A reading window shows the contents of a subscription. Each Reading window can be viewed in either of two layouts. One layout shows newsgroups in the top pane, topics in the center pane, and articles in the bottom pane. The alternate layout shows newsgroups in the top left pane, topics in the top right pane and articles in the bottom pane. To switch between layouts, click on the small icon at the upper right of the window.
• It can be re-sized or zoomed; the articles in the bottom pane will adjust their size. The text will wrap so no horizontal scrolling is needed.
• The double horizontal lines are split bars which determine the sizes of the panes; drag them up and down to change sizes.
The top (or top left) pane of a reading window shows all the newsgroups in the subscription:
• An unread bullet (black means some articles unread), the number of unread articles, and the total number of articles in the newsgroup are shown in a user subscription. The numbers are estimates. In the special subscriptions that InterNews creates for you automatically, these numbers are displayed only while a newsgroup is being shown.
• Click the bullet at the left to mark that newsgroup as read (it goes white) or unread (it goes black); this is undoable.
• Click a newsgroup to select it; right-arrow will select the next one, left-arrow will select the previous one.
• Double-click a newsgroup to show all the topics in that newsgroup in the middle pane; the Return or Enter key will show the selected newsgroup. You can hold the option key down to show just 50 articles at a time.
• Drag a newsgroup to change its position, or to move it to another subscription. Hold down the option key to drag a copy to another subscription.
The middle (or top right) pane of a reading window (if not blank) shows all the topics in the selected newsgroup:
• An unread bullet (black means some articles are unread), the number of unread articles, and the total number of articles in the topic are shown.
• Click the bullet at the left to mark that topic as read (it goes white) or unread (it goes black); this is undoable.
• Click a topic to select it; down-arrow will select the next one, up-arrow will select the previous one. Hold down the Option key to mark the previously-selected topic as read.
• Double-click a topic to show all the articles in that topic in the pane below; the Return or Enter keys will show the selected topic.
• Command-1 will show the next topic in the pane below. Hold down the option key to mark the previously-selected topic as read.
• A topic is marked as read when you click its bullet, or when all its articles have been read.
The bottom pane of a reading window (if not blank) shows all the articles in the selected topic, in date and time order:
• The article number, the subject of the article, and the sender appear in a header line.
• Click and hold on the article number to pop up the full article header.
• Click the bullet at the left to mark that article as read (it goes white) or unread (it goes black); this is undoable.
• Click on an article to select it for printing or saving. It will be framed with a black rectangle. If there is only one article in a topic, it is selected for you automatically.
• Both the Page Down key and the space bar will both scroll a page down; the Page Up key will scroll a page up. The Home and End keys will scroll to the beginning and end of the topic, respectively.
• An article is marked as read when you click its bullet, or when all of it has been shown (use the Reading category of the Preferences dialog for alternative ways to determine when an article has been read); this is undoable.
You can set the font of each pane independently from the Reading menu. You can choose different font sets for the two window layouts. For example, you can use smaller fonts for the newsgroup and topics panes when they are side by side.
