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| · | You can save the locations of your most often used folders in the favorites list just like in a web browser. Select 'Add Current Folder...' from the Favorites menu.
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| · | Magellan Explorer automatically keeps track of which folders you have accessed recently by placing them in the history. Click the history tool on one of the tool bars to view the recent history.
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| · | You can customize the method used for selecting files with the mouse. If you prefer the Windows Explorer style of non-sticky selection, or the right mouse button selection used in Norton Commander and its derivatives, you can easily change this within the user interface preferences.
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| · | You can sort the contents of the folder window on e.g. name or extension by clicking on the corresponding column at the top of the folder window. Clicking again reverses the sort direction.
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| · | Almost every tool within Magellan Explorer can be assigned a keyboard shortcut. Even favorites and user defined tools can have a shortcut assigned to them. You can configure what shortcuts should be used in the user interface preferences.
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| · | You have 3 flexible tool bars at your disposal, each can be configured to contain the tools that suit you. Especially the quick bars (one above each folder window) can be very powerful. They apply directly to the folder window below, with no need to make it active first.
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| · | Magellan Explorer can remember the column layout, sort direction and view for individual folders. Simply configure the folder the way you want it, then select 'Customize Folder...' from the View menu. The layout will now be remembered for the future."
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| · | You can have Magellan Explorer start up in the exact same position and size every time by selecting 'Save window size and position' from the Options menu.
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| · | Magellan Explorer can be configured to automatically start when Windows starts (or you log on). It can also be set to initially appear minimized in the system tray, ready for when you need it. These, and more, options are available in the User Interface preferences section.
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| · | The help included with Magellan Explorer includes a 'frequently asked questions' (FAQ) section. Click here to open it. You can also find an expanded FAQ on our web site.
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| · | Magellan Explorer comes with a built-in image viewer capable of showing all popular image formats including GIF, JPEG, PNG and BMP. Simply right click an image file and select 'Magellan Explorer Viewer'. Or you can use the View tool.
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| · | You can flip through the images in the current folder by first opening an image in the viewer followed by either the Page Up or Page Down key to change to the next image.
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| · | Magellan Explorer comes with a built-in FTP client. Just open a connection from the FTP menu and you will be able to manage your remote files just as if they were on your local hard drive. Most of the available tools can also be used on FTP sites.
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| · | Adding an FTP site to the site manager can be done by either opening the site manager and clicking new site, or if you're already connected to the site you can simply add it through the 'Current Session' sub menu in the FTP menu.
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| · | When connected to an FTP site you can change options such as transfer type and filename case conversion on-the-fly, either from the 'Current Session' menu on the FTP menu or by right clicking the label box above the folder window.
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| · | The FTP information window (log window) has a context menu similar to the one you get by right clicking the label box. Among the options there is the ability to copy the contents to the clipboard.
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| · | In addition to the ZIP format Magellan Explorer also supports the ACE, RAR, LHA, ARJ and CAB formats in addition to common UNIX formats such as TAR, GZip and BZip2.
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| · | You can extract an archive into a separate folder by right clicking the archive and selecting 'Extract to <name of archive>...'. Or you can extract it to an existing folder by selecting 'Extract to...'.
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| · | You can open a self extracting ZIP archive just as if it was a normal ZIP file by right clicking the archive and selecting 'Open Executable as ZIP Archive'.
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| · | You can easily extract multiple archives at once by first selecting the files you with to extract and then use the 'Extract' tool. The contents of the archives will be extracted into the destination folder window.
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| · | Magellan Explorer can automatically compress the selected files when you create a new archive. Place a check mark next to 'Add the selected files and folders to the archive' in the new archive dialog.
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| · | Installing a program directly from within an archive is possible by using the 'Install' feature available from the Archive menu. The contents of the archive is automatically extracted and the install program is launched. The extracted files are then deleted once the installation has completed.
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| · | You can extract an archive by drag & drop. Simply drag the archive with the right mouse button to where you wish to extract it, and select one of the extraction choices from the menu that appears.
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| · | Magellan Explorer handles multi volume ZIP, ACE and RAR archives completely transparently. Just double click the first file (with extension .zip, .ace or .rar) and Magellan Explorer will automatically locate the remaining files.
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| · | The View menu contains some useful tools to change the file selection in the current folder window, namely 'Select All', 'Select None', 'Invert Selection' and 'Pattern Select'. The latter provide powerful wildcard (and regular expression) select and de-select capability.
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| · | The 'Clone' tool lets you quickly create backup copies of existing files. Just select the files you wish to create copies of, invoke the tool and input the new names. The backup copies will be created in the same folder as the existing files.
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| · | The 'Print Folder' tool let's you output the list of files in a folder (including size, date etc) to either a text file, the clipboard or even your printer. It can also traverse folders recursively, calculate MD5 checksums and folder sizes.
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| · | The context menu displayed when you click on a file with the right mouse button is also available from the File menu, just like in Windows Explorer.
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| · | Clicking with the right mouse button on the label box (the area immediately above the folder window) will open a context sensitive menu with actions relating to the current folder, whether it be a file system folder, an archive or FTP site.
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| · | You can quickly apply a filename pattern filter to the current folder. Just select the filter box (to the right of the path box) with the mouse (or pressing CTRL+ENTER) and type in the desired pattern. For example if you type 'image' then only files containing the word 'image' will be shown.
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| · | You can generate the MD5 checksum (or fingerprint) of a file by right clicking it and selecting 'Copy MD5 sums to clipboard'. You can then compare the checksums of two files to easily check whether they're identical.
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| · | Clicking with the right mouse button on the divider separating the two folder windows will reset it back to it's default center position.
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| · | The small arrow button next to the path box below the folder windows enables you to load the folder displayed in one folder window into the other folder window. This feature can also be invoked by pressing CTRL+TAB on your keyboard.
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| · | When using the default Magellan Explorer selection style without a keyboard cursor visible you can set focus to the path box simply by pressing ENTER on your keyboard. Similarly CTRL+ENTER sets focus to the filter box next to the path box. Just hit ENTER after typing a new folder path or filename pattern.
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| · | You can assign multiple tools to each button on the main toolbar. Both the left and right mouse button can trigger different tools. You can also configure a drop down list of additional tools. Open the Tools & Toolbars preferences to customize your toolbars.
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| · | Clicking with the right mouse button on a drive in the drive bar displays the context menu for that drive.
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| · | We value our users' feedback! If you have suggestions for improvements or perhaps ideas of additional topics that could be included in the Tip of the Day feature please let us know. You can contact us by email at feedback@enriva.com.
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