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Item |
Hotkey |
Description |
| File |
Alt+F |
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| New>Favorite |
Ctrl+N |
Opens the Add a New Favorite dialog. Type (or copy) the name of the new newsfeed. If the same feed exists elsewhere among your Favorites, a warning is issued. Enter a title for the feed or click on the button right to the input field to let RSSOwl retrieve the title from the feed. If the feed is accepted, click OK to dismiss the dialog. If the dialog was launched from a category, the new feed appears within that category. If the dialog was launched from a newsfeed, the new feed appears at the same level in the tree. |
| New>Category | Opens the Add a New Category dialog. Type the name of the new category and click OK. If the current selection is a category or newsfeed, the new category is created at the same level in the tree. If the current selection is a subscription, the new category is created at the same level as the subscription root (you cannot create a new category within a subscription; the New Category item is unavailable to newsfeeds within subscriptions). | |
| New>Subcategory | Opens the Add a New Category dialog. Type the name of the new category and click OK. The new category is created within the selected category. | |
| Open... |
Ctrl+O |
Displays an Open dialog that lets you locate and load a newsfeed file from your local drive or network. Note: The file must be a valid newsfeed file or an error message appears in the Newsheader pane. |
| Close |
Ctrl+W |
Closes the currently selected article or newsfeed in the Newsheader pane. |
|
Close All |
Ctrl+Shift+W |
Closes all articles and newsfeeds in the Newsheader pane. |
| Save RSS... |
Ctrl+S |
Opens a Save dialog to let you save the current newsfeed (the one currently in view in the Newsheader pane) to a file on your disk or network. These files can later be opened using the Open command in the File menu. |
| Generate PDF... | Opens a Save dialog to let you save the Newsfeed from the currently selected feed as a PDF (Portable Document Format) file. | |
| Generate RTF... | Opens a Save dialog to let you save the Newsfeed from the currently selected feed as a RTF (Rich Text Format) file. | |
| Generate HTML... | Opens a Save dialog to let you save the Newsfeed from the currently selected feed as a HTML (HyperText Markup Language) file. | |
| Print newstext... |
Ctrl+P |
Opens your system print dialog to let you print the contents of the Newspane (Not yet supported on Linux). |
| Import From OPML... | Lets you add items from a saved OPML file containing a newsfeed, category, subscription, or aggregated category or subscription. Items from the imported file are positioned at the same level in the tree as the currently selected item. | |
| Import Synchronized Blogroll... | Import a Blogroll into RSSOwl. A Blogroll contains a collection of Newsfeeds. Synchronize the Blogroll in order to keep the collection of Newsfeeds current. | |
| Export To OPML... | Lets you save a newsfeed, category, subscription, or aggregated category or subscription to an OPML file on your local drive or network location. You can then Import the file to another position in your Favorites tree. | |
| Work offline | Toggle between Online and Offline mode. | |
| Exit |
Ctrl+Q |
Closes RSSOwl. |
|
Item |
Hotkey |
Description |
| Edit |
Alt+E |
|
| Cut |
Ctrl+X |
Cut selected text |
| Copy |
Ctrl+C |
Copy selected text |
| Paste |
Ctrl+V |
Paste text from the clipboard |
| Delete |
Del |
Delete the selected favorite, category or subscription |
| Select All |
Ctrl+A |
Select all text |
| Properties |
Alt+Enter |
Open the properties dialog of the selected favorite or category |
|
Item |
Hotkey |
Description |
| View |
Alt+V |
|
| View Newstext in Browser |
Ctrl+B |
Switches the internal browser on and off in the News pane (Not yet supported on Solaris). Equivalent to clicking the Browser View button in the News pane's title bar. For more on switching browser settings, see "How to switch browsers." |
| Toolbar | Lets you switch the Toolbar pane on and off. | |
| Quickview | Lets you switch the Quickview pane on and off. | |
| Favorites |
F11 |
Lets you switch the Favorites tree on and off. |
| Customize Toolbar | Opens a Dialog to add and remove items for the Toolbar. | |
| Display Newsfeed in PDF |
Ctrl+1 |
Display the current viewed newsfeed in PDF |
| Display Newsfeed in RTF |
Ctrl+2 |
Display the current viewed newsfeed in RTF |
| Display Newsfeed in HTML |
Ctrl+3 |
Display the current viewed newsfeed in HTML |
| Minimize RSSOwl |
Ctrl+Shift+X |
Minimizes RSSOwl to your taskbar or, if "Place RSSOwl in tray when minimized" is switched on, places the program in your system tray. |
|
Item |
Hotkey |
Description |
| Go |
Alt+G |
|
| Previous Tab |
F2 |
Opens the contents of the previous tab in the Newsheader pane. |
| Next Tab |
F3 |
Opens the contents of the next tab in the Newsheader pane. |
| Next News |
F |
If a newsfeed is present in the Newsheader pane, pressing "F" (or choosing this menu item) advances the selection to the next article. Your down-arrow key also works to advance the selection (as the up-arrow key reverses the selection). |
| Next Unread News |
N |
If a newsfeed is present in the Newsheader pane, pressing "N" (or choosing this menu item) advances the selection to the next unread article. |
|
Item |
Hotkey |
Description |
| Newsfeed |
Alt+N |
|
| Mark Unread | Normally, selecting an article from a newsfeed in the Newsheader pane causes the article headline to be grayed out, indicating it has been read. This switches the status to indicate that the article has not been read. | |
| Mark All as Read | Mark all news of the selected newsfeed read. | |
| Reload [News/Favorites] |
Ctrl+R |
Lets you refresh, from the newsfeed source(s), the contents of a newsfeed or all newsfeeds in a category, subscription, or aggregated category or subscription (including all subcategories). For more on reloading newsfeeds, see "How to keep content current." |
| Search |
Ctrl+F |
Opens the Search dialog to let you search for text within titles or descriptions in the currently selected newsfeed, category, subscription, or aggregated category or subscription (including all subcategories). For details on searching newsfeeds, see "How to list or search all articles in a category at once." |
| Send Newstip to a Friend |
Ctrl+M |
Opens an email message using your default email program and loads the message with the URL of the currently selected article. |
| Copy Link | Lets you copy the URL of an article listed in the Newsheader pane, or any
newsfeed found through the Search for Newsfeeds dialog box. After
copying a URL link, you can add it to your collection by right-clicking any
item in the RSS favorites tree and choosing New>Favorite.
Note: Articles listed in the Newsheader pane may be derived from newsfeeds already in your Favorites tree. In this pane, the Copy Link command—and an even more direct method, Add to Favorites—are normally used to incorporate newsfeeds or articles that have been loaded through the Quickview pane or by using the File|Open command. |
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| Blog News |
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Executes the external blogger that has been set in the preferences and adds the informations of the selected news as arguments to the blogger. |
| Rate News>[value] | Lets you rate the currently selected article in the Newsheader pane. For the rating to be meaningful, you must have an AmphetaRate ID. For more on AmphetaRate and the rating/recommendations system, see "How to get articles that reflect your interests." | |
|
Item |
Hotkey |
Description |
| Favorites |
Alt+F |
|
| Add to Favorites |
Ctrl+D |
(See description for New>Favorite, above) |
| Aggregate all Favorites |
Ctrl+Shift+A |
Aggregate all favorites into a single tab to read all news. |
| Reload all Favorites |
Ctrl+Shift+R |
Will reload all favorites that are stored in RSSOwl. |
| Search in all Favorites |
Ctrl+Shift+F |
Will perform a fulltext-search inside all favorites that are stored in RSSOwl. |
| Mark all Favorites as read |
|
Marks all favorites that are stored in RSSOwl as read. |
|
Item |
Hotkey |
Description |
| Tools |
Alt+T |
|
| Search for Newsfeeds... |
Ctrl+G |
Opens the newsfeed search dialog, which lets you scan the Internet for RSS feeds and add the results to your collection. For details and instructions on performing an RSS/RDF search, see "The fast way to find and save feeds." |
| Discover Newsfeeds on a website... |
|
Opens the newsfeed search dialog, which lets you scan a Website for RSS feeds and add the results to your collection. For details and instructions on performing an RSS/RDF search, see "The fast way to find and save feeds." |
| Validate Newsfeed... | Opens the newsfeed validate dialog, which lets you validate a newsfeed against RSS versions 0.91, 0.92 or 2.0 | |
| Preferences... |
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Opens the Preferences dialog to let you modify various program settings. |
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Item |
Hotkey |
Description |
| Help |
Alt+H |
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| Tutorial | Displays this tutorial in the browser. | |
| FAQ | Opens the latest Frequently Asked Questions document in the a tab as newsfeed | |
| Welcome | Opens the RSSOwl welcome note and product news in the tab. | |
| License | Displays the GNU General Public License in the tab. | |
| Home Page | Opens RSSOwl's home site. | |
| Mailing List | Opens the sign-up page for the public RSSOwl mailing list. | |
| Check for Update | Opens a document in the browser with news about the latest version of the product. | |
| Donate | If you enjoy RSSOwl and care to support its continued development with a small donation, this item takes you to the right place. | |
| Tell Your Friends | Opens a new email message (using your default email application) to let you send a message about RSSOwl to friends and colleagues. | |
| About RSSOwl | Opens the version information dialog. |
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