[1] Question: What is the difference between 'Classic Design' and the 'New visual Design'?
[2] Question: What kind of adjusting of the local layout of the GUI can be made?
[1] Question: What is the difference between 'Classic Design' and the 'New visual Design'?
Answer: SAP GUI features two different modes, New Visual (or Enjoy) Design and Classic Design (the older types of SAP GUI before 4.6 could be defined as Classic Design). Both designs are 100% compatible with thefunctionality connecting to SAP systems.
Classic Design
Under the three colored circles in the menu bar (the SAP GUI-Icon) you will find the options to manipulate SAP GUI Colors, Fonts and further user options. These options are to be set up by every user to suit personal preferences. There is no mean to apply this particular changes to your whole environment of every PC in you company.
New Visual Design
In this skin the icon to get to the option looks like a PC monitor and is placed at the right hand side of the menu bar. As SAP defined a certain look and feel you can only make changes in fonts and size only to a certain extent.
[2] Question: What kind of adjusting of the local layout of the GUI can be made?
Answer: This FAQ is not the right place for explaining all options whichcan be changed by the user. So, please review the GUI specific help. Choose the three-colored GUI icon, and select then the 'SAP GUI Help' menu. Go then to 'Adjusting the local layout'. In this section all possible configurations of the local layout are explained.