



              TagIt Desktop Navigating Tag Manager User's Guide

                     Copyright 1994 by Elimina Technology







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                                Contents


          CHAPTER 1  INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3


          CHAPTER 2  INSTALLING TAGIT . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5

            Installation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
            Removing TagIt from Your System . . . . . . . . . .   5


          CHAPTER 3  NAVIGATING WITH TAGIT  . . . . . . . . . .   5

            Easy Start -- The View History  . . . . . . . . . .   5
            What are Tags?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
            Jump Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6


          CHAPTER 4  WORKING WITH TAGIT . . . . . . . . . . . .   7

            Anatomy of Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
               Buttons  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
               Note Area  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
               Scroll Position markers  . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
            Main Button and Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
            Action Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
            Creating a new tag  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
            Making Notes on  a Tag  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
            Displaying a Bitmap on a Tag  . . . . . . . . . . .  10


          CHAPTER 5  CONFIGURING TAGIT  . . . . . . . . . . . .  11

            Global Preferences  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
               Hot Keys   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
               Global Preferences Dialog Box  . . . . . . . . .  11
            Preferences about Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
               Preferences About This Window Dialog Box . . . .  12
            Tag Preferences Dialog Box  . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
               Overview   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
               Tag Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
               Button Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
               Note Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
            Tag Styles Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
            Moving Main Button  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15






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                             Chapter 1  Introduction

          How many times have you scroll through your document just to
          see another part of it, and then scroll all the way back?
          Have you ever used bookmark feature of your word processor?
          If you have, did you find it easy-to-use?

          TagIt is a desktop navigating tag manager for Windows 3.1.
          Tags are compact windows that you can drag around. They
          belong to windows or to the desktop.  Tags belonging to a
          window move along the window when you move it. They behave
          as if they are sticking onto the window.

          When a window is an application window that represents a
          file, tags belonging to the window also belong to the file.
          That is, although tags go away when the window is gone, they
          will come back when you load the file again.

          TagIt allows you to:

              Mark scroll position with a tag and jump back there
            with a click on it.

              Drag the scroll thumb along with a tag, making the
            screen scroll along. Even though the application does not
            usually scroll the screen while you are dragging the thumb,
            TagIt makes it possible to drag and scroll.

              Make notes and display bitmaps on tags. Tag sizes
            itself to minimize its size while keeping texts visible.

              Fully configure your tags, including colors and display
            fonts.

              Save the style of your tag onto a list and quickly
            create a new tag from one of styles on the list.

              Jump back and forth among previous views of
          applications using hot keys. TagIt automatically records the
          views.

          These features are all easy to use and make your life
          easier, or so we sincerely hope. Please contact us for any
          questions or suggestions for improving this product.

                                             Elimina Technology
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                           Chapter 2  Installing TagIt


     Installation

          TagIt distribution package comes with an automated
          installation program. To install TagIt, do one of the
          following:

           From Program Manager:

               Select File menu and choose Run. Then type:
                    <drive>:\<path>\SETUP.EXE
               where <drive> is the drive and <path> is the path that
               the TagIt distribution files are in. Then press Enter.
               For example, if the files are on the distribution
               diskette in your A:drive, type:
                    A:\SETUP.EXE
               Then press Enter.

                                       or

           From File Manager:

               Select SETUP.EXE from the directory that the TagIt
               distribution files are in. Then press Enter.


     Removing TagIt from Your System

          If you decide to remove TagIt from your system,

          1.   Delete all files and subdirectories in the directory
           that the installation program created.

          2.   Remove TAGIT.EXE from the StartUp group of Program
           Manager.

          3.   Delete TAGIT.INI in your Windows directory.

          If you use a shell program other than Program Manager, The
          install program may have added TAGIT.EXE to your "load="
          lines in WIN.INI. You should also remove this entry.











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                        Chapter 3  Navigating With TagIt

     Easy Start -- The View History

          Let's start with the easiest feature of TagIt. The view
          history. View history is unique and the most easy-to-use
          feature of TagIt. It records the history of application
          views. You can jump back and forth among recorded previous
          views of applications using hot keys.

          For example, suppose you are editing a document and you want
          to look up some other part of the document. You may look for
          the part by, say, scrolling with scroll bar. After looking
          up, you need to return to the part to resume editing.
          Usually, you go back again with the scroll bar. With TagIt,
          you only need to push the hot key. The view will be back
          instantly.

          The hot key to jump back is Ctrl + Up Arrow key by default.
          You can change the hot key. See Chapter 5 Configuring TagIt.
          You can also go forward. Suppose you have just jumped back
          from looking up another part, and suddenly you want to see
          the part again. Press Ctrl + Down Arrow key -- that is the
          default hot key to go forward in the view history.

          TagIt is not simply recording every view you have seen. If
          it were, it would end up recording all the views that
          appeared while you are scrolling through the document.

          Playing back all these views would not be much use. Instead,
          TagIt records only those views that you spent more than
          certain amount of time looking at it. By doing this, TagIt
          can allow you to go back to those important views that you
          looked at, rather than just passed through. The minimum
          recording time is by default about 0.5 second. You can
          change this value, too. See Chapter 5 Configuring TagIt.

          View history works between windows. If you are editing
          multiple documents at the same time, typically you
          frequently flip between windows. With TagIt, you can jump
          back and forth between these windows very quickly.


     What are Tags?

          Tags are the main players of TagIt.  They are small windows
          that you can drag about on your screen as you wish. They
          belong either to windows or to the desktop. Tags that belong
          to a window move along the window --  they stick to the
          window. You can store your text and put your favorite bitmap
          on tags. You can think of each tag as a computerized version
          of a paper sticky note -- with much more functions.


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          Sticking tags on desktop, you can use tags as reminders for
          appointments, phone numbers, or as repositories for any
          information that you can't find a good place for on your
          system, but you'd like to be able to locate quickly.

          If the information is related to some file, you can make
          tags belong to the file. You can use tags as bookmarks or
          annotation notes. They are saved when the file is saved, and
          come back when you load the file again.

          Tags also are able to hold one or more bitmaps. You can
          place your favorite picture on a tag -- and stick it to the
          desktop just as you display your family picture on your real
          desktop. As tags can be freely dragged, this arrangement is
          much more flexible than the Windows wall paper.

          You can configure each tag's style such as color, font,
          sizing property, how many bitmaps to hold, and so on. TagIt
          maintains a list of tag styles from which you can create a
          new tag. By saving the style of any tag to the list, you can
          design your own style and create as many tags of the style
          as you like.



     Jump Tags

          The most exciting feature of TagIt is jump tags. They are
          what make TagIt so distinct from other `sticky note'
          programs.

          "Jump tag" stands for any tag that has "SB Markers".
          However, TagIt has default tag style named "Jump" upon
          installation  and we will discuss about the behavior of this
          style. Any other tag style with "SB Markers" will behave
          similarly enough.

          Anyway, what jump tags do is to record scroll positions and
          recall them at request. So let us start looking at what the
          jump tags do.

          1.   To create a jump tag, simply select a tag named "Jump"
           in the menu that appears when you click the TagIt main
           button next to the minimize button of a window.

          2.   A newly created jump tag appears along the scroll bar
           next to the current scroll thumb position.

          3.   To see the "Jump" to happen, first scroll the view to
           somewhere else. Then click the jump tag you have just
           created.


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          4.   The scroll thumb jumps back to the position next to the
          jump tag, that is, the original position. The view in the
          window is also back to the one you saw at first.
          Isn't it easy?



                          Chapter 4  Working with TagIt


     Anatomy of Tags

          Each tag may have one or more buttons, note areas, and
          scroll position markers (SB Markers). These are called tag
          parts. You can configure which parts a tag (or a tag style)
          should have and where each part should be on the tag with
          Tag Preferences Dialog Box. See Chapter 5.

          Buttons

          There are two kinds of buttons:

           Default       When clicked, the action menu of the tag
                          appears.

           Bitmap        Holds a bitmap.


          Note Area

          A tag can have one or more note areas. A note area displays
          texts. Simple tags have only one note area covering most of
          the tag. Each note area has properties such as font,  font
          color, and sizing mode. It can also be single- or multi-
          lined.


          Scroll Position Markers

          Tags with this tag part can record and reproduce scroll
          positions. There are two kinds: VSB markers and HSB markers
          for vertical and horizontal scroll bars.


     Main Button and Main Menu

          The TagIt main button appears at the upper-right corner of
          the active window by default. You can change this: see
          Chapter 5 Configuring TagIt. When you click the main button,
          the main menu appears. The main menu contains  the list of
          available tag styles. You create a new tag by selecting one
          of these styles.


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          Other items include the following. See Chapter 5 for details
          about each function.

           Tag Style     This invokes the Tag Styles dialog box.

           This Window   This invokes the Preferences About This
                          Window dialog box.

           Options       This invokes the TagIt Global Preferences
                          dialog box.


           Position      This menu allows you to move the main
                          button.



     Action Menu

          An action menu for a tag appears either

              when you click the secondary (right) button of the
           mouse when the cursor is on the tag, or

              when you click the primary (left) button of the mouse
           when the cursor is on any button on the tag.

          The action menu of a tag has some of the following items
          according to which parts the tag contains.

           Notes         Select this to edit texts in the note area
                         of the tag.

           Jump to       Invokes a jump.

           Re-Tag        Records the current scroll position.

           Bitmap        Invoke a pop-up menu that controls bitmap
                         function.

           Delete        Deletes the tag.

           Edit

               Tear Off  If the tag belongs to a window,
                         this makes it leave the window and stick to
                         the desktop.

               Cut       Cuts the tag onto the clipboard.

               Copy      Copy the tag onto the clipboard.



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           Style

               Save to List    Saves the style of the tag
                               to the tag style list.

               Preferences     Invokes the Tag Preferences
                               Dialog Box for configuring options about
                               the tag.


     Creating a new tag

          Creating a new tag for making notes is the same as creating
          jump tag. Just select the style named "Sticky" from the main
          menu. That is, to create a tag to belong to the window. To
          create a tag to belong to the desktop, select from the menu
          that appears when you click the TagIt icon on the desktop.


     Making Notes on  a Tag

          This is a basic function of every sticky note program.
          Special feature of TagIt includes:

              A tag can size itself to minimize its size. If you
           prefer sizing yourself, you can change to fixed size mode.

              A tag can has more than one note areas, each of which
           with its own font and font color. You can configure the
           position of each note area on the tag.

              Each note area can have a neat 3-D border.

              Each note area can be single- or multi-lined. You can
           make them all multi-lined if you like. But in single-lined
           notes you can escape from text editing by pressing Enter.

          To edit the text on a tag, double click the note area of the
          tag. As a default tag style has single note area that cover
          most of the tag, simply double click the middle of the tag
          if it is of these styles.

          While editing, you can use standard short cut keys, such as
          Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste.

          To quit editing, either press Esc or click somewhere outside
          the tag. If the note area is single-lined, pressing Enter
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     Displaying a Bitmap on a Tag

          You can display bitmap pictures on tags. As tags are so easy
          to handle, you can decorate your desktop with many pictures.
          Pictures are held by buttons. Like note areas, a tag can
          have more than one buttons. Usually, a button looks like a
          3-D button -- you can see it on the upper-left corner of, for
          instance, the default "Jump" tag. Using the action menu that
          appears when you click on a button, you can load .BMP file
          or paste a bitmap from the clipboard.

          To load a .BMP file:

               1.   Select Bitmap item from the action menu of the tag. A
                pop-up menu appears.

               2.   Select Load item from the pop-up menu. A dialog box
                appears.

               3.   Select a.BMP file.

          To paste a bitmap from the clipboard:

               1.   Select Bitmap item from the action menuactionmenu of
                the tag. A pop-up menu appears.

               2.   Select Paste item from the pop-up menu.

          To copy a bitmap on a tag onto the clipboard:

               1.   Select Bitmap item from the action menuactionmenu of
                the tag. A pop-up menu appears.

               2.   Select Copy item from the pop-up menu.

          Note that TagIt must know which button is to hold the bitmap
          before it can load a picture. Usually the picture will be
          held by the button that invoked the action menu you used. So
          when you produce an action menu by clicking the mouse right
          button when cursor is not on any button (TagIt button, that
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                          Chapter 5  Configuring TagIt

          This chapter is a reference manual. TagIt is very flexible.
          There are so many options that you can select. At first, you
          need not care all of them. The online help may be more
          convenient for looking up.


     Global Preferences

          Hot Keys

          There are three functions that are invoked by hot keys.

           Put Primary Tag    Create a tag of the first tag style on
                          the list of available tag styles. Ctrl+Tab
                          key is the default.

           Go Back       Change the view to the last one in the view
                          history. Ctrl+Up key is the default.

           Go Forward    After using Go Back, you can go forward to
                          the original view with this hot key.
                          Ctrl+Down key is the default.

          You can change hot keys with Global Preferences Dialog Box.
          To display the dialog, select Options from the TagIt main
          menu.

          Global Preferences Dialog Box

          HotKeys

           To            Select a function to assign to a hot key.
           Key           Select a key in the drop-down list box and
                          check one or more from Ctrl+, Alt+, and
                          Shift+ to specify the hot key.

          History

          Configuration of the view history feature.

           Record Limit  Number of  views that can be recorded.

           Minimum Time  A view is recorded if it lasts for this
                          minimum time. With this time longer, you
                          can have TagIt record only those important
                          views that you spent long time looking at
                          it.

           Eliminate Identical Views
                         Check this to eliminate
                          identical views in the view history.

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     Preferences about Windows

          These options can be made for each application window.
          Preferences About This Window Dialog Box

          To display the dialog, select This Window in the main menu
          on an application window. This dialog box is for configuring
          features that relate to the application window.

           Window        This identifies the window.

           Displaying    Here is shown the file that TagIt has
                          associated with the window. If no file has
                          been associated, "<Unknown>" is displayed.

           Change        If you find that a wrong file is associated
                          with the window, or that TagIt has failed
                          to identify the file, specify the correct
                          file by pushing this button.

           Scroll bar    Configures the Range Adjustment Mode for
                          scroll bars. Select Vertical Scroll Bar or
                          Horizontal Scroll Bar to configure.

          Range Adjustment Modes

          TagIt adjusts recorded scroll positions when the range of
          the scroll bar changes. There are three modes of adjusting:

           None          No adjustment is made.

           Proportional  Stretches proportionally.

           As Document   Assumes that the amount of the change has
                          been inserted at the current position.


     Tag Preferences Dialog Box

          Each tag can be configured separately. You can change the
          color, font, font color, etc.

          To display the dialog:

          1.   Select Styles from the action menu of the tag. A pop-up
           menu should appear.

          2.   Select Preferences from the pop-up menu.

          Overview

          You can change various properties of a tag with this dialog


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          box. On upper half of the dialog box, the tag is displayed.
          A moveable frame representing the part selected in the Parts
          list box appears on the displayed tag. You can move and size
          the part by dragging this frame.



           Parts         Tag parts that belong to the tag are listed
                          in this list box. Select one to choose
                          options about the part.

           Details       Options about the selected part appear
                          here.

           Remove        Select a tag part in the Parts list box and
                          click this button to remove the part.

           Available     This list box contains available tag parts
                          that can be added to the tag.

           Add           Select a tag part in Available list box and
                          click this button to add the part to the
                          tag.

           Save          Click this button to save the style of the
                          tag to the current list of available tag
                          styles. The list is displayed in the TagIt
                          main menu.

          Tag Options

          Tag options are displayed in Details box when Tag is
          selected in Parts list box.

          Tag Color       Click this to change the color of the tag.

          Size

           Manual        Makes the tag manually resizable. You can
                          size the tag by dragging its edges.

           Auto          When this is selected, the tag is
                          automatically sized to contain all parts.

           Dual Size     Check this to put the tag into dual size
                          mode. When a tag is in dual size mode, it
                          remembers its two sizes. You can flip
                          between the sizes by clicking the size
                          button that appears at the upper-right
                          corner of the tag. The sizing options
                          (Manual or Auto) can be selected separately
                          for each size.


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          Flip            Push this button to flip between two sizes
                          when the tag is in dual size mode.

          Position

           Stick         The tag sticks to where you leave it on the
                          window.

           Scroll Bar    The tag places itself so that it represents
                          the scroll position it has recorded.

          Show

           Only when Active   The tag appears only when the window
                          it belongs to is active.

           When Near     The tag appears only when current scroll
                          position is near the one it has recorded.


          Button Options

          Button Options are displayed in Details box when Button is
          selected in Parts list box.

           Default       Makes the button a default clickable
                          button.

           BitMap        Makes the button display a bitmap.

           Fixed Size    When the BitMap check box is checked, this
                          option makes the bitmap fixed-sized,
                          regardless of the real size of the bitmap.
                          Otherwise, the bitmap sizes itself
                          according to the real size.

           Load Bitmap   When the button is a bitmap button, click
                          this to load .BMP file.


          Note Options

          Note Options are displayed in Details when Note is selected
          in Parts list box.

          Font

           Choose Font   Click this button to choose a font for the
                          note area.

           Font Color    Click this button to choose the color of
                          the font.


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          Border          Makes the note area bordered.



          Multi Line      Makes the note area multi-lined.

          Fixed Size      If this option is checked, the note area
                          has a fixed size that you can change by
                          dragging the frame that appears on the tag
                          displayed in the upper half of the dialog.
                          Otherwise, the note area sizes itself so
                          that it can contain all the text.



     Tag Styles Dialog Box

          To display the dialog, select Tag Style from the main menu.
          On the left of the dialog box, a list box contains available
          tag styles. This dialog box is for editing this list.

           Edit          Select a style from the list and click this
                          button. The Tag Preferences Dialog Box
                          appears and you can modify the style.

           New           Creates a new style that you can edit to
                          design your own tag style.

           Delete        Deletes the selected style.

           Move Up       Click this to move the selected style up.

           Move Down     Click this to move the selected style down.


     Moving Main Button

          You can change the position where the main button appears.
          From the main menu, select Position. A pop-up menu appears.

           Upper Left    Displays the main button at the upper-left
                          corner of the window.

           Upper Right   Displays the main button at the upper-right
                          corner of the window.

           Move          You can adjust the position relative to the
                          corner you have chosen (upper-left or upper-
                          right). To do this, select this item and
                          select whether the adjustment should be
                          only for this window class or for all
                          windows. Then drag the button.


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