MiniView Help

INTRODUCTION

MiniView is a utility for viewing picture files including bmp, gif and jpg as a variable-speed slide show.

MiniView is specifically designed to view pictures in several different ways including by date, by file size, by file name or even randomly! It's perfect for "hands-free" viewing of pictures no matter how many you have. MiniView even has an "emergency exit" so you can end the slide show in an instant.

MiniView starts in your task tray so that it is as unobtrusive as possible.

TRAY MENU

Right-click the MiniView icon to access the popup menu.

Directory > Select this menu option to choose a directory of picture files for MiniView to show. Options will be:

- Find Directory – Selecting this option will allow you to navigate your PC and locate a directory of picture files.

- Remove Current – When a list of directories is shown in the popup menu, this will remove the directory that is checked from the menu.

- Remove All – Removes all directories from the menu.

Delay > Select to set the timing between pictures when running a slideshow. You can use the presets 1, 2, 4 or 10 seconds. Or, you can select "Other" and set your own delay up to 600 seconds (10 minutes). Note that if you use "Other" and set the value to 1, 2, 4 or 10, the corresponding menu preset will be selected.

Display Type > Select a method of displaying the files:

- File Name – Files are shown in alphabetical order (a to z).

- File Date – Files are shown by Modified Date (recent to latest)

- File Size – Files are shown by size (smallest to largest)

Reverse Reverse the order of Display as selected above.

Continuous When selected, the slide show will repeat until you stop it.

Show Filename When selected, the file name will be shown in the upper-left corner of the screen.

Run Slideshow When selected, the slideshow will start. Note that you can also start the slideshow by left-clicking the MiniView icon in the Task Tray.

Save At Exit When selected, the current menu settings will be saved when you exit MiniView.

Help F1 Display the online help. Click this button or hit the F1 key.

About Click this button to open a window with information about MiniView, including a link to our web site.

Exit Exit MiniView.

KEYBOARD

Space Hit the Space key on your keyboard to Pause/Resume the slidehow.

Arrows Hit an Arrow key on your keyboard to change the current picture during a slideshow:

- Left Arrow – Go forward one picture

- Right Arrow – Go back one picture

- Up Arrow – Go to end of pictures

- Down Arrow – Go to beginning of pictures

Any Other Key Hit any key (except those listed above) to immediately close the MiniView picture window.

WEB SITE

If you have questions that cannot be answered in this help file, would like to make a bug report or enhancement request, please visit our web site.

You can get to our website by clicking this link: www.FreewareOnly.net