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HYDRA VISION ™ User’ s Guide P/N 137-40319-40 Copyright © 2 002, A TI T echnologies In c. All rights re served. A TI and all A TI prod uct and product feature names are trademarks and/or r egistered trademarks of A TI T echnologies Inc. All other compan y and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respectiv e own[...]

ii Disclaimer While ev ery precaution ha s been taken in the preparation of this document, A TI T echnologies Inc. as sumes no liability wit h respect to the operation or use of A TI hardware, software or other products and documentation described herein, for any act or omission of A TI concerning such products or this documentation, for any interr[...]

iii T able Of Contents Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Installing HYDRAVISION .............. .................... ...................... ............ 2 HYDRAVISION for Windows®2000/Wi ndows® XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 HYDRAVISION Properties....... ....................................[...]

iv Always On Top ......... .................... .................... .................... ............... 33 Move to Monitor .. .................... ................... .................... ..................... 34 Restore to Monitor...................... ....................... .................... ............... 34 Internet Explorer Feature.....[...]

1 Intr oduction HYDRA VISION™ Multi-monitor Management Software enables you to tailor your desktop to the w ay you work, so you can manage increased amounts of information and improv e your productivity . Y our producti vity is increased thanks to two aspects of HYDRA VISION: • Breadth - increase your desktop work space b y using up to two moni[...]

2 Installing HYDRA VISION • HYDRA VISION can easily be installed in the follo wing operating systems: • W indo ws ® 98SE • W indo ws ® Me • W indo ws ® 2000 • W indo ws ® XP T o install HYDRA VISION perform the f ollowing steps: 1 Insert the A TI Installation CD into your CD-R OM driv e If W indows ® runs the CD automatically , pr oc[...]

3 8 Click Custom and then select HYDRA VISION and any other components you wish to install. The Select Components list may v ary . 9 Reboot your system when prompted. Y ou are now ready to use the A TI Graphics Accelerator and HYDRA VISION. The f irst time HYDRA VISION is loaded a Wi z a rd will launch automatically and walk you through the conf ig[...]

4 Ho wev er , the HYDRA VISION W izard may be re-run at any time b y doing the following: 1 Click Start. 2 Click Programs. 3 Click AT I HYDRA V ISION. 4 Click HYDRA VISION Wizard.[...]

5 HYDRA VISION f or Windo ws ® 2000/Windo ws ® XP HYDRA VISION installation creates a W indows ® program group for HYDRA VISION multi-monitor management software. HYDRA VISION and the Desktop Manager are activ ated whene ver W indows ® starts. Installing HYDRA VISION adds menu options to the A TI Icon. Click on the A TI icon to acces s the appl[...]

6 OK implements the changes you’ ve made in the HYDRA VISION Dialog and ex its the Desktop Manager . Changes take ef fect im mediately unless you see a message prompting you to restart your computer . Cancel discards all changes made to any section of the HYDRA VISION Dialog and closes the Desktop Manager . A pply implements your change s without[...]

7 Dialog contr ol Enable dialog repositioning : T oggles dialog control on and of f. When it is checked, you can choose to hav e dialogs appear on the parent application’ s monitor . (The parent application is the a pplication that generated the dialog.) If the parent applic ation or associated monitor cannot be located, the dialog defaults to mo[...]

8 Max child windows: Keeps windo ws generated b y parent applications from sp litting across monitors. (A child windo w is a window residing within a parent application windo w .) The abil ity to k eep child windows on a single monitor when maxi mized is extremely useful for editing multiple documents side by side in a parent application. The HYDRA[...]

9 Remove MultiDesk system tray icon : This box remov es or restores the MultiDesk system tray icon. AT I L o g o : Click here to access the About Dialog which provides softw are version in formation and a link to the A TI T echnologies website. Load/Unload Desktop Manager : This bu tton starts or stops the HYDRA VISION Desktop Manager tracking prog[...]

10 T o enable Individual Applications Settings via the Desktop Manager These settings ov erride the gl obal settings defined in the Desktop Management Dialog. 1 Click on the Individual A pplication Settings button. 2 All open applications will appear in the Individual settings not enabled Dialog. 3 Drag the desired application to the Individual set[...]

11 T o enable Individual Applications Settings using the HYDRA VISION titlebar b utton 1 Open the Individual A pplicat ion Settings Dial og by clicking the Indi vidual appl ication Settings button: Individual Ap plication Settings Dialog T ext in gr een reflects Desktop Ma nagement settings. 2 Click OK to apply the settings you selected for your ap[...]

12 Exc lusions This feature allo ws you to exclude HYDRA VISION settings from being applied to a specif ic application or unload HYDRA VISION completely when a specific application is started. T o exclude HYDRA VISION settings: 1 Open HYDRA VISION Desktop Management. 2 Click Indi vidual Application Settings b utton. 3 Click Exclusions b utton. 4 Cl[...]

13 8 Click Unload HYDRA VISION in the Edit exclusion level Dialog . 9 Click OK to apply the setting. The application will appear in red t e x t in the Excluded applications Dialog . HYDRA VISION will not automatically restart when the application closes. Y ou will need to manually restart HYDRA VISION. Hot Ke ys Contr ols HYDRA VISION allows you to[...]

14 Create/Remo ve Hot Ke ys T o create custom hot key sequences, select a Modif ier key (Shift, Alt, etc.), a Hot key , and the Hot key function you want this k ey combination to perform. Click Add to enter your ne w combination in the Assigned hot keys list box. Click A pply to acti vate the assigned hot ke ys. A TI recommends that a modifier k ey[...]

15 Using Hot Ke ys Y ou can use any assigned hot ke y at any time, from within any application, to change your display . Hot ke y functions include: Snap App to Monitor Mov es or “snaps” activ e dialogs from monitor to monito r for quick placement and vie wing of desktop contents . HYDRA VISION P op-up Menu Allows on-the- fly access to HYDRA VI[...]

16 HydraFX HydraFX is only av ailable in W indows ® 2000 and W indo ws ® XP . HYDRA VISION HydraFX adds visual enhancements to your desktop.Y ou can control the transparency of windo ws and application drop-down menus and gi ves a windo w depth by enabling Shado w support. HydraFX T ransparency Contr ol Enable T ransparency while dragging windows[...]

17 3D Contr ols Enable Shadow Support: Check this box to enable the Shado w support sliders. The V isibility slider sets the degree of visibility of the shado w . The Shado w size slider sets the size of the sh ado w added to an application dialog. Alwa ys On T op This feature allo ws you to keep a specific application on top of other open applic a[...]

18 If a second instance of the same application is opened when Always on T op has been enabled, the second instance will appear on top of the f irst. Y ou will be able to switch between the two instances as though Always on T op was disabled. Ho we ver , an y other opened application will appear underneath the application that has Always on T op en[...]

19 Mo ve to monitor This feature allo ws you to move an application dialog to a specifi c monitor . T o do so: 1 Right-click the application titlebar . 2 Select the preferred monitor from the drop-do wn menu. Restore to monitor This feature allo ws you to specify which monitor a minimized application will open on. T o do so: 1 Right-click a mini mi[...]

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21 HYDRA VISION f or Windo ws ® 98SE/ Windo ws ® Me HYDRA VISION installation creates a W indows ® program group for HYDRA VISION display management software. HYDRA VISION and the Desktop Manager are acti v ated whene ver W indo ws ® starts. Installing HYDRA VISION adds menu options to the A TI Icon. Click on the A TI icon to access the applica[...]

22 The HYDRA VISION Desktop Manager allows you to modify your display options. Y ou can access the Desktop Management and Hot K eys Dialog by clicking on the appropriate tab in the Desktop Manager . Along the bottom of each HYDRA VISION Dialog are four buttons: OK , Cancel , Apply and Help . OK implements the changes you’ ve made in the HYDRA VIS[...]

23 HYDRA VISION Properties Desktop Management Controls The Desktop Management Dialog The Desktop Management Dialog lets you determine the behavior of pop-up dial ogs in a multiple monitor en vironment. Dialog contr ol Enable dialog repositioning : T oggles dialog control on and of f. When it is checked, you can choose to ha ve dialogs appear on the[...]

24 Window contr ol Single monitor windows : When this box is checked, windo ws are sized no larger than a single monitor . W indo ws that are placed on monitor splits are automatically relocated to the monitor on which most of the windo w appears. HYDRA VISION Max/Restore b utton management : Allo ws you to control the behavior of the W indows ® M[...]

25 General A pplication position memory : Check this box to “remember” the size and location of application dialogs when they are closed and reapp ly those settings when the application is reopened. A utomatically align monitors : Y ou can manually def ine monitor placement from the Settings Dialog in the Display Pr operties Dialog When A utoma[...]

26 Load/Unload MultiDesk : This button starts or stops multiple desktop functionality . MultiDesk will not reload automatically when W indo ws ® restarts. Y ou will need to restart MultiDesk from the Desktop Management Dialog. MultiDesk Properties : This b utton giv es access to all the MultiDesk Properties. Here you can enable, disable and name a[...]

27 T o enable Individual Applications Settings via the Desktop Manager These settings ov erride the gl obal settings defined in the Desktop Management Dialog . 1 Click on the Individual Application Settings bu tton. 2 All open applications will appear in the Individual settings not enabled Dialog . 3 Drag the desired application to the Individual s[...]

28 T o enable Individual Applications Settings using the HYDRA VISION titlebar button 1 Open the Individual A pplication Settings Dialog by clicking the Indi vidual application Setting button. Individual Application Settings Dialog T ext in gr een reflects Desktop Management settings. 2 Click OK to apply the settings you selected for your applicati[...]

29 Exc lusions This feature allo ws you to exclude HYDRA VISION settings from being applied to a specific application or unload HYDRA VISION completely when a specific application is started. T o exc lude HYDRA VISION settings: 1 Open HYDRA VISION Desktop Management. 2 Click Individual A pplication Settings b utton. 3 Click Exclusions button. 4 Cli[...]

30 8 Click Unload HYDRA VISION in the Edit exclusion level Dialog . 9 Click OK to apply the setting. The application will appear in red t e x t in the Excluded applications Dialog . HYDRA VISION will not automatically restart when the application closes. Y ou will need to manually restart HYDRA VISION. Hot Ke ys Contr ols HYDRA VISION allows you to[...]

31 Create/Remo ve Hot Ke ys T o create custom hot key sequences, select a Modif ier key (Shift, Alt, etc.), a Hot key , and the Hot key function you want this k ey combination to perform. Click Add to enter your ne w combination in the Assigned hot keys list box. Click A pply to acti vate assigned hot ke ys. A TI recommends that a modifier ke y be [...]

32 Using Hot Ke ys Y ou can use any assigned hot ke y at any time, from within any application, to change your display . Hot ke y functions include: Snap App to Monitor Mov es or “snaps” activ e dialogs from monitor to monito r for quick placement and vie wing of desktop contents . HYDRA VISION P op-up Menu Allows on-the- fly access to HYDRA VI[...]

33 Alwa ys On T op This feature allo ws you to ke ep a specif ic application on top of other open applications , e ven if anothe r ap plication is opened or mov ed on your desktop. • T o enable Always on T op right-click the title bar of the required application and click Always on T op in the pop-up menu. This feature remains enabled with the ap[...]

34 Mo ve to Monitor This feature allo ws you to move an application dialog to a specific monitor . T o do so: 1 Right-click the application titlebar . 2 Select the preferred monito r from the drop-do wn menu. Restore to Monitor This feature allo ws you to specify which monitor a minimized application will open on. T o do so: 1 Right-click a minimiz[...]

35 MultiDesk HYDRA VISION software suppo rts multiple desktops. W ith MultiDesk, one acti ve desktop will alw ays be visible, while up to eight acti ve desktops can reside in the background. When MultiDesk is running, the MultiDesk icon in the system tray displays the number assigned to the current desktop. MultiDesk is installed wi th HYDRA VISION[...]

36 MultiDesk will not reload automatically when W indo ws ® restarts. Y ou will need to reload MultiDesk from the Desktop Manager . MultiDesk Pr oper ties MultiDesk Properties allo ws you to control up to nine desktops. In addition, each desktop can be sav ed and restored at any time. Sa ving a desktop will also sa ve any open applications. When a[...]

37 Set Desktop State allows you to set a specif ic desktop Acti ve, Inacti ve, or Disabled. Inacti ve desktops MA Y contain open applications; ho we v er , the y are temporarily disabled. Disabled desktops cannot contain any applications. If an Acti ve or Inacti ve desktop that contains applications is disabled, the application will be automaticall[...]

38 1 Right-click the MultiDesk icon in the W indo ws ® taskbar . 2 Select Restore desktop. 3 Click a specif ic desktop or All Desktops to restore all Desktop Prof iles. T o remo ve a sav ed desktop prof ile: 1 Open MultiDesk Properties. 2 Click Remov e in the Desktop Profiles box. or 1 Right-click the MultiDesk icon in the W indo ws ® taskbar . 2[...]

39 If A pply actions to all Desktops is enabled, Clear Desktop will mov e all open applications to the first acti ve desktop. Set Background gi ves you immediate access to the W indo ws ® display properties where you can change the desktop background. T o Set Background: 1 Open MultiDesk Properties. 2 Click Set Background . or 1 Right-click the Mu[...]

40 Ma gnifyFX MagnifyFX allo ws you to zoom in to a specific area of the desktop. The area of magnif ication is completely adjustable. Magnified areas can be co pied to the clipboard and the contents pasted into almost any graphics or word processing application. MagnifyFX can be accessed through the HYDRA VISION Properties: 1 Click HydraFX tab . 2[...]

41 4 Click and drag until the box surrounds the object(s) to be magnified. 5 Release the mouse button. F ollow Box causes the cursor to become a visible box. The area within the box is magnified in the MagnifyFX windo w . T ransparent causes a transparent box to appear in the center of the MagnifyFX windo w as you move the windo w around your deskt[...]

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