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Photo CD Viewer

To acquire information about any object of the Photo CD Viewer, move the mouse pointer over the object shown on the above window, and click the mouse button when the pointer changes to the hand-shape. You may also use the Tab kays to hightlight the object then press Enter.


File Menu

This menu is used to perform loading from the photo CD disc and to export images.   Position the mouse pointer over each menu item and click the mouse button to get more information.


Slide Show Menu

Use this menu to set up a slide show and run it on the full screen.   Position the mouse pointer over each menu item and click the mouse button to get more information.


View Menu


Help Menu

Use this menu to acquire information about this application and how to use Help.     Position the mouse pointer over each menu item and click the mouse button to get more information.


Load Contact Sheet Button

Click this button to load the contact sheet of the Photo CD disc in the selected CD-ROM drive.  All the thumbnails of the photos on the disc will be displayed on the Contact Sheet window which provides you a pictorial directory of the contents of the Photo CD disc.


Transform Menu

Using this menu, you can perform transformation on the image.   Position the mouse pointer over each menu item and click the mouse button to get more information.


Window Menu

Using this menu, you can arrange the thumbnail window,  the open image windows and icons.    Position the mouse pointer over each menu item and click the mouse button to get more information.


Cascade (Window Menu)

Use Cascade to arrange all open drive windows and group windows in an overlapping pattern on the desktop. This allows you to see the title bars of all the open windows.


Tile (Window Menu)

Use Tile to arrange all open windows and group windows in a non-overlapping pattern. This allows you to see partial contents of all open windows.


Arrange Icons (Window Menu)

Arranges into rows all the minimized windows.


List of Windows

The names of all your open windows are listed at the bottom of the Window menu. To bring out a window, choose its name from this list.


Window Title

This title bar shows the application name and the name of the active window.


Contents (Help Menu)

To get the help on how to use this application.


How To Use Help

To get the help on using the help tool.


About Photo

Shows the information about this application.


Tool Bar (View Menu)

Toggle this menu item to show and hide the tool bar.


Status Bar (View Menu)

Toggle this menu item to show and hide the status bar.


Setup (Slide Show Menu)

Use Append button to append the selected slide number to the slide show sequence.
Use Insert button to insert the selected slide number before the highlighted slide in the sequence.
Use Delete button to delete the highlighted slide in the slide show sequence.
Clicking Insert All button will insert all the slides in sequentail order before the highlighted slide in the sequence.
Clicking Clear All button will clear the slide show sequence.
Clicking Shuffle button will shuffle the slide show sequence.
Select the size of image and the format in the show.
Check the method you want to flip slides:  Mouse or Time-out or both.


Run (Slide Show Menu)

Use this menu to start a slide show on full screen.  The sequence of slides are arranged via the Setup Slide Show menu.  During the slide show, you may  click the left mouse button to advance one slide, and click the right mouse button to retrun back to the previous slide; you may also set timer to automatically advance each slide.  Press Esc key whenever you want to quit the show before it runs to the end.


Resize (Transform Menu)

Using this menu, you can resize the image to four different resolution as shown on this pop-up submenu.  The numbers indicate the width and height in pixels.


Convert To (Transform Menu)

Using this menu, you can convert the image to four different formats as shown on this pop-up submenu.


Rotate (Transform Menu)

Using this menu, you can rotate the image 90 degrees or 180 degrees either clockwise or counterclockwise,


Flip (Transform Menu)

Use this menu to flip the image either horizontally or vertically.


Load Contact Sheet (File Menu)

Select this menu item to load the contact sheet of the Photo CD disc in the selected CD-ROM drive.  All the thumbnails of the photos on the disc will be displayed on the Contact Sheet window which provides you a pictorial directory of the contents of the Photo CD disc.


Drive (File Menu)

This menu item shows the Photo CD Drive dialog which lists all the available CD-ROM drives for you to select one drive as viewing contents of Photo CD disc.


Drive Button

Click this button to show the Photo CD Drive dialog which lists all the available CD-ROM drives for you to select one drive as viewing contents of Photo CD disc.


Load Photo (File Menu)

This menu item shows the Load Photo dialog on which you can specify the index of photo you want to view.


Load Photo Button

Click this button to show the Load Photo dialog on which you can specify the index of photo you want to view.


Load Selected Photo (File Menu)

Select this menu item to load the image of the photo which thumbnail is currently selected on the Contact Sheet window.


Save As (File Menu)

This menu item shows a common dialog via which you can export the image to a file as specified by you.


Save As Button

Click this button to show a common dialog via which you can export the image to a file as specified by you.


CD Info (File Menu)

CD Info Button

Using either the CD Info menu item or CD Info button, you can read the related information about the Photo CD disc shown on the window below.


CD Info Button

Click this button to bring out the Photo CD Information window which lists the related information about the Photo CD disc.


Image Copyright Info (File Menu)

Image Copyright button (Tool Bar)

You can read the copyright information about the images on the photo CD disc in two ways: by selecting the Image Copyright Info menu item or by clicking the Image Copyright button on the tool bar.


Copyright Button

Click this button to show the Image & Copyright Information window.


Help Button

To get the help on how to use this application.


Preference (File Menu)

This menu items shows the Preferences dialog box for you to specify the preferred resolution and pallete to be used for loading the image from the photo CD disc.


Exit (File Menu)

Select this menu item to exit the application.


Flip Horizontal Button

Click this menu to flip the image horizontally.


Flip Vertical Button

Click thie button to flip the image vertically.


Rotate 90 Clockwise Button

Click this button to rotate the image 90 degrees clockwise.


Rotate 90 Counterclockwise Button

Click this button to rotate the image 90 degrees counterclockwise.


Rotate 180 Button

Click this button to rotate the image 180 degrees.


Contact Sheet Window

This window displays all the thumbnails of the photos stored on the Photo CD disc. This provides you a pictorial directory of the contents of the Photo CD disc.  To load the image of the photo you want to view, position the mouse pointer over its thumbnail,  and then double-click the button, or click the button to select it and choose the "Load Selected Photo" menu item on the File menu.


Image Window

This window displays the photo image loaded from the Photo CD disc.


Status Bar

Displays information about the current activity or mode.

When a command is selected, the left side of the status bar briefly describes the command. The left side of the status bar also indicates operations in progress.
he right side of the status bar shows whether keys such as CAPS LOCK or NUM LOCK are turned on.