When you start MultiView a standard requester opens allowing you to chose the file you wish to use or you can drag the file you wish to view over the appicon on the Workbench screen.

MultiView has these configuration options:

Project Menu:

• Open
  Brings up the file requester to let you find the file to view.
• Save As
  Saves the object as an ILBM or text file.
• Print
  Prints selected blocks of text.
• About
  Shows relese information about multiview.
• Quit
  Quits MultiView.

Windows Menu:

• Use Seperate Screen
  Toggles between using a custom screen or the Workbench screen.
• Minimize
  Makes the window the smallest it can be.
• Normal
  Sizes the window to the contents size.
• Maximize
  Makes the window the same size as the screen.

SETTINGS MENU:

• Save as defaults
  Saves size, position, and location of window for future use.

TOOLTYPES

• ClipBoard
  View the clipboard instead of the file.
• ClipUnit=<Number>
  Specify the clipboard unit to use when using the clipbard keyword. ranges are from 0-256.
• Screen
  Indicate that you want mulitiview to open a custom screen matching the objects.
• PubScreen=<NAME>
  Indicate that you want the window to open on the named public screen.
• Fontname=<name>
  Font to use for viewing text.
• FontSize=<number>
  font size to use for viewing text.
• Bookmark
  Go to the object and position specified by the bookmark.
• BackDrop
  Indicate that the window should be a backdrop window.
• Window
  Open the multiview window on the workbench screen with an object so that items can be dragged into it.
• Portname=<Arexx Port Name>
  Allows you to specify an arexx port name when you run multiview.

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