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Marvin Hlavac
Canada
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 Posted - 27 août 2004 : 17:09:49
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Even if your laptop in your car has a large screen it helps to be able to increase map size by a little. I trust Microsoft will introduce Full Screen View mode in one of their future versions of Streets & Trips. Till then, there is a small application appropriately named "FullScreen" by Fanix Software, which may help.
It is downloadable from http://www.fanix.com/full-screen.html
According to their website:"Full Screen seems to be the first and the only one software provides such features on the market today."
In the picture above you can still see my Task Bar on the bottom, but if you wish you can hide even that by changing a setting in Options of FullScreen.
While in full screen mode you can quickly access features of MS Streets & Trips by using keyboard shortcuts. For example:
CTRL+A : Opens & closes GPS Task Pane
CTRL+R : Opens & closes Route Planner
CTRL+F : Opens & closes Find
CTRL+D : Opens & closes Find Nearby Places
CTRL+U : Opens & closes Directions
For more shortcuts you may view Help.
Warning: There seems to be a little annoying conflict between FullScreen and S&T 2005. When closing S&T 05 I get a message "Microsoft Streets and Trips has encountered a problem and needs to close." The developer of this useful little utility software promised to look into this issue. Also I'd recommend closing GPS Task Pane (or Route Planner) and Directions before entering into full screen mode. You may re-open these when in full screen mode using keyboard shortcuts.
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Marvin Hlavac
Toronto, Canada |
Edited by - Marvin Hlavac on 27 août 2004 17:28:39
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xcanuk
Canada
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Posted - 28 août 2004 : 01:29:39
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| I personally don't see much of a difference. When on the road and want full screen, I hide all my toolbars on MS (view) and place my taskbar on autohide. |
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Marvin Hlavac
Canada
6899 Posts |
Posted - 29 août 2004 : 05:26:09
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Hi Xcanuk,
Yes, you can close almost everything in S&T but FullScreen will also let you close Title Bar and also Menu Bar. It gives you an extra 1/2 inch of vertical space on a 15 inch laptop screen. For me every little bit counts ;-)
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Marvin Hlavac
Toronto, Canada |
Edited by - Marvin Hlavac on 07 oct. 2004 17:12:39 |
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Mark Rejhon
Canada
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Posted - 30 août 2004 : 08:37:02
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Marvin Hlavac, have you considered using Girder (www.girder.nl) or another automation utility to remap certain keypresses or a series of keypresses for certain applications to other keys? Such as F2 instead of Ctrl+A, F3 instead of Ctrl+R, whenever the automation util detects S&T is currently running. Then you can easily colorcode the keys with little stickers so that it's easy to press.
This is much safer to operate in a car, I'd think.
Thanks,
Mark Rejhon
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Marvin Hlavac
Canada
6899 Posts |
Posted - 30 août 2004 : 15:43:09
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Hi Mark,
I will definitely have a look at that application. It looks like it may come very handy.
Most of the time I use iGuidance for navigation and that software does have one-key shortcuts so I wasn't pressed to search for a solution like you are suggesting. I wish Microsoft implements easier keyboard shortcuts in the future. The shortcuts should also work independently of which pane is in focus. User shouldn't have to click on map first to be able to use keyboard shortcuts.
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Marvin Hlavac
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MrCrewcab
Canada
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Posted - 06 sept. 2004 : 00:18:28
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(have you considered using Girder (www.girder.nl) or another automation utility to remap certain keypresses or a series of keypresses for certain applications to other keys? Such as F2 instead of Ctrl+A, F3 instead of Ctrl+R, whenever the automation util detects S&T is currently running. Then you can easily colorcode the keys with little stickers so that it's easy to press.)
Could you please tell me the name of the plugin, so so many to choose from
Thank You
Kevin R
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Mark Rejhon
Canada
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Posted - 06 sept. 2004 : 01:12:53
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Marlan,
The good news about Girder is that there's a method that allows global capture of keypresses and focussing the keypresses to a specific application, even if the application is not on focus. So if you had the taskbar or start menu selected, you can still press a key and the application would still update itself, automated by Girder. So that would solve the focus problem as well;
MrCrewCab,
Use the keyboard plugin only, if you want to assign keys to different keys with Girder. The keyboard automation is a base feature built into Girder, so all other plugins can be disabled. Girder has a big learning curve so take your time and study its operation. Technically, if you decide to design a special button panel for your dash, you can do so, and use a compatible Girder plugin. But since you're simply assigning keyboard keys to other keyboard keys, you only need the keyboard plugin in this case.
Thanks,
Mark Rejhon
www.marky.com |
Edited by - Mark Rejhon on 06 sept. 2004 01:29:56 |
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