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   XanaNews - Explaining the User Interface   
   01 Aug 24 18:37:13   
   
   From: noreply@mixmin.net   
      
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   XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > Search Menu   
   >Search Menu   
   >From the search menu you can find text in the current message, search   
   >messages in the selected groups for text, and find unread messages,   
   >messages marked as interesting, or messages that match particular keywords   
   >Search Messages (Shift+Ctrl+F)   
   > Search the message base. You can search for messages using a number of   
   > criteria. See the Searching for Messages section for details   
   >Find in Message (Ctrl+F)   
   > Search the current message bodies text part for the given string.   
   >Find Message on Internet   
   > Use an Internet search engine (Google by default) to search for the   
   > selected message in its archive. See the Find Message on Internet   
   > section for details   
   >Find Next Unread Reply to Me (M)   
   > Go to the next unread reply to one of your messages.   
   >Find Next Unread Message in Thread I've Posted to (Ctrl+M)   
   > Go to the next unread message in a thread you've posted to.   
   >Find Next Unread Interesting Message (Shift+Ctrl+M)   
   > Go to the next unread message marked as 'Interesting'   
   >Find Next Interesting Message (Ctrl+N)   
   > Go to the next Interesting message, whether it's been read or not.   
   >Find Next Interesting Message in Another Thread (Shift+Ctrl+N)   
   > Find the next interesting message, but not in the current thread.   
   >Find Message with Any Keyword (Ctrl+K)   
   > Find the next message containing any keyword   
   >Find Message with Keyword n (Ctrl+Fn)   
   > You can search for up to 8 keywords, and use Ctrl-F1 to Ctrl+F8 to   
   > find matching messages.   
      
   XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > Account Menu   
   >Account Menu   
   >The Account Menu lets you perform the following operations on the account   
   >or accounts that are currently selected in the Subscribed Groups Tree.   
   >You can also access these functions from the Subscribed Groups Tree's   
   >right-click popup menu.   
   >Expand All Accounts   
   > Expand all the accounts in the Subscribed Groups Tree so that their   
   > subscribed groups are visible.   
   > You can expand all accounts automatically when you start XanaNews by   
   > checking the Auto Expand Tree option.   
   >Collapse All Accounts   
   > Collapse all the accounts in the Subscribed Groups Tree so that only the   
   > accounts, but not the individual subscribed groups are showing.   
   >Show Newsgroup List   
   > Shows the newsgroup list, where you can subscribe to, or unsubscribe from   
   > newsgroups.   
   >Refresh Group List   
   > Reloads the list of available newsgroups from the server.   
   >Add New Account   
   > Set up a new server account   
   >Remove Account   
   > Remove the selected account(s) from your computer.   
   > When you remove an account, its settings and all messages in all the   
   > groups you subscribed to in that account are permanently removed.   
   >Account Properties   
   > Display the properties for the selected account.   
      
   XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > Help Menu   
   >Help Menu   
   >The Help Menu allows you to select XanaNews' help options.   
   >In addition to the Help Menu, XanaNews support context sensitive online   
   >help. Press the F1 key, and the correct help page will be displayed -   
   >depending on what area of XanaNews you are currently working in.   
   >Contents   
   > Display this help file.   
   >Topic Search   
   > Display this help file.   
   >Help on Help   
   > Display the standard help file that explains how to use online help in   
   > Windows.   
   >About   
   > Show the About box, which gives information on the XanaNews version,   
   > your computer's operating system, and shows the list of the generous   
   > people who have made donations to me o support the XanaNews project.   
      
   XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > The Toolbar   
   >The Toolbar   
   >The Toolbar contains buttons to help you easily select common tasks, and   
   >a 'Batch' list so you can quickly select a batch to run.   
   >Retry/Cancel   
   > The Button at the left of th toolbar is multifunction. When its red it   
   > means 'cancel the current operation'. When its green, the current   
   > operation has stalled. Press the button to retry it.   
   >Get Messages   
   > Opens the Get Messages form to allow you to get message headers, or full   
   > messages from the currently selected group or groups. When an account is   
   > selected, it performs the action on all groups in the account.   
   >Back   
   > Click the Back button to go to the previously selected message. It works   
      
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