About This Guide

    What's new in Photon 1.14

    What's new online (as of May 12, 2000)

    Conventions used in this guide

     Keyboard input

     Single-step instructions

     Notes, cautions, warnings

Welcome to Photon

    What is Photon?

     Why is it called Photon?

     Why is it called a microGUI?

    What should I do first?

Getting Started

    How to start Photon

     If Photon has just been installed...

    A typical workspace

    Using the mouse

     For a two-button mouse

     For a three-button mouse

    Pointers

    Anatomy of a Photon window

    Using the Window Menu

    Using the Taskbar

     Setting the time

    Keyboard shortcuts

     Workspace operations

     Window operations

     CUA operations

    Using the clipboard

     Operations in text fields

     Operations in a pterm

    How to exit Photon

      Using the mouse

      Using the keyboard

Photon Desktop Manager

    The Desktop Manager at a glance

    Button bar

     Desktop Manager menu button

      Launching an application using the Run... item

     Configuration tool

     Question-mark help button

    Extended Workspace View

    Console Selector

    World View

    How to know where you are

    Moving around your entire desktop

    Group folders

     Applications folder

     Utilities folder

     Demos & Games folder

     Development Tools folder

     Launching applications from a Group folder

     Adding applications to a Group folder

    Scroll arrows and Mail indicator

Getting Help

    Using a help button

    Using pterm help

    Using the Helpviewer

     Title bar

     Helpviewer tabs

      Contents pane

      Search pane

      History pane

      Bookmarks pane

      Print pane

      Options pane

     Divider bar

     Helpviewer buttons

     Using the Helpviewer to display other HTML files

File Manager

    What is the File Manager?

    Starting the File Manager

    The File Manager at a glance

    Managing folders with the Hotlist

     Adding a folder

     Sorting the Hotlist

     Removing folders

    Opening a folder

     Using the Hotlist

     Using the File list

     Using the keyboard

    Finding a file quickly

    Selecting files

     Using the mouse and keyboard

     Using the keyboard

     Using a menu

     Deselecting files

    Creating folders and files

     Folders

     Files

      Creating a file in another folder

    Viewing or editing files

    Copying and moving files

    Deleting files or folders

    Changing file properties

    Opening and closing a terminal window

    Running a command

     Quick-starting Photon applications

    Starting an application from its data files

    Printing files

    Changing how files are displayed

     Sorting files

      Reversing the sort order

      Displaying folders first

     Choosing which details are displayed

      Details at a glance

    Controlling which files are displayed

    Configuring the File Manager

     Associating files with an application

      Starting a text-based application

Using the Print Dialogs

    Starting the Printer Setup dialog

     Setting up a printer

     Changing the default printer

     Printing a document when a printer hasn't been set up

    Print Properties

     Print Properties dialog

      Paper tab

      Graphics tab

      Margins tab

      Other tab

      Info tab

     Graphical Image Properties dialog

      Bitplanes

      Dimensions

      Scale

    Print Preview dialog

DayMinder

    What is DayMinder?

    Starting DayMinder

    DayMinder at a glance

    Customizing DayMinder

     Resizing windows

     Customizing application preferences

    Types of scheduled activities

    Adding appointments

    Adding reminders

    Adding a task to your ToDo list

    Modifying scheduled activities

    Address Book

    Group Planner

Terminal Window (pterm)

    What is pterm?

    pterm at a glance

    Starting and ending pterm

    Using the pterm menu

    Configuring pterm

International Character Support

    Languages supported

    Photon compose sequences

Using Photon on a Network

    Using the Message Pad

     Posting a note to yourself

     Sending a message to another user

    Exploring Jump Gates

     Sending an application through a Jump Gate

      Setting up predefined Jump Gates

    Dittoing a remote Photon display

    Running remote Photon applications

     From within Microsoft Windows

      How does Phindows work?

      Who doesn't use MS-Windows?

     From within the X Window System

Customizing Photon

    Customizing your workspace

     Setting workspace options

     Using the Configuration tool

      Configuration example: changing the backdrop

    Changing the graphics resolution and color depth

     Changing the graphics resolution

     Selecting the refresh rate

     Selecting the color palette

    Launching an application at startup

Glossary