View - Edit Menu

Edit Menu (View Window)

This menu provides options that operate on a selected area in the view window. Only bitmaps can be selected from; to operate on a portion of a metafile, it must first be converted to a bitmap using the View-Convert to Bitmap option.

Use the mouse to select an area in the view window: press the left mouse button to start a selection area at one corner, and hold it down while moving the mouse to the opposite corner. Then release the mouse button. ThumbsPlus will draw a rectangle around the selected area. If the area is large enough, ThumbsPlus will also display the selected area size in a small rectangle in the center of the area.

To select an area from the center out, hold the SHIFT key down, press the left mouse button at the place you want to be the center of the selection, and drag the mouse to a corner. Then release the mouse button.


Undo	Ctrl+Z	Z
Copy	Ctrl+C	C
Crop	Ctrl+R	R
Cancel	Esc	Esc
Select All	Ctrl+E	E
Clone	F8	F8
Autocrop	F4	F4
Thumbnail from Selection	F2	F2
Edit Comments	N	N
Set Resolution (DPI)
Next Page	Alt+PageDown	Alt+PageDown
Previous Page	Alt+PageUp	Alt+PageUp
Goto Page	*	*
Split Pages	/	/


	Edit \| Undo	Ctrl+Z Z

This selection restores the image to its state before the last Rotate, resize, Color Adjustment, Color Depth, Crop, Autocrop or Filter operation.

This menu item will show what will be undone, or show "Can't undo" if there is nothing to undo. Some operations (such as Invert) are not saved for undo, as they can be re-selected to undo them.


	Edit \| Copy	Ctrl+C C

This menu selection copies the currently selected area in the view window to the clipboard.

If nothing is selected, the entire image or metafile is copied.


	Edit \| Crop	Ctrl+R

Use this menu option to reduce the view window to only the selected area of the image. Anything outside the selected area is eliminated. This change will only be written to the disk file if you use the File|Save or File|Save As option.


	Edit \| Cancel	Esc

This option removes the selection rectangle from the window.


	Edit \| Select All	Ctrl+E E

This option selects the entire contents of the view window for processing.


	Edit \| Clone	F8

This menu selection copies the current image to a new window. The file is not re-opened, so any changes made already are reflected in the copy.

This option is very useful for comparing various changes to each other or the original file.


	Edit \| Autocrop	F4

This option automatically crops the current image, removing any edges composed entirely of the same color. The pixel in the bottom left corner of the image is used as the reference pixel. Each of the four sides is compared to this pixel; any side entirely of that color is removed. This process is repeated for each side until a pixel of a different color is found.


	Edit \| Thumbnail from Selection	F2

This selection uses the currently selected area in the view window to generate a thumbnail for the image. This is especially useful for clipart files which contain many related images. You can select a representative part of the file and create the thumbnail from only that part.


	Edit \| Comments	N

When this option is available, it indicates that the graphic being viewed has comments embedded in it. Select it to view these comments. If the image does not have comments, the selection reads Edit | Add Comments instead. Comments can be saved in the following types of files:

GIF - version 89a comment field

JPEG - COM marker field(s)

TIFF - Description tag


	Edit \| Set Resolution (DPI)

Image Resolution In a multi-image file (TIFF or DCX), this option will allow you to split the images into individual files. You can select the format, directory and file prefix for the operation. The original file is left intact.

Image save format. Select the format for the image. The defaults are TIF for multi-page TIFF files and PCX for multi-page PCX files.

Output path. Select the directory to which to write the individual images. You can use the Browse button to find a particular drive and folder.

Filename prefix. Enter the first part of the name of the file. A sequence number is automatically appended, starting at 0001. Note that the prefix is limited to 4 characters on Windows 3.1 because of file name limitations.


	Edit \| Next Page	Alt+PageDown

In a multi-image file (TIFF or DCX), this will display the next image in the file. The title bar shows the current page number and the total number of pages in the file.


	Edit \| Previous Page	Alt+PageUp

In a multi-image file (TIFF or DCX), this will display the previous image in the file. The title bar shows the current page number and the total number of pages in the file.


	Edit \| Goto Page	*

Goto Page In a multi-image file (TIFF or DCX), this option will allow you to select a specific page number to view. Page numbers start at one.

Page number. Select the page number to display. Page numbers start at one.

First page. Display the first page.

Last page. Display the last page.


	Edit \| Split Pages	/

Split File Pages In a multi-image file (TIFF or DCX), this option will allow you to split the images into individual files. You can select the format, directory and file prefix for the operation. The original file is left intact.

Image save format. Select the format for the image. The defaults are TIF for multi-page TIFF files and PCX for multi-page PCX files.

Output path. Select the directory to which to write the individual images. You can use the Browse button to find a particular drive and folder.