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HTML
61 lines
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
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<html><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="content-type"><title>Introduction</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" type="text/css"></head>
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<body>
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<h1>Introduction</h1>
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<p>
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This
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document assumes that you have an English install of Notepad++. If
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you have installed it in another language, the commands and options
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will probably have been translated into your native language. In that
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case, find the command with the similar name, the logical grouping
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will still be the same.
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p>All the images used in this helpfile assume the default settings.
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If you change any of these settings, you'll have to look for the other
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image instead, this is most noticable with the toolbar (the position of
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images will always remain the same).
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<p>Also,
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when talking about the left and right mouse buttons, the logical left
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and right is meant. These are the same as the physical left and right
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mouse buttons in the case of a right-handed setup. However, if you
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have a left-handed setup you will probably have the buttons swapped
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so act accordingly. This means in general you do what you normally do
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for most actions, Notepad++ mostly follows the standard Windows
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application behavior.
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<p>Likewise,
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the layout is discussed as it is displayed in a left-to-right order. On
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right-to-left systems (such as Hebrew) translated versions of Notepad++
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can have the display order reversed, adjust accordingly as well.<p>This helpfile uses some markup to distinguish certain interface elements or interaction.
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<p>
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<table border="1">
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<tr><td>
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When an option from the menu can be selected (open the menu then select the option), it will look like this:<td><span class="menu_item">Menu->Option</span><br>where an arrow means 'Option' is in a submenu of 'Menu'
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<tr><td>When a button in the GUI can be pressed, it will be marked like this:<td><span class="button">Button</span>
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<tr><td>Checkboxes can be toggled in on or off mode and are marked like this:<td><span class="checkbox">Checkbox</span>
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<tr><td>Radiobuttons
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are like checkboxes, but in a single group of radiobuttons only one can
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be selected. Radiobuttons are marked like this:<td><span class="radio">Radiobutton</span>
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<tr><td>
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Sometimes
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labels are used in the GUI to describe an element when they cannot have
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any text associated with them directly. Labels look like this:
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<td><span class="label">Label</span>
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<tr><td>Finally, when mouse or keyboard interaction is required, the buttons or keys to press are marked like this:
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<td><span class="shortcut">Leftmousebutton</span>
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</table>
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<p>This
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markup is based in the default appearance of Microsoft Windows. This
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can be different on your own system, but the names (text) should always
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the same. This is especially important on the screenshots. They are
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only for reference, your appearance of Notepad++ can be quite different.
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<p>This
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helpfile is dedicated to the countless lost hours of both people having
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to search for simple answers, and people having to answer questions
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that shouldn't have to be asked in the first place. Documentation is
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always hard to get, good documentation nearly impossible =].
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<p>This
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help file was written by Harry (harrybharry@users.sourceforge.net) and
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converted to HTML using KompoZer, compiled to a help file with
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Microsoft HTML Help Workshop. Notepad++ is a product by Don Ho,
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Microsoft and Microsoft Windows are registered trademarks.
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</body></html>
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