---
title: reset
card_id: 45965
---

# reset

```
reset menuBar
reset printing
reset paint
```

`Reset menuBar` restores the menu bar to HyperCard’s standard menus. `Reset printing` restores the default values for the printing properties, as follows:

```
printMargins: 0,0,0,0 printTextAlign: left printTextFont: Geneva printTextHeight:13 printTextSize: 10 printTextStyle: plain
```

`Reset paint` reinstates the default values for all the painting properties, as follows:

```
brush: 8           textAlign: left
centered: false    textFont: Geneva
filled: false      textHeight: 16
grid: false        textSize: 12
lineSize: 1        textStyle: plain
multiple: false
multiSpace: 1
pattern: 12
polySides: 4
```

## Related Topics

* [brush](/HyperTalkReference/properties/brush)
* [centered](/HyperTalkReference/properties/centered)
* [create](/HyperTalkReference/commands/create)
* [filled](/HyperTalkReference/properties/filled)
* [grid](/HyperTalkReference/properties/grid)
* [lineSize](/HyperTalkReference/properties/lineSize)
* [multiple](/HyperTalkReference/properties/multiple)
* [pattern](/HyperTalkReference/properties/pattern)
* [polySides](/HyperTalkReference/properties/polySides)
* [print](/HyperTalkReference/commands/print)
* [printMargins](/HyperTalkReference/properties/printMargins)
* [printTextAlign](/HyperTalkReference/properties/printTextAlign)
* [printTextFont](/HyperTalkReference/properties/printTextFont)
* [printTextHeight](/HyperTalkReference/properties/printTextHeight)
* [printTextSize](/HyperTalkReference/properties/printTextSize)
* [printTextStyle](/HyperTalkReference/properties/printTextStyle)