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

[continued from part 1] . . .

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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