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2. The Main Window

The main MGv window consists of the following areas:
Menu Bar

The menu bar is across the top of the MGv window; nothing exciting here. The menu bar may be toggled on and off via the Window menu.

Page List

The scrolled list along the left side contains the page numbers (if any); selecting an entry in this list will display the selected page. Marked pages will appear in a different font (the fontList resource for the list should contain two fonts tagged MARKED and UNMARKED). Shift-button1 will toggle the marked status of a page in the page list (see The Mark Menu for more information on marking pages). If the %%Page comments in the current document contain page labels, then the page list will display the labels along with the raw page numbers; you can toggle between page numbers and labels and just page numbers using the Page menu. The page list may be toggled on and off via the Window menu.

Status Line

Along the bottom of the MGv window there is a status line which displays the name of the current document, the creation date if available, and the current cursor position. If the document contains a %%Title comment, then that will be used as the name, otherwise, the name of the file is used. The status line may be toggled on and off via the Window menu.

The status line also contains a magstep display and a button for changing the magstep. When you press this button, the button will turn into a text field; type in your desired magstep and press Enter to activate it. This button has the same effect as using the Set... entry on the Magstep menu.

Viewing Area

The rest of the MGv window is the actual viewing area. Mouse button one will activate the zooming reticule when you are in this area (see Zooming).

Inside the viewing area and page list, the cursor keys will scroll the main window.


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