Copyright: Copyright (C) 1996 TriPlus Technologies, LLC
Citation: TriPlus WinSpace Help


Introduction

Welcome to TriPlus™ WinSpace™ Version 1.0,  the first unlimited desktop for the PC.  The actual size of the desktop is 4,294,967,295 x 4,294,967,295 pixels.

WinSpace represents a technological leap which gives you the first true "unlimited" desktop with no performance trade-offs, or requirements for extra Video RAM.  WinSpace hands you the controls to fly through, tour and go to your windows in the unlimited desktop space.  WinSpace is where the human-computer interface is headed.

WinSpace 1.0 is a seamlessly compatible desktop GUI utility for the Windows 95™ and Windows NT 4.0 platforms.  WinSpace does not take away any of the features you know from Windows 95 or NT.  Users now have more powerful options and capabilities with WinSpace, and can also work in familiar ways.

To begin using WinSpace right away go to Quick Start in the Help contents.  For a detailed description of WinSpace and a discussion of the general functionality, please read the Overview of WinSpace.


Why WinSpace Is Very Cool

"Hey Man, are those Windows or Planets?"

Actually, they"re 2D mini-windows on the WinSpace Map, the first unlimited desktop for the PC  that"s pretty cool.  Before now only high-end UNIX users got a virtual desktop.  Plus, WinSpace has many improvements over the older UNIX utilities, and because WinSpace runs on PCs with Windows NT or Windows 95, you get the visualization of UNIX and your favorite Windows application together for the first time.

Users can now see and travel beyond the limits of the monitor screen.  Power Users can work effectively with many open windows at the same time.  The WinSpace Map provides a top-view of all the open windows in mini-form; and the WinSpace map is a "Hot" map:  users can click-jump, drag or cruise to the mini-windows directly.

The Arrange All Windows feature will lay out open windows evenly, so you can see and hop from one to the next.  Undo Arrange All will quickly stack the open windows back on the desktop like cards.

WinSpace brings advanced Visualization of open windows to the PC interface for the first time.  WinSpace gives you controlled Navigation of the desktop.  Now PC users get to have the same unlimited desktop utility that was previously available only for expensive UNIX systems.

So, go ahead and take your monitor for a space cruise.


Overview

WinSpace does not take away or replace any of the familiar features of Windows 95 or NT.   You can still minimize and maximize windows, you can still use the Taskbar, Alt+Tab and Start button.

When you first install WinSpace you will see a Facts dialog box and another Window on the lower right corner of your screen, which is the WinSpace Map.

The WinSpace Map shows a picture of the whole desktop space, including the area off-the-screen and the visible area of the screen.  The WinSpace Map shows all the open windows in the desktop space as mini-windows.  You can easily Hide the Map when you"re not using it.

The visible area of your monitor screen is shown distinctly on the WinSpace Map.  You can travel and navigate the "space" of your unlimited desktop with your visible area as a kind of windows "space ship".   Your visible area can zoom or teleport all around the unlimited desktop with the keyboard controls, scroll bars or a single mouse clicks.

Click on a mini-window and you go right to the real thing.  Drag a mini-window and you drag the real one.  Open three Internet browsers and you will see three mini-internet browsers on the WinSpace Map.  Move one mini-browser and the corresponding full sized browser also moves.


Quick Start

WinSpace opens by default with the WinSpace Map in the lower right-hand corner of your screen, above the standard Windows 95 or NT taskbar.

When working with WinSpace you will encounter six basic elements:

•	The WinSpace Map

•	The mini-windows

•	The visible area mini-window

•	The unlimited desktop itself

•	The movement controls

•	The settings and properties

The WinSpace Map appears as a separate window on your screen and shows the whole unlimited desktop.  Mini-windows appear on the WinSpace Map and represent all your open full-sized windows.  The visible area is what you see on your monitor screen and has a corresponding mini-window on the Map.

The unlimited desktop is the off-screen area and appears on the Map in black.  You can move open windows into the space of the unlimited desktop and see them in outer-desktop-space on the Map.  Use the movement controls (Alt + Arrow, scrollbar or mouse drag) to guide the visible area through the desktop space.

Click on mini-windows to Jump to them, or drag the visible area around with the mouse.  Click "X" on the Map Title Bar to Hide the Map; click on the orange WinSpace icon to bring the Map back.  Or use Alt + M to Show and Hide the Map.  Right click on the orange WinSpace icon and select Exit to quit.  Use the Start menu to Open WinSpace from the TriPlus WinSpace folder in Programs.

To lay out all your open windows in an evenly spaced grid, select Arrange All Windows from the WinSpace menu.  You can configure the Arrange feature in Properties.  Arrange All Windows lets you set the number of screens and then hop from screen to screen.


Features Description

The WinSpace Map is your primary interface for viewing and controlling your unlimited desktop. The WinSpace Map is a customizable "remote control" for all your open windows.  You can Hide the Map by clicking on the "X" button, or by default using Alt + M.  To get the Map back click on the orange WinSpace icon or Alt + M again.

The WinSpace Map shows:

•	All your open windows as mini-windows

•	The visible area of the screen as a distinct mini-window

•	The off- screen area in black

Mini-Windows represent open full-sized windows and can be dragged or selected with the mouse.

The visible area mini-window, or monitor screen mini-window, can also be dragged with the mouse, and can travel through the unlimited desktop space via the movement controls.

The unlimited desktop extends outward on the plane of the monitor screen.  You can place open windows in the space of the unlimited desktop and see them on the Map.

The movement controls allow you to navigate the space of the desktop.  You can move by the Scrollbars, Mouse Scrolling, clicking on a mini-window to Jump, or by the keyboard (Alt + Arrow keys, by default).

You can change the appearance of the Map and WinSpace properties by right-clicking on the orange WinSpace icon on the Taskbar and going to Settings and to Properties.


The WinSpace Map

The WinSpace Map opens by default in the lower right-hand corner of your screen above the standard Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 Taskbar.

The WinSpace Map shows a picture of the whole unlimited desktop. The WinSpace Map gives you a picture of all the open windows on the desktop, including the monitor screen and the unlimited area beyond the screen.

All your open windows appear as mini-windows in the WinSpace Map.  Mini-windows represent the full-sized open windows.   You can a drag mini-window with the mouse and you can click on mini-windows to activate the open windows they represent.

The visible area of your screen has a special, background-colored mini-window on the WinSpace Map.  This special mini-window represents what you can see on your monitor.  You can drag the visible area mini-window with the mouse or you can use the movement controls of the Keyboard (Alt + Arrows, by default), scrollbars or mouse scrolling.

The WinSpace Map window itself can be moved, sized, or closed just like other windows.  You can also toggle the WinSpace map to be "Always on Top" or "Always on Screen."  The program WinSpace also adds the option to toggle "Always on Top" and "Always on Screen" to all your windows when WinSpace is running.

When you drag full-sized open windows, the position of the mini-windows representing them will also change on the map.

Using the Map as a viewer, you can zoom around the unlimited desktop.


Showing and Hiding the Map

When you click the "X" close button on the Title Bar of the WinSpace Map, you Hide or close the Map, but the program WinSpace is still running. To Show the map on the screen again, left click the orange WinSpace icon on the taskbar.  To exit WinSpace completely, right click on the orange icon to get the WinSpace menu and select Exit.  You can also use the keyboard to Show and Hide (Open and Close) the Map;  the default keyboard setting is Alt + M.

There is a difference between the WinSpace Map which appears as a window on your screen, and the WinSpace program, which can run even when the Map has been "hidden" or "closed" and is no longer visible.

To Show and Hide:

•	To Show, use the orange WinSpace icon, or Alt + M.

•	To Hide, use the "X" close button on the Title Bar of WinSpace, or Alt + M.

To Start and Exit:

•	To Start, go to the Start button, then Programs, select the TriPlus WinSpace folder and then TriPlus WinSpace.

•	To Exit, use the orange icon to get the WinSpace menu and then select Exit.


The Mini-Windows

All your open windows, in their relative positions, are shown as mini-windows on the WinSpace Map.  Dialog boxes are also represented as proportional mini-dialog boxes on the WinSpace Map.

If a mini-window is large enough, it will display a small icon for the corresponding open application or window which it represents.  A mini-window can also display additional information about what the mini-window represents, such as a document title, for example.

Under default settings, mini-windows have a separate color from the visible area.

The visible area of your screen will be your background color and the area off-screen will be black.  When you place your mouse pointer on a mini-window a Tool Tip text box will appear and tell you what the mini-window represents.

The visible area of the screen is also shown as a separate mini-window on the Map.  The color of the visible area is your background color.  A mini-window representing the visible area shows where the visible is positioned relative to other windows on the "unlimited" desktop.

The size and position of the WinSpace Map itself is shown as a separate mini-window within the visible area.

You can go right to a specific window by clicking on the corresponding mini-window on the Map.  The window will appear in the foreground as you last had it positioned.  You can also use Alt + Tab to activate a window and bring it back to the foreground of your visible area.


The Visible Area Mini-Window

The term "Visible Area of the Screen" refers to what you can see on your monitor.  On the WinSpace Map there is a special mini-window representing the visible area of the screen.  You could think of this special mini-window as your monitor.

The special mini-window for the visible area has the same color as your background color, by default other mini-windows have a different color.

When you move the visible area around the unlimited desktop using the movement controls, you are touring the desktop space.  As you tour the desktop space you will see the mini-window for the visible area move on the Map and get closer or further away from the other mini-windows on the Map.  When you reach other windows in the desktop space you will see the full-size version of those windows appear and move on your monitor screen.

You can also move the mini-window representing the visible area of the screen by dragging it with the mouse, or you can use the keyboard controls, scrollbars or mouse scrolling to move the visible area around the unlimited desktop  (see The Movement Controls).

If you fly past the mini-windows quickly, it will look something like an asteroid shower of windows on your screen.


The Unlimited Desktop

The term "Unlimited Desktop" means you have an available area in which to put open windows which extends far beyond the edges of the visible area of your screen.  You can see the whole area of the unlimited desktop and all the open windows contained within the unlimited desktop, on the WinSpace Map.

You can travel and navigate the "space" of your unlimited desktop by using your visible area as a kind of windows "space ship" and you can zoom or teleport your visible area to all the parts of the unlimited desktop with the keyboard controls, scroll bars, mouse dragging or mouse clicks (see The Movement Controls).

You can view all your open windows in the unlimited desktop on the WinSpace Map.  You can easily Hide (or close) the Map when you"re not using it by clicking the close button on the Title Bar.  To Show (or open) the Map again click on the orange WinSpace icon on the Taskbar. You can also Show and Hide the Map with the Keyboard (Alt + M, by default).

The actual size of the unlimited desktop is 4,294,967,295 x 4,294,967,295 pixels.  The Map only shows the amount of the unlimited desktop necessary to contain all the open windows in their respective coordinates.


The Movement Controls

There are five ways to move using the WinSpace Map:

•	Keyboard movement:  The Keyboard has default settings and can also be customized in the Display Properties.  By default, to use the Keyboard in order to move the visible area of the screen use "Alt" and the desired arrow key.  You can set the keyboard to move by scroll increments of one whole or one-half screen.

You can also use the Keyboard to Show and Hide (Open and Close) the Map.  To Show and Hide with the Keyboard, by default, use Alt + M.

•	Scrollbar movement:   When you click on the scroll buttons on the Scrollbars you will move the visible area of the screen.

•	Mouse dragging:  You can grab and drag the mini-windows, the visible area mini-window, and the WinSpace Map itself.

•	Mouse clicking or "teleporting":  You can go right to a specific window by clicking on the corresponding mini-window on the Map.  The full-size window will appear in the foreground as you last had it positioned.  When you click on a mini-window you Jump to it.

•	Mouse scrolling:   In WinSpace Properties you can select to scroll with the mouse, and select the pixel amount to scroll.


Starting WinSpace

You Start WinSpace by going to the TriPlus WinSpace folder on the Programs pop-up Menu of the Start menu, and selecting the TriPlus WinSpace icon.


Exiting WinSpace

To Exit WinSpace, right-click on the Orange WinSpace icon on the Taskbar and select Exit.

There is a difference between the WinSpace Map which appears as a window on your screen, and the WinSpace program, which can run even when the Map has been "hidden" or "closed" and is no longer visible.

When you click the "X" close button on the Title Bar of the WinSpace Map, you Hide or close the Map, but the program WinSpace is still running and remember where your windows are.

To get the map back, click the orange WinSpace icon on the taskbar.  You can also use the keyboard to Show and Hide the Map;  the default keyboard setting is Alt + M.


Jumping to a Window

When you click on a mini-window with the mouse,  you go to that window on the desktop.  Clicking on a mini-window selects the full-sized window that the mini-window represents, and brings the activated full-sized window to the foreground of your monitor.

When you select a window, you jump directly to it.  When you select a mini-window, you activate the full sized version.

This action can also be seen as "teleporting" the visible area of the screen to the full-sized version of the window.  In a sense,  you land on the planet on the selected window.

When you drag a mini-window you do not automatically select it.  Dragging with the mouse and selecting with the mouse are separate actions.


Arranging Windows

WinSpace has an Arrange All Windows feature which allows you to lay out all your open windows in an ordered, evenly spaced pattern, and to jump between them. Arrange All Windows lets you set the number of screens and then hop from screen to screen.

To use Arrange All Windows, right click on the orange WinSpace icon on the Taskbar and then select  Arrange All Windows from the Menu.

To undo the Arrange layout and move all your open windows back to the visible area of the desktop in a pile, right click on the orange WinSpace icon on the Taskbar and then select Undo Arrange All.

Arrange All Windows places open windows in rows and columns one screen distance apart. The grid selection in Properties allows you to specify the number of columns (or "Screens") for your layout.

You can change the properties of the Arrange All Windows feature in WinSpace Display Properties.  There are two options, Spatial™ Arrange and Cascade.


Using Spatial Arrange and Cascade
Using Spatial™ Arrange and Cascade

You can change the properties of the Arrange All Windows feature in WinSpace Display Properties.  There are two options, Spatial Arrange and Cascade.

When you open a new window with Spatial™ Arrange, each new window will be assigned another evenly spaced position on the unlimited desktop, and on the WinSpace Map.  Spatial Arrange lay out windows one screen apart.  If you use the Cascade option (which is the Windows default option) instead of the Spatial option,  each new window will open on the single monitor screen, and be cascaded.  You can switch between Spatial Arrange and Cascade.

If your windows are cascaded, selecting Arrange All Windows will spread them out like cards in rows and columns.  Undo Arrange All will cascade all the windows back again to the screen.  This provides you a tool to "accordion" stack and spread-out all the windows with which you are working.

The Arrange All Windows feature is similar to having a separate monitor space for each of your open windows:  five open windows, five screens.   All the mini-windows on the WinSpace Map will reflect the arranged layout.  If the scroll amount in is set to "one screen"  in Properties, you can single hop from one virtual monitor screen to another with the keyboard or mouse.

Arrange All Windows remembers where on the monitor screen a window was last positioned:  centered, it will be centered next time you go to it; upper right, it will be upper right the next time.   This is why the mini-windows on the map are shown in the grid pattern with small adjustments for their last position.


Properties

To change the Properties and configuration of WinSpace, go to the WinSpace tab in Display Properties.  To get to the WinSpace Display Properties window, right click on the orange WinSpace icon, go to Settings, then Properties;  or use the Start button to go to Settings, then Control Panel, then Display.

In WinSpace Properties you can set properties and configure:

•	The Mouse

•	The Keyboard

•	Windows Arrangement

•	Restore Default Settings

•	Mouse Properties:  You can toggle the mouse to scroll and select the rate of pixels by which to move.

•	Keyboard Properties: You can toggle the keyboard to scroll and configure the keyboard for:

•	Scroll Amount, set the keyboard scroll amount to whole or half screen scroll.

•	Map Key, set the Show and Hide Map, which is set by default to (Alt + m).

•	Scroll Keys, set the keys for Left, Up, Right, Down.

•	Windows Arrangement:  You can select between Cascade and Spatial™ Arrangement.

•	Cascade.  If you use the Cascade option (which is the Windows default option),  each new window will open on the same, visible area of the screen, and be cascaded.

•	Spatial™ Arrange.  When you open a new window with Spatial™ Arrange, each new window will be assigned another evenly spaced ( one screen apart) position on the layout of the unlimited desktop, and on the WinSpace Map.  The grid selection in Spatial Arrange allows you to choose the number of columns in your layout.


Settings

To change Settings for the WinSpace Map, go to the WinSpace menu by right clicking on the orange WinSpace icon on the Taskbar, and select Settings.

You can toggle to show the Title Bar on the Map, and toggle to show the Scrollbars on the Map.

To change WinSpace Properties or configurations, select Properties.  Selecting Properties in Settings will take you to the WinSpace window of the Windows 95 or NT Display Properties.

You can also get to the WinSpace Properties window in the Windows Display Properties from the Control Panel.


I Can’t Find My Windows!
I Can"t Find My Windows!

If you think you have "lost" open windows due to WinSpace, you have probably just stranded them out on the Unlimited Desktop.  First, see if you can bring back the WinSpace Map by clicking on the orange WinSpace icon on the Taskbar.  Then, see if you can locate the mini-windows for you open windows on the Map.  Move them back to the screen.

If you cannot get the Map via the icon, or if you cannot see the icon, go to the Start Menu, to the WinSpace folder in Programs, and select TriPlus WinSpace.  The icon and Map should re-open.  All your open windows will now appear on the Map.  Remember that minimized windows do not appear on the Map.


Ordering Information

If you would like to order a single copy or multiple licenses of TriPlus™ WinSpace™ for yourself, a company, or a government agency, please contact TriPlus Technologies, LLC directly.  You may order by major credit card, or send payment.

Purchasing a site license for TriPlus WinSpace entitles you to use WinSpace under the conditions as set forth in the WinSpace License Agreement.  (Please refer to the License Agreement under WinSpace Help.)  For multiple licenses please call TriPlus directly and ask for an Account Representative.  Your Account Representative can tell you about payment options, purchase orders and invoice procedure.

 You may order by:

•	Telephone toll free in the USA: 1-888-TRIPLUS (1-888-874-7587) or direct telephone 1-805-898-9899.

•	E-Mail: sales@triplus.com

•	Surface mail, please address mail to:

Attention:  Order Desk

TriPlus Technologies, LLC

1231 Calle Cerrito Alto

Santa Barbara, CA   93101

When ordering please make sure to provide:

•	Your name

•	Your street address

•	Your telephone number

•	Your company (if applicable)

•	Your Job Title (if applicable)

•	The number of WinSpace licenses

•	Your E-mail (if desired)

Our home page is located on the World Wide Web at: http://www.triplus.com

Thank you for using TriPlus software!


License Agreement
TriPlus™ WinSpace™ License Agreement

TriPlus WinSpace 1.0

Copyright © 1995-1996 by TriPlus Technologies, LLC.

All rights reserved.

Please read carefully the following terms and conditions before using this software product.  Unless you have a separate license agreement signed by TriPlus Technologies, LLC,  any continued use of this software indicates your acceptance of this license agreement and acceptance of the terms of this warranty.

This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California.

For the terms regarding distribution of the shareware version of WinSpace, contact TriPlus Technologies, LLC by e-mail at: triplus@triplus.com or by telephone at 1-805-898-9899.

You may freely distribute the Shareware version of WinSpace for review and use under the terms of this License Agreement.

A single registered copy of WinSpace may either be used by a single person who uses the software personally on one or more computers, or is installed on a single workstation used non-simultaneously by multiple people, but not both.

You may use the registered version of WinSpace through a network, provided that you have separate licenses of WinSpace for each workstation that will access the software through the network.  For example, if ten different workstations access WinSpace over a network, each of the ten workstations must have its own WinSpace license, regardless of whether WinSpace is accessed at different times or simultaneously.  In the above example you would require ten site licenses of WinSpace.

Disclaimer

This software and the accompanying files are sold "AS IS" and without warranties as to performance whether expressed or implied.

The user is responsible for testing and properly installing the software.  Any liability of the seller will be limited exclusively to product replacement or refund of the purchase price.


Technical Support

If you have technical support questions or would like to report to TriPlus any issues surrounding your use of WinSpace™, please E-mail the Technical Support department at:

tech-support@triplus.com

Please attempt to describe the nature of your question or your issues in detail, and please provide your name, company (if applicable), job title (if applicable),  and daytime telephone number, if you desire.  Please tell us what kind of computer you are using, and in what configuration, as well as any additional software which might be involved in the issue.

Arrangements for toll free telephone technical support or detailed product training must be made through the Technical Support Department, and are subject to approval on a needs basis.

You may also send questions by surface mail to:

Attention: Technical Support

TriPlus Technologies, LLC

1231 Calle Cerrito Alto

Santa Barbara, CA 93101

We attempt to respond to all technical support and Help questions as promptly as possible.  Your satisfaction with our products is very important to TriPlus.  We look forward to being of assistance.