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This help file contains a list of all Help topics available for the NEWTView application.  You can use the scroll bar to see the entries that are not currently visible in the Help window.

For information on how to use Help, press F1 or choose Using Help from the Help menu.

Overview	Troubleshooting
Menus

File

Edit

Image

View

Convert

Settings

Help


Overview

NEWTView is a tool for retrieving, displaying, and printing bit-mapped graphics files produced by various applications.  For example, NEWTView lets you view, modify, and print a graphics file received as an attachment from e-mail or downloaded from Gopher or Archie.  You can view, modify, or print the graphics file without using or having the application that created it.

Supported File Formats

NEWTView works with the following file formats:

Association	File Extension
PaintBrush	.bmp
FaxView	.dcx
DIB	.dib
GIFF	.gif
JPEG	.jpg
Mac PICT	.pct
PaintBrush	.pcx
TIFF	.tif
Word Perfect	.wpg
NEWTView can also be used for displaying, copying, or printing electronic documents transmitted via fax.

NEWTView requires no special setup or configuration.

When you first start NEWTView, an empty window appears.  Use the Open command from the File menu to select and display any existing file that has one of the supported file formats listed in the previous table.


File

Open...

Save As...

Close

Association...

Print...

Exit


Edit

Cut...

Copy...

Paste


Image

Flip

Reverse

Rotate

Invert


View

Original Resolution

Fit to Window...

Zoom 25%

Zoom 50%

Lens

Next Page

Previous Page


Convert

Original

Diffusion

Palette

Gamma On


Settings

Preferences...

Toolbar

Smart Buttons

Status Bar...

Configuration...


Help

Contents

About NEWTView...


Open
Open...

Opens an image file for viewing.

To open a file:

1.	Choose the Open... command from the File menu.

2.	Select the desired drive, directory and file.

3.	Choose the OK button.

Note:	For supported file formats, refer to the Overview.


Save

Saves the current image file.


Save As
Save As...

Allows you to select the file name, directory, and drive you want to use for saving your updated image file.

To save the image file in the desired location:

1.	Choose the Save As... command from the File menu.

2.	Select the desired drive and directory.

3.	Enter the filename in the text field.

4.	Choose the OK button.


Close

Allows you to close the current image file, but does not close the NEWTView application.


Print

Prints the image file.


Association...

Associates a specific file extension with an application.


Exit

Closes the current file and exits the NEWTView application.

To close NEWTView:

Choose the Exit command from the File menu.


Cut

Cut allows you to delete a selected portion of the image file.  The deleted portion of the image will be blank, and the portion that was cut from the image will be copied to the Clipboard.


Copy

Copy allows you to copy a selected portion from the NEWTView window to the Clipboard, leaving the original intact and erasing the previous Clipboard contents.

To copy a portion of the file:

1.	Select the portion using your mouse.

2.	Choose the Copy command from the Edit menu.

You can paste the copied portion to a different location of the current file or to another file.  If you exit Windows, the copied portion will be lost.


Paste

Paste gets a previously copied portion of a file from the Clipboard and places it at the current cursor position in the current file.

Note:	This operation is allowed only when the image is being displayed in Normal view.

To paste clipboard text:

1.	Place the cursor where you want the clipboard text to be inserted.

2.	Choose the Paste command from the Edit menu.


Flip

Reorients the image by turning it vertically (upside down).


Reverse

Reorients the image by turning it laterally (cross-wise).


Rotate

Turns the image 90 degrees clockwise.


Invert

Makes a photographic negative of the image.  For a black and white image, changes black to white and white to black.


Original Resolution

Displays the image as its original size.


Fit to Window

Sizes the image to fit the current window.


Zoom 25%

Enlarges the image view by 25 percent.  Actual image size does not change.


Zoom 50%

Enlarges the image view by 50 percent.  Actual image size does not change.


Lens

Allows you to view the original size of an image using the cursor as a magnifying lens. To use this feature, do the following:

1.	With your image showing in the NEWTView main window, choose the Zoom 25% or Zoom 50% command from the View menu to reduce the image size.

2.	Select a portion of the image that you want to view in its original size.

3.	Choose the Lens Off button from the toolbar. This shows the status of the image.

4.	Choose the Lens On button from the toolbar. This allows the cursor to magnify the piece of an image that you have selected. As you move the cursor over the image, the original size of the selected piece is displayed.


Next Page

Goes to next page of a multi-page image.


Previous Page

Goes to the previous page of a multi-page image.


Original

Reloads the image from the disk.


Diffusion

Allows you to view an image with or without diffusion. A diffused image will display with solid (instead of dotted, dashed, or shaded) lines.


Palette

Allows you to view an image according to specific colors provided from the palette, instead of using colors of the original image.


Gamma On

Compensates for non-linear display devices (standard monitors) by adjusting the correlation between the original image values and the display image.  The result is generally a more realistic image.


Preferences
Preferences...

Displays a dialog box allowing you to select the display format to be used by NEWTView when it first opens an image.  You can select one of the following:

•	original: view image in its original size

•	diffused: view image with solid (instead of dotted, dashed, or shaded) lines

•	paletted: view image according to specific colors provided from the palette

You can also change the display format after the image has been opened by using the View menu.


Toolbar

Toolbar allows you to display or hide the application's toolbar.  The toolbar gives you quick mouse access to several NEWTView tools.


Smart Buttons

Allows you to display toolbar icons, including each icon's description.


Status Bar

Allows you to display or hide the application’s status bar.


Configuration

Each application has a .CFG file associated with it that contains the current (default) settings for that configuration file. The application will use these settings when it is first opened. You can do the following:

•	create a new configuration file using the New option

•	save a new or existing configuration file using the Save option

•	open an existing configuration file using the Open option

•	change a configuration file using the Save As option


Troubleshooting

If you experience difficulties using the NEWTView application, refer to the following items:

•	Verify that file you are trying to view is in one of the file formats supported by the NEWTView application.

•	Verify that the file you are trying to view is not corrupted.  Check the file listing in the File Manager.  If the file is listed as having "0" bytes, it is a corrupted file.


Contents

Displays the contents of the application's Help system.

While using Help, you can return to the Contents screen by choosing the Contents button in the Help window.


About NEWTView
About NEWTView...

Displays information about the program. You can then do either of the following:

•	Choose the Copy button to copy the application version information into the Windows clipboard. You can then paste this information into any application.

•	Choose the OK button to continue.