Quote List

The Quote List shows the quotes that are loaded and available to be displayed. You can add quotes to the list manually or import multiple quotes from a text file. A quote may be associated with a specific picture or displayed randomly depending on the settings you choose.

A quote can be any saying or message that you like. The quote text will be displayed in addition to reminders entered into the calendar. If there is author information it will be dispalyed in a smaller font below the quote.

Using the Quote List - A Quick Tutorial

Click in the Quote Box and enter the text "What's up doc?".
Click on the Add As New button. You will see the quote appear as an item on the Quote List.
Click in the Quote's Author box and enter the text "Bugs Bunny".
Click on the Quote's Picture pull-down list and select a picture. The list of available pictures depends on the pictures you have loaded. Your system will have different selections than those shown here.
Click on the Apply Changes button. You won't see anything happen on the screen, but the changes are applied to the currently selected quote.
Click on the Add As New button to get another copy of that same quote added to the list. Notice that there are now 2 items on the list with the same information.
Click on the Remove Quotes button to remove the selected quote from the quote list. (Leave at least one copy of the "What's up doc?" quote on the list for this example.)
Click on the View Quote button. This will launch the screen saver and you should see the Bugs Bunny quote on the picture you picked in step 4.

Adding Quotes Manually
To add a quote to the screen saver, type it into the quote box and then click on the Add As New button. Whenever you click on the Add As New button you get a new item on the quote list.

Keyboard Controls
After entering the quote information you can use the Tab key on the keyboad to advance the cursor to the Quote's Author field. Pressing the Tab key again takes you to the Quote's Picture field where you can use the up and down cursor keys to select a quote from the list without using the mouse.

NOTE: If you press the Enter key while entering quote information then Windows thinks you have selected the default button on this dialog which is the OK button, so you will exit from the Settings dialog.

You can select multiple items on the quote list by holding down the CTRL key and selecting with the mouse.

Making Changes to a Quote
If you want to modify a quote on the list then select it, make the changes to the quote, author or picture file, and then click on the Apply Changes button. There is always a blank item at the end of the quote list. You can select the blank item and enter quote, author and picture information. Be sure to select the Apply Changes button to save this new information.

Cutting and Pasting Quotes
Use the Cut Quotes and Paste Quotes buttons to edit the order of the items on the Quote List. When you click on the Cut Quotes button the currently selected quote is removed from the list but Screen Scapes remembers that information. Now you can select a new position on the list and click the Paste button. The previously cut quote information will be inserted to the new position on the list. The Paste button adds the quote to the position just above the currently selected quote.

Adding Quotes From a Text File
You can add mulitple items to the quote list from a text file using the Import Quotes function. When you click on the Import Quotes button you will be asked to choose the quote format of the file you are about to import. There are 4 options:

Quotes Without Author Information
These files are formatted with one quote message after another.
```
Quote1
Quote2
Quote3
and so on...
```
Quotes With Author Information
These files are formatted with the quote message on one line, followed by the quote's author on the next line.
```
Quote1
Author1
Quote2
Author2
Quote3
Author3
and so on...
```
Quotes With Picture Information
These files are formatted with the quote message on one line, followed by the pathname to a specific picture file on the next line.
```
Quote1
Picture Path1
Quote2
Picture Path2
Quote3
Picture Path3
and so on...
```
Quotes With Author And Picture Information
These files are formatted with the quote message on one line, followed by the author information on the next line and the picture path on the next line.
```
Quote1
Author1
Picture Path1
Quote2
Author2
Picture Path2
Quote3
Author3
Picture Path3
and so on...
```
The Picture Path can be a relative path or a specific pathname. A relative path assumes the Screen Scapes installation directory C:\Windows\ and the Picture Path need only contain subdirectory and file information. Sportsman pictures, for example, would be found in Sportsman\picture1. The specific Picture Path would be C:\Windows\Sportsman\picture1

Quotes and Screen Saver Modules
When you load a screen saver module it may contain quote data. This quote information will be appended to any other information already loaded. If you unload the module Screen Scapes will remember and remove only the pictures and quote information that were included with that module.

Importance of the Quote List
The reason to keep the quote information in order is because Screen Scapes can display the screen saver in two ways - giving priority to the Picture List or to the Quote List. When the Picture List has priority it will go through the list of pictures and use the next available quote. When the Quote list has priority then the screen saver will go through the list of quotes, and if a picture is specified then the quote will be displayed with that picture. You can select whether Screen Scapes runs the screen saver in Picture Order or Quote Order on the Advanced Settings screen.

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