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The Menu bar |
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The main menu contains 6 sub-menus. Activate them by clicking on their name with the mouse, or use their hot-key to activate them from the keyboard. On Windows XP you may need to hold down the ALT key for the hotkeys to be highlighted.
File menu
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Select Export to backup all your monitored web sites into an XML-file that can be read by any XML-enabled application.
Select Import to import a previously exported copy of your monitored web sites.
Setup lets you configure how UpdatePatrol works and behaves, and selecting Exit stops the program. |
Sites menu
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Select Add to add a new site to the currently selected group. If you have copied a URL to the clip-board, it will be inserted as default.
Edit will let you edit the name, URL, scheduling information for the currently selected site.
View will display the latest changes in the currently selected site with changes highlighted, while Delete will remove the selected site(s) from UpdatePatrol. |
Groups menu
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Select Add to add a new group under the currently selected groups. Adding a group under Tracked Sites or Unread Sites will add a new top-level group.
Rename allows you to change the name of the currently selected group, while selecting Delete will delete the currently selected group and all sites in it and in any sub-groups. |
View menu
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Select "Internal browser" to display the embedded web browser.
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Check menu
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Use the Check menu to manually initiate site checking.
"Check selected site" will check only the selected site(s). "Check all sites in group" will check all sites in the selected group. "Check all sites" will check all sites.
Select Pause during site checking to temporarily suspend all site checking. Select Stop during site checking to abort all site checking. |
Help menu
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Select Contents to display the help file Table of Contents where you can select various help topics to read.
"Search for help on..." lets you search the entire UpdatePatrol help for keywords or phrases.
"Frequently Asked Questions" displays a list of common questions and answers to help you solve problems quickly.
"Ordering information" displays pricing information and order URLs.
"License agreement" contains various licensing terms that you must agree to if you use UpdatePatrol.
"About..." displays version information, copyright notice and various credits. |