menu Title appears at the top of the menu in a
large font. Make sure you type in just what you want your overall show to
be called.

Remember that the Title is what appears for the whole menu, not just for
an individual show. Make it something that will work for all the shows you
include, assuming you have more than one.
The second important option is the Thumbnails checkbox. This enables
the use of video thumbnails, which are animated thumbnails of your show.
This is just like the animated previews that often play when you’re using the
chapter selection tool on a film DVD.

If you enable the option to use video thumbnails, you can also choose how
long you want the thumbnails to be. By default, they’re 5 seconds long.
This causes the thumbnail to display the first 5 seconds of each show that
you have as a thumbnail on the menu.
Remember that the time starts from the beginning of the show. If the first
part of your show doesn’t have anything that really stands out, you might
just want to pass on using video thumbnails.

Also in the Menu Settings area you'll find the option to open or save a
Menu Template. You'll use these options to manage the custom menus
you create. We'll cover this in more detail a little later in the chapter.