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XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > The Workspace
>The Workspace
>Here's what XanaNews looks like.
>At the top is the Menu, and the Toolbar containing a set of buttons. At
>the bottom is the Status Bar. In between these are the four main XanaNews
>areas - the Subscribed Groups tree, the Message Tree, the Queued Requests
>tree and the Message Pane.

XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > The Menu
>The Menu
>The XanaNews main menu contains:
>*The File Menu         Import, Export, Save etc.
>*The Edit Menu         Copy, Cut, Paste etc.
>*The View Menu         Change the view.
>*The Search Menu       Perform XanaNews' various searching functions.
>*The Account Menu      Add, Remove & Modify accounts and server connections.
>*The Newsgroup Menu    Perform actions on Newsgroups.
>*The Messages Menu     Message related items.
>*The Bookmarks Menu    Manage your bookmarks.
>*The Tools Menu        Set up and manage XanaNews.
>*The Help Menu         Online help.

XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > File Menu
>File Menu
>From the File Menu you can Import & Export messages, create folders where
>you can archive old but interesting messages, save attachments, and even
>change the location on your computer where messages are stored.
>Export Selected Articles
> Allows you to save selected messages as a text file, for instance so
> that they can be loaded into other programs.
> The text file is formatted according to RFC-822. It therefore contains
> the first message's header lines; a blank line; the first message's body
> lines; a dot on a line on its own; the second message's header lines, etc.
>Import Articles
> Import articles from a text file. XanaNews expects the text file to be in
> RFC-822 format.
>Export Compressed Messages
> When you select this, XanaNews displays a separate form, which allows you
> to select which groups you want to export, and the file you want to export
> them to.
> The form contains an additional option that allows you to save XanaNews'
> settings along with the messages. This makes it easy to move your message
> base and settings from one computer to another in a single file.
> XanaNews exports compressed messages in the proprietary '.xns' format.
>Import Compressed Messages
> Load messages that were exported into an 'XNS' file. If the 'XNS' file
> contains XanaNews settings, the settings are exported too.
>Save Article as HTML
> Convert an article to HTML format and save it - so that it can be
> incorporated into a web page or Blog.
> Additionally, the message pane right-click Popup Menu contains an option
> to save an article to the clipboard in HTML format.
>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
> Note that re-indexing archived message folders is not normally required.
> It may be used if the archived folder becomes corrupted.
>Find Folder Message in Message Base
> Select this option when an archives message is selected. XanaNews will
> attempt to find the same message in its message base, so you can see it
> in its threaded view.
>Reload Selected Messages from Folder
> Copies the selected messages in an archived messages folder to the
> original position in the message base.
>Reload All Messages from Folder
> Copies all messages from an archived messages folder to their original
> positions in the message base.
>Save Attachment (F2)
> Save the selected attachment to a separate file on your computer.
>Save Attachments in Selected messages (F3)
> Save all attachments in the selected messages to separate files on your
> computer.
>Setup Printer
> Invoke the Windows printer setup dialog, which allows you to configure
> your printer.
>Print Message
> Print the selected message(s)
>Move Messagebase
> Move all messages to a new location on your computer.
> By default messages are stored in a local application data folder.
> Typically this is "c:\Documents and Settings\<your name>\Local Settings
> \Application Data\Woozle\XanaNews", and is the best place for it. It
> allows several people to use your computer - each with separate XanaNews
> settings and messages.
>Exit
> Close XanaNews. If you have the Show in System Tray setting enabled,
> XanaNews will be minimized to the system tray and will continue to run.
> Otherwise it will be terminated.

XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > Edit Menu
>Edit Menu
>The Edit Menu allows you to perform the usual Windows 'Edit functions -
>Copy, Paste, etc.
>Copy (Ctrl+C)
> Copy copies the selected text in the message pane to the clipboard.
>Delete (Del)
> When the Subscribed Groups Tree is selected, and has some selected
> groups, XanaNews unsubscribes from these groups.
> Otherwise, if messages are selected in the message tree, XanaNews marks
> them for deletion.
>Select All (Ctrl+A)
> If the Subscribed Groups Tree is selected, all groups are selected.
> Otherwise, XanaNews selects all messages in the message tree.
>Select Thread (Ctrl+T)
> Select all messages in the current thread in the message tree.
>Select Sub-Thread (Shift+Ctrl+T)
> Selects all child messages for the current message
>Copy Link to Clipboard
> Copy currently selected link in the message pane to the clipboard,
> performing unwrapping if necessary.

XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > View Menu
>View Menu
>The View menu lets you control how messages are displayed in XanaNews
>Headers
> A submenu containing options to control how message headers appear in
> the message pane:
> *None      Don't display headers in the message pane.
> *Short     Just display key headers (From, Subject, Date, Message-Id
>            & Lines) in the message pane.
> *Full      Display all headers in the message pane.
> *Custom    Display only headers selected in the Custom headers in
>            Message Pane options.
>Messages
> A submenu containing the following options to control how messages
> appear in the message pane:
> *Normal          Messages are displayed with all text formatting and
>                  inline images.
> *Raw Text Parts  Text formatting is omitted, but images are displayed
>                  inline.
> *Raw             Messages are displayed with no text formatting or
>                  image decoding.
> *Images Only     Only images in a message are displayed. The text is
>                  omitted.
> 'Raw Text Parts'; can be especially useful when viewing programming
> language source code - where some symbols in the source code may
> otherwise be interpreted as bold, italic or underline indicators
>Group Multipart Messages
> When Group Multipart Messages is selected, XanaNews displays messages
> chronologically, sorted by subject. It detects multipart attachments
> (attachments that should be built up by combining several messages),
> and displays these in a tree, with the first message at the root, and
> subsequent messages for the same attachment as children.
> To combine, decode and save a complete attachment when 'Group Multipart
> Messages' is selected:
> *Make sure you have downloaded all the multipart message bodies. If not,
>  select the thread and choose 'Get Thread Message Bodies' from the
>  message tree right-click popup menu.
> *Select the first message (the root one).
> *Do File/Save Attachment (F2). The messages will be combined and the
>  attachment will be saved.
> If you need to adjust the order of messages before they are combined,
> use the Combine & Decode Selected Messages option instead.
>Hide Read Messages (Ctrl+H
> Hides messages that you have already read when you select a group. Once
> the group is selected, read messages still remain until you exit and
> re-enter the group.
> Note that the read messages are not deleted. You can un-hide them by
> reselecting the option.
>Show Bookmark Pane (Ctrl+B)
> The Bookmark Pane appears between the message tree and the message pane
> when you select this option, and the Bookmark menu is enabled.
> This option is automatically selected when you select 'Search to
> Bookmark' when searching for messages.
>Show Subscribed Groups Pane (Ctrl+S)
> This options allows you to hide/show the Subscribed Group pane, to give
> yourself more width when viewing messages.
>Show Secret Accounts & Newsgroups (T)
> Accounts and Newsgroups can both be marked as Secret in Account
> Properties and Newsgroup Properties.
> Secret accounts and newsgroups don't show up when you first start
> XanaNews. You can show them by pressing 'T' and instantly hide them
> again by giving it another press.

[end part 1; see part 2 for continuation]