Montage has an optional main menu and a number of context menus,
which appear when you right-click on various types of screen objects.
Most of
Montage's commands and options are accessible through these menus, with the
remainder being in the Shortcut Properties dialog.
Along the top of a Montage Desktop window, there is a main menu having the
following submenus, with hot keys as shown. (Some of these menu options
may not appear unless you are operating in a mode that supports them, e.g. the
menu options appearing in dark green apply only
when built-in Montage viewers are enabled.)
- File menu
- basic Montage commands and Shortcut
operations.
- New Shortcut (Ctrl+N): creates a new Montage
Shortcut to an external application.
The new Shortcut is initially located in the upper left corner of the Montage
Desktop
window, and its Shortcut Properties dialog
is opened so you can enter the required target
specification, along with any other items of interest. Except for
the initial position of the Shortcut, this is equivalent to New
Shortcut command in the Montage
Options context menu.
Tip: Leave a clear space at the
upper left corner of your Montage Desktop window, so that new
Shortcuts won't obscure something behind them.
- New Montage... (Ctrl+M): invokes a
dialog to create one or more new montages.
Launches or activates the New
Montage Dialog, which is also accessible via the Miscellaneous,
New
Montage... command in the Montage Desktop context menu.
- Open (Ctrl+O): opens the selected Shortcut.
This launches the target application or document and restores it to
its previous state, or activates
the target window if already open. (You can tell from its highlighting
whether a Shortcut is currently open.) Also see the similar Open
Target and Explore Target
commands in the Shortcut
Options context menu.
Tip: Just double-click on
a Shortcut to open it or activate its target window.
- Open Viewer...:
opens an existing file in its default type of built-in
Montage viewer.
- Open With...:
opens a file or web page with the built-in Montage viewer of your choice.
- Close: closes the target of the selected Shortcut or the currently active
form.
You can also close a Shortcut via its Close
Target command (see further description there).
- Save Montage (Ctrl+S): saves the present Montage Desktop configuration.
This command also is available under Save
Montage in the
Montage Desktop context menu (see further description there).
Tip: Due to a
known bug,
the first issuance of a Ctrl+S sometimes has no effect. Watch for a
quick, transient wait window
message to confirm that the action was performed - if not, just press
Ctrl+S again.
- Save As...: saves this Montage Desktop configuration
to a new copy of the previous montage.
This command also is available under Miscellaneous,
Save As... in the Montage
Desktop context menu (see further notes there).
- Save to Zip: saves this Montage and
related files in a corresponding .ZIP archive.
This command also is available under Miscellaneous, Save
to Zip in the Montage
Desktop context menu (see further notes there).
- Delete Shortcut: removes the
selected Shortcut from this Montage Desktop window.
This command also is available as Delete
Shortcut in the Shortcut's context menu (see further notes
there).
- Shortcut Options...: invokes the Shortcut context menu for the selected Shortcut.
- Properties (Ctrl+P): displays the Shortcut Properties dialog for the selected Shortcut.
- Abandon: quits from Montage without saving the present configuration.
This command also is available under Abandon in the Montage
Desktop context menu (see further description there).
- Exit: quits from Montage with automatic state-saving, if
enabled.
This command also is available under Exit
in the Montage Desktop context menu (see further notes there).
- Edit menu - for editing text, current selection,
or Clipboard.
Note that some of these commands are only enabled when the focus
is on certain types of text fields.
Tip: Try using the editing
context
menus, which may be more convenient than the main Edit menu.
- Undo (Ctrl+Z): undoes the last editing command or action.
- Redo (Ctrl+R): repeats the last editing command or action.
- Cut (Ctrl+X): removes the selection and places it onto the Clipboard.
- Copy (Ctrl+C): copies the selection onto the Clipboard.
- Paste (Ctrl+V): pastes contents of the Clipboard into the current selection.
- Clear: removes the selection without placing it onto the Clipboard.
- Select All (Ctrl+A): selects all text in the current item.
- Find... (Ctrl+F): searches for specified text.
- Find Again (Ctrl+G): repeats the last
text search.
- Replace... (Ctrl+L): replaces specified text with different text.
- View menu
- configuration options and commands affecting the whole montage.
- Refresh (F5): refreshes everything in this Montage Desktop.
This command also is available under Miscellaneous,
Refresh
in the Montage
Desktop context menu (see further notes there).
- Restore View: restores the most recently saved Montage Desktop configuration.
This command also is available under Restore
View in the Montage
Desktop context menu (see further notes there).
- Normalize Children: returns
external target windows to normal zoom
for all Shortcuts opened by this montage.
This command also is available through the
Actions, Normalize button of
the global Shortcuts dialog, when the scope is set to
Children (see further notes there).
- Minimize Children: minimizes external
target windows of all Shortcuts opened by this montage.
This command also is available through the
Actions, Minimize button of
the global Shortcuts dialog, when the scope is set to
Children (see further notes there).
- Send Children to Back: puts
external child windows of this
montage behind all other windows.
This command also is available through the
Actions, Send to Back button of
the global Shortcuts dialog, when the scope is set to
Children (see further notes there).
- Close Children: closes all external
application windows that were launched from this montage.
This command also is available through the
Actions, Close button of
the global Shortcuts dialog, when the scope is set to
Children (see further notes there).
- Always on Top: toggles whether to keep
this Montage Desktop in front of all other windows.
This option also is available under More,
Window Type, Always
on Top in the Montage
Desktop context menu (see further notes there).
- Show Borders (F2): chooses whether to show a thin border or no border around closed Shortcuts.
This option also is available through the
Style, Show Borders checkbox
of the global Shortcuts dialog (see further notes there).
- Display Titles (Shift+F2): toggles whether to show or hide
titles of unselected Shortcuts.
This option also is available through the
Style, Display Titles
checkbox of the global Shortcuts dialog (see further notes there).
- Hide Shortcuts (F4): toggles whether to make
all Shortcuts invisible, for unobstructed view of wallpaper.
This option also is available through the
Style, Hide Shortcuts
checkbox of the global Shortcuts dialog (see further notes there).
- Mouseover Effect (Shift+F4):
shows otherwise hidden titles and borders around Shortcuts as the mouse
passes over them.
This option also is available through the
Style, Mouseover Effect
checkbox of the global Shortcuts dialog (see further notes there).
- Shortcuts...: view / modify
global Shortcut settings for this
montage.
This command also is available under
Shortcuts... in the Montage Desktop context menu.
- Montage Options...: invokes the Montage Desktop context menu, for global settings.
- Wallpaper submenu - commands to control the choice of background image for this Montage
Desktop.
The following, except for Next and Previous Wallpaper, also are available under the
Background submenu of the Montage Options
context
menu (see further notes there). A numbered list of available wallpaper
choices for this montage
appears at the end of the Wallpaper submenu. The current wallpaper is
checked, and you can use this portion of the menu or press the
Alt+number hot key to switch to the desired background.
- Insert Wallpaper...: adds another background image as the currently selected
wallpaper.
- Append Wallpaper...: adds another background image as the last
choice of wallpaper, and selects it.
- Change Wallpaper...:
chooses a background image to substitute for the currently selected wallpaper.
- Remove Wallpaper:
eliminates the currently selected wallpaper from the list of choices.
- Next Wallpaper (F3): selects the next available wallpaper.
with wraparound to the start of the list if at last choice.
- Previous Wallpaper
(Shift+F3): selects the previous available wallpaper.
with wraparound to the end of the list if at first choice.
- Display Wallpaper: toggles whether to show the currently selected background image for this
Desktop window.
- Fit to Wallpaper: toggles whether to size this Desktop window to exactly fit the displayed wallpaper image.
- Tools menu - analytical and diagnostic tools, plus selected Internet options.
- Analyze: reports on contents of this
montage, including Internet fetchability of missing files.
This command also is available under Miscellaneous,
Analyze in the Montage
Desktop context menu (see further notes there).
- Fetch All with Prompt:
retrieves missing files referenced by this montage, with a prompt before each download.
This command also is available under More,
Internet Fetching, Fetch All with Prompt in the Montage
Desktop context menu (see further notes there).
- Fetch All Immediately:
retrieves missing files referenced by this montage, without prompting, as fast as possible.
This command also is available under More,
Internet Fetching, Fetch All Immediately in the Montage
Desktop context menu (see further notes there).
- Fetch on Demand: toggles whether to automatically retrieve missing files as needed, via corresponding .URL
links.
This option also is available under More,
Internet Fetching, Fetch On Demand in the Montage
Desktop context menu (see further notes there).
- Prompt Before Fetching: toggles whether to ask for confirmation before automatically fetching missing files, if URL is available.
This option also is available under More,
Internet Fetching, Prompt Before Fetching in the Montage
Desktop context menu (see further notes there).
- Diagnostics...: opens the Diagnostic Message
dialog for the current context
(Advanced).
Depending on which type of object
has the focus, this displays
Diagnostic information about that object, which may be a Shortcut,
a form, a viewer
control, or the Desktop.
You can also right-click on an object to invoke its Diagnostics...
command via a context menu.
This command also is available under Advanced,
Diagnostics... in the Montage
Desktop context menu (see further notes there).
- Command Processor: opens a Command
Processor form for the current context (Advanced).
As with Diagnostics..., this invokes a form
associated with a particular Shortcut, form, viewer control, or the Desktop,
and you can also get to this form via the object's context menu.
(Both the Command Processor and the Diagnostic Message dialog are
intended primarily for developers and advanced users.) This command also is available under
Advanced, Command Processor in the Montage
Desktop context menu (see further notes there).
- Format menu
- formatting options for Shortcuts and built-in
viewers (listed in green).
- Align Column (F6): lines up centers
of the entire column containing the selected Shortcut.
Shortcuts whose centers are within 20 pixels of each other horizontally
are treated as a single column. This command centers the entire
column horizontally, exactly at the position of the currently selected
Shortcut.
- Align Row (Shift+F6): lines up tops of
the entire row containing the selected Shortcut.
Shortcuts whose centers are within 20 pixels of each other vertically are
treated as a single row. This command centers the entire row
vertically, exactly at the position of the currently selected Shortcut.
- Shift Columns Right (F7): moves
right by 10 pixels the currently selected Shortcut column and those to the
right.
The entire set of Shortcuts including the selected Shortcut and all whose
centers are to the right are shifted rightward.
- Shift Columns Left (Shift+F7):
moves left by 10 pixels the currently selected Shortcut column and those
to the right.
The entire set of Shortcuts including the selected Shortcut and all whose
centers are to the right are shifted leftward.
- Shift Column Down (F8): moves
down by 10 pixels the currently selected Shortcut and column below it.
The selected Shortcut and those below it within the same column are
shifted downward.
- Shift Column Up (Shift+F8): moves
up by 10 pixels the currently selected Shortcut and column below it.
The selected Shortcut and those below it within the same column are
shifted upward.
- Enlarge Font: uses a larger typeface (increases font size by 1 point).
- Reduce Font: uses a smaller typeface (decreases font size by 1 point).
- Bold: toggles boldface text font ON/OFF.
- Italic: toggles italicized text font ON/OFF.
- Font...: selects a text font.
- Stretch: toggles between clipped original size vs stretched (or shrunken) image.
- Isometric: toggles between proportional image scaling vs stretching to fill the window.
- Viewer Options...: invokes a context menu for the active Montage viewer
control.
This command also is available under Viewer
Options... in the Form Options context menu.
- Window menu
- commands to manipulate
form windows.
These operations only affect certain types of Montage internal
windows, such as instances of the Shortcut
Properties dialog and built-in
viewer windows.
- Help menu
- help topics, samples, and miscellaneous information about Montage.
Note that use of Montage's integrated
help facilities under this menu requires that you have installed the
optional Montage help file and help
runtime support. (If the Montage
Help file is missing, some of these commands will be disabled.)
- Help (F1): displays Montage help for the current context.
Takes you directly to the applicable section of Montage help
pertaining to the current control,
form, or Desktop,
depending upon which one has the current focus.
- Help Contents: displays a detailed outline of available Montage help topics.
This command also is available under More,
Help, Help
Contents in the Montage
Desktop context menu.
- Main Menu Help: displays help about the Montage main menu.
- Context Menu... (F11): invokes a
popup menu for the active Montage control, form, or Desktop.
In most cases this is equivalent to right-clicking on an object to
invoke its context menu.
However this does not invoke the editing
context menu for an individual data entry field, e.g. in the Shortcut
Properties dialog,
for which you must right-click on the control itself.
- Samples: launches the main montage of portable
samples.
This command also is available under More,
Help, Samples
in the Montage
Desktop context menu, or click on the Samples pushbutton of the
About Montage dialog.
Tip: You
must close the samples separately, since this menu-based method of invocation does not open them as a
logical child
of the current montage (because no Shortcut is involved).
- Montage on the Web: navigates a browser window to the
Montage home page on the World Wide Web.
This command also is available under More,
Help, Montage on the Web in the Montage Options context menu, or
click on the Montage icon in the About Montage dialog.
- Buy Online: opens a browser window to
purchase SpaceTime Systems products securely online.
This command also is available under More,
Help, Buy Online in the Montage Options context menu, or click on
the Buy pushbutton of the About Montage dialog.
- Register: specifies registered user
credentials for accessing password protected web sites.
Activates the Registration /
Authentication dialog, enabling you to download content that is
restricted to registered subscribers.
This command also is available under More, Help, Register in the Montage Options context menu,
or click on the Register pushbutton of the About Montage dialog.
- About Montage: displays a dialog that includes Montage version information.
This opens the About
Montage dialog, which displays the version of Montage, details about
the currently open metafile, and additional
information about your Windows system configuration.
This command also is available under More,
Help, About Montage in the Montage Desktop context menu.
Some of the main menu commands and options have special hot keys
associated with them, meaning you can perform those actions by pressing a single
key or combination of keys. Also see the Shortcut
keyboard actions, which operate on a selected Shortcut. Here is a
brief summary of Montage's main menu hot keys, as described above
in more detail:
Many types of Montage objects have associated context
menus, activated by
right-clicking or pressing the F11 key. The following context menus and
submenus currently exist:
Most of the individual data entry fields in the Shortcut
Properties dialog, miscellaneous dialogs, and
elsewhere support editing context menus, which vary from control
to control. These might typically include the commands in the main
Edit menu plus or minus a few similar commands, tie-ins to relevant help,
and a way of invoking the parent
object's context menu, if applicable.
Tip: Use Montage's "Copy
All" and "Paste All" commands to save yourself the trouble of
doing an initial Select All step. Also note that
"Copy All" strips off any trailing blanks, which may be present, but
not visible, at the end of a text field.
The following generic commands and options applies to various types of
Montage form windows, e.g. Properties dialogs and
viewers.
- Save Configuration: saves the
active form's current state.
Saving a form's configuration records its window placement, sizing, and zoom,
as well as the state of any viewer control
it may contain. This command also is available, for the active
window, through the Window, Save
Configuration command. Use a Shortcut's Miscellaneous,
Save Configuration command to save the state of a single Shortcut, or
File,
Save View to save the entire montage, including all forms and
Shortcuts.
- Restore Configuration: restores the most recently
saved state of this form.
Complementary to Save Configuration,
this restores the window layout and state of any child
viewer control. This command also is available, for the active window,
through the Window, Restore Configuration
command. Use a Shortcut's Miscellaneous,
Restore Configuration command to restore a single Shortcut, or use View,
Restore View to restore the entire montage, including all form windows
and Shortcuts.
- Refresh: refreshes information displayed in the active form.
This command also is available, for the active window, through the Window,
Refresh command. Use View, Refresh (F5) to
refresh the entire Montage Desktop window, including all
internal forms and Shortcuts.
- Close: closes the active form, after saving its current state.
This is equivalent to clicking on the window's close box. Also see
the File, Close command.
- Abandon: closes the active form, without altering its
last saved configuration.
- Viewer Options...: invokes the context menu for the viewer control in
the active form.
This command also is available through Format,
Viewer Options....
- Miscellaneous submenu
- assorted form options and commands that are less frequently used.
The following submenu of generic commands and options applies to various
types of Montage controls (as opposed to forms). This
submenu is connected to the Shortcut
context menu, as well as a variety of
context menus for built-in
Montage viewers.
