A       NCSA Mosaic Menus

File Menu

The File menu contains options you can use to view, select, 
and manipulate (mail, print, search, reload) files. Each under-
lined letter is a shortcut to the same action as the correspond-
ing menu item after the menu is open on your screen. See 
Document Title on page21 for more information about 
hotkeys.

File menu options are discussed below.

        New Window      Opens another Document View window. The 
content of the new window is your default 
Home Page. There is no limit on the number 
of windows you can open.

        Same as New Window on the Document View 
bottom control panel.

        Clone Window    Opens a duplicate of the window being 
viewed. This is a useful choice if you want to 
keep a window open for reference but also 
want to select another hyperlink or open 
another file.

        Same as Clone on the Document View bottom 
control panel.

        Open URL...     Opens the Open Document window to enter 
the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for a file 
to be viewed. Enter the URL for the document, 
including the server type (e.g., Gopher, HTTP).

        Same as Open... on the Document View bottom 
control panel.

        Open Local...   Opens the Open Local Document window to 
select a local file for viewing. By default the 
Filter field starts with your current path. If the 
file you want is already highlighted and dis-
played in the Name of local document to open 
field, click OK. 

        If you need to locate the file, use the standard 
File Selection Box (the Directories and Files list-
ings) to select a particular file. When you have 
the file you want opened highlighted, click Fil-
ter to display the path to that document in the 
Name of local document to open field at the bot-
tom of the window. (The file path can also be 
entered directly in the Name of local document to 
open field.) Click the OK button when the 
appropriate file is entered or selected.

        Reload Current  Reloads the current file from the server, thus 
displaying any file changes made and saved 
since the last loading (images are cached, not 
reloaded). This is particularly useful if you 
are refining the contents of a document.

        Same as Reload on the Document View bottom 
control panel.

        Reload Images   Clears out cached image data for the current 
document and then reloads the document 
(thereby reloading the images). 

        Refresh Current Redisplays what is in memory (refreshes the 
screen when, for example, colors are not dis-
played true). 

        Find In Current...      Opens the Find in Document window for 
searching the current file for a string. Enter 
the character(s) or word(s) to be matched and 
click the Search button or press the RETURN 
key on your keyboard. The search starts at 
the top of the document. NCSA Mosaic high-
lights the first match. Clicking Search again 
continues the search. 

        Click Reset to clear the search field, Dismiss to 
end the search and remove the dialog box, or 
Help for additional information.

        View Source...  Opens the Document Source window with the 
HTML-coded source file for the current docu-
ment.

        Click Dismiss to cancel the window or Help for 
additional information.

        Save As...      Opens the Save Document window that lets 
you save the file currently being viewed. If the 
file can be saved in the default directory, 
enter the filename and click OK.

        If you want to save the file in another direc-
tory, move to the appropriate directory using 
the Directories and Files scroll windows (the 
File Selection Box). Click Filter to have the 
directory chosen displayed in the Name for 
saved document field. Enter your name for the 
document in this field. Select from four save 
option formats: plain text, formatted text, 
PostScript, or HTML. 

        Click OK to save the file or Cancel to cancel the 
action and close the window.

        Print...        Opens the Print Document window for print-
ing the current file to the printer of your 
choice. Enter the print command if different 
from the default. Select from four print 
options: plain text, formatted text, PostScript, 
or HTML.

        Click Print to print the document, Dismiss to 
cancel the window, or Help for additional 
information.

        Mail To...      Opens Mail Document window. Enter an elec-
tronic mail address for mailing the file cur-
rently being viewed. Optionally, enter a 
subject. Select a file format from: plain text, 
formatted text, PostScript, or HTML. 

        Click Mail to send the file, Dismiss to cancel the 
operation and close the window, or Help for 
additional information.

        Open DTM Outport...     Opens the Broadcast Document window to 
enter the NCSA Collage port information for 
broadcast to current Collage sessions. You 
should be familiar with using NCSA Collage 
(collaborative work software) before using 
this option. 

        Broadcast Over DTM...   Sends currently viewed document to an active 
NCSA Collage session.

        Close Window    Closes the current Document View window. If 
you only have one window open, the entire 
application shuts down with no confirming 
dialog box.

        Same as Close Window on the Document View 
bottom control panel.

        Exit Program... Closes down all NCSA Mosaic windows and 
exits the program. Confirm or cancel your 
choice in the dialog box.

Options Menu

The Options menu lets you control some aspects of document 
display. If you do not use the default settings, you must reset 
your preferences each time you open a NCSA Mosaic session. 
You can also configure these options using X resources (see 
System Configuration and Modification Assistance on 
pageC1 for additional information). 

The items on this menu have toggle buttons to the left of each 
menu item. The square toggle indicates the toggle is off. The 
yellow toggle indicates it is on.

        Fancy Selections        With this toggle activated, selections made 
with the XWindow Systems cut and paste 
mechanism preserves as much formatting 
(e.g., headers, tabs) as possible.

        Load to Local Disk      With this toggle switch activated, the Save 
Binary File to Local Disk window opens as a 
hyperlink is activated for you to enter a file-
name and directory to save the current file. 
File is not displayed; it is copied to your local 
disk.

        Delay Image Loading     With this toggle activated, inlined images are 
not loaded until requested, thereby increas-
ing the speed of a documents display. In the 
place of each image is an icon, which is a 
hyperlink to the inlined image: 

        Load Images in Current  Loads the inlined images in the current docu-
ment. Use this menu option if you have 
requested NCSA Mosaic delay image loading.

        Reload Config Files     Causes mailcaps and extension maps to be 
reloaded on the fly. See System Configura-
tion and Modification Assistance on pageC
1 for additional information on multimedia 
and external viewers.

        Flush Image Cache       Clears cached images, reclaiming memory.

        Clear Global History... Clears all entries in the Window History win-
dow for this and previous sessions. The 
image cache is also cleared. The global his-
tory file is by default named .mosaic-global-
history and is a dot file in your home direc-
tory. 

        Clearing the global history file changes the 
on-screen depiction of all previously viewed 
hyperlinks from viewed to unviewed. 

        Fonts   Opens a submenu with 3 options for each of 
four fonts: Times, Helvetica, New Century, 
and Lucida Bright.

        Anchor Underlines       Opens a submenu with the choices for hyper-
link display: default underlines; light, 
medium, or heavy underlines; or no under-
lines at all (color only identifies the hyper-
links).

NOTE: Font and anchor underline choices are inherited by all 
new windows opened. You can change an individual windows 
display as desired.

Navigate Menu

The Navigate menu helps move you around the Web. Like a trip 
log, options in this menu keep track of where youve been and 
let you retrace your steps.

This menu has several ways to move you quickly to Web docu-
ments: Window History, Hotlist, Internet Starting Points, and Internet 
Resources Meta-Index.

        Back    Returns to the previous document in the Doc-
ument View window history (e.g., if you fol-
lowed a hyperlink or selected a menu item). 
No action if you have viewed only one docu-
ment in this window.

        If you moved using an anchor within a docu-
ment, selecting Back returns you to the loca-
tion of the initial hyperlink. 

        Same as Back on the Document View bottom 
control panel.

        Forward Moves to the Document View window that 
preceded the current window. For example, if 
you moved from Document A to Document B 
and returned to Document A, Forward brings 
up Document B again. Not active if you have 
viewed only one document.

        Same as Forward on the Document View bot-
tom control panel.

        Home Document   Moves to your designated home document. 
Default is the NCSA Mosaic Home Page. See 
System Configuration and Modification 
Assistance on pageC1 for information on 
changing your home page.

        Same as Home on the Document View bottom 
control panel.

        Window History...       Displays the Window History window, show-
ing Where youve been, which shows each docu-
ment viewed since opening the NCSA Mosaic 
session. The current document is highlighted. 
Return to any document in the list by select-
ing and clicking. 

        Hotlist...      Displays the Hotlist View window where you 
can add or delete documents from your hot-
list, a personalized online reference of impor-
tant documents. A hotlist is especially useful 
for documents you use regularly. To view a 
document again, select it and click on Go To. 

        Add Current to Hotlist  Adds the current document to your hotlist 
(see above). 

        Internet Starting Points        Opens a document containing hyperlinks to 
many common Internet-based information 
resources. The hyperlinks in this document 
may be modified at NCSA as new resources 
become available.

        Internet Resources Meta-Index   Opens a document containing hyperlinks to 
various resource directories and indices 
available on the Internet. 

Annotate Menu

The Annotate menu items let you add your comments to a doc-
ument for your own use. NCSA Mosaic currently supports only 
personal annotations, which cannot be viewed by anyone else 
(unless you provide access). In the future, workgroup and pub-
lic annotations may be options.

        Annotate...     Opens the Annotate Window, where you save 
your comments about a files contents. These 
notations are available as a separate docu-
ment each time you view the file. You can 
make any number of annotations for a given 
document. 

        Each annotation entered separately through 
the Annotate Window becomes a new annota-
tion document. After you enter an annota-
tion, a hyperlink is displayed on the source 
document under the heading Personal Anno-
tations. The components of the Annotate 
Window are explained below.

        Audio Annotate...       Opens the Audio Annotate window, where 
you can record an audio annotation for inclu-
sion in a document. (Your workstation must 
be equipped to make audio annotations.)

        Click Start Recording to begin and Stop Recording 
when you are done.

        Commit adds the annotation to the file, Dismiss 
closes the window, and Help offers additional 
information.

        Edit This Annotation... Use on annotation files (dimmed if an annota-
tion is not being viewed). This option 
becomes active if an annotation is displayed 
in the Annotate Window. Add to the annota-
tion other comments, include a file, or delete 
the annotation completely. 

        Delete This Annotation...       Use on annotation files (dimmed if an annota-
tion is not being viewed). This option 
becomes active if an annotation is displayed 
in the Annotate Window. Select Delete This 
Annotation to delete the annotation displayed 
in the Document View window. The initial 
documents Document View window returns, 
this time without the annotation.

Annotate Window Elements

The elements of the Annotate window displayed when you 
select Annotate... from the Annotate menu are described below.

        Annotation Author       The account being used with NCSA Mosaic is 
considered the default author of a notation. 
You can change the information in the Annota-
tion Author field if you want.

        Annotation Title        If desired, enter a brief title for the annota-
tion. Default setting is Annotation by.

        The title appears at the bottom of the source 
documents Document View window as a 
hyperlink under the heading Personal Annota-
tion. Also listed are the day, date, and time the 
annotation was created. 

        Personal Annotation button      The default and only option currently imple-
mented. Annotations are saved in the 
.mosaic-personal-annotations directory in 
your home directory. You are the only person 
who can access your annotations, unless you 
share the file or workstation.

        Enter the annotation text       Enter your annotation. Click Commit to save it, 
creating a hyperlink in the annotated docu-
ment to your comment.

        When the hyperlink in the original document 
is activated, the annotation text is displayed 
in a new window. There are no restrictions on 
annotation length.

Annotation text buttons

        Clean Slate     Clears the contents of the annotation text 
entry box.

        Include File... Opens the Include File in the Annotation win-
dow. Either enter the path and filename in the 
Name of file to include field or locate the file to 
include by using the File Selection Box con-
taining the Filter, Directories, and Files fields. 

        Click OK to enter the file in your annotation, 
Filter to select directories from the scroll list, 
or Cancel to cancel the dialog box. 

        Delete  Dimmed unless an annotation is in the Enter 
the annotation text box.

Annotate Window buttons

                Click Commit to include the annotation in the 
source document, Dismiss to cancel the win-
dow, or Help for additional information.

Help Menu

The Help menu helps you better understand NCSA Mosaic as 
well as features of the World Wide Web. Each item opens a new 
Document View window so that you can continue your regular 
NCSA Mosaic session while obtaining the additional help that 
you need. The final option on this menu lets you send elec-
tronic mail to the NCSA Mosaic developers.

        About...        Gives general information about NCSA 
Mosaic for the X Window System, developer 
information (credit statement), availability of 
NCSA Mosaic from the NCSA anonymous FTP 
server, and addresses for comments or prob-
lem reports. Hyperlinks in this document 
provide quick access to important resources 
on or about NCSA Mosaic.

        Manual...       Lists the online NCSA Mosaic user documen-
tation. Includes hyperlinks on available X 
Window System resources (for including in 
your .Xdefaults file) and command-line flags.

        Whats New...   Summarizes recent changes and additions to 
NCSA Mosaic as well as new resources on the 
Web. 

        This document is updated regularly. Addi-
tions are subject to space and general inter-
est to the Web/NCSA Mosaic community. 
Items are archived monthly.

        Demo... Offers a self-contained walk-through of the 
capabilities of NCSA Mosaic (e.g., hyperlinks, 
graphics, audio, network resources, search 
engines) using multiple demonstrations. 

        On Version...   Shows the current version and lists changes 
from the previous version. If a new release is 
pending, information about the new version 
is included here.

        On Window...    Explains the components of the NCSA Mosaic 
screen, help on hotkeys, the five menus and 
provides links to the rest of the NCSA Mosaic 
for the X Window System documentation.

        On FAQ...       Gives hyperlinks to several files organized by 
type of Frequently Asked Question (FAQ). 
Check here first to see if your question has 
been asked and answered.

        On HTML...      Opens A Beginners Guide to HTML, an over-
view of how to create and code HyperText 
Markup Language (HTML) documents. The 
guide includes links to other reference docu-
ments that you might need as you prepare a 
file.

        On URLs...      Opens A Beginners Guide to URLs, an brief 
explanation of the Uniform Resource Locator 
(URL) and its functionality in NCSA Mosaic. 

        Mail Developers...      Opens the Mail Developers window, with 
space for an electronic mail message to the 
NCSA Mosaic developers. Enter your message 
or question in the large box. Your email 
address is automatically included in your 
message.

        Click Send to mail your message, Dismiss to 
cancel the window and abort your email, or 
Help for more information. 
