When you start COUNTERPoint, the first active window you will see - and use to perform most of your basic functions - is the Icon Palette window. Although this might be your most used window, you are not forced into using it. All its functions also can be found in the menu bars of COUNTERPoint. To close the Icon Palette window click in the close box. To open it select Open Icon Window.. from under the File Menu.
The Icon Palette can be switched from a horizontal format to a vertical format. To do so, close the window and hold down the Option key while you select Open Icon Window from under the File Menu. This toggles between the two styles. You can make your decision permanent by checking the box for "Use Vertical Icon Wnd" in the system flags menu selection provided under Edit -> Edit System Data -> System Settings.
To invoke an action from the Icon Palette Window, position the mouse pointer over the icon of your choice. The pointing arrow will change to a pointing finger. If you click and release the mouse you will have activated the action attached to that icon button.
The Icon Palette can be clicked and dragged anywhere on the screen. You can make the startup location anywhere you want by moving the window to the new location and selecting the File --> Remember Window menu option. COUNTERPoint will then use the new location as the default at startup.
Action of the Icon Buttons
(A) Eye Icon - Will open the read window and display the last message read in the last section opened. Note: COUNTERPoint will default to E_MAIL area zero (0) at startup.
(B) Notes Icon - Will open the post header dialog box. Here you can type in message destination information such as To:, From:, Subject:, Node: and then, after clicking Okay, type in and save a message.
(C) Moving Mail Icon - Will bring up the select message areas window. This allows you to select the area from which you want to read messages.
(D) Phone Icon - Will start a call boss event based on the current information under the boss and modem settings menu options.
(E) Reminder Finger - Will invoke a file FREQ for either the Fido Network or the Internet Rice System.
(F) Erase/Disk/Pencil - Will bring up the edit message area dialog for editing message area information such as: Name, Area #, Custom Origin Line, Archive Limits, Area Limits and so on.
(G) STRs - Will bring up one of the three edit dialog boxes, depending on the modifier key you hold down while you click on this icon button.
No modifier key depressed - Will bring up the System information dialog box.
Option key depressed - Will bring up the Quoting information dialog box.
Command key depressed - Will bring up the System flags dialog box.
Open Icon Window.. (Command O)
This menu option is used to open the icon palette window. The icon palette window will open in either the vertical or horizontal format. The horizontal or vertical format is selectable as the default from the Edit -> Edit System Data -> System Settings --> check Vertical Icon Window.
Please note the double dots after the Open Icon Window.. - these have a special meaning attached to them. The double dots .. mean that if you hold down the Option key while you select this option something special will happen. In this case holding down the Option key will allow you to quickly toggle between the vertical and horizontal icon pallet formats, as you open and close the icon pallet window.
