Using the Mouse and Keyboard from the Main Window

From the Main Window, clicking the mouse on any newsgroup will allow you to perform selection operations on various newsgroups. Once you have made all of your selections, you can use the Group Menu to perform a variety of operations on the selected groups.

Mouse Left

Mark/Unmark an Newsgroup for selection

Drag Mouse Left

Mark/Unmark multiple groups

Mouse Double-Click Left

Fetch Newsgroup headers from Server for viewing

Mouse Middle

None

Drag Mouse Middle

None

Shift Mouse Left

Same as Mouse Middle

Mouse Right

Reserved for future popup newsgroup menu

Mouse Double-Click Right

None

Note:

You can alter the default behavior of the mouse in the Newsgroups window via the Use Shift/Control Option under the Configure Article Options Menu. The default behavior of the mouse allows you to click on groups individually and groups will stay selected. With Multi-Select enabled, a Mouse Left click on any group highlights that group and turns off all others. After the first click, a Shift Mouse Left Click will highlight ALL intervening groups between the 1st click and your current mouse location. This is a fast way to select multiple groups but it can make it more difficult to select a small number of groups.

From the Main Window, certain keys can be used to quickly access some of WinVN's windows and menus. WinVN attempts to follow Microsoft Windows keynaming conventions whenever possible. Every menu option in WinVN has one underlined letter in its descriptive text. Pressing the ALT key and this underlined letter will perform the same action as clicking on that item with the mouse. The following table contains an additional list of keys available from WinVN's main window:

F1

Help

F3

Find Next

F6

Switch between Windows

Pg Dn

Scroll Newsgroup List Down one Page

Pg Up

Scroll Newsgroup List Up one Page

Up Arrow

Scroll Newsgroup List up one line

Down Arrow

Scroll Newsgroup List down one line

Alt F4

Exit

Ctrl L

Post a new Article

Ctrl O

Componse a Mail Message

Ctrl F

Find a Newsgroup