Chapter 10 - Powermarks User Guide

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Chapter 10

10.1 Menu Commands

10.1.1 File Menu

New Create a new bookmark file after saving and closing the existing one

Open Open an existing bookmark file

Save Save the current bookmark

Save As Save the current bookmark file with a new name

Import Import an HTML file, see Section 6.1 for details

Export Export bookmarks in a variety of formats. See Section 6.7 for details.

Import Favorites Import Internet Explorer Favorites. See Section 6.2 for details.

Import Wizard Use the Import Wizard to assist you with importing Netscape bookmarks, Internet Explorer Favorites and Powermarks 1.0 bookmarks.

Information Display and change file specific information, including the name of the User field.

Exit Save the current bookmark file and quit Powermarks

10.1.2 View Menu

Macros Display or hide the Macro Window

Dictionary Display or hide the Dictionary Window

Columns... Change the columns and bookmark properties displayed in the bookmark list window.

Options... Display the Options Dialog

9.1.3 Edit Menu

Undo Undo the last operation

Cut Delete the selected object(s) and place them in the clipboard. This command works for bookmarks, macros and text in the search filter. If nothing is selected, this command is not available.

Copy Copy the URLs of the selected bookmarks to the clipboard. If no bookmarks are selected, this command is not available.

Paste Paste the contents of the clipboard into the window that has focus.

Delete Display a dialog which is used to view and change the properties of a bookmark. This command is available only if one bookmark is selected.

Select All Select all items in the window which has focus. The window which has focus is the one that was last clicked on with the mouse. This command is only available if either the macro, dictionary or search field has focus.

Properties Edit the properties of the currently selected object (bookmark or macro).

9.1.4 Bookmark Menu

Fast Add Add bookmark from topmost browser window without editing.

Fast Add from Clipboard Search the clipboard for a URL and add it as a bookmark. In the background, Powermarks will contact the site and update the bookmark name, keywords and description fields.

Add Add the current browser URL as a bookmark and allow for editing changes

Add from Internet Explorer Add bookmark from the topmost Internet Explorer browser window.

Add from Netscape Add bookmark from the topmost Netscape browser window.

Add from Opera Add bookmark from the topmost Opera browser window.

Add from NetCaptor Add bookmark from your NetCaptor browser window.

Add from Mozilla Add bookmark from your Mozilla browser window.

Mark Visited Mark the bookmarks as having just been visited.

Fetch Retrieve the page this URL refers to an extract the page title, description and keywords.

Force Status Check Force a status check of all bookmarks that have status checking enabled.

Pause Checking Temporarily pause status checking. It will resume when this command is selected again.

9.1.5 Macro Menu

URL Macro Create a new URL macro which can be used to quickly jump to a specific site.

String Search Create a new String Search macro to automate searching for a specific text string.

Keyword Search Create a new Keyword Search macro to automate searching for a specific keyword search expression.

Selected URL Create a URL macro from the currently selected bookmark(s).

Current Search Create either a String or Keyword Search macro based on the current search.

10.1.6 Tools Menu

Status Checking Schedules View, delete or create Status Checking Schedules which define how Powermarks automatically status checks pages.

Search Options Display a dialog window for the search options. The toolbar may also be used to set the search options, however, some may find this dialog to be more convenient.

Copy Keywords to Clipboard Copy the entire keyword dictionary to the clipboard in ASCII format which can be pasted in almost any word processor or editor.

Sync with Browser Bookmarks Scan the browsers native bookmarks for new bookmarks and add them to the existing Powermarks collection.

NetSync Synchronize, backup or restore bookmarks using Internet server.

View Log View the diagnostic log file

Run Internet Explorer Run Internet Explorer browser

Run Netscape Run the Netscape browser

Run Opera Run Opera Software browser

Run NetCaptor Run the NetCaptor browser

Run Mozilla Run the Mozilla browser

10.1.7 Help Menu

Contents Display the Powermarks online help

Index Display the Index section of the Powermarks online Help

Shortcut Keys Display the help file section detailing the shortcut keys available within Powermarks

Enter License Display a dialog to enter your name and license ID into for users who purchased an Internet copy of Powermarks.

Bug Report Send a bug report to Kaylon Technologies. Use this dialog rather than regular e-mail to report bugs because this function will automatically send the diagnostics log to us.

Check for New Version Automatically contact the Kaylon website and check if a new Powermarks version is available.

About Display copyright, license and program version information

10.2 Toolbar

Create a new bookmark file, same as the New command in the File menu.

Open a Powermarks file

Save the current bookmark file

Clear search field. This will redisplay the entire list of bookmarks.

Select Keyword Search

Select Detailed Search

Display a drop down menu of search options

Add the current browser URL as a bookmark with no editing. Same as the Fast Add menu command.

Add the current browser URL as a bookmark and allow for editing changes. Same as the Add menu command.

Copy the current URLs of selected bookmarks to the clipboard.

Edit the currently selected bookmark. This command is disabled if more than one bookmark is selected.

Delete the selected bookmarks.

Invoke NetSync

10.3 Shortcut Keys

General

Ins Add bookmark from browser

Ctrl+Ins Fast Add - Add bookmark from browser with no editing

Alt+Ins Add URL from clipboard

Ctrl+A Select all bookmarks

Ctrl+C Copy

Ctrl+E Export

Ctrl+F Fast Add bookmark from browser

Ctrl+I Import

Ctrl+N Create a new file

Ctrl+O Open File

Ctrl+P Display bookmark Properties Dialog

Ctrl+S Save File

Alt + I Run Internet Explorer

Alt + C Run NetCaptor

Alt + N Run Netscape

Alt + O Run Opera

Alt + Z Run Mozilla

F6 Synchronize with Browser Bookmarks

F7 Fetch

F8 Force Status Check

Del When the bookmark list has focus, this will delete the selected bookmarks

Enter When the bookmark list has focus and a single bookmark is selected, this will open the bookmark in the default browser.

Alt Activate main menu

Shift-F1 Context sensitive (popup) menu. This is the same as right clicking.

Main Bookmark Window

Ctrl+Plus Add 1 to bookmark rating

Ctrl+Minus Subtract 1 from bookmark rating

Shift+Enter Open bookmark in new browser window

Macro Window

Alt+Up Move highlighted macro up in list

Ctrl+Down Move highlighted macro down in list

Alt+Mouse Double Click Open macro in new window

Alt+Enter Edit macro

Enter Perform macro action

Shift+Enter Open macro in new browser window (applies only to URL macros)

Keyword Dictionary

Del Delete selected keywords

Enter Set search string to selected keyword

Ctrl+Enter Add keyword to search string

Bookmark Properties Window

Alt+Left Arrow Moves to the Properties Dialog to the previous bookmark

Alt+Right Arrow Moves to the Properties Dialog to the next bookmark

10.4 Context Sensitive Menus

Context sensitive (popup) menus are displayed by right clicking on certain objects. The following items will display a popup menu when clicked on:

Individual bookmarks
A group of bookmarks
The PM tray icon
Search Field
Macros
Dictionary words

10.5 Advanced Searching

Powermarks features two types of searches: Keyword and Exact. Keyword searching is used to search the words in the keyword field of each bookmark. The keyword search only searches the keyword field, if you wish to search any other field, use the Exact String Search. The Exact String search is used to search any bookmark fields and will find anything that matches what you type character for character. This is useful for searching URL and other fields that are not comprised of words.

Selecting Search Type

The search type may be specified by either selecting the appropriate toolbar button or by using the Search Options dialog. The search related toolbar buttons are located to the right of the search field on the toolbar. They are documented in the toolbar reference section but shown here again for reference:

These 2 buttons specify the search type, either one or the other will be depressed. To select the search type, just press the appropriate button and it will become selected and in the process deselect the other button. The button displays a drop down menu of search options relating to the current search type. These options are detailed in the next two sections. The Search Options dialog provides an alternative method for setting both the search type and search options.

To display the Search Options dialog, select Search Options from the Powermarks menu. This will display the following dialog:

In the above figure, notice that Exact String Search has been selected and the options pertaining to Keyword Search have been disabled (grayed out.) To enable the Keyword Search options, click on Keyword Search to select it and the options will be enabled. The following is a detailed description of both search types and the options pertaining to each.

10.5.1 Keyword Searching

Keyword searching is useful for the following reasons:

Because it searches exclusively for words, you typically only need to type a couple characters to find the word you are interested in. As you type each character, the status display at the bottom of the Powermarks window will display the matching words.
Powermarks creates a dictionary of words that enables you to change and remove keywords without having to change each bookmark individually.
Powermarks builds an internal index of keywords so that keyword searching is incredibly fast even for large lists on slow computers.
Keywords can be combined using logical (Boolean) operators and even parenthesis to perform complex searches.

Keywords may be combined using the following search operators:

Operator Function

&

AND operator

|

OR operator

!

NOT operator

Rather than using the above characters that require the shift key to be depressed, you can alternatively spell out the operator and include a leader dot: .and .or .not

Examples

stock ! free All pages dealing with stocks that are not free

stock & free All pages dealing with stocks that are free, same as typing "stock free".

stock | free All pages dealing with stocks or that are free. Pages may be listed that have nothing to do with stocks because the OR operator only requires that one of the words match, not both.

stock .or free Same as above but with the alternate form of the NOT operator. Notice the dot before the "or", this is required so that Powermarks does not think you are searching for the actual word "or".

AND

Incremental Searching

Place a period after a word to prevent Powermarks from matching other words that start with the search term. For example, typing "win." will only match "win" and not "windows".

Status Display

As you type, matching words are displayed in the Dictionary Window. After you press the space bar, all words that are used in the displayed bookmarks are displayed so you can optionally further narrow your search.

Options

The only option available when performing a keyword search is Partial Matches. When checked, this option will cause Powermarks to match words that start with the same characters being typed. For instance, "comp" will match "computer". When this option is not checked, the entire keyword must be typed before Powermarks will match it.

10.5.2 Exact String Searching

Exact string searching is useful for searching:

any or all fields of a bookmark.
bookmarks using a string that is not a word. Such as finding all bookmarks that have a URL that contain ".edu".

The Exact String Search searches bookmarks for exactly what is typed in the Search Field, it does not understand the concept of words. Because of this, strings composed of any characters may be used in a search, as opposed to keyword searching where certain characters such as a space may not be searched for.

Exact String Search options are changed via either the drop down search option menu or by using the Search Option dialog.

Match Case

When this option is checked, Powermarks differentiates upper and lower case characters.
Field Selection

Check a field if you want Powermarks to search it. While the Exact String Search function can search the keyword field, do not confuse this with the Keyword Search function.

New	Create a new bookmark file after saving and closing the existing one
Open	Open an existing bookmark file
Save	Save the current bookmark
Save As	Save the current bookmark file with a new name
Import	Import an HTML file, see Section 6.1 for details
Export	Export bookmarks in a variety of formats. See Section 6.7 for details.
Import Favorites	Import Internet Explorer Favorites. See Section 6.2 for details.
Import Wizard	Use the Import Wizard to assist you with importing Netscape bookmarks, Internet Explorer Favorites and Powermarks 1.0 bookmarks.
Information	Display and change file specific information, including the name of the User field.
Exit	Save the current bookmark file and quit Powermarks

Macros	Display or hide the Macro Window
Dictionary	Display or hide the Dictionary Window
Columns...	Change the columns and bookmark properties displayed in the bookmark list window.
Options...	Display the Options Dialog

Undo	Undo the last operation
Cut	Delete the selected object(s) and place them in the clipboard. This command works for bookmarks, macros and text in the search filter. If nothing is selected, this command is not available.
Copy	Copy the URLs of the selected bookmarks to the clipboard. If no bookmarks are selected, this command is not available.
Paste	Paste the contents of the clipboard into the window that has focus.
Delete	Display a dialog which is used to view and change the properties of a bookmark. This command is available only if one bookmark is selected.
Select All	Select all items in the window which has focus. The window which has focus is the one that was last clicked on with the mouse. This command is only available if either the macro, dictionary or search field has focus.
Properties	Edit the properties of the currently selected object (bookmark or macro).

Fast Add	Add bookmark from topmost browser window without editing.
Fast Add from Clipboard	Search the clipboard for a URL and add it as a bookmark. In the background, Powermarks will contact the site and update the bookmark name, keywords and description fields.
Add	Add the current browser URL as a bookmark and allow for editing changes
Add from Internet Explorer	Add bookmark from the topmost Internet Explorer browser window.
Add from Netscape	Add bookmark from the topmost Netscape browser window.
Add from Opera	Add bookmark from the topmost Opera browser window.
Add from NetCaptor	Add bookmark from your NetCaptor browser window.
Add from Mozilla	Add bookmark from your Mozilla browser window.
Mark Visited	Mark the bookmarks as having just been visited.
Fetch	Retrieve the page this URL refers to an extract the page title, description and keywords.
Force Status Check	Force a status check of all bookmarks that have status checking enabled.
Pause Checking	Temporarily pause status checking. It will resume when this command is selected again.

URL Macro	Create a new URL macro which can be used to quickly jump to a specific site.
String Search	Create a new String Search macro to automate searching for a specific text string.
Keyword Search	Create a new Keyword Search macro to automate searching for a specific keyword search expression.
Selected URL	Create a URL macro from the currently selected bookmark(s).
Current Search	Create either a String or Keyword Search macro based on the current search.

Status Checking Schedules	View, delete or create Status Checking Schedules which define how Powermarks automatically status checks pages.
Search Options	Display a dialog window for the search options. The toolbar may also be used to set the search options, however, some may find this dialog to be more convenient.
Copy Keywords to Clipboard	Copy the entire keyword dictionary to the clipboard in ASCII format which can be pasted in almost any word processor or editor.
Sync with Browser Bookmarks	Scan the browsers native bookmarks for new bookmarks and add them to the existing Powermarks collection.
NetSync	Synchronize, backup or restore bookmarks using Internet server.
View Log	View the diagnostic log file
Run Internet Explorer	Run Internet Explorer browser
Run Netscape	Run the Netscape browser
Run Opera	Run Opera Software browser
Run NetCaptor	Run the NetCaptor browser
Run Mozilla	Run the Mozilla browser

Contents	Display the Powermarks online help
Index	Display the Index section of the Powermarks online Help
Shortcut Keys	Display the help file section detailing the shortcut keys available within Powermarks
Enter License	Display a dialog to enter your name and license ID into for users who purchased an Internet copy of Powermarks.
Bug Report	Send a bug report to Kaylon Technologies. Use this dialog rather than regular e-mail to report bugs because this function will automatically send the diagnostics log to us.
Check for New Version	Automatically contact the Kaylon website and check if a new Powermarks version is available.
About	Display copyright, license and program version information

Ins	Add bookmark from browser
Ctrl+Ins	Fast Add - Add bookmark from browser with no editing
Alt+Ins	Add URL from clipboard
Ctrl+A	Select all bookmarks
Ctrl+C	Copy
Ctrl+E	Export
Ctrl+F	Fast Add bookmark from browser
Ctrl+I	Import
Ctrl+N	Create a new file
Ctrl+O	Open File
Ctrl+P	Display bookmark Properties Dialog
Ctrl+S	Save File
Alt + I	Run Internet Explorer
Alt + C	Run NetCaptor
Alt + N	Run Netscape
Alt + O	Run Opera
Alt + Z	Run Mozilla
F6	Synchronize with Browser Bookmarks
F7	Fetch
F8	Force Status Check
Del	When the bookmark list has focus, this will delete the selected bookmarks
Enter	When the bookmark list has focus and a single bookmark is selected, this will open the bookmark in the default browser.
Alt	Activate main menu
Shift-F1	Context sensitive (popup) menu. This is the same as right clicking.

Ctrl+Plus	Add 1 to bookmark rating
Ctrl+Minus	Subtract 1 from bookmark rating
Shift+Enter	Open bookmark in new browser window

Alt+Up	Move highlighted macro up in list
Ctrl+Down	Move highlighted macro down in list
Alt+Mouse Double Click	Open macro in new window
Alt+Enter	Edit macro
Enter	Perform macro action
Shift+Enter	Open macro in new browser window (applies only to URL macros)

Del	Delete selected keywords
Enter	Set search string to selected keyword
Ctrl+Enter	Add keyword to search string

Alt+Left Arrow	Moves to the Properties Dialog to the previous bookmark
Alt+Right Arrow	Moves to the Properties Dialog to the next bookmark

Operator	Function
&	AND operator
\|	OR operator
!	NOT operator

stock ! free	All pages dealing with stocks that are not free
stock & free	All pages dealing with stocks that are free, same as typing "stock free".
stock \| free	All pages dealing with stocks or that are free. Pages may be listed that have nothing to do with stocks because the OR operator only requires that one of the words match, not both.
stock .or free	Same as above but with the alternate form of the NOT operator. Notice the dot before the "or", this is required so that Powermarks does not think you are searching for the actual word "or".