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Using Windows
EasiWriter presents information in windows.
Documents appear in a document window, which has a Title bar, Button
bar, Scroll bars, Back icon, Close icon, Toggle
size icon and an Adjust size icon.

Other EasiWriter windows that can appear on the desktop are dialogue boxes.
More than one document window may be open at the same time; only one window
will be the active window, and will have its title bar highlighted in yellow.
You can make a window active by clicking in it. Any editing always takes place
in the active window even though it may not be at the front.
If the contents of a window have been changed, and the changes have not been
saved, a '*' will appear to the right of the document title.
Closing
- 1 Click in the window's Close icon.
or
1 Activate the window by clicking inside it.
2 Press Ctrl-F2.
If any changes have been made to the document you will be prompted either to
save or discard the changes.
Note: If you click adjust on the Close icon of a document that has
changes which have not been saved, its directory viewer will come to the front.
Resizing
Drag in a window's Adjust size icon until it is the required size.
Moving
- Position the pointer on the window's title bar.
- Drag the window to the required position.
- Release the mouse button to complete the move.
The window will move to the front but won't become the active window. Click in
it to make it active.
- Click in the Title bar to bring a window to the front.
- Click the Back icon to send a window behind the other open windows.
- Drag using Adjust to move the widow without bringing it to the front.
Enlarging
- Click on the Toggle size icon to enlarge the window up to the full
size of the screen.
- Click on the Toggle size icon again to restore the window to its
original size and position.
To change windows
- Make sure a part of the new window is in view on the desktop; if necessary
resize the front window or send it to the back the other windows.
- Click in the new window to make it active.
or to change from one EasiWriter window to another:
- Click Menu on the EasiWriter icon in the icon bar.
- Choose the new document from the Documents submenu.
Scrolling
EasiWriter documents are viewed through a window. If the document is larger
than the window, then you can scroll through it to see parts not currently in
view.
- Click Select on the arrows at the end of the Scroll bars to
scroll in the direction of the arrow.
- Press Select on an arrow to cause a continuous scrolling action in
the direction of the arrow.
- Click Select in the grey area above or below the Slider to
scroll the document by slightly less than one window vertically up or down.
This is the same as pressing Page Up or Page down.
- Click Select in the grey area to the side of a Slider to
scroll the document horizontally.
Note: Clicking Adjust instead of Select reverses the direction.
- Drag the Slider to move quickly to any part of a document. The size
of the slider indicates what proportion of the document is visible in the
window.
Drag scrolling

- Move the pointer outside the page guides, press Select (the pointer
will change to a hand) and drag the page up, down, left & right). Moving
outside the typing area causes a continuous scrolling action.
Go to a specific page
You can move to a specific page in a document using the Go to page...
command.
- Choose Go to page... from the View menu or press F5.
- Edit the writable icon to show the page number you want or scroll to
display the page number you want using the Arrow icons.
- Click OK or press Return.
Zooming
EasiWriter windows can also be zoomed in and out so you can easily reduce or
enlarge your view of a document. Zooming out is a convenient way to preview
pages if your screen is not large enough to display an entire page. Zooming in
can be convenient to work with smaller font sizes.
Windows can be zoomed in and out, from a magnification of 10% where you can see
more than one page of a document, up to 999% where you will see a small part of
the text.
Zoom out

- Click on the Zoom out icon to halve the magnification to a minimum
of 10%.
Zoom in

- Click on the Zoom in icon to double the magnification to a maximum
of 999%.
Choosing the scale

Click Select on the Percentage magnification indicator icon to
open a dialogue box where you can:

- Edit the magnification and click Scale.
- Click one of the preset percentage scale buttons 50%, 80%, 100%, 120% &
150%.
Note: The bottom right button has its %age automatically set to the value that
fits the width of the document to the window.
- Click Scale to fit to fit the the document to the window.
Note: If you choose Scale to fit, EasiWriter will fit a page of the
document in the window even if you subsequently resize it.
Click Adjust on the Percentage magnification indicator icon to
resize the document so that its width fits the window.
Zoom selector

The Zoom selector enables you to magnify a specific part of the document.
- Click the Zoom selector icon - the pointer changes to a '+'.
- Move the pointer to one corner of the part of the document you want to
magnify.
- Press Select and drag to the other corner.
- Release the button and the document will adjust to show the selected area.
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