Reference Manual Directory Opus 9 (c) GPSoftware, Brisbane, 2008 Reference Manual Directory Opus 9 Contents · i Contents Copyright Notice ..................................................................................................................1 Program License...................................................................................................................2 Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................4 Introduction and Overview 6 System Requirements............................................................................................................7 Installing and Registering Directory Opus 9 ..........................................................................8 Launching Opus for the First Time......................................................................................10 Welcome to Directory Opus................................................................................................11 Summary ..............................................................................................................11 Directory Opus 9 Components 13 Overview............................................................................................................................14 New Features for Version 9 17 New Vista related ...............................................................................................................17 New Explorer Replacement Changes...................................................................................18 New XML-based Configuration ..........................................................................................19 New Configuration Backup & Restore System ....................................................................21 New Sub-Collections ..........................................................................................................22 New Breadcrumbs-style Location Field...............................................................................23 New ‘Find-As-You-Type’ Field ..........................................................................................24 New Custom List View Code + Tiles Mode.........................................................................25 New Advanced Rename Enhancements...............................................................................26 New Preferences Editor Improvements................................................................................27 Removal of Layout section in Preferences ...........................................................................30 New Customize Editor Improvements .................................................................................31 New FTP Address book ......................................................................................................32 New Flickr™ Synchronization ............................................................................................33 New ImageShack® Image Upload.......................................................................................34 New Command Parser Improvements..................................................................................35 New Custom Toolbar Icon Sets...........................................................................................36 New Support for Links/Junctions ........................................................................................37 The Lister 38 Opening a Lister .................................................................................................................39 Types of File Displays ........................................................................................................40 Lister Window Title Bar .....................................................................................................42 Window Buttons.................................................................................................................43 File Display Buttons ...........................................................................................................44 Hot Paths............................................................................................................................45 Lister Color and Fonts.........................................................................................................46 Slide-out Navigation Buttons ..............................................................................................47 Lister File Display Modes ...................................................................................................48 View Modes .......................................................................................................................49 Flat View............................................................................................................................52 Check Box Mode ................................................................................................................53 Viewer Pane .......................................................................................................................54 ii · Contents Reference Manual Directory Opus 9 Lister Styles........................................................................................................................55 The Default Lister...............................................................................................................57 Lister Format......................................................................................................................58 InfoTips..............................................................................................................................59 Sort by Multiple Columns...................................................................................................60 Folder Options....................................................................................................................61 Lister Caching ....................................................................................................................62 Navigation by Keys ............................................................................................................63 Renaming Files...................................................................................................................64 Context Menus ...................................................................................................................65 Drag and Drop ....................................................................................................................66 Double-Click on Folders.....................................................................................................67 Easy ZIP Files ....................................................................................................................67 Docking of Listers ..............................................................................................................67 Lister Status Bar .................................................................................................................67 What folder did I just access?..............................................................................................67 Defined Keys......................................................................................................................68 Folder Tabs.........................................................................................................................68 File Filter Control ...............................................................................................................71 Dynamic Thumbnail Resizing.............................................................................................72 Navigation Lock .................................................................................................................73 Toolbars 74 Scope and Focus of Buttons ................................................................................................74 Toolbars and Menus............................................................................................................74 Application Toolbars ..........................................................................................................75 General - Toolbars ..............................................................................................................76 The Default Toolbars ..........................................................................................................77 Editing a Toolbar ................................................................................................................77 Preferences 79 Preferences Filter................................................................................................................80 Private or Shared Configuration Files..................................................................................80 Backup & Restore System...................................................................................................82 Backup configuration ............................................................................................82 Restore configuration ............................................................................................82 Export to USB Flash Drive....................................................................................83 Display...............................................................................................................................84