Aliu's Magic Lantern
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• Undo
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• Cut
• Copy
• Paste
• Insert frame
• Insert all
• No sound file
• Clear frame
• Move frame up
• Move frame down
• Global changes
• Preferences

This command cancels the last action.

Toolbar button:

This command repeats the last action.

Toolbar button:

This command can be used only when the slide tray window is active. It deletes the current frame of the slide tray window. Next frames are all moved up.
The deleted frame is saved into the clipboard, ready to be pasted somewhere else in the slide tray.
This command modifies only the slide tray window layout; it does not delete any media file on your hard disk.

Toolbar button:

If the slide tray window is active, then this command copies the current frame into the clipboard, ready to be pasted somewhere else in the slide tray.

If a preview window is active, then this command copies the selected picture or sound into the clipboard, ready to be pasted somewhere in the slide tray.

Toolbar button:

This command can be used only when the slide tray window is active. It copies the clipboard's contents into the current frame of the slide tray window.

If the clipboard contains a picture or a sound copied from the preview window, then the current frame's contents is overwritten.

If the clipboard contains a frame copied from the slide tray window, then this frame is inserted before the current frame.

Toolbar button:

This command can be used only when the slide tray window is active. It inserts an empty frame just before the current frame of the slide tray window. Next frames are all moved down.

Use this command to make room for a new picture before doing "Paste".

Toolbar button:

This command can be used only when a preview window is active. It inserts all the pictures of the preview window into the slide tray window, starting from the selected picture, up to the last picture. In the slide tray window, the pictures are all inserted before the current frame.

Use this command to fill up the slide tray with several pictures in a single step:

1. in the slide tray window, click on the frame before which all pictures will be inserted
2. in the preview window, click on the first picture to put into the slide tray
3. then select the "Insert all" command from the Edit menu

This command can be used only when the slide tray window is active, and if the current frame contains a sound file. It clears the sound file from the frame. This command modifies only the slide tray window layout; it does not delete any media file on your hard disk.

This command can be used only when the slide tray window is active, and if the current frame is not empty. It clears all the frame's contents, leaving an empty frame. This command modifies only the slide tray window layout; it does not delete any media file on your hard disk.

Toolbar button:

This command can be used only when the slide tray window is active. It moves the current frame upwards.

Toolbar button:

This command can be used only when the slide tray window is active. It moves the current frame downwards.

Toolbar button:

This command opens a dialog which performs global changes on the active slide tray:

• change dates
• change transition styles
• add/substract n seconds to delays

This command opens the "Preferences" dialog box, where you can set your own settings for the workbench and for the projector programs.

current frame: in the slide tray window, the current frame is outlined with brown pads surrounding the frame number; just click on a frame to select it.

selected picture or sound: in the active preview window, the selected picture or sound is the one which is currently displayed in the preview area of the window.

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