## Main Window

### Read/Unread messages and threads

Threads, digests with unread messages, and unread messages are displayed in the Tree pane with green icons. Messages are marked as read when a Message Window is opened with the message. Messages and threads can also be marked as read (or marked as Unread) by selecting the messages in either the Tree pane or the Details pane, and selecting the desired action from the Articles menu. Note that multiple messages can only be selected in the Details pane; you cannot select multiple individual messages in the Tree pane.

Most of the menu selections are self-explanatory; however there are two selections which need some explanation:

#### ROT-13

This performs a simple cipher called ROT-13. It stands for ROTate text 13 chars. The cipher simply shifts the letters by 13 places, which means that performing the cipher two times will get the message back to the original state. It should be used when you receive a message which is in ROT-13 format. Performing the action two times restores the message to the original state.

Note: If you perform a ROT-13 action on a message, then look at another message, then return to the first message, you will need to perform a ROT-13 again. The ROT-13 action is not preserved between viewings of the same message.

If there is selected text in the message area of the window then the ROT-13 cipher will be performed on the selected text only, otherwise it will be performed on the entire text in the message area.

#### DeHTML message

This function will strip out any HTML codes which may be in the message. This is not a permanent function, meaning that if you look at another message and then come back to the original message the HTML codes will be back.

Note: If you remove HTML codes from a message, then look at another message, then return to the first message, you will need to remove the HTML codes again. The HTML removal action is not preserved between viewings of the same message.

## The Toolbar

The toolbar contains buttons for commonly performed actions. The buttons can be either icons, text, or both (configurable in the Preferences).

## Panes

The Power Listviewer is designed to organize message digests and mailing list messages into an easily understandable format. To this end the screen is divided into three panes: the Tree pane, the Detail pane , and the Message pane .

Each pane displays a different level of information. The Tree pane shows the different digests, the threads within each digest, and the messages in each thread. A special digest heading is called Messages. This is where non-digest messages are stored and displayed. Threads, digests with unread messages, and unread messages are displayed with green icons.

The Detail pane shows more detail on each message in the currently selected thread. Multiple messages can be selected in this window for several different operations, including marking articles read or unread, and opening up several marked articles at the same time.

The Message pane shows the message text of the currently selected message.

The panes can be resized by positioning the mouse over the movable split bars separating the panes, and clicking with the left mouse button and dragging to where you want it to be.

To save the current window settings use the menu item Window->Save Window Info.

There is a status line on the bottom of the window. This line displays the following information

- Current thread/digest information
- Send status
- Number of messages queued for sending.

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### Windows Specific

There is also a button at the lower-right. This button is usually blank. It displays a letter (either W or E) if an error occurs. Clicking on the button will bring up the Error List window.

### OS/2 Specific

There is also a colored button at the lower-right. This button is usually green. It turns yellow if a minor error occurs, and red if a serious error occurs. Clicking on the button will bring up the Error List window.

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Table of Contents
Overview and Features - Getting Started - Digest and Message thread
Accelerator Keys - Program Startup - Main Window
Find - Message and Compose - Digest
Queued Messages - Error Log - File Filter
Preferences