Using LView Pro

LView Pro is a graphic viewer and manipulation program that allows you to alter image files for use in desktop publishing, presentations, or web page creation. LView software is Copyright ⌐ 19931996 by Leonardo Haddad Loureiro. LView may be contacted via the World Wide Web by going to http://www.lview.com. Please note that LView is a shareware product. Continuous use of it requires payment of registration fees.

Launching LView Pro

Windows 3.1 and 3.11 users - From the PipeLine+ group box in Program Manager, click the LView Pro icon to launch application.

Windows 95 users - Click the Start button, next select PipeLine+, and then click LViewPro to launch the application.

Getting Started

The following sections explain the basic LView Pro activities, such as:

  • Opening Image files
  • Altering Image files
  • Getting Help
  • Opening an Image File

    Follow these steps to open an image file:

    Step Action
    1 Click File | Open. A window displays "List Files of Type" and shows a default file type.
    2 Click the down arrow to the right of the window to display the full list of file types.
    3 Highlight the file type you want to display.
    4 Move to the directory containing the file you want to view, and then highlight the file. Click OK. The file appears.

    Altering Image Files

    Any file can be altered with LView Pro. Follow these steps to change a graphic:

    Step Action
    1 Use the Edit menu to see various choices for resizing, re-orienting, and adding text to images.
    2 Use the Retouch menu to see tools for altering color correction, color depth, background color (used in creating transparent .gif images) as well as filters for sharpening images, finding edges, and converting to negative and grayscale.

    Finding Help and Reference Information

    Click HELP on the LView Pro menu bar to view the LView Pro online help.