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Enabling Before you can use the special features in , you'll need to enable the Auction Mode.

Entering Your Registration
First, remove the trial screen by entering the registration code that was provided to you when you purchased . This code can be entered in the registration window by selecting Enter Password(s) from the Help menu. More information on entering your password can be found in the registration documentation.

Activating Auction Mode
Once your registration information has been entered, you will want to turn on the Auction Mode. To turn on Auction Mode, just follow these steps:

1. | Open a file in the viewer. In the main window of the program, double click on any image file.
2. | Open the 'Options' menu. To get the menu, simply move your cursor to the top of the screen. Open the Options menu.
3. | Enable Auction Mode. From the Options menu, select the Auction Mode entry at the bottom.

is now fully enabled and running in Auction Mode.

Setting Preferences has several options which allow you to customize how the program runs in Auction Mode. These options are set in the Preferences window, which can be accessed in one of three ways:

1. | Select Preferences from the Edit menu.
2. | Click the Preferences button on the main toolbar.
3. | Click here.

Text Placement
The first set of options on this screen are for Text Placement. The following options are available:

Pixels up from bottom - This value is the number of pixels up from the bottom of the screen. This option will only have an effect when text is being displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Pixels down from top - This value is the number of pixels down from the top of the screen to where the text is displayed. This value will only have an effect when the text is being displayed at the top of the screen.

Pixels in from right - This is the number of pixels in from the right edge of the screen. This will only have an effect when the text is being displayed in the right corner.

Text Formatting
The second set of options relates to the formatting of the text. Two options are available:

Filename height - this it the height of the text displayed in the viewer. This value is in pixels. For larger text, enter a larger number.

Show filename extension - when checked, the extension (such as .jpg) will be displayed as part of the on-screen text.

Any preferences you change are automatically updated when you close the preference screen.

Using Viewing Images
To view any image, simply double click on the file in the File List. Once inside the viewer, you can jump to any file by typing the first few letters or numbers and pressing 'Enter'.

You can also use the 'Page Up' and 'Page Down' to move to the previous or next image.

Changing the Display
You can change between several types of text display while viewing images.

Text Option | Shortcut | Menu Entry
Black text | F1 | none
White text | F2 | none
Yellow text | F3 | none
Show/hide name | ' | Options | Show file name
Show name at bottom | Ctrl + ' | Options | Show name at bottom
Show name at right | Shift + Ctrl + ' | Options | Show name at right

Running a Slide Show
To run a slideshow, simply select the files you'd like to show in the File List and click the Slide Show button on the toolbar. Keyboard shortcut: Alt + S.

You can adjust the timing and style of the slideshow in the Slide Show preferences.