Mouse Control in BePDF adds a level of grace that users have come to love and expect from BeOS applications
Getting Around
BePDF is inteded for use with a three-button mouse, but the right button can be simulated by holding down [CTRL] and the Left Mouse Button.
Similarly, the middle mouse button may be simulated by holding [SHIFT] while depressing the Left Mouse Button.
Click the Left Mouse Button over a link to open a new BePDF window for PDF links or launch the default browser for URLs
Click and hold the Left Mouse Button over free space to position the document
Move the Scroll Wheel up or down to scroll within a document
Press the Left Windows Key and move the Scroll Wheel to scroll several lines within the document
Press and hold the right mouse button to create a selection area
Zooming
Clicking and dragging the middle mouse button allows the user to
zoom in on a rectangular selection, but only if the
rectangle is sufficiently large. The size constraint is to allow the user to abort the zoom function if
a wrong mouse button was pressed. This feature may also be used to determine the function of a specific mouse button
by clicking and holding the mouse button; either a magnifying glass (for zooming) or a pair of scissors (for selecting) will be shown
Pressing the [CTRL] key while rotating the mouse wheel (for users with "wheelie mice") will allow the user to zoom
in (mouse wheel up) and out (mouse wheel down} in a document.
Using Selections
Press [CTRL] and click either the Right or Left Mouse Button to select a rectangular area and copy its contents to the clipboard (both text and bitmaps may be included in the selection). The text can be pasted into any appropriate application. Similarly, the bitmap can pasted into Gobe Productive Graphics or Image Processing parts
Dragging and Dropping
Click the Left Mouse Button on a selection and drag it to a Tracker window to create a text clipping
Click the Right Mouse Button to initiate a drag and drop that allows one to choose a file format (either text or graphics) for the clipping.
The type of allowable image formats depends on the Color Space selected in the
BePDF Display Preferences window). A colorspace setting of 32bpp will result in the best
image quality.
Hold [Shift] and click and drag using the Left Mouse Button to zoom in on the rectangular selection
Please note that if you have configured your mouse in a left-handed configuration then substitute 'Left' for 'Right' and 'Right' for 'Left' in the above instructions. Also, when the [CTRL] key is set as the shortcut key under the BeOS Menu Preferences application, one must substitute [ALT] for [CTRL] when using the BePDF keyboard shortcuts.