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Route Browser Help - Program Menu

The program menu appears at the top of the program window and is used to control most program actions. Popup menus are also available in each of the various program windows.

File

File_menu

Open - Opens a logbook file. The file will be read twice. Once to scan for any unknown airports and again to plot and calculate the data in the file.

Close - Closes the logbook file. The logbook file is automatically closed when the program is closed.

Print Map - Prints the route map as currently displayed.

Program options - Allows you to change certain program options and settings.

Recently Used - Displays a list of logbook files previously opened by the program. Selecting one, automatically opens it.

Exit - Ends the program.

Map

Map_menu

Redraw - Redraws the map from the current logbook entries.

Copy map image - Copies an image of the route map to the Windows clipboard.

Clear - Clears all lines and points from the route map.

Save map image - Saves the route map image as a graphic file in either bitmap (.bmp) or jpeg (.jpg) format.

Set as desktop wallpaper - Sets your Windows wallpaper to the image of the route map.

Generate Google Earth file - Generates a file for import into Google Earth.

Display a route - Allows you to enter a custom route on your map that is not contained in a logbook entry.

Zoom - Zooms the map in or out, to a particular region and allows you to set a default or home view.

Details - Turns on or off certain map features including the display of grids, state boundaries, rivers, lakes and the map legend.

Route

Route_menu

Flight details - Use this option to display a summary of the flight.

Hightlight route on map - Use this option to display in bright yellow the flights route on the route map.

Aircraft lookup - Use this option to access the FAA registry of aircraft.

Refresh - Updates data from the logbook file. Use this option if you make changes to your data using your logbook program and want those changes to appear in Route Browser.

Window

Window_menu

Show/hide logbook entries - Toggles the display of the logbook entries.

Show/hide toolbar - Toggles the display of the program toolbar.

Show/hide filter settings - Toggles the display of the filtering options.

Charts - Shows the chart window.

Reports - Shows the report window.

Airports & Placemarks - Shows the Airports & Placemarks window.

Distance calculator - Shows the distance calculator window.

Help

Help_menu

Help - Displays this help file.

Tips - Displays program tips.

Support - Displays the web based support information. (Internet required)

About - Displays information about this program.

 


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