GEOHINTS

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FROM: COMMODORE USER GROUP OF ARIZONA

     Though most GEOS users are oblivious to them, the following shortcuts are available from the desktop and applications programs:

1.  Scrolling through directory pages on the desktop can be greatly accelerated by simply typing the number of the page you desire to see, instead of clicking the "dog-earred page"icon.

2.  In GEOPAINT, one can enter pixel edit mode by simply clicking the pencil icon twice, instead of going through the options menu at the top of the screen.

3.  By clicking the eraser icon twice in GEOPAINT you can erase the entire contents of the current display window in both  normal edit as well as pixel edit modes.

4.  Clicking the box tool icon twice in GEOPAINT will allow selections of the entire current display window for manipulation.

     NOTE:  "Clicking twice", sometimes called "double clicking", requires some practice to get consistent results, also note that the effectiveness of double clicking might be hampered somewhat by the particular input device you are using.

5.  When working on a long document, you can speed up your writing by typing in one font; having the right margin pulled in so the screen won't flip.  When done, go back and change your fonts where needed, re-adjust your right margin, then run a full page review.  Berkeley hopes to have a "text grabber", which will allow you to use your own word processor to write then change it to GEOWrite format for fonts, styling, etc.  (extra note be at the next SCUG meeting to see the text grabber work,Radon)

6.  Printer problems seem to be one of the biggest problems with GEOS.  The problem seems to be that when GEOS boots, it looks through the deskTop notepad and makes the first printer driver it finds the default.  You must insure that the printer driver you want is the first (only?) one on the disk.  The will tell GEOS that is the one you want.