However, the optimal use of image tile menus requires that you take care in preparing slides that will serve as images. When an image tile menu is displayed, the user must wait for all images to be drawn before making a selection. If you are using the image tile menu to show the user numerous complex symbols, make the images simple versions of the symbols rather than full renditions. An image should be as simple as possible and yet immediately recognizable. Fill the box.
Screen space is limited, and images appear in small portions of the full screen.
If the image is very wide and short, or long and thin, the image tile menu will look best if you center the image on the screen with the PAN command before making the slide. If your graphics area has a different aspect ratio, it can be difficult to produce image slides that are centered in the image tile menu. The following commands set up a correctly proportioned viewport. Otherwise, they display as outlines. Remember the main purpose of these images.