This chapter explains how to use some of the advanced features of Square One Lite. In this chapter you'll learn how to:
• Master Square One's find command.
• Get more information about a palette item and find the original file on your disk-drive.
• Create a locked (non-modifiable) palette.
• Use more than one palette.
• Use default documents.
Advanced Palette Commands
This section tells you how to master Square One Lite's Find command, how to use the Get Info command, and how to lock a palette.
Mastering the Find Dialog
Square One Lite's Find command has some features not covered in previous chapters. Below, we dissect the Find dialog and uncover its power.
1. A path is the location on your disk drive where a file resides. The Selected File area of the Find dialog shows you the path of the selected file. For example, the path “Macintosh HD:Applications:SimpleText” tells you that the file “SimpleText” is in the “Applications” folder on the disk-drive named “Macintosh HD”. This is a useful way to track down and eliminate multiple copies of the same file. Many of our users discover that they have many copies of “TeachText” or “SimpleText” on their disk-drive that they never knew about!
2. To highlight a file, you can click on the file, type the first few letters of its name, or use the up or down arrow keys. The file whose path is being displayed appears highlighted.
3. If the Find Compressed Files checkbox is checked, Square One Lite does a search which finds files compressed by background compression programs like StuffIt SpaceSaver or Symantec's AutoDoubler. This search is slower than Square One Lite's standard search.
4. Selections are saved when switching disk-drives. Selections are not saved when switching show criteria in the Show menu.
How Do I Get Info?
• Select the item in the palette and then choose Get Info (Command-I) from the Edit menu.
NOTE: You cannot Get Info on Spacers or empty cells.
How Do I Show the Original of an Item?
1. Select the item in the palette and then choose Get Info (Command-I) from the Edit menu.
2. Click on Show Original to see the original file on your disk-drive.
What Is a Locked Palette?
A locked palette is a palette that cannot be changed. It has a no-write icon in the lower left corner. You might want to create a locked palette for a child or an employee.
How Do I Lock My Palette?
1. Make sure your palette isn't open in Square One Lite; you won't be able to proceed if it is. Find your palette file on your disk-drive and select it (It's probably in the “Square One Folder” on your disk-drive).
2. Select Get Info from the Finder's File menu.
3. Click the Locked checkbox.
4. Click the closebox.
Using More Than One Palette
Square One Lite lets you have as many palettes open at once as you like.
For example, you might have three palettes: one for drop folders, one for your main programs, and one for your disk utilities.
How Do I Create Another Palette?
1. Choose New (Command-N) from the File menu.
2. Choose the folder you want to save your palette in, type in a name for your new palette (“Square One Palette” is filled in by default), and then click Save. As a convenience, Square One Lite opens the “Find Files” dialog right after saving a new file.
How Do I Copy Items From One Palette to Another?
• Option-drag an item from one palette over another palette so that the whole palette becomes highlighted. Release the mouse button. The item will be added to the other palette.
• Command-drag a document from one palette to a palette item in another palette. Release the mouse button. The document will be added to the item.
NOTE: Spacers cannot be dragged from one palette to another.
Advanced Document Commands
This section tells you how to set a default document.
What Is a Default Document?
A default document will open whenever you launch an application. In other words, it opens by default. Here's an example: If the palette item for “Quicken 5” has the default document set to the file “My accounts” then “My accounts” will open every time “Quicken 5” is launched from Square One Lite. The default document is underlined in the pop-up menu.
You might want to set a default document for your accounting, personal contact, or calendar program.
How Do I Set a Default Document?
1. Select the application for which you want to set a default document. Make sure the document you want to set as the default is already in the selected application's permanent document list. If it isn't, add it.
2. Choose Set Default Document (Command-D) from the Setup menu. This menu item will be dimmed if the selected application has no permanent documents in its document list.
3. Select the document you want to make the default and click OK. Click None if you want to remove the default document.
NOTE: If the document list is showing, you can select any document and press Shift-Command-D to make it the default.
8: Preferences
Square One Lite's preferences let you customize the way Square One Lite works. This chapter tells you:
• How to set preferences.
• What each preference does.
How Do I Set My Preferences?
1. Select Preferences from the Edit menu.
2. Make any changes you want. Choose from the Preferences pop-up menu to set other kinds of preferences.
3. Click OK to save your settings.
Active Applications Palette
1. Show Active Apps Palette
- “Checked” shows the Active Applications Palette.
- “Unchecked” hides the Active Applications Palette.
2. Grid Type
- Large w/o Name displays large icons without file names.
- Large With Name displays large icons with file names below them.
- Small w/o Name displays small icons without file names.
- Small With Name displays small icons with file names next to them.
- Memory Grid is similar to the “About This Macintosh” window in the Finder. It shows how much memory your active applications are using and the largest unused block of memory. The dark part of each bar indicates how much of the allocated memory each application is using.
3. Automatically Resize Palette
- “Checked” automatically resizes the Active Applications Palette as necessary to display all active applications.
- “Unchecked” does not resize the Active Applications Palette. If there are more active applications than will fit, blue arrows appear in the lower right corner.
4. Orientation
- Horizontal shows your Active Applications Palette horizontally.
- Vertical shows it vertically.
5. Maximum cells per row/column and Minimum cells per row/column
- If there are fewer active applications than the minimum number of cells, blank cells will be shown.
- If the maximum number of cells per row/column is exceeded, a new row/column will be added.
Current Palette
If you have more than one palette, Current Palette preferences apply only to the frontmost palette.
1. Grid Type
- Large w/o Name displays large icons without file names.
- Large With Name displays large icons with file names below them.
- Small w/o Name displays small icons without file names.
- Small With Name displays small icons with file names next to them.
2. Use Mini Titlebar
- “Checked” uses a smaller, space-saving titlebar.
- “Unchecked” uses a standard MacOS titlebar (for the purist).
3. Show Document List
- “Checked” shows the document list.
- “Unchecked” hides the document list.
4. Location
- Right of Palette shows document list to the right of the palette.
- Below Palette shows document list below the palette.
5. Show
- Names, icons and cmd keys shows small icons and Command keys next to the document's name in the document list.
- Names and icons shows only the small icons next to the document's name, hiding the Command keys.
- Names and cmd keys shows the only Command keys next to the document's name, hiding the small icons.
- Names only shows only the documents name, hiding the small icons and the Command keys.
NOTE: Document list Command keys will work even if hidden.
Background Options
1. Hide Palette Windows
- “Checked” hides all palettes except the Active Applications Palette whenever Square One is in the background.
- “Unchecked” shows palettes when Square One is in the background.
3. “Hot Corners”
- The four checkboxes correspond to the four corners of your main monitor. Clicking on any of the checkboxes causes Square One to come to the front whenever you move your mouse to that corner of your screen.
- If you use After Dark, the corners set in the screen saver will work alongside the Square One Hot Corners.
Launching
1. Single Click Launching
- “Checked” launches palette items when clicked once and selects items in the palette when Shift-clicked.
- “Unchecked” launches palette items when double-clicked and selects items when single-clicked.
2. Launch With Zoom Rects
- “Checked” shows zoom rects (zooming rectangles) when launching applications.
- “Unchecked” disables zooming rectangles.
3. Launch Sound
- Select a sound from this menu. The selected sound will play whenever an application is launched from your palette.
- If you don't want Square One to play a sound when launching applications, set this to None.
- You can use any installed system sound or the sublime Square One Whoosh.
Miscellaneous Items
1. Enable Quit Command Key
- “Checked” allows you to quit Square One by pressing Command-Q.
- “Unchecked” disables Command-Q, but still lets you quit Square One by selecting Quit from the File menu. If you find yourself accidentally quitting Square One, you might want to uncheck this.
2. Find Automatically Compressed Files
- “Checked” finds files compressed by StuffIt SpaceSaver or AutoDoubler when searching.
- “Unchecked” omits auto-compressed files from searches.
3. “Open Dialog” at Launch
- “Checked” will show a standard, open dialog at launch if Square One can't find the last palette you used.
- “Unchecked” will not show a dialog at launch.
4. Preferred Icon Type
- Sets the number of colors in which your icons will appear. Choosing fewer colors lets Square One use less memory.
9: Troubleshooting
Why Can't I Move My Palette Items?
Think of the items in your palette as one, long, continuous string of icons. The string runs from left to right and top to bottom. You can only rearrange the order of items in that “string.” You cannot move palette items to empty cells.
Why Can't I Drag from My Disk-drive to My Palette?
That feature requires MacOS 7.5 or later.
Why Can't I Resize My Palette?
If the Document List is showing, you cannot resize it smaller than a certain minimum size. To resize your palette:
1. Choose Hide Document List (Command-L) from the View menu.
2. Resize your palette.
3. Choose Show Document List (Command-L) from the View menu.
