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Shortcuts and Hints
NAVIGATION
Several shortcuts have been built into CD-Runner to help an experienced user
more quickly navigate through screens and options. One of the biggest shortcuts
involves the mouse; although you can use the pulldown menus and/or command
buttons to access everything in CD-Runner, a faster and more efficient way is
to click directly on the item or "hotspot" on the screen. These hotspots are
easy to spot; when the mouse is moved over one, the mousepointer will change
from the default arrow pointer to a "hand" pointer.
For example, in the Audio CD player you may click on the Menu button and then
click on the CD Jacket button to select a desired display type, or you may
left-click the mouse on either the CD Jacket text in the music calendar window
or directly on the display itself to directly bring up the display selection box,
saving a step in the process.
Another useful hotspot is the Audio CD and CD-ROM Runner disc drawers; simply
left-click the mouse on this hotspot to eject the audio CD or CD-ROM. Note that
you can also identify the hotspots by bringing up the CD-Runner help module
(press function key F1 anywhere in CD-Runner to see context-sensitive help).
Simply move the mouse to the different parts of the faceplates and a pop-up
help box will display the hotspot and describe its function.
Note that both left AND right mouse clicks are available on some hotspot areas.
TIPS
The CD-Runner Main Menu screen includes a Tips popup box. Even if you have
disabled the "display on startup" option on the tips box, you may view any or
all of the tips by selecting the Main Menu Tips option.
The following tips are available:
1. To move the Audio CD, CD-ROM, RD or Media Runner faceplates, simply click
and hold down the left mouse button and move the faceplate to the desired
position.
2. To re-center the Audio CD, CD-ROM, RD or Media Runner faceplates, simply
click the right mouse button on the faceplate.
3. To exit or quit a screen, press the Esc key (this is the same as clicking
on the Cancel, Quit or Exit command buttons).
4. To get help at any time, press function key F1.
5. To access the menu bar selections or commands buttons using the keyboard,
press and hold down the Alt key and press the letter which is underlined
(e.g. press "Alt F" to access the "File" menu selection).
6. To play a movie file (*.avi or *.mmm) or a wave or midi file directly,
enter the command line "CDLAUNCH <drive\path\filename>"
(e.g. CDLAUNCH C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA\CLOUDS.MID). This will load the Media Runner
and automatically play the file.
7. To run an application using CD-Runner directly, enter the command line
"CDLAUNCH <drive\path\filename>" (e.g. CDLAUNCH C:\WINDOWS\WORDPAD.EXE).
This will run the specified application and unload CD-Runner.
8. To change your default Web Browser for use with CD-Runner, access the
Setup-Advanced section.
9. If you minimize the Audio CD or Media Runners while they are playing a
desired selection, a convenient popup volume and track control will be
displayed on top of all screens. This allows you to change volume or
access the track commands while using another Windows application.
10. To move to any position in an Audio CD or Media Runner track, click directly
on the horizontal status bar (under the track number and time display).
11. If you are using multiple CD-ROM or Removable Drives, if you originally
entered a new application on the default drive and later place the CD-ROM or
RD in a different drive, CD-Runner will automatically find it and run it.
12. All hotspots in CD-Runner are designated by a "Hand" mousepointer. Any time
the mousepointer changes from a arrow-type pointer to a hand, you may click
directly on the text or graphic to perform the associated action.
13. Click directly on the Audio CD or CD-ROM Runner Disc Drawer to automatically
eject the CD in the default drive.
14. Click directly on any time display to change it's format type (e.g. click on
time when in elapsed mode to change to a remaining time display).
15. When playing a movie in the Media Runner, click and hold the left mouse button
and move the playback screen or faceplate to any desired position. Click the
right mouse button on either screen or faceplate to re-center both.
16. If there is no CD in the primary drive and the Disc Prompt screen is shown, you
may click on the "Ejected CD" icon to automatically load the CD and close the
drive door if you are using a "caddyless" CD-ROM drive.
17. You can easily turn your PC into a screen saver which plays audio CDs by using
the "CD-Jacket" option in the Audio CD Runner Library and selecting a directory
containing your favorite bitmap (BMP) files!
18. To hide the CD-ROM and RD Runners control panel, click anywhere on the recessed
panel. To open the door, click anywhere on the door panel. You may also set the
default control panel door state (open or closed) in the Setup section.
19. To remove the "on-top" volume and track controls popup screen (visible when
Media or Audio CD Runners are minimized and playing), click the right mouse
button on the popup screen.
20. You may remove the main CD-Runner screen from loading and go directly to the
Audio CD or CD-ROM Runners by changing the "display main menu on startup"
checkbox in the Setup section.
21. You can easily modify the colors and/or fonts used on all of the CD-Runner
faceplates and Disc Prompt screen by accessing the "Customize" option in the
Setup section.
22. The CD-Runner background wallpaper used may be changed (select new bitmap or
BMP file), eliminated, set to a custom solid color, tiled or stretched to
fit full screen in the Setup section.
23. You may select a custom Mixer to be used with CD-Runner or modify the internal
CD-Runner volume control options in the Setup section.
24. The CD-Runner Setup section contains an "Advanced" section which allows you to
set your Web Browser, Enhanced CD players and Password and other Miscellaneous
options.
25. Click the left mouse button on the Title or Description display in any of the
faceplates to display a drop-down selection box to select songs, movies,
applications, etc..
26. If you are using the background wallpaper, you may minimize or restore it by
clicking on the "WP-On" or "WP-Off" hotspots in the faceplate display windows.