• XanaNews - Explaining the User Interface (part 2 of 2)

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    XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > Search Menu >Search Menu
    From the search menu you can find text in the current message, search >messages in the selected groups for text, and find unread messages,
    messages marked as interesting, or messages that match particular keywords >Search Messages (Shift+Ctrl+F)
    Search the message base. You can search for messages using a number of criteria. See the Searching for Messages section for details
    Find in Message (Ctrl+F)
    Search the current message bodies text part for the given string.
    Find Message on Internet
    Use an Internet search engine (Google by default) to search for the
    selected message in its archive. See the Find Message on Internet
    section for details
    Find Next Unread Reply to Me (M)
    Go to the next unread reply to one of your messages.
    Find Next Unread Message in Thread I've Posted to (Ctrl+M)
    Go to the next unread message in a thread you've posted to.
    Find Next Unread Interesting Message (Shift+Ctrl+M)
    Go to the next unread message marked as 'Interesting'
    Find Next Interesting Message (Ctrl+N)
    Go to the next Interesting message, whether it's been read or not.
    Find Next Interesting Message in Another Thread (Shift+Ctrl+N)
    Find the next interesting message, but not in the current thread.
    Find Message with Any Keyword (Ctrl+K)
    Find the next message containing any keyword
    Find Message with Keyword n (Ctrl+Fn)
    You can search for up to 8 keywords, and use Ctrl-F1 to Ctrl+F8 to
    find matching messages.

    XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > Account Menu >Account Menu
    The Account Menu lets you perform the following operations on the account
    or accounts that are currently selected in the Subscribed Groups Tree.
    You can also access these functions from the Subscribed Groups Tree's >right-click popup menu.
    Expand All Accounts
    Expand all the accounts in the Subscribed Groups Tree so that their subscribed groups are visible.
    You can expand all accounts automatically when you start XanaNews by
    checking the Auto Expand Tree option.
    Collapse All Accounts
    Collapse all the accounts in the Subscribed Groups Tree so that only the accounts, but not the individual subscribed groups are showing.
    Show Newsgroup List
    Shows the newsgroup list, where you can subscribe to, or unsubscribe from newsgroups.
    Refresh Group List
    Reloads the list of available newsgroups from the server.
    Add New Account
    Set up a new server account
    Remove Account
    Remove the selected account(s) from your computer.
    When you remove an account, its settings and all messages in all the
    groups you subscribed to in that account are permanently removed.
    Account Properties
    Display the properties for the selected account.

    XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > Help Menu
    Help Menu
    The Help Menu allows you to select XanaNews' help options.
    In addition to the Help Menu, XanaNews support context sensitive online
    help. Press the F1 key, and the correct help page will be displayed - >depending on what area of XanaNews you are currently working in.
    Contents
    Display this help file.
    Topic Search
    Display this help file.
    Help on Help
    Display the standard help file that explains how to use online help in Windows.
    About
    Show the About box, which gives information on the XanaNews version,
    your computer's operating system, and shows the list of the generous
    people who have made donations to me o support the XanaNews project.

    XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > The Toolbar
    The Toolbar
    The Toolbar contains buttons to help you easily select common tasks, and
    a 'Batch' list so you can quickly select a batch to run.
    Retry/Cancel
    The Button at the left of th toolbar is multifunction. When its red it
    means 'cancel the current operation'. When its green, the current
    operation has stalled. Press the button to retry it.
    Get Messages
    Opens the Get Messages form to allow you to get message headers, or full messages from the currently selected group or groups. When an account is selected, it performs the action on all groups in the account.
    Back
    Click the Back button to go to the previously selected message. It works
    even if the previously selected message is in another group. XanaNews maintains details of the previous 10 messages.
    Forward
    If the back button has been pressed, the Forward button goes turns green
    If you click it, it reverses the 'back'. Otherwise it goes to the next
    unread message.
    Post a Message
    Click the Post a Message button to post a new root message to the
    currently selected account. If a group or groups are selected, the
    message is posted to these groups - crossposting if there are more than
    one. If no group is selected you will need to type in a group name once
    the Post Message form is displayed.
    Reply to Group
    Click the Reply to Group button to reply to the currently selected
    message using the Post Message form.
    E-Mail a Message
    Click E-Mail a message to send an E-Mail to the author of the currently selected message.
    Find Text in Message
    Search the current message bodies text part for the given string.
    Search for Text in Messages
    Search the message base. You can search for messages using a number of criteria. See the Searching for Messages section for details
    Print Message
    Print the selected message(s)
    Quick Get Messages
    Perform the default 'Get Messages' action on all groups in all accounts.
    Add Message Author to Bozo Bin
    Add the author of the currently selected message to the Bozo Bin
    Run the Selected Batch
    Select a batch from the drop-down list, then click the 'Run Selected
    Batch' button to run it.

    XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > The Subscribed Groups Tree
    The Subscribed Groups Tree
    The Top Left pane of the workspace shows a tree of the accounts and groups >you subscribe to. In addition, at the top of the tree is the archived >Messages area.
    Each account has a 'world' icon next to it, and corresponds to a news
    server on the Internet. Expand the tree against a News Account to show the >groups you're subscribed to on that server. Accounts are shown in bold if >their subscribed groups have any unread messages. The number of unread >messages in each group is shown in brackets next to the group name.
    The Subscribed Groups tree has its own right-click popup menu with options
    to get messages, subscribed to new groups and accounts, etc.

    XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > The Message Tree >The Message Tree
    The Top Right pane of the workspace shows a tree of messages you've >downloaded.
    Select messages in the tree to display the message body in the message pane. >By default, the tree is organized to show original messages at it's root >level. If someone has replied to a message, the reply appears as a child >branch. A message with replies comprises a Thread.
    Alternatively you can configure it to show the messages in a simple list in >chronological order.
    Sorting Messages
    *You can sort the message tree temporariliy by clicking on the column
    headers.
    Click on the Subject column header to sort messages by subject, then
    date/time.
    Click on the Author column header to sort messages by author, then
    date/time.
    Click on the Date column header to sort by date/time.
    Click on the Lines column header to sort by the message size in lines,
    followed by the date/time.
    Click on the Number column to sort messages by message number.
    Click on the Flags column header to switch between Tree and List view.
    *You can sort the message tree permanently by changing the Sorting &
    Threading options: Globally; per account or per newsgroup

    XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > Popup Menus
    Popup Menus
    The following right-click popup menus are available:
    *The Subscribed Groups Tree Menu
    Perform operations on the selected Account or Group
    *The Archived Message Folder Menu
    Perform operations on the selected Archived Message Folder
    *The Message Tree Menu
    Perform operations on messages in the message tree
    *The Message Pane Menu
    Perform operations on the current message

    XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > Archived
    Message Folder Popup Menu
    Archived Message Folder Popup Menu
    Right-click on an archived message folder. The following menu will be >displayed.
    New Archived Message Folder
    Rename Archived Message Folder
    Delete Archived Message Folder
    Empty Archived Message Folder
    Re-Index Archived Message Folder
    The functions allow you to add, rename, delete, empty and re-index
    Archived Message Folders
    Find Folder Message in Messagebase
    Select the account & group where the selected archived message came from,
    and select the message in the groups tree. This will only work if the
    message has not been deleted from the message base.
    Reload Selected Messages from Folder
    Copy the selected messages from the folder to their original positions in
    the message base. This is useful to show the tree structure of the messages.
    Reload All Messages from Folder
    Copy all the folder's messages into their original positions in the message base.
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