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   In "Add Text" mode,  the mouse behaves normally,  except that
if you right-click on the chart,  Guide will prompt you for the text
to be added at that point.

   The floating dialog box also has a color selection box.  The color
you select here is applied to anything you add to the overlay.  Also,
you can eliminate an overlay entirely with the "Delete Overlay" option.

10:  USER OBJECT MENU                          

   In the User Object menu you can keep a list of the objects you're
interested in that don't appear in the "Go To Object" set of menus.
It is in the Overlays menu (hotkey F5).

   The first time you enter it looks like this:

Add an object
Delete an object
Go to an object
Save to Sky Comm
Output to File

   All items except "add an object" and "esc to prev menu" are grayed
out,  since there are no objects yet to be deleted, gone to,  saved to
a Sky Commander,  or output to a file.

   If you center on an object of interest,  then click on "add an
object",  you'll be prompted to enter a name for the object (such as
"Barnard's Star",  "possible variable", etc.)  The object will be
added to the list and the grayed out menu items will no longer be
grayed out.

   If you select "Delete an object" or "Go to an object", the complete
list of entered objects will be shown. Select one, and either that object
will be removed from the list (after you confirm that action), or Guide
will recenter on that object.
                                                   
   "Save to Sky Comm" will remain grayed out until you have entered
the Telescope Control menu (page 39), told Guide that you have
a Sky Commander, and on which port it is installed. When this has been
done, if you click on "Save to Sky Comm", Guide will take the list of
objects you have created and provide their locations to the Sky
Commander. You can then take the Sky Commander into the field and find
those objects.

   It can be useful to have a list of the objects,  complete with the
numbers that the Sky Commander has assigned to them.  To get one,  you
can click on "Output to File". Windows will let you choose a file name.
You can store the list in an ASCII file for further use.

11:  TELESCOPE CONTROL MENU     hotkey F4    

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