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JIFFY VIEWER 2.0

Jiffy Viewer 2.0 is a 256 color graphics viewer for MS Windows, versions 3.1 and later. With this program you may view, modify, convert, and print files in .GIF, .PCX, .DCX, .IMG, .TIF, .TGA, .BMP, .DIB, .WMF, .WPG, and  .EPS graphics formats. To learn more, simply click on one of the subjects listed below.

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Program Operation

Menu Commands

Shareware Registration


Program Operation

Jiffy Viewer's concept and operation is very simple. Just use the file browsing controls to select a graphic image to view, then press <Enter>, double-click the file name, or click the View button to view it. The image appears in a separate viewing window. With Jiffy Viewer you can view files one at a time or automatically in slide-show fashion.

How to...

Register this program

Use the viewing window

Convert images to a different format

Rotate, resize, and dither an image

Copy a portion an image to the Windows clipboard

Create a slide show

Print an image on a printer

Receive information about an image

Exit the program


Menu Commands

Jiffy Viewer has several operations accessible with a pull down menu or by pressing a hotkey combination. The pull down menus are located right underneath the title bar in the main program window. Access the pull down menu by clicking on a menu name with the mouse or by pressing and holding the Alt key while tapping the underlined letter in a menu name. Execute an option by clicking on it with the mouse or by using the arrow keys to highlight an operation and pressing Enter.

MENU OPTIONS:

File Menu:

View

Export To

Print

Printer SetUp

Exit Program

Picture Menu:

Information

Edit

Slide Show

Help Menu:

Registration Information

Contents

Help on Help

Search for Help

About Jiffy Viewer


Registration Information

Jiffy Viewer is marketed as shareware. It is not free. You may use Jiffy Viewer on your system for a period of 30 days to determine if this is the viewer for you. When you decide it is, register your copy to obtain:

Your very own personalized copy of the latest version of this program!

Slide show intervals longer than 20 seconds!

Program support!

News of future updates!

Jiffy Viewer is $29 (in US funds), plus $1.25 shipping for domestic orders or $2.50 for overseas orders. Residents of Kentucky must add 6% state sales tax. One World Software accepts checks, money orders, Mastercard and Visa (make checks payable to One World Software). You may register Jiffy Viewer by one of several means:

By Phone:

From the United States and Canada dial (800) 641-3908 Monday through Friday between the hours of 10am to 5pm EST. Have your Mastercard or Visa number ready. Callers from other countries may call (606) 561-5644 during the same hours. This line is for orders only. Please note all voice orders must be made with a credit card.

By Fax:

From the United States and Canada fax (800) 641-3911 24 hours daily, seven days a week. On the order include your name, address, your Mastercard or Visa number and the expiration date. Callers from other countries may fax (606) 561-9227. This line is for orders only. Please note all fax orders must be made with a credit card.

By Modem:

Call our BBS 24 hours daily at (606) 561-5766 300-144000 v.32/v.42bis. Leave a comment to sysop including your name, address, Mastercard or Visa number and expiration date. Please note all BBS orders must be made with a credit card.

By Mail:

Send your check or money order (made payable to One World Software) or your Mastercard or Visa number and expiration date to:

One World Software

P.O. Box 269

Bronston, KY 42518-0269 USA

Your order will be shipped within one business day of receipt of your order. Do not forget to include your name and a full mailing address! Credit card orders must be signed.


Print Command
Print Image

Jiffy Viewer prints the image in the viewing window to the default Windows printer. Invoke this command to start the printing process by selecting it from the File or view window menus, by clicking the Print button in the main or edit windows, or by pressing Ctrl-P at the main window. The image on the screen prints on the printer. Note that using Print from the edit window prints an unmodified version of the image.

See Also:

Edit Window

Viewing Window

Printer SetUp


Printer SetUp

This dialog presents configuration options for printers installed on your system. Changing the settings in this dialog changes your default settings for every application in Windows! Please make sure to reverse any changes you make after exiting the program to so as not to affect other applications which may be using the printer.

See Also:

Print Image


Exit Program

This command exits the program. You may also exit the program by pressing Esc, or by selecting Close from the application control menu or from Task Manager.


Image Information Command

This command presents a dialog box containing the displayed image's name, dimensions, and number of colors.


Slide Show Command

This command allows viewing multiple image files from a directory with little or no intervention on your part. When started, this command pops up a dialog box to set up the slide show.

On the left side of the dialog box is a list of image files in the current directory. Use the mouse or keyboard to highlight one or more files to view. You can click on the Mark All button to highlight every file, and the Unmark All to remove every file from the selection queue.

At the top of the right side of the dialog is a spin button used to select the interval between slides. Click on the up or down spin indicators to select a time out interval. Clicking on the Save button saves the interval you selected to JIFFY.INI (located in your Windows directory). You may select an interval ranging from 3 seconds to 99 seconds.

NOTE: The shareware version limits the upper time limit to 20 seconds.

Click on the OK button to start the slide show. The program shows the files you selected one by one in full window mode. Slides continue until all highlighted files have been displayed. After the last file is displayed the main window reappears on the screen.

How images appear in the view window during a slide show is highly dependent upon what scaling options you have set for the viewing window. If scaling is set to "Scale Window to Image Size", the viewing window changes size with every new image. With this setting the viewing window is always centered on the screen. If scaling is set to "Scale Image to Window Size", the image scales to the size of the viewing window. The position of the window is not changed. "No Scaling" shows the image with scroll bars, if necessary, without moving the viewing window.

You have several options while the slide show is in progress:

Pressing a key or clicking on the image bypasses the time out interval and immediately moves on to the next image in the show.

Pressing the space bar pauses the slide show at the current slide. Press any key or click on the image to restart the show.

Pressing Esc or clicking on the main program window cancels the rest of the slide show and returns the program focus to the main window.

As each image is displayed, it is deselected in the slide show dialog box. This way, if you need to stop the slide show before it is finished, you can return to it to finish viewing the remaining images. The remaining selections are cleared should you change directories.

See Also:

Viewing Window


Help on Help

This command brings up help on how to use this help.


Search for Help

This command provides a window where you may look for specific help topics by using keywords.


About
About Jiffy Viewer

This command displays a dialog box containing version information on Jiffy Viewer. Also provided is the percentage of available system resources.


Copying Images to the Windows Clipboard

You can copy complete or partial images from this program to the Windows clipboard. Insert the clipped images into other applications such as paint programs, word processors, and desktop publishing applications with little or no effort. Perform clipping from the edit window.

Copy the entire image to the clipboard by pressing the Copy All button. The program transfers the image to the Windows clipboard as a device independent bitmap.

You may choose a portion of the image to transfer by using the Clip button. Selecting this button turns the cursor into a crosshair while it is over the image. Click and hold the mouse cursor at the upper left corner of the area to copy. Then, drag the mouse cursor to the lower right corner of the area to copy. Release the button to copy the selected area to the Windows clipboard.

See Also:

Edit Window


Edit Screen
Edit Window

The Edit window is where you modify, print, or export an image. A wide range of modification commands are available. Editing is possible for all images containing 256 or fewer colors. Editing is not supported for files containing more than 256 colors.

Across the top of the screen is a toolbar containing buttons to flip, rotate, clip, export, and print the image. On the right sidebar there is a display of the current image size (in pixels), a color reduction box, a size control box, and the close button. These controls are your tools to modify the image. Click on a link below for information about a particular control.

Flip Horizontal	Flip Vertical

Rotate	Clip and Copy All

Export Image	Print Image

Color Reduction	Resize Image


Flip Horizontal
Flip Horizontal  mirrors the image horizontally. This has the effect of showing the image backwards.


Flip Vertical
Flip Vertical mirrors the image vertically. This has the effect of showing the image upside down.


Rotate Image
Rotate turns the image 90 degrees clockwise every time you click it.


Export Image
Export copies the image to a drive and directory of your choice in one of several popular graphic file formats. See Exporting Images.


Color Reduction

You can manually reduce the number of colors in an image from the edit window. On the right side of the screen there are several color options ranging from black and white to 256 colors. Choose a setting by clicking the mouse on it. The image is dithered (if required) and changed to the number of colors specified. NOTE: Color promotion beyond 256 colors (or the number of colors supported by your current video driver) is not supported.

You may also set the dithering method used by the program. Click on the Set Dither Type button to produce a dialog of the supported dithering methods. Jiffy defaults to the best quality dither.

See Also:

Edit Window


Exporting Images to Other Formats

Export an image from the edit or main windows by clicking the Export button. A standard Windows dialog box appears prompting you for the drive, directory, and name of the file to save. Enter a name and click the OK button to save the image.

Jiffy looks at the extension of the name you provide to know what image format to save the file in, regardless of the image type highlighted in the dropdown box on the dialog. Not providing an extention causes Jiffy to save the image as a bitmap.

See Also:

Edit Window


Resizing Images

Images can be resized from the edit window. On the right hand side of the screen contained in a frame is a percent display and a command button. Use the spinner to run the image size anywhere from 25% to 150% of its original size. The image is not redrawn until you click the Redraw button or perform some other function (such as color reduction) that performs a redraw.

The actual image dimensions (in pixels) are displayed on the upper right-hand side of the screen. Scroll bars appear as necessary.

See Also:

Edit Window


Viewing Window

Jiffy shows the current image in a separate window called the viewing window. Jiffy uses this window for both single image viewing and slide shows.

Clicking the right mouse button on an image brings a pop-up menu to the screen providing access to all the major functions of the program. In order, the available options are:

Information (on the current image)

Scaling (covered in more detail below)

Edit Image

Export Image

Print Image

Close Menu

Click on a menu item with the mouse or highlight the selection and press Enter. The Close Menu option above provides a handy way of closing the pop-up menu should you decide not to do anything at this time.

The viewing window also gives you some flexibility over how you display images. The scaling options mentioned above affect both the behavior and size of the viewing window. Your scaling option is saved in JIFFY.INI (in your Windows directory). Listed below are the available scaling options and notes on their operation.

Window Scaled to Image Size

In this scaling mode the viewing window changes its size to accomodate the size of the image being viewed. Jiffy displays the viewing window centered in the display both during single image viewing and slide shows. Attempting to resize the window has no effect. This is Jiffy's default scaling mode.

Image Scaled to Window Size

In this mode, Jiffy scales images to fit within the current size of the viewing window, expanding or reducing as required. Jiffy displays the image in the viewing window without changing the window size or location. Resizing the window causes the image to be rescaled. Jiffy maintains the proper aspect ratio for the image at all times.

No Scaling

No scaling causes Jiffy to use the viewing window as a viewport into the current image. If the image is larger than the viewing window, Jiffy provides scrollbars for image browsing. Resizing the window shows more or less of the image depending on the size of the image.