Click for helpSmartTools for Windows 95

The SmartTools software is a set of applications that enables you to get the most out of the powerful capabilities of Apocalypse 5D, giving you more control over the appearance and behavior of your Windows desktop.

The instructions in this page give you an overview of how SmartTools work. For more detailed instructions, refer to the online help supplied with SmartTools.

There are three Smart applications: SmartTools, SmartDisplay and SmartDesktop.

SmartTools

SmartTools enables you to create toolbars for quicker access to your applications and documents.

With SmartTools you can:

SmartDisplay

SmartDisplay makes it easier and quicker for you to set up the properties for your monitor.

With SmartDisplay you can:

SmartDesktop

SmartDesktop controls the size and behavior of your desktop.

With SmartDesktop you can:

Using SmartTools

With SmartTools, you can customize the toolbars for the other Smart applications and create toolbars of your own.

Starting SmartTools

To start SmartTools, click the Start button, point to Programs and then VideoLogic SmartTools, then click SmartTools, or click the SmartTools shortcut icon on the Windows 95 desktop.

The SmartTools window contains three pages: Toolbar Properties, Customize Toolbars and Customize Hotkeys.

Toolbar properties

With Toolbar Properties selected, you can:

Customize Toolbars

With Customize Toolbars selected, you can:

Assigning hotkeys

With Customize Hotkeys selected, you can assign hotkey combinations to the commands that you use most often, using combinations of SHIFT, CTRL and ALT, plus the other keys on the keyboard.

Using SmartDisplay

SmartDisplay is an application that enables you to select, customize and create display modes for your monitor. If you have never set a display mode before, or if you need help in choosing your settings, you should use the SmartDisplay Settings Wizard. If you are familiar with setting display modes, you should use the Advanced Settings button.

Starting SmartDisplay

  1. Select the Display Properties Control Panel either by right-clicking on the Windows desktop and choosing Properties from the menu or by clicking the Start button and pointing at Settings, then Control Panel, then double-clicking Display.

  2. Click the SmartDisplay tab. The following window appears:

Setting display modes using the Wizard

The Wizard takes you through a step-by-step procedure for setting up a display mode.

To use the Wizard:

  1. Click the SmartDisplay page on the Display Properties window.

  2. Click the display mode you want to modify from the Display Modes list.

  3. Click the SmartDisplay Settings Wizard button.

  4. Follow the instructions given by the Wizard.

Setting display modes using the Advanced Settings button

This procedure enables you to choose the settings for your display mode. You should only
use it if you are familiar with setting display modes.

To set a display mode:

  1. Click the SmartDisplay page on the Display Properties window.

  2. Click the display mode you want to modify from the Display Modes list.

  3. Click the Advanced Settings button.

This takes you to the SmartDisplay Advanced Settings window. This window has five pages:

Using SmartDesktop

SmartDesktop is an application which controls the appearance and behavior of your desktop. You can use SmartDesktop to set a virtual desktop, where the desktop size is larger than the display size, and you can change the display size at the touch of a button, enabling you to zoom in and zoom out while you are working.

You can use the SmartDesktop Properties page to set properties that control the way SmartDesktop works.

The SmartDesktop toolbar

Using SmartTools, you can create a toolbar for running SmartDesktop.

To create a SmartDesktop toolbar:

  1. Start SmartTools.
  2. Click the Customize Toolbars tab.
  3. Click SmartDesktop in the applications list and drag it onto the desktop.

The SmartDesktop toolbar appears as follows:

Property Sheet accesses the SmartDesktop Display Properties page.

Scroll Lock disables scrolling functions. This is useful if you are using a virtual desktop and you want to work on a particular area of the desktop without accidentally moving to other areas.

When you have Smart Zoom selected, you can use all the virtual desktop functions. When you zoom in or zoom out with Smart Zoom selected, only the display size changes, the desktop size stays the same. You can also use the functions such as Scroll Lock, Auto Pan, Maximize on Zoom and Maximize on Display to control the way your desktop behaves. If Smart Zoom is not selected, you can only use Zoom In and Zoom Out.

Zoom In and Zoom Out are used to change the size of your display. You can click the Zoom In button until the display size reaches the smallest size available (640 x 480). You can click the Zoom Out button until the display size reaches the largest size, which is set in SmartDisplay.

You can also use the Zoom Display Fully In and Zoom Display Fully Out functions to zoom directly to the smallest and largest display sizes for your monitor. These functions are available as hot keys and menu items.

When Maximize on Zoom is selected, all maximized windows fit the new display size when you zoom in or zoom out.

When Maximize in Display is selected, maximized windows fit the display size. When this is not selected, maximized windows fit the desktop size.

If you have Auto Pan enabled, and you switch to a window which is currently off-screen (using ALT+TAB, or using the taskbar), the screen scrolls automatically to the window that you selected.

The Move Up, Move Down, Move Left and Move Right buttons on the toolbar move to the parts of the desktop which are currently off-screen (when the desktop size is larger than the display size). You can also move to these areas using the mouse.

The SmartDesktop Display Properties page

The SmartDesktop Display Properties page provides you with an alternative way of setting SmartDesktop’s characteristics.

To open the Display Properties page, click the Display Properties Control Panel and click the SmartDesktop tab.

The following page appears:

By setting Schemes, you can save different combinations of SmartDesktop settings.