 Overview

Welcome to TriPlus WinSpace Version 2.0    the most advanced virtual desktop for Microsoft Windows NT and 95.

WinSpace gives users the power of a much bigger monitor.  WinSpace brings true X-Windows style FVWM-style functionality and new windows organization innovations to Windows users.

WinSpace is a seamlessly compatible desktop GUI utility for the Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 platforms.  Technically, WinSpace is a shell extension to the Windows Operating System.  WinSpace does not take away any of the features you know from Windows 95 or NT.  Instead, WinSpace provides additional power options so you can work in familiar ways with additional features.

WinSpace sets up a virtual desktop with separate screens beyond the limits of your monitor.  This gives you the benefit of multiple ‘monitors’ which you can easily switch between.  In turn, having the expanded space and multiple monitors allows you to work more easily and freely with extra large windows and with many open windows at the same time.

Using WinSpace does not force you to make performance trade-offs or to use extra Video RAM.  But, like all applications, WinSpace performance increases with overall system performance.

To begin using WinSpace right away go to the Quick Start on the Help Menu.


Functionality

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

The WinSpace Map shows all the open windows in the desktop space as mini-windows.  The WinSpace Map also has grid lines which show each separate virtual screen.  The default setting is three by three screens, or nine total virtual mini-monitors. You can easily hide the Map when you’re not using it.

The WinSpace Map is like a checkerboard where the monitor can move from square to square (or screen to screen) using the movement controls.  TriPlus terms these squares "Panes."  You can travel and navigate your panes with your visible area as a kind of viewer.  Your visible area can hop, jump or smooth scroll all around the extended desktop panes with the mouse scrolling, keyboard controls, scroll bars or single mouse clicks.

Click on a mini-window on the map and you jump right to the real window.  Drag a mini-window and you drag the real one.  When you open a window it opens in the screen where your visible area is currently located.  If you want to place windows in different screens, you can drag them into a different square, or go to that square, and then open the window.  Windows open in whatever screen your visible area is currently located.

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 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 additional panes of the checkerboard divided by grid lines

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

The movement controls allow you to navigate the screens of the virtual 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 WinSpace icon on the Taskbar and going to Settings and to Properties.  You can select the number of virtual screens in rows and columns, for example a 2X2 screen desktop or a 5X5 screen desktop:  that’s 25 virtual monitors!


Virtual Desktop
The Virtual Desktop

The term “Virtual Desktop” means you have an available area in which to put open windows which extends far beyond the edges of your monitor screen.  WinSpace is furthermore a Compound Desktop, which means that the virtual desktop is divided into equal areas of one screen size each.   These screen divisions, or squares, are termed "Panes."

You can see the all the Panes of the virtual desktop and all the open windows contained within the separate panes, on the WinSpace Map.

You can travel and navigate these "mini-monitors" of your virtual desktop by using your visible area as a kind of traveling frame, and you can zoom or teleport your visible area to all the parts of desktop by mouse scrolling, the keyboard controls, scroll bars, mouse dragging or mouse clicks. (See The Movement Controls)

You can see all your open windows on the whole virtual desktop on the WinSpace Map.  You can easily Hide (or close) the Map when you’re not using it by clicking the close "X" close button on the Map Title Bar.  To Show (or open) the Map again click on the red and white WinSpace icon in the System Tray. (The Windows System Tray is on the right of the Windows Taskbar, by default at the very bottom right of your screen.) The red and white WinSpace icon toggles (opens and closes) the Map when clicked.

You can also Show and Hide the Map with the Keyboard (Alt + M, by default).

The number of virtual screens you have can be set in WinSpace Properties.


Install

To install WinSpace 2.0 double click on the self-extracting Zip file which you either received on the WinSpace 2.0 Floppy Disk or which you downloaded.  After double-clicking on the Zip file, click the setup button, and then the Install Shield Screens will guide you through the setup and installation process.

WinSpace 2.0 is placed in your Startup file by default, and WinSpace should start when you start your computer, with the WinSpace Map open in the lower-right corner of your monitor screen.  To start WinSpace independently, See Starting WinSpace.


Uninstall

To uninstall WinSpace, go to the WinSpace folder on the Start Menu and select "WinSpace Uninstall."  You can also go to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel of Windows NT or 95.


Starting WinSpace

To start WinSpace click the Windows Start button on the Taskbar, go to the TriPlus WinSpace folder on the Programs pop-up Menu of the Start menu, and select the TriPlus WinSpace.


Exiting WinSpace

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

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 remembers where your windows are.  To get the map back, click the WinSpace icon on the taskbar.  You can also use the keyboard to Show and Hide the Map;  the default keyboard setting is (alt + M).


WinSpace Map Description

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 Map shows the complete checkerboard of virtual screens.

The WinSpace Map shows a picture of the complete area of your virtual desktop. "Panes" is the official term for the individual "squares" or mini-desktops on the WinSpace map.   WinSpace starts by default with a grid of 3x3 panes.  You can changes the number of Panes in WinSpace Properties.

The WinSpace Map represents all the open windows as mini-windows in their respective panes.

The Map can be moved, or dragged with the mouse like any other window.  The Map Window can also be resized and stretched from a small postage stamp size to full-screen.

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

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

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, click on, double-click and right-click on all the mini-windows on the Map.


Clicking on Panes of the Map

You can click on the Panes of the Map and the visible area will jump to the respective square.  If you click on an empty pane, your monitor screen will also be empty of windows.  For more information on the functions of dragging and clicking mini-windows, (See The Mini-windows).


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 WinSpace icon on the taskbar.  To Exit WinSpace completely, right click on the WinSpace 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 the WinSpace Map

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

•	To Hide click the WinSpace icon again to toggle the map, or use the “X” close button on the Title Bar of WinSpace, or Alt + M.

0	To Start and Exit WinSpace itself

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

•	To Exit right click the WinSpace icon to get the WinSpace menu and then select Exit.


Map Always on Top

You can select the WinSpace Map to be Always on Top in the WinSpace Settings.


Map Settings

In WinSpace Settings you can change the style of the Map.  To change the style of the Map, right click on the red and white WinSpace icon, go to Settings, in the Settings pop-up menu you can select and unselect  the Map Scrollbars and Map Title Bar.


Map Properties

To change the number of squares, or Panes, on the Map, go to the WinSpace Tab in Windows Display Properties.  From Properties, you can change the Map to be 1x2 Panes, 10x10, and so forth.  You can also define the hot keys for Map toggling in Properties.


Map Size

•	Re-sizing the Map Window

You can grab and stretch the WinSpace Map window to make the window of the Map either very small or up to full-screen.  You can also change the number of Panes in the Map.  (See below)

•	Changing the number of Panes

You can set the number of Panes on the WinSpace Map in WinSpace Properties.  To change the number of Panes on the Map, right-click on the red and white WinSpace icon on the Taskbar, go to Settings, then Properties.  From Properties you can set the number of screens high and number of screen wide in Desktop Size.


Mini-windows Overview
The Mini-windows Overview

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

Mini-windows are not just pictures but are "active."  The following steps affect mini-window behavior and allow you to control your desktop from the WinSpace Map:

•	Clicking on mini-windows

•	Double-clicking on mini-windows

•	Dragging mini-windows

•	Right-clicking on mini-windows

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, or web site name 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 or your mini-wallpaper and the area off-screen will be black.

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 system background color.  A mini-window representing the visible area shows where the visible area is positioned relative to other windows on the virtual desktop.


Clicking on Mini-windows

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

Click on a mini-window to select an open application and bring the full sized version of the window to your monitor screen.

If you single click on a mini-window, it will appear on screen in the same position that it had on the Map.  If the Mini-window on the map was between panes, it will appear on screen in the same relative position it had on the grid, in this case  partially off the screen.


Double-clicking on Mini-windows

If you double click on a mini-window the open window will appear centered on screen.

Double-clicking on a mini-window brings the represented full-sized version of the window to the monitor screen and centers the full sized window on the screen;  single clicking on a mini-window brings the full-sized version to the screen in whatever position the mini-window had on the pane:  partially off-screen, lower left, and so forth.


Dragging Mini-windows

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


Mini-windows Menu

You get a submenu of options for the full-sized window which a mini-window represents when you right-click on a mini-window.


Always on Top

When you select Always on Top for a Mini-window, it will make the full-sized version of that window appear always on top of all other windows when the window is on the monitor screen.  If a maximized window is Always on Top, it will hide and possibly 'block' you from getting at other windows, until Always on Top is unselected.

Always on Top windows are a higher 'class' of windows.  If more than one window has been selected Always on Top, the last Always on Top window activated will appear on top, and the Always on Top windows as a group will be always on top of the non-Always on Top windows.

The Always on Top feature can be especially useful with small resource meters, a reminder window, stock ticker or other applications you might want in constant view when working.


Always on Screen

When you select Always on Screen, the window selected will stay with the visible area and show in every pane of the virtual desktop.

You cannot drag an Always on Screen window away from the visible area until you unselect it as Always on Screen.  You cannot select a window to be Always on Screen unless the full-sized version is first actually on the monitor screen.

As with Always on Top, this feature is useful for application windows you want to be in constant view.  Finally, you can select windows to be both Always on Top and Always on Screen;  such a window will be in continuous view  in every pane.


Close

Selecting Close from a mini-window menu will close the application that the mini-window represents.


Visible Area Mini-window
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.  The visible area mini-window can also display a mini version of your chosen wallpaper.  (See mini-wallpaper in Settings)

When you move the visible area around the squares of the desktop using the movement controls, you are touring the screens of the expanded desktop space.  As you tour the desktop space you will see the mini-window for the visible area move between the Panes of the Map.  When you reach other mini-windows in other squares you will see the full-size version of those windows appear and move correspondingly 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)


Movement Controls Overview
The Movement Controls Overview

There are five ways to move around the virtual desktop using the WinSpace Map:

•	Mouse clicking or jumping movement

•	Mouse scrolling movement

•	Scrollbar movement

•	Keyboard movement

•	Dragging mini-windows movement


Mouse Clicking or Jumping

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 on your monitor screen 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.   This feature is similar to mouse-activated scrolling in FVWM.

Mouse scrolling is one of the unique features that WinSpace brings to the Windows Platform for the first time.  When you move your mouse pointer to an edge of the screen the desktop moves in that direction.  There are two kinds of mouse scrolling, Freescroll and Clickscroll.  You select Freescroll or Clickscroll in WinSpace Properties.

Freescroll sets mouse scrolling to begin after a user-defined delay once the mouse pointer is placed at an edge of the monitor screen.  Each time you touch the mouse to the edge, the visible area will move in the direction of that edge of the screen (Up, Down, Left, Right.) and continue scrolling until you move the pointer away from the edge, or until the visible area reaches the boundary of the virtual desktop.

Clickscroll sets mouse scrolling to begin once the mouse pointer is placed at an edge of the monitor screen and  you press the left mouse button.  To scroll the visible area with click scroll, you move the mouse pointer to an edge of the screen and press the left mouse button. Each time you touch the mouse to the edge and hold down the left mouse button,  the visible area will move in the direction of that edge of the screen (Up, Down, Left, Right.) and continue scrolling until you release the left mouse button, move the pointer away from the edge, or until the visible area reaches the boundary of the virtual desktop.


Scrollbar Movement

When you click on the scroll buttons on the Scrollbars of the WinSpace Map you move the visible area of the screen.  The Visible Area scrolls until you release the scroll button or until the visible area reaches the edge of the virtual desktop.


Keyboard Movement

The Keyboard has default settings and can also be customized in the Display Properties.  Using keyboard movement means navigating the virtual desktop with hot keys.  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 set user-defined keyboard and configuration options in the Keyboard section of WinSpace Properties.

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


Dragging Mini-window Movement
Dragging Mini-windows Movement

You can grab and drag mini-windows with the mouse.  You can drag both mini-windows that represent open applications and you can drag the visible area mini-window.

When you drag a mini-window you simultaneously drag the full-sized version of the open window.  You can drag mini-windows onto or off the monitor screen, and you can rearrange mini-windows on the virtual desktop by dragging them.

When you drag a mini-window, you DO NOT automatically activate, bring on-screen and bring to focus the open window of the application which that mini-window represents.  Dragging a mini-window simply repositions the mini-window on the Map and repositions the full-sized window on the virtual desktop.

There are several ways to activate, bring on-screen and bring to focus an open  window:  you can either click or double-click on the mini-window which represents that window;  click on the Taskbar button ;  use Alt+tab; or, If you have X-windows style mouse focus selected in Properties, place the mouse pointer over the full-sized version of the window.


Clicking on Panes

You can click on the 'blank space' area of a pane to jump to that pane.  If you click on an empty pane your visible area will jump to the empty pane and your monitor screen will be empty of windows.  This feature allows you to quickly get to your shortcuts.


Using WinSpace Menu
Using the WinSpace Menu

Right-clicking on the WinSpace icon brings you to the WinSpace Menu.

From the WinSpace Menu you can control several features of WinSpace, which are briefly described below and detailed in specific sections of this Help file.

From the WinSpace Menu you also access the WinSpace Settings and The WinSpace Properties.

The WinSpace menu has six items:

•	WinSpace Map

•	Arrange All Windows

•	Undo Arrange All

•	Settings

•	Help

•	Exit

•	WinSpace Map

is another way to show and hide your

0	WinSpace Map

•	Settings

lets you specify style options for your WinSpace map and get to the WinSpace Properties in the Display Properties (make sure to go to the WinSpace tab in Display Properties).  In Display Properties you can change the number of screens on the map, configure the mouse and keyboard functions, and set other controls. Make sure you understand the Always on Top and Always on Screen features before you use them.

•	Help

provides you with an online WinSpace Help file.  You can also access Ordering information

0	and the Quick Start from the Help submenu.

•	Arrange All Windows

The Arrange All Windows feature automatically arranges all the mini-windows on your virtual desktop.

This feature lets you work with one window at a time on your screen and avoid monitor clutter.

To try out Arrange All Windows, drag all your mini-windows to the visible area square so that they are on your monitor screen.  When you have a pile of windows on your screen, simply click on Arrange All Windows in the WinSpace menu to spread your open windows over the virtual desktop.

Any time you use Arrange All Windows, WinSpace will spread out your open windows in a one-per-pane fashion.

•	Undo Arrange All

Undo Arrange All gathers or groups all the open windows back on the monitor screen in a pile. All the mini-windows jump to the pane where the visible area mini-window representing the monitor is located.

•	Exit

quits the WinSpace program.


Arrange All Windows (Automatic Screen Unclutter)

The Arrange All Windows feature automatically puts one window per pane.  If you have a pile of windows on your desktop and want to unclutter your workspace, right click on the red and white WinSpace icon on the taskbar, and select Arrange All Windows from the WinSpace Menu.

Once you have arranged the windows, you can use Alt+tab , Taskbar buttons and WinSpace Movement Controls to switch between windows, and you will get just one window at a time on your monitor screen.  The windows that are not on screen are out of your way on the virtual desktop.  When you use Arrange All Windows, you will see the mini-windows spread out on the Map.

Undo Arrange All brings all the open windows back to the visible area.  In a sense Arrange All  Windows is like dealing out cards;  Undo Arrange All stacks the cards back again in a deck.  When you use Undo Arrange All the mini windows will jump back to the pane where the visible area is located.


Selecting and Switching Overview

There are several ways to switch between Windows using WinSpace 2.0.  You can also always use the standard Windows System methods of Switching between windows. In some cases, you will automatically switch between windows as part of moving around the Virtual Desktop.  The various ways of switching between windows are listed and detailed below.

•	Taskbar

•	Alt+tab

•	Desktop Shortcuts

•	Clicking

•	Double-clicking

•	X-windows style selection

(See The Movement Controls)


Taskbar

The taskbar on Windows 95 and NT is located by default on the bottom of your screen.

When you have WinSpace running and click on a Taskbar button representing an open window, the full-sized window will show on your monitor screen as it is currently positioned in its respective pane on the virtual desktop.

When you click on a Taskbar button representing an open application the Visible Area jumps to the pane on the virtual desktop where the mini-window for that application is located.  If the window for the application was minimized, WinSpace opens the window for that application on the monitor screen in the current pane.

If you use WinSpace Arrange All Windows, you can also use the Taskbar to skip between applications and get one window on your monitor screen at a time, instead of overlapping and hidden window layers.


Alt+Tab

The Alt+tab Windows function works without interference when WinSpace is running.

You can switch between windows on the virtual desktop using Alt+tab.

When you use Alt+tab and select an open application the Visible Area jumps to the pane on the virtual desktop where the window for that application is located.  If the window for the application was minimized, WinSpace opens the window for that application on the monitor screen in the current pane.

If you use WinSpace Arrange All Windows, you can also use Alt+tab to skip between applications and get one window on your screen at a time, instead of overlapping and hidden window layers.


Desktop Shortcuts

Some shortcuts in Windows 95 and NT open a new window, other shortcuts bring you back to an already open window.  WinSpace does not interfere with the function of shortcuts.


Clicking

(See Clicking on mini-windows)


Double-clicking

(See Double-clicking on mini-windows)


X-windows Style Selection
X-windows Style Focusing

(See Use X-windows mouse focusing in WinSpace properties)  This feature is similar to the Microsoft Power Toy "X-Mouse."


Sliding Around or Mouse Scrolling

Mouse scrolling 'moves' your screen around in a panning motion.  In a sense, when using WinSpace Mouse Scrolling, your monitor is like an elevator that can travel Up, Down, Left and Right.  Mouse Scrolling is discussed in detail as one of the WinSpace Movement Controls.


Settings Overview
Settings

The WinSpace Settings Menu is a submenu of the WinSpace Menu.  You get to the Settings Menu in WinSpace by going to the main WinSpace Menu and selecting Settings.  Right click on the red and white WinSpace icon on the bottom right of the Taskbar, and then go to Settings.  The Settings Menu has the following five options:

Map Always on Top

•	Show Title

•	Show Scrollbars

•	Show Mini-wallpaper

•	Properties


Map Always on Top

Selecting Map Always on Top will make the WinSpace Map stay always on top of all other windows.


Show Title

You can toggle the Titlebar of the WinSpace map to show by selecting and unselecting Show Title.


Show Scrollbars

You can toggle the Scrollbars of the WinSpace map to show by selecting and unselecting Show Scrollbars.


Show Mini-wallpaper

Mini-wallpaper.  You can toggle to show a mini-version of your personal wallpaper on the Map.  The mini-wallpaper will show on the visible area mini-window that represents your monitor screen.

However, if your system is not set for, or your hardware cannot support, more than 256 colors, then the mini-wallpaper option is not available.


Properties Overview

Clicking on the Properties item on the Settings submenu opens the windows system Display Properties.  There is a special WinSpace tab in Display Properties for changing the properties of WinSpace functionality.

To change the WinSpace Properties and the configuration of WinSpace features, go to the WinSpace tab in Display Properties.  To get to the WinSpace Display Properties tab, right click on the WinSpace icon, go to Settings, then Properties.

You can also use the Start button to go to the Start Menu, then Settings, then Control Panel, then Display.

In WinSpace Properties you can set properties and configure:

•	The Mouse

•	The Keyboard

•	The Desktop Size

and you can Restore Default Settings.


Mouse Properties

In Mouse Properties you can select and configure two types of Mouse functionality:

•	Use mouse to scroll

•	Use X-windows mouse focusing

•	Use Mouse to Scroll

The checkbox will select or unselect the functionality of mousescrolling of the visible area on the virtual desktop.  Mousescrolling is explained as one of the Movement Controls.

You can configure mousescrolling for Click Scroll or Freescroll.

Click Scroll will set mousescrolling to activate when the mouse pointer is placed at the edge of the screen and the left mouse button is clicked.

Freescroll will set mousescrolling to activate when the mouse pointer is placed at the edge of the screen.  Freescroll requires no click.  Freescroll is similar to FVWM style scrolling.

You can also define a delay time with freescroll, so that scrolling begins once the mouse pointer is placed at an edge and the delay has passed.  This allows you to accidentally bump the edge without causing unintentional scrolling or 'jerks' of the windows.

You can also set the speed in pixels of mouse scrolling by moving the slider in Scroll Speed.

•	Use X-windows mouse focusing

The checkbox will select or unselect the functionality of X-windows style mouse focusing.  With X-windows Mouse Focusing, when you place your mouse pointer anywhere on a window, that window is automatically activated as if you had also clicked on the window.

X-windows Mouse Focusing saves users the step of both going to a window and clicking on the window.  This functionality is similar to the Microsoft Power Toy "X-Mouse."  As X-Mouse and WinSpace use a common hook, you cannot run both programs at the same time. To use WinSpace and have X-mouse style functionality, select Use X-window Mouse focusing.

You can configure WinSpace X-windows Mouse Focusing to bring the activated window on top of all other windows, and you can define the delay time before a window activates once the mouse pointer is placed on that window.


Keyboard Properties

The checkbox will select or unselect the functionality of Keyboard Navigation, or moving, of the visible area on the virtual desktop via hot keys.  Keyboard Navigation or Keyboard Movement is explained as one of the WinSpace Movement Controls.

The Keyboard Configuration button will bring up a dialog box with options for navigation and hot keys.

•	You can set  keyboard navigation to move or jump the visible area in increments of one full screen or one-half screen.

0	The mini-visible area will jump either one pane or one-half pane each time you use the hot keys.

•	You can define the hot keys for toggling the WinSpace Map.  The default setting is
< Alt + M >.

•	You can set the hot keys for keyboard navigation, which is Alt + an arrow key
by default.


Desktop Size

You can change the dimensions of your virtual desktop by number of screens or Panes.  You can select the number of screens wide and the number of screen high.  When you change the desktop size, click Apply and then OK.  The Dimensions of the WinSpace Map will change accordingly.


Restore Default Settings

You can restore the WinSpace default settings for Mouse, Keyboard and Desktop Size by clicking the button Restore Default Settings in WinSpace Properties.


Ordering Information
WinSpace 2.0 Ordering Information

Thank you for previewing TriPlus WinSpace 2.0, the virtual desktop tool for Windows 95 And NT.

You are permitted to test WinSpace at no charge for a 30-day trial period. After the 30-days has lapsed, you must register WinSpace to continue using the software.

Distribution

The primary methods of distribution for single user copies of TriPlus WinSpace are via Internet download and on promotional CD-ROMs.

Ordering WinSpace 2.0

Orders of single user copies of WinSpace are processed through the advanced and convenient Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) system.  WinSpace 2.0 comes with built-in ESD software  which allows you "try before you buy" and to order on-line over the internet, by phone, FAX or email using your credit card in a secure, RSA approved, encrypted transaction.  The ESD system will process your transaction and immediately send you a key which will un-lock WinSpace. Just go to the registration option in the Help menu and fill out the screens.

With ESD you do not have to download a second time, and you can begin using WinSpace right away.  If you have a CD-ROM version of WinSpace, the same system will allow you to use a fully-functional version of the software as soon as you register via ESD.   You can also pay by check or money order by calling TriPlus Customer Service.

If at any time you experience difficulties trying to register WinSpace, please telephone TriPlus Technologies Customer Service (toll-free) at 1-888-TRIPLUS or 805-898-9899.

Multi-site license inquiries should be made to the above numbers at extension 110.  We offer special pricing options and deep discounts for volume orders.  Please also visit our web site at http://www.triplus.com  for more information on corporate and WinSpace licensing options.

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TriPlus WinSpace Quick Start
Quick Start for TriPlus® WinSpace® 2.0

This Quick Start Page will assist you in immediately enjoying the benefits of TriPlus® WinSpace® 2.0.   For a more detailed description and more illustrations of how WinSpace works, go to the Help section of the program, or visit http://www.triplus.com for the WinSpace Home Page and Web Help.

WinSpace gives you the power of a 101" monitor because the WinSpace software creates a 'virtual desktop' that is much larger than your monitor screen.

Virtual Desktop means that WinSpace sets up a desktop surface in memory which extends beyond the edges of the monitor screen into virtual space.   You can arrange your open windows on the virtual desktop just like on a physical desk, out of your way, but always in view on the WinSpace Map.

The WinSpace Map

WinSpace gives you a map, which shows the whole Virtual desktop and all the open windows on and off the monitor screen.

•	Title Bar of the Map.  Grab it with the mouse and drag the WinSpace 2.0 Map like any other window.

•	Click the X on the upper right corner of the map to hide the map and click on the red and white WinSpace icon on the bottom right of your monitor screen to show the Map again.

•	The white squares on the map are called mini-windows and show all the open applications on your virtual desktop. Grab them with the mouse to drag them around. Click on them to select the program they represent.

•	The special mini-window with the clouds wallpaper is your visible screen area and represents what's on your monitor.  You can drag it to move around the desktop. On the example above, you only see a message box in the lower left corner, represented by a grey mini-window.

Control TriPlus WinSpace 2.0

The basic control point for WinSpace is the red and white square icon on the bottom right of your monitor screen in the taskbar. Click the icon to show and hide the WinSpace Map, and right-click the icon to get to the WinSpace menu.  This icon shows that WinSpace is running.

QuickStart-Tour

To begin familiarizing yourself with TriPlus WinSpace 2.0, open a few programs so that you have several open windows on your screen.  Now click the red and white WinSpace icon on the bottom of your screen so that the Map is also on screen.  Try moving around the mini-windows on the Map with your mouse.

Click on a mini-window and you go right to the real window.  Drag a mini-window and you drag the real one.  Now click on an emptysquare (or "Pane") on the Map.  Your visible area mini-window will jump, and your monitor screen will be empty.  Your visible area can hop, jump or smooth scroll all around the extended desktop screens with clicks, mouse scrolling, keyboard controls or scroll bars.  Read through the explanations below to learn more about the WinSpace Menu, how to move around the desktop and how to start putting WinSpace to work.

The WinSpace Menu

The WinSpace menu gives you access to features and controls. You get to the WinSpace menu by right-clicking on the red  and white icon on the  bottom right of your monitor screen or by right-clicking on an empty pane of the map.

•	WinSpace Map

is another way to show and hide your WinSpace Map

•	Settings

lets you specify style options for your WinSpace map and get to the WinSpace Properties in the Display Properties (make sure to go to the WinSpace tab in Display Properties).  In Display Properties you can change the number of screens on the map, configure the mouse and keyboard functions, and set other controls.  For more detail about Settings and Properties, see the Help file.

•	Help

provides you with an online WinSpace Help file.

•	Arrange All Windows

automatically arranges all the mini-windows on your virtual desktop. This feature lets you work with one window at a time on your screen and avoid monitor clutter. Drag all your mini-windows to the visible area square so that they are on your monitor screen.  When you have a pile of windows on your screen, simply click on Arrange All Windows in the WinSpace menu to spread your open windows over the virtual desktop.

•	Exit

quits the WinSpace program.

MouseScrolling

Mouse scrolling 'moves' your monitor screen around in a panning motion.  In a sense, when using WinSpace MouseScrolling, your monitor is like an elevator that can travel up, down, left and right on your virtual desktop.

After you have spread out your mini-windows, use the MouseScroll feature to move around the desktop. Place your mouse pointer at an edge of your monitor screen and then left-click.  Keep the mouse at the edge and the left mouse button pressed and your visible screen area will move in the direction of that edge as long as you leave the mouse pointer at the edge and the mouse button pressed.  MouseScrolling will stop when the visible area reaches the boundary of the virtual desktop.


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