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   XanaNews - Explaining the User Interface   
   01 Aug 24 18:37:13   
   
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   > even if the previously selected message is in another group. XanaNews   
   > maintains details of the previous 10 messages.   
   >Forward   
   > If the back button has been pressed, the Forward button goes turns green   
   > If you click it, it reverses the 'back'. Otherwise it goes to the next   
   > unread message.   
   >Post a Message   
   > Click the Post a Message button to post a new root message to the   
   > currently selected account. If a group or groups are selected, the   
   > message is posted to these groups - crossposting if there are more than   
   > one. If no group is selected you will need to type in a group name once   
   > the Post Message form is displayed.   
   >Reply to Group   
   > Click the Reply to Group button to reply to the currently selected   
   > message using the Post Message form.   
   >E-Mail a Message   
   > Click E-Mail a message to send an E-Mail to the author of the currently   
   > selected message.   
   >Find Text in Message   
   > Search the current message bodies text part for the given string.   
   >Search for Text in Messages   
   > Search the message base. You can search for messages using a number of   
   > criteria. See the Searching for Messages section for details   
   >Print Message   
   > Print the selected message(s)   
   >Quick Get Messages   
   > Perform the default 'Get Messages' action on all groups in all accounts.   
   >Add Message Author to Bozo Bin   
   > Add the author of the currently selected message to the Bozo Bin   
   >Run the Selected Batch   
   > Select a batch from the drop-down list, then click the 'Run Selected   
   > Batch' button to run it.   
      
   XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > The Subscribed   
   Groups Tree   
   >The Subscribed Groups Tree   
   >The Top Left pane of the workspace shows a tree of the accounts and groups   
   >you subscribe to. In addition, at the top of the tree is the archived   
   >Messages area.   
   >Each account has a 'world' icon next to it, and corresponds to a news   
   >server on the Internet. Expand the tree against a News Account to show the   
   >groups you're subscribed to on that server. Accounts are shown in bold if   
   >their subscribed groups have any unread messages. The number of unread   
   >messages in each group is shown in brackets next to the group name.   
   >The Subscribed Groups tree has its own right-click popup menu with options   
   >to get messages, subscribed to new groups and accounts, etc.   
      
   XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > The Message Tree   
   >The Message Tree   
   >The Top Right pane of the workspace shows a tree of messages you've   
   >downloaded.   
   >Select messages in the tree to display the message body in the message pane.   
   >By default, the tree is organized to show original messages at it's root   
   >level. If someone has replied to a message, the reply appears as a child   
   >branch. A message with replies comprises a Thread.   
   >Alternatively you can configure it to show the messages in a simple list in   
   >chronological order.   
   >Sorting Messages   
   > *You can sort the message tree temporariliy by clicking on the column   
   >  headers.   
   >  Click on the Subject column header to sort messages by subject, then   
   >  date/time.   
   >  Click on the Author column header to sort messages by author, then   
   >  date/time.   
   >  Click on the Date column header to sort by date/time.   
   >  Click on the Lines column header to sort by the message size in lines,   
   >  followed by the date/time.   
   >  Click on the Number column to sort messages by message number.   
   >  Click on the Flags column header to switch between Tree and List view.   
   > *You can sort the message tree permanently by changing the Sorting &   
   >  Threading options: Globally; per account or per newsgroup   
      
   XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > Popup Menus   
   >Popup Menus   
   >The following right-click popup menus are available:   
   > *The Subscribed Groups Tree Menu   
   >  Perform operations on the selected Account or Group   
   > *The Archived Message Folder Menu   
   >  Perform operations on the selected Archived Message Folder   
   > *The Message Tree Menu   
   >  Perform operations on messages in the message tree   
   > *The Message Pane Menu   
   >  Perform operations on the current message   
      
   XanaNews > Help > Contents > Explaining the User Interface > Archived   
   Message Folder Popup Menu   
   >Archived Message Folder Popup Menu   
   >Right-click on an archived message folder. The following menu will be   
   >displayed.   
   > New Archived Message Folder   
   > Rename Archived Message Folder   
   > Delete Archived Message Folder   
   > Empty Archived Message Folder   
   > Re-Index Archived Message Folder   
   >  The functions allow you to add, rename, delete, empty and re-index   
   >  Archived Message Folders   
   >Find Folder Message in Messagebase   
   > Select the account & group where the selected archived message came from,   
   > and select the message in the groups tree. This will only work if the   
   > message has not been deleted from the message base.   
   >Reload Selected Messages from Folder   
   > Copy the selected messages from the folder to their original positions in   
   > the message base. This is useful to show the tree structure of the messages.   
   >Reload All Messages from Folder   
   > Copy all the folder's messages into their original positions in the message   
   > base.   
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   *get the most current version of XanaNews (2017-08-22):   
    https://github.com/graemeg/xananews/releases/tag/v1.21   
   >https://github.com/graemeg/xananews/releases/download/v1.21/xan   
   news_32bit_v1.21.zip   
      
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