Help Commands

Index -- opens the help file at the Contents tab.

Search -- opens the help file at the Search tab.

Glossary -- opens the help file Glossary topic.

Getting Started -- opens the help file Getting Started topic.

Check for Update -- checks to see if a newer version of Picture Window Pro is available and if so, lets you download it.

Create Portable Install... -- Once Picture Window is installed on your computer, you can create a self-contained, portable version that can run from a flash drive on another computer, without having to install Picture Window on that computer and without have to copy any files to the other computer or modify its registry.

When you execute this command, the first thing it does is ask you for the name of a folder to receive the portable install files. For a flash drive install, this would be the root directory of the flash drive, but you can specify any folder you want.

Next, an install folder is created with the same name as the currently installed version of Picture Window, and all the necessary files are copied to it. This can take a few minutes, depending on the speed of your flash drive.

When Picture Window finishes copying files, the flash drive is ready to use -- just plug it into another computer and double click the Picture Window Pro link to run it.

The portable version is identical to the regular version of Picture Window with the exception that settings are kept in a Settings folder within the install folder, instead of in their normal locations (My Documents\Picture Window Pro for settings files and various files created when Picture Window is installed or C:\Users\<user name>\Program Files\Local\Picture Window Pro for preferences, color management, and saved session state files). When the portable installation folder is created, all these files are copied to the Settings folder, so the portable install inherits a snapshot of all the settings at the time it was created. Any changes in settings you make from the portable version from that point on affect only the portable install, and any changes you make in the regular version affect only the regular version.

About Picture Window Pro... -- displays a dialog box that includes the version number, copyright and other useful information. The version number is also displayed in the title bar of the main window.

Display -- the dimensions and bit depth of the current monitor. This updates if you drag the dialog box to another monitor.

Threads -- the number of threads (typically twice the number of cores) of the CPU in your compute. The more threads, the more tasks can be performed in parallel.

CUDA -- if CUDA is present, you have an NVIDIA display card that can be used to accelerate certain operations in Picture Window Pro.

Tablet -- if a tablet with a pressure-sensitive stylus is present, you can use it with the Paint, Clone and Smudge tools and with the Mask Paint tool.