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- Handy Hints
- ===========
-
- • If you double-click on foo.log (or foo.dvi, foo.aux, etc.) to start up OzTeX
- then various menu items will show foo.tex or foo.dvi (if these files exist).
- OzTeX also looks in foo.log for a known format (after the "&" on line 2) and
- updates the current format in the TeX menu so you can typeset foo.tex by
- hitting Command-T.
-
- • Hitting Command-C or Command-dot will interrupt most time-consuming tasks.
-
- • Hitting the arrow keys when either the OzTeX window or view window is active
- is equivalent to clicking in the scroll bar arrows.
-
- • When viewing a DVI file:
- - Click-and-drag within the viewing area to zoom in to a selected rectangle.
- - A simple click will zoom in by halving the scale factor.
- - Command-click to zoom in by decrementing the scale factor.
- - Option-click to zoom out by incrementing the scale factor.
- - Shift-click to zoom out by doubling the scale factor.
- - Option-Command-click to temporarily zoom right in.
- - The box in the lower left corner of the view window shows the position of
- the cross cursor in paper coordinates. Click in this box to change units.
-
- • A number of keyboard short cuts make it easier to proofread a DVI file:
- - Type "g" to go to a given page and restore the default scale and location.
- - Type "n" to move to the top of the next page.
- - Type "b" to move to the bottom of the previous page.
- - Type "f" to move to the first page.
- - Type "l" to move to the last page.
- - Hit the space bar to scroll forwards through a document.
- - Hit the Delete key to scroll backwards.
- - Hit the Return key to see either the view window or the OzTeX window.
- - Type "w" to close the view window.
-
- • Type "o" to bypass the view dialog box and open the most recently viewed
- DVI page. OzTeX will also restore the previous scale factor and location.
- If the view window is open when you type "o" then nothing will happen
- (although it will bring the view window to the front if necessary).
-
- • TeX always creates its .log and .dvi files in the current folder.
- A number of menu items (such as "TeX...") bring up the standard dialog box
- allowing you to change folders and select a certain file. OzTeX makes the
- last displayed folder the current folder, even if you choose to Cancel.
- Remember this if you want to run INITEX in a particular folder.
-
- • When printing to a PostScript printer, the status window remains open
- until the very last page is printed. If you are printing multiple copies
- of a single page then it is safe to hit Command-C or Command-dot after the
- first copy has been printed.
-
- • The output resulting from "Show All" in the Config menu can be used to create
- a syntactically correct configuration file; just select "Save OzTeX Window"
- from the File menu.
-