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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HELP DOCUMENTATION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Diary: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • Today ------------ Selects current day on the calendar and displays its blog if one is found. In addition, it displays on the status bar brief information about the current day. • Time ------------ Inserts current time of the day into the current blog being edited. • Refresh ------------ Refreshes the calendar by resetting its bold dates to indicate dates for which blogs have been saved. It also removes text highlights resulting from a recent search. It is advicable to hit the refresh button before editing a blog after performing a search. • Delete Blog ------------------- Permanently deletes the currently selected blog from your computer. • Quit -------- Terminate the application. Any modifications made to a blog are automatically saved before termination. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Options: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • Lock --------- Restricts unauthorized access to myDiary without having to terminate the application. This brings up the Login window and prompts for authorization. • Find -------- Performs a search for a word or phrase in all blogs available to myDiary. Dates that have blogs containing the search word or phrase will be marked as bold on the calendar and matches in the current blog will be highlighted in yellow. To clear all highlights, click on the Reset button • Spell Check ------------------ Activates / Deactivates the spell checker. Mispelt words will underlined and a menu, which can be accessed by right-clicking on the mispelt word, provides a list of suggested words if any and other applicable options. • Change Font -------------------- Changes the font used by the blog viewer / editor • Sync ---------- Synchronizes all blogs in Ubuntu with those on a Windows partition. This can be done only if the computer dual boots both operations systems, that is both Ubuntu and Windows, and that myDiary 4.0 is installed on both systems. Please don't Sync if the above conditions are not met to avoid loss of data. Furthermore, prior to synchronizing your blogs, ensure that the Windows volume is mounted and has read/write previleges from Ubuntu. You can do this by going to Places -> Computer -> <drive name> on your menu bar. Double-click on your Windows drive to mount it if it shows up. You might be prompted for an administrative password to complete the process. When that is done, you can proceed to synchronizing your blogs. ∘ Sync Now ----------------- Performs an instant synchronization of your blogs with those on a Windows volume. ∘ Sync on Exit -------------------- Synchronizes your blogs upon termination of myDiary. • Settings ∘ Reset Password Resets your password so that a new one can be set when the application is restarted. ∘ Reset myDiary Permanently erases all saved data, including blogs, password and settings. Note that the process cannot be reversed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Help --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • Contents Displays a documentation describing the basic functions of myDiary and how they work. • About myDiary Displays brief information about myDiary 4.0 in addition to the total space occupied by saved blogs on your harddrive.