********************************* Warning ********************************
XControl is the newest newest version of the Atari control panel. It is
designed to take advantage of features only available in the latest (>2.0)
versions of the operating system. It is released into distribution with
the following notice.
Users who don't have a MegaSTE, TT030, or machine released later must use
the shutdown feature of XControl whenever changing resolutions. Shutdown
will appear in the options menu of XCONTROL if your version of TOS does
not support the necessary features. Failure to use the shutdown option
will result in unpredictable behavior of applications executed after a
resolution change. Atari Corporation is not responsible for any damage
that results from the use or misuse of this program.
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DESK ACCESSORIES
Desk accessory programs are unique because they can be opened not
only from the desktop, but also while you are running another
program. For example, if you want to change how fast a key repeats
while you are working in a word processor, you can use the Control
Panel desk accessory to change keyboard repeat time without exiting
the word processor. Most programs that use the menu bar will allow
you to access desk accessories. Desk accessories can be accessed from
the far left menu item (usually the Desk menu).
Installing a desk accessory is easy. Whenever you switch on your
computer, the operating system checks the main directory of your
startup disk for files that need to be run during startup. One of
the criteria used in identifying those types of files is the ACC
(desk accessory) file extension. Any file ending in .ACC and residing
in the main directory will be read and loaded during startup.
To install a desk accessory, simply place a copy of the program file
into the main directory of your startup disk. (Make sure the desk
accessory's file extension is ACC.) Then you must restart your
system, since the file can only be properly read and loaded during
the startup procedure. The desk accessory will now appear under the
Desk menu.
You can load up to six desk accessories at one time. If you store
more than six desk accessories on your startup disk, make sure that
the six desk accessories you currently wish to use have the ACC
extension. The ACC extension means the file is active. Change the
extension on all other desk accessories to ACX (or any extension
other than ACC). Inactive files will not be recognized or loaded
during startup.
Note: No harm will be done if you have more than six active desk
accessories on the startup disk's main directory. The first six
active desk accessories will load in the order that the files appear
on the disk, and any additional active desk accessory files will be
ignored.
XCONTROL.ACC, the control panel desk accessory included with new
computers with an internal hard disk, is already installed. The file
resides in the main directory of your USA Language disk, and in the
drive C main directory of your internal hard disk drive. The Control
Panel will be loaded automatically the first time you switch on your
computer.
To open a desk accessory, first display the Desk menu. Position the
pointer over the desk accessory and click. The desk accessory opens
into a dialog box or window.
CONTROL PANEL
The Control Panel coordinates many smaller programs called control
panel extensions (CPXs). The initial Control Panel screen displays
the names of all currently loaded CPXs. You can open a CPX by
positioning the pointer over the desired CPX and double clicking.
The Control Panel also contains a pull down Options menu. When no CPX
is highlighted, the Options menu displays two or three menu choices
depending on the TOS version you have: About, Setup and Shutdown.
Two additional Options menu choices display when a CPX name in
the main Control Panel window is highlighted. The three additional
options are Open CPX, CPX Info, and Unload CPX.
To select an option, position the pointer over the Options menu. Then
click the mouse button. The Options menu displays. Move the pointer
until the desired option highlights. Click the mouse button to select
the highlighted option.
Whenever you open a Control Panel or CPX window, you are usually
given the following options: Save, OK, or Cancel. Clicking on the
close window box is the same as selecting OK and then closing the
Control Panel.
Selecting Save places the currently displayed setting information in
a file on the startup disk. The computer will read this file during
startup, and load in the saved settings.
Select OK if you just wish to change a setting for one session. The
Control Panel window will close, and the changes will remain in
effect only until you switch off the computer. The most recently saved
settings will be in effect then next time you switch on the computer.
Selecting Cancel will always return you to the main Control Panel
window.
About...
When you select About, Control Panel information (such as version
number and copyright date) displays.
Setup...
You can use the Setup dialog box to change a CPX's status
(active/inactive), reload CPXs without restarting the computer, set
the amount of memory reserved for basic CPX information, and designate
a CPX directory path. You can also use the calendar and clock to set
the computer's time and date.
The CPX Mover icon appears as a transition between a selected and
disabled X (CPX) icon. The Reload icon appears as a CPX icon directed
into a Control Panel icon.
Shutdown...
Whenever you change resolutions, you must shutdown the Control Panel.
If you don't perform the shutdown, unexpected results may occur
during other applications. This option will only appear if the version
of TOS does not support the proper shutdown procedures.
Date and Time
The computer uses the date and time to mark individual files with the
date and time they were created or revised. This feature is useful
when you want to determine which file was most recently changed or
created.
You can use 12/24 Hour Time to set the Control Panel clock to 12 or
24 hour time. This does not affect the way files are dated, only the
way the time is displayed in the Contol Panel window.
To set the clock or calendar, follow these steps:
1. Open the Control Panel. Select date or time by positioning the
pointer over the desired selection and clicking the mouse button.
2. Press the Left Arrow key to position the cursor in the window, or
press [Backspace] or [Esc] to erase the window. [Backspace] erases
the characters in the window one character at a time. [Esc] erases
the entire window.
3. Type in the desired time or date.
4. Click on the new time or date.
To change between 12 and 24 hour time, position the cursor over the
selection box to the left of the word Time. Click the mouse button.
Both the 12 and 24 hour selection boxes display. Move the cursor
until the desired box is highlighted. Click the mouse button again.
CPX Mover and Reload CPXs
Only active CPXs are loaded during startup. All active CPXs appear in
the main Control Panel Window. If you need to use an inactive CPX,
you can use the CPX Mover to change the status of the CPX from
inactive to active. Then when you select Reload CPXs, the newly
active CPX will display in the main Control Panel window.
You can also remove a CPX from the main Control Panel Window by
changing the status of the CPX from active to inactive.
To change the status of a CPX, follow these steps:
1. Open the Control Panel. Select Setup from the Options menu.
2. Select the CPX Mover. The CPX Mover window displays two windows,
one with active CPX's and the other with inactive CPX's.
3. Select the desired CPX by positioning your pointer over the name
of the CPX and clicking. The CPX highlights, and the appropriate
operation appears in the Move box.
Note: You can select multiple CPXs for the move CPXs operation. Use
shift-clicking or rubber banding to highlight more than one CPX. If
you use rubber banding, the rubber band box will not actually
appear, but it still works the same way.
4. Select the operation by clicking in the Move box.
If you have transferred a CPX from inactive to active status, you
must reload before you can use the CPX. To Reload CPXs, follow these
steps:
1. Open the Control Panel. Select Setup from the Options menu.
2. Select Reload CPX. When the confirmation dialog box appears,
select OK.
Advanced Setup Options
Setting the Minimum Number of Slots and the CPX Directory Path are
advanced features of the Setup dialog box. You will probably use
these options infrequently.
MINIMUM NUMBER OF SLOTS
CPXs are stored in an external memory device (hard disk or floppy
disk). During startup or reloading, only basic information about each
active CPX (such as the CPX's name and icon) is loaded into RAM. When
you actually open an active CPX, the bulk of the file is then loaded
into RAM so you can use the CPX. When you close the CPX, the file is
erased from RAM until the next time you open it.
Note: CPXs with Resident status do not follow the above pattern, but
are copied into RAM at startup time.
The computer has to know how much RAM to reserve for CPX basic
information. When you set the Minimum Number of Slots, you are
telling the computer to reserve enough RAM to be able to store basic
information for that number of CPXs. If the number of active CPXs at
startup time exceeds the Minimum Number of Slots, the computer will
reserve enough RAM for that number of CPXs. You can select from 5 to
99 slots.
To change the Minimum Number of Slots, follow these steps:
1. Open the Control Panel. Select Setup from the Options menu.
2. Use the scroll arrows to display the desired number of slots.
Select OK or Save.
CPX DIRECTORY PATH
The CPX Directory Path tells the Control Panel where to look for CPX
files. You will probably want to store all of your CPX files in one
folder, and set the directory path to that folder. But if you store
CPX files in more than one place, the CPX Directory Path must be set
to the directory that contains the CPX files you wish to use.
Note: If the CPX Directory Path is too long to display in the box,
use the left and right scroll arrows to display the hidden sections
of the path.
To change the CPX Directory Path, follow these steps:
1. Open the Control Panel. Select Setup from the Options menu.
2. Click anywhere on the CPX Directory Path box. The File Selector
displays.
3. Use the File Selector to select a new path. When you open a
directory, the directory name is added to the File Selector's
Directory line. When the desired directory path is displayed,
select OK. The new path will appear in the CPX Directory Path box.
Open CPXs...
You can open a CPX by first highlighting the CPX on the Control Panel
main window, and then selecting Open CPXs from the Control Panel
Options menu. You can also open a CPX by double clicking on its box
in the Control Panel main window.
CPX Info...
When you highlight a CPX and then select CPX Info from the Control
Panel Options menu, the CPX Info window displays. The window contains
the selected CPX's filename, version number, ID number, and
Resident/Non Resident status.
Filename is the CPX's actual filename as it appears on the disk.
Version and ID are assigned by the CPX's programmer. Two versions of
the same CPX can have the same ID number. In this case, only the most
recent version will be loaded. If you have several versions of the
same CPX, you can look at the version number to determine which is
the most recent version.
You can use Configure CPXs (see Configure CPXs) to change the
resident status of a CPX. You will probably want most of your CPXs to
have Resident: No status. This means that the bulk of the program is
stored in external memory (hard or floppy disk) and only read into
RAM when you open the CPX. But if you have a CPX that you use
frequently, you may want to give it Resident: Yes status. CPXs that
have a Resident: Yes status on startup will be read directly into RAM
and will remain there until you switch off the computer. Resident
CPXs run a bit more quickly, but may take up a great deal of RAM.
Note: When you change a CPX's status to Resident: Yes, the status
change will not be in effect until the next time you start your
system. The only time a CPX can be installed into RAM with Resident
status is during startup. In addition, changing a CPX's status to
Resident: No status will not actually remove it from RAM until you
switch off your system.
Unload CPX...
Unload CPX does not change the status of the CPX to inactive. It
simply removes a CPX from the CPX list on the Control Panel main
window. You can use Reload CPX to place the CPX back on the list.
Note: You cannot unload a resident CPX.
CPXs
This section describes in detail each CPX included with your computer.
Window Colors
Window Colors allows you to assign different colors (depending on the
selected resolution) to different elements of desktop windows. You
can assign colors to each of the 15 elements of the active window and
5 elements of inactive windows.
Even though the computer's color palette contains 4,096 colors in most
resolutions, the colors available depend on the selected resolution
(from 2 to 256 colors on the screen at any one time). You can use the
Color Setup CPX if you wish to create a custom set of available
colors. See Color Setup. You can also use the factory assigned
default color set, or use function keys 1 through 10 to select one of
Window Color's preassigned color sets.
You can choose four options for each window element. Border allows
you to choose the color of the narrow border that surrounds each
window element. Use Text to choose the color of any text or icon (as
in the case of the Full box) that appears within the selected window
element. Fill is the background color of the selected element, and
you can also choose one of the eight fill patterns appearing directly
under the Fill scroll bar. The fill color will appear in the selected
pattern.
The Mode box allows you to toggle between having text appear directly
on the fill pattern, and having text appear within a solid background
over the fill pattern.
When you assign active window element colors and then select Save or
OK, the new colors will display the next time you open a window. Any
window that was opened before will not reflect the new active window
element colors.
Before you assign window element colors, choose the color set you
wish to use. You can: use the factory assigned default color set,
press a function key (1 through 10) to use a Window Colors
preassigned color set, or use Color Setup to create a custom color
set.
Follow these steps to assign active and inactive window element
colors:
1. Select a window element for color assignment. A box outlines the
selected element.
2. Click and drag the appropriate scroll box to assign Border, Text,
and Fill colors to the highlighted window element. Click on the
desired Fill Pattern.
3. Select the desired Mode. Repeat steps 1 through 4 until all the
desired colors have been selected.
4. Choose Save to permanently save the selected window element
colors, OK to select and use the current colors until you switch
off the computer (the next time you start the computer the most
recently Saved colors will appear), Cancel to exit Window Colors
and return to the Control Panel menu (no changes are saved).
Color Setup
Depending on your monitor type and the screen resolution you have
selected, up to 256 colors can display at one time on your screen.
You can choose the colors you wish to have displayed from a palette
of 4,096 available colors (except in ST or TT High resolution, which
are monochrome only).
Color Setup allows you to choose which colors from the color palette
you wish to have available for use when you assign window colors. See
Window Colors.
Think of the 4,096 available colors as a collection of inks. These
colors are divided into smaller groups called banks. The Bank Display
Box can display a bank of up to 16 colors. The number of inks in a
bank will be the same as the number of colors your resolution is able
to display on the screen at one time. Except in the TT High and TT
Low resolutions, you can scroll through 16 different banks of inks.
The number of inks that can display in your resolution at one time is
your color palette of inks.
Banks of inks will display in the Bank Display Box as you scroll
through the different banks. Each bank will contain 2, 4, or 16 inks,
depending on the number of colors your chosen resolution is able to
display on the screen. (TT Low Resolution, which is able to display
256 colors at once, does not have banks of inks. You use the Pen
Number Scroll Bar to scroll through 256 pens instead of using the
Bank Scroll Bar to scroll through banks of 2, 4, or 16 pens.)
You can modify a bank to display the colors you wish to have
available for screen display. Follow these steps to modify the pens
in the displayed bank:
1. Select the desired mode with the Gray/Color box. Select Gray (the
word Color displays) to display banks of pens in shades of gray
only, or select Color (the word Gray displays) to display banks of
colored pens. Gray mode is most commonly used with gray-scale
monitors.
Note: In ST High resolution, you have the Invert option in place of
the Bank Scroll Bar. Invert allows you to invert the screen.
2. Use the Bank Scroll Bar to scroll through the available banks (if
applicable to the selected resolution). Display the bank that
contains the collection of pens that most nearly matches the pen
colors you desire. (In TT Low resolution, use the Pen Number Scroll
Bar to display the pens you wish to modify.)
3. Select the pen you wish to modify by: moving the pointer over the
desired pen and clicking the mouse button, or using the Pen Number
Scroll Box to display the number of the desired pen. A black box
outlines the pen selected for modification.
4. Now use the RGB Color Tuning Scroll Bars to change the color of
the highlighted pen. Changing the ratio of Red, Green, and Blue
will change the color of the highlighted pen.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 for every pen to be modified.
5. After you modify the displayed bank as desired, select Save to
permanently save the palette, OK to select and use the bank until
you switch off the computer (the next time you start the computer
the most recently Saved banks will appear), Cancel to exit the Color
Setup CPX and return to the Control Panel menu (no changes are saved),
or Reload to display the most recently saved defaults. If you wish to
return the banks to the factory set defaults, press [Clr Home].
Note: You can restore the currently displayed bank to the condition
it was in before you opened it. Simply press [UNDO]. Use Reload to
restore all banks.
Configure CPXs
Configure CPXs allows you to change the name, choose the displayed
text and icon color, and change the RAM resident status of CPXs.
To configure a CPX, you must first display the name of the desired
CPX in the name line. Use the left and right scroll arrows to scroll
through the CPX list.
When the Configure CPXs window displays, the text insertion cursor is
already positioned at the end of the CPX Name line. To change the
name of the displayed CPX, press [Esc] to clear the entire Name line,
or press [Backspace] to erase one character at a time. Then type in
the new CPX name.
To select Text and icon colors, use the appropriate scroll arrows to
display the 16 different available colors. The name and icon
displayed on the Name line will display the selected colors.
You can also set the RAM resident status of the selected CPX.
Position the pointer over the shaded RAM resident box and click the
mouse button. move the pointer to highlight the desired status. Click
the mouse button to save the highlighted selection.
When the desired text/icon color selection displays, and the desired
RAM resident status is selected, click on OK or Save.
Note: RAM resident status takes effect only at start up time and when
you change resolutions.
General Setup
The General Setup CPX allows you to set the keyboard response and
repeat rate, the mouse double click response rate, and the audio
feedback. It also allows you to toggle on and off the CPU Cache
option and display system statistics such as TOS version number and
amount of available RAM.
STATUS
Select the Status box to display the TOS version number and date, the
number of available bytes of ST RAM and TT RAM, and the number of
total bytes available.
AUDIO FEEDBACK
The computer has two kinds of audio feedback, a click signaling each
keystroke and a bell signaling keyboard or mouse errors.
To control audio feedback, select the keytop button or the bell
button. A gray image means that the sound has been turned off. A
clear image means that sound is turned on.
CACHE
For complete information about the CPU cache, refer to Cache in
Chapter Three. To turn the cache option on or off, position the
pointer over the Cache box. Click the mouse button. Move the pointer
until the desired selection highlights, and click the mouse button
again.
SOUND
If you want all sound turned off, position the pointer over the Sound
box. Click the mouse button. Move the pointer until the word Off
highlights, and click the mouse button again.
KEYBOARD RESPONSE
Every key on the computer keyboard responds when pressed, and every
key (except [Shift], [Control], [ESC], [CapsLock] and [Alternate])
repeats its character if held down. The keyboard repeat controls how
much time it takes for the keys to repeat when they are pressed, and
how quickly they repeat after the repeat process begins.
The upper slider controls how soon a key starts to repeat. Moving
the slider to the left makes the keys repeat sooner. Drag the slider
to the desired position, then release the left mouse button.
The lower slider controls the speed at which the keys repeat once
they start repeating. Move the slider to the left to make the keys
repeat faster. Drag the slider to the desired position, then re
the left mouse button.
Test the new settings by turning the sound on, if required, and
pressing [Space Bar]. You will hear a click each time you press the
space bar. Listen to the clicks to judge the repetition speed of the
keyboard.
DOUBLE-CLICK RESPONSE
You can adjust the computer*'s response to double clicking. To slow
the computer's response to double-clicking, allowing you to double-click
more slowly, select a numbered box nearer to the resting mouse icon.
To quicken the computer's response to double-clicking (for fast
double-clicks), select a numbered box nearer to the running mouse
icon.
After setting the double-click response, you can test the setting by
double-clicking on the Double-Click Response Test box. When you
double-click at the set rate or faster, the box will briefly
highlight.
Modem Setup
The ports labeled Modem on the back of the computer are RS232 serial
ports. By connecting a modem to the computer, you can communicate
with other computers. You can also connect a serial printer or any
other RS232 device to the modem ports.
The Modem Setup CPX lets you configure the computer's modem ports to
work with your modem or other serial device. Refer to the manual
supplied with your peripheral for specific information on which
parameters to choose. The parameters needed by the computer with
which you are communicating (the remote device) is known as the
communications protocol.
SERIAL PORT SELECTOR
The Serial Port Selector allows you to tell the computer which of the
available serial ports to recognize as active. Select the port you
are using for the connected modem.
BAUD RATE
Baud rate is the speed at which data is transmitted. Baud, the stan-
dard unit measure of transmission speed, is the number of signal
elements per second. The fastest rate available to you is 19,200
baud; the slowest is 50 baud. Set the baud rate to accommoda
your modem and the remote computer's modem. (The baud rate for
bulletin board systems is usually listed along with the phone number
for the board.)
To set the baud rate, position the pointer over the Baud Rate box.
Click once. Use the up and down arrows to scroll through the baud
rate selections. When the desired baud rate displays, move the cursor
to highlight the desired rate. Click the mouse button to select the
highlighted rate.
PARITY
Whenever computers transmit data through telephone lines, there is a
chance that some of the information will become garbled due to
imperfections and noise within the lines. Parity is a error checking
procedure that computers use to examine information and determine
whether data was cleanly transmitted.
The parity bit is added to a group of bits to make the total number
of bits transmitted odd or even. Transmission errors can be
identified when the number of bits in a group does not match the
parity chosen (odd or even). Depending on the modem and the remote
device, you will choose either None, Odd, or Even parity. (Refer to
the manual supplied with your modem for specific information.)
To set the parity, position the pointer over the shaded Parity box.
Click once. Use the cursor to highlight the desired parity. Click the
mouse button to select the highlighted option.
BITS/CHAR
Each character is stored in memory as one byte. Usually a byte is
made up of eight bits. Depending on bits per character used by the
remote device, you may need to change the number of bits per
character when transmitting through the RS232 port.
To set the bits/char, position the pointer over the shaded Bits/Char
box. Click once. Use the cursor to highlight the desired number of
bits per character. Click the mouse button to select the highlighted
option.
STOP BITS
The stop bit indicates the end of an asynchronous RS-232 character.
You will normally use 1 stop bit, but you may need to use 1.5 or 2
stop bits.
To set the number of stop bits, position the pointer over the shaded
Stop Bits box. Click once. Use the cursor to highlight the desired
number of stop bits. Click the mouse button to select the highlighted
option.
FLOW CONTROL
You can choose between two flow-control protocols: Xon/Xoff, and
Rts/Cts. Flow control protocols are procedures that allow your
computer and the remote device to signal one another when to start or
stop sending information. Choose the flow control supported by the
remote modem.
To select a Flow Control protocol, position the pointer over the
shaded Flow Control box. Click once. Use the cursor to highlight the
desired flow control protocol. Click the mouse button to select the
highlighted option.
Printer Setup
Any program may access the printer configurations set by the Printer
Setup CPX. For example, the Print Screen option under the Options
menu uses the printer setup information. Other utilities or
applications may not. Check the manuals supplied with your programs
to see if a program can use the printer setup information.
Note: You cannot configure an Atari SLM laser printer with the
Install Printer dialog box. Instead, refer to the Atari SLM Printer
Emulator User's Manual (supplied with the SLM laser printer) for
instructions on changing printer settings. If you have both an SLM
and dot-matrix or daisy wheel printer connected to your computer you
may be able to select the printer type within your application. If
not, you must turn off one of the printer driver programs.
To configure your printer, display the Printer Setup CPX window.
Position your pointer over the shaded box representing the setting
you wish to change. Click the mouse button. Move the pointer over the
desired setting. When the setting highlights, click the mouse button
to select the highlighted setting.
PRINTER TYPE
The choices are Dot (dot matrix printers) and Daisy (daisy wheel
printers). Select the appropriate box for your printer.
COLOR
The choices are B/W (black and white, or monochrome) and Color.
Select the appropriate box for your printer.
PIXELS/LINE
Only dot matrix graphics printers use the Pixels/Line option. Pixel
means picture element. On dot matrix printers, a pixel is a dot. Dot
matrix printers print a certain number of pixels per line when
printing in graphics mode. If you have an Atari dot matrix graphics
printer, select 1280. If you have an Epson, or Epson-compatible dot
matrix graphics printer, select 960. Both values assume an eight-inch
printed line.
QUALITY
Only dot matrix printers use the Quality option. Select Draft for
draft-quality printing. Select Final for letter or near-letter
quality printing.
In Draft mode, the printer may make only one pass of the print head
when printing. For darker printing, select Final. Keep in mind that
in Final draft mode the printer will generally make two passes of the
print head, thus taking twice as long to print the page.
Note: Do not select Final if your printer does not support near-
letter quality printing.
PAPER
If your printer feeds paper automatically by means of a tractor or
single-sheet feeder, select Feed. If your printer accepts only a
sheet at a time which you must insert manually, select Single. The
Single option prevents the printer from printing beyond the end of a
page on docu
PORT
If you have a parallel printer, select Printer. Parallel printers
connect to the port marked Printer on the back of the computer. If
you use a serial printer, select Modem. Serial printers connect to
the port marked Modem (the RS232 port) on the back of the computer.
Note: For most serial printers, Xon/Xoff flow control is set to On.
This setting enables the printer to signal the computer to
temporarily stop sending data so it can print data it has already
received. (See RS232 Configuration earlier in this chapter.)
Sound Setup
The Sound Setup CPX allows you to adjust the balance, volume, bass,
and treble stereo sound output. To generate a tone to test the
current sound settings, position the pointer over the face icon and
click the mouse button.
All Sound Setup settings can be adjusted in two ways. You can use the
scroll arrows to scroll through every possible setting, or you can
click on and drag the scroll box from one setting to another.
The Balance setting determines the strength of the audio signal sent
through both the right and left speakers. You can adjust for an even
balance, or send a stronger signal through the right or left speaker.
You can use the Bass and Treble settings to adjust the strength of
low and high register tones, respectively. The Volume setting adjusts
the volume of sound.
When the setting highlights, click the mouse button to select the
highlighted setting.
Accelerator
The Accelerator CPX allows you to adjust the speed at which the
onscreen cursor responds to the movement of your mouse. The
Accelerator also contains a screen saver.
There are three Mouse Accelerator settings: Off, Fast, and Super
Fast. Choose the Off setting if you do not wish to increase the
response speed of the cursor. Select Fast or Super Fast to increase
the cursor response speed.
To select a new cursor response speed, position the pointer over the
desired setting and click the mouse button.
The Screen Saver will automatically darken the screen after a set
period of inactivity. To activate the Screen Saver, select the Screen
Saver box. When the Screen Saver is active, the Screen Saver Delay
slider and the Modem Recognition icon appear as solid objects on the
screen. When the Screen Saver is inactive, the Screen Saver Delay
slider and the Modem Recognition icon appear as outlines.
When the Screen Saver is active, it will automatically darken the
screen after a period of mouse and keyboard inactivity. You can set
the number of minutes of inactivity in two ways. You can use the
clock icons on either side of the Screen Saver Delay slider as scroll
arrows, or you can drag the scroll bar. Release the mouse button when
the desired number displays in the scroll bar.
Modem Recognition allows you to choose whether or not you want the
Screen Saver to recognize modem activity. If the Modem Recognition is
on, the Screen Saver will recognize any modem activity and will not
activate. If the Modem Recognition is off, the Screen Saver will
ignore modem activity and will activate after the set delay period of
keyboard and mouse activity has passed.