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yWriter Timeline viewer help
This page refers to the latest
yw_tlview release. You can
open it with Help > Online help.
Setting up the program
After downloading and installing the program as described on the download page,
you might want to make some preparations in order to make
it accessible on your desktop.
Operation
Launching the application
- You can start the timeline viewer by dragging and dropping a .yw7 file
onto the desktop shortcut, then this project will be opened.
- If you start the timeline viewer via double-clicking on the
program icon, the project from the last session will be automatically reopened,
if there is one.
- Otherwise a blank timeline view appears, and you can click on the
File > Open menu item to load an existing project file.
- Scroll the timeline horizontally with
Shift-Mousewheel.
- Scroll the timeline vertically with the mousewheel.
- Scroll the timeline in any direction by right-clicking on the canvas
and dragging the mouse.
- Increase or reduce the time scale with
Ctrl-Mousewheel.
- Change the distance limits for stacking with
Shift-Ctrl-Mousewheel.
Command reference