Workspaces (id=256)
Workspaces

Introduction

Settings

Registration Benefits


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Xantippe-259


Settings (id=260)
Settings

Sharing tasks among workspaces

Application startup

Changing the desktop background

Initialization file


Introduction (id=261)
Introduction

What does it do?

Starting workspaces

Exiting workspaces.


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What does it do? (id=263)
What does it do?

Workspaces enable you to have upto six virtual desktops on your screen. This prevents clutter on your screen.

For Example: Suppose you perform three types of tasks using

windows applications on your PC:

1. Word processing

2. Games

3. Financial: spreadsheets/databases etc.

Suppose these tasks are unrelated. You can then place all the

windows for category 1 in workspace 1. You can place all the

windows for the games in workspace 2 and so on. You  can switch

from one workspace to another by pressing the appropriate button

on the workspaces window.

Suppose you switch from workspace 1 to workspace 2. All the

windows in workspace 1 will be hidden and any windows in

workspace 2 will be made visible. The desktop background will

also change.

In order to start an application / game in workspace 2 you

would want to use the program manager or the file manager.

But these may have been hidden when you switched workspaces.

You can press the S button (settings) and

specify the tasks that you want to be shared across

workspaces. for eg: program manager. Once you have

access to the program manager  or file manager, you

can start your application in workspace 2.

You can also change your desktop background using the

settings dialog.

The settings dialog can also be used to specify

applications that are to be started up automatically

on first switching to a workspace.


Initialization file (id=264)
Initialization file

All the settings that you specify are stored away in an

initialization file called wspace.ini in the windows

directory in your system.

You are advised not to edit this file manually.


Changing the desktop background (id=265)
Changing the desktop background

You can change the desktop background for the workspace you

are in to suit your tastes.

Press the S button to get the settings dialog.You have to

specify the desktop you want in the third box.

You can select the bitmap that you want from the list  by

clicking on the appropriate one.

If you have bitmap files other than the ones distributed along

with Windows 3.1 in the windows diretory, and you would like

to choose from those too, you can copy them over to the windows

directory. Workspaces will then recognize the new bitmaps.

To exit from the settings dialog press the quit button.


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Application startup

You can choose to startup an application automatically the

first time that you switch to a workspace.

Press button S for getting the settings dialog.

The second box is the place where you specify the names

of the applications that are to be started up.

Key in the full pathname of the application that you wish

to start. For example: If you wish to start the calculator

application the first time you go into workspace 2 enter

c:/windows/calc.exe and then press tab

Please note that the application will not be started up on

exit from the settings dialog. This will be effective only

the next time you start  workspaces which is probably the

next time you start windows.

You can also delete an application from the list  by selecting

an item from the drop down list and then pressing the delete

button.

To exit from the settings dialog press the quit button.


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Sharing tasks among workspaces

Some tasks would need to be shared across the workspaces.

For example You may want the program manager in every

workspace in order to start new applications.

Press button S for getting the settings dialog. The first box

is the place where you specify the task to be shared.

Open the task list by pressing the down arrow button and

select a task. Check the share box if you wish the task

to be shared. Clear the box by clicking on it, if you do

not wish it to be shared.

It may be a good idea to keep the shared tasks iconfied,

while not being used, to reduce clutter.

To exit from the settings dialog press the quit button.


Registration Benefits (id=268)
Registration Benefits

If you have not already done so, please register by

sending $15.00 to:

Lekha,

1180 Lochinvar Ave Apt: 26,

Sunnyvale CA 94087.

Benefit of registration: Distribution royalty:

When you register you will be sent a copy of the program

that has a unique ID that is assigned to you. You may

then give copies of that disk to your friends. If they

register and mention your unique ID as the source, then

you will get a distribution royalty of $1.00 per registration


Exiting workspaces. (id=269)
Exiting workspaces.

To exit workspaces double click on the control menu box

of the workspaces window.

You would normally do this when you are exiting windows.

You really have to do this only if you have made changes

to your settings.

On exiting, workspaces saves your settings. It then

makes any applications in the other workspaces visible.

The desktop pattern remains that of the current workspace

at the time you exit workspaces.


Starting workspaces (id=270)
Starting workspaces

To start workspaces run the program wspace.exe

For example, if you are using the file manager

to start applications, double click on the

file name wspace.exe in the directory that

you installed in.

You would normally do this immediately after

starting windows.

On startup, workspaces will set the desktop

pattern to that of workspace 1.