ATI Technologies X1600 - Radeon Pro 512 MB PCI Express, HYDRAVISION User Manual
HYDRAVISION
™
User’s Guide
P/N 137-40319-40
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Table Of Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Installing HYDRAVISION .................................................................... 2
HYDRAVISION for
Windows®2000/Windows® XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
HYDRAVISION Properties........................................................................ 6
Desktop Management Controls .............................................................. 6
Dialog control......................................................................................... 7
Window control...................................................................................... 7
General ................................................................................................... 8
To enable Individual Applications
Settings via the Desktop Manager........................................................ 10
To enable Individual Applications Settings
using the HYDRAVISION titlebar button ........................................... 11
Exclusions ............................................................................................ 12
Hot Keys Controls ................................................................................ 13
Create/Remove Hot Keys..................................................................... 14
Using Hot Keys .................................................................................... 15
HydraFX............................................................................................... 16
Transparency Control ........................................................................... 16
3D Controls .......................................................................................... 17
Always On Top .................................................................................... 17
Always Transparent.............................................................................. 18
Move to monitor................................................................................... 19
Restore to monitor ................................................................................ 19
Internet Explorer Feature...................................................................... 19
HYDRAVISION for
Windows®98SE/ Windows® Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
HYDRAVISION Properties...................................................................... 23
Desktop Management Controls ............................................................ 23
Dialog control....................................................................................... 23
Window control.................................................................................... 24
General ................................................................................................. 25
To enable Individual Applications
Settings via the Desktop Manager........................................................ 27
To enable Individual Applications Settings
using the HYDRAVISION titlebar button ........................................... 28
Exclusions ............................................................................................ 29
Hot Keys Controls ................................................................................ 30
Create/Remove Hot Keys..................................................................... 31
Using Hot Keys .................................................................................... 32
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Always On Top .................................................................................... 33
Move to Monitor .................................................................................. 34
Restore to Monitor................................................................................ 34
Internet Explorer Feature...................................................................... 34
MultiDesk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Accessing MultiDesk Properties .......................................................... 35
MultiDesk Properties............................................................................ 36
MagnifyFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Magnification ....................................................................................... 40
Tracking................................................................................................ 40
Define Area .......................................................................................... 41
Copy to Clipboard ................................................................................ 41
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Introduction
HYDRAVISION™ Multi-monitor Management
Software enables you to tailor your desktop to the way
you work, so you can manage increased amounts of
information and improve your productivity. Your
productivity is increased thanks to two aspects of
HYDRAVISION:
• Breadth - increase your desktop work space by using
up to two monitors.
• Depth - create multiple layers of desktop workspace
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with MultiDesk.
Flexible and easy to use
Within minutes HYDRAVISION gives you the power to
manage independent monitor display features and:
• Determine the behavior of pop-up windows and
dialogs in different applications.
• Switch between desktop with a mouse click or "Hot
Key".
• Vary your settings from one application to the next.
• Customize the features of HYDRAVISION to an
application.
Increase your productivity
To increase your productivity even more, ATI has
introduced the following innovative features in
HYDRAVISION 3.2:
• Save and Restore Desktop Profiles
• MagnifyFX"
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Installing HYDRAVISION
• HYDRAVISION can easily be installed in the
following operating systems:
• Windows
• Windows
• Windows
• Windows
To install HYDRAVISION perform the following steps:
®
98SE
®
Me
®
2000
®
XP
1 Insert the ATI Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive
If Windows
step 6.
®
runs the CD automatically, proceed to
2 Click Start.
3 Select Run.
4 Type the following:
D:\ATISETUP
If D is not your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with
the correct drive letter.
5 Click OK.
6 Click on ATI Easy Install to start the Installation
Wizard.
7 Follow the ATI Setup program prompts to the Select
Components Dialog.
8 Click Custom and then select HYDRAVISION and
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any other components you wish to install.
The Select Components list may vary.
9 Reboot your system when prompted.
You are now ready to use the ATI Graphics Accelerator
and HYDRAVISION.
The first time HYDRAVISION is loaded a Wizard will
launch automatically and walk you through the
configuration process.
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However, the HYDRAVISION Wizard may be re-run at
any time by doing the following:
1 Click Start.
2 Click Programs.
3 Click AT I HYDRAVISION.
4 Click HYDRAVISION Wizard.
HYDRAVISION for
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Windows
®
2000/Windows
®
XP
HYDRAVISION installation creates a Windows®
program group for HYDRAVISION multi-monitor
management software.
HYDRAVISION and the Desktop Manager are activated
whenever Windows
adds menu options to the ATI Icon.
Click on the ATI icon to access the application’s features
and help, or to unload the HYDRAVISION Desktop
Manager.
®
starts. Installing HYDRAVISION
The HYDRAVISION Desktop Manager allows you to
modify your display options. You can access the
Desktop Management and Hot Keys Dialogs by
clicking on the appropriate tab in the Desktop Manager.
Along the bottom of each HYDRAVISION Dialog are
four buttons: OK, Cancel, Apply and Help.
Accessing HYDRAVISION Desktop Manager
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OK implements the changes you’ve made in the
HYDRAVISION Dialog and exits the Desktop Manager.
Changes take effect immediately unless you see a
message prompting you to restart your computer.
Cancel discards all changes made to any section of the
HYDRAVISION Dialog and closes the Desktop
Manager.
Apply implements your changes without closing the
Desktop Manager.
Help opens HYDRAVISION’s online help. You can
also get context-sensitive on-screen help by moving your
mouse over the relevant text for each control.
HYDRAVISION Properties
Desktop Management Controls
The Desktop Management Dialog lets you determine
the behavior of pop-up dialogs in a multiple monitor
environment.
The Desktop Management Dialog
Dialog control
Enable dialog repositioning: Toggles dialog control on
and off. When it is checked, you can choose to have
dialogs appear on the parent application’s monitor. (The
parent application is the application that generated the
dialog.) If the parent application or associated monitor
cannot be located, the dialog defaults to monitor 1. You
can also choose to have dialogs appear on the monitor in
which the cursor is located or to always appear on a
specific monitor in the array.
Window control
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Single monitor windows: When this box is checked,
windows are sized no larger than a single monitor.
Windows that are placed on monitor splits are
automatically relocated to the monitor on which most of
the window appears.
Max button management: (HYDRAVISION
Max/Restore button in Windows® XP.) Allows you to
control the behavior of the Max/Restore button. When
HYDRAVISION is running, a HYDRAVISION
Max/Restore button appears in the upper right corner of
your application title bar. Clicking this icon makes the
active window maximize in one of three ways:
• Max to window corners causes windows to
maximize to the monitor(s) that contain the
window’s upper left and lower right corners.
• Max to full desktop causes windows to maximize
to the entire monitor array.
• Max to current monitor (available in Windows
2000 only) causes windows to maximize to the
current monitor.
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General
Max child windows: Keeps windows generated by
parent applications from splitting across monitors. (A
child window is a window residing within a parent
application window.) The ability to keep child windows
on a single monitor when maximized is extremely useful
for editing multiple documents side by side in a parent
application.
The HYDRAVISION application titlebar icon changes
from a single square to two smaller squares when a
window is in a HYDRAVISION maximized state.
Clicking the icon again restores the active window to its
default state as a single square.
Application position memory: Check this box to
“remember” the size and location of application
windows when they are closed and reapply those settings
when the application is reopened.
Boot to single monitor: (Windows
®
2000 only) Check
this box to enable a single monitor only when the
computer starts. All other connected devices will be
disabled.
Extended Desktop must be enabled before the computer
is restarted.
Automatically align monitors: (Windows® XP only)
Monitor placement can be manually defined in the
Settings Dialog of the Display Properties. However,
when the Automatically align monitors box is checked,
HYDRAVISION will override the user-defined monitor
placement setting if the monitors are not evenly aligned.
Remove HYDRAVISION title bar buttons: This box
removes or restores the ATI buttons placed on the
titlebar in installed applications.
Remove MultiDesk system tray icon: This box
removes or restores the MultiDesk system tray icon.
ATI Logo: Click here to access the About Dialog which
provides software version information and a link to the
ATI Technologies website.
Load/Unload Desktop Manager: This button starts or
stops the HYDRAVISION Desktop Manager tracking
program. You should only stop this option if you do not
want to use any multiple monitor dialog box controls and
window controls or hot keys.
Desktop Manager will not reload automatically when
®
Windows
restarts. You will need to reload Desktop
Manager from the Desktop Management dialog box.
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Load/Unload MultiDesk: This button starts or stops
multiple desktop functionality.
MultiDesk will not reload automatically when
®
Windows
restarts. You will need to reload MultiDesk
from the Desktop Management dialog box.
MultiDesk Properties: This button gives access to all
the MultiDesk Properties. Here you enable, disable and
name active desktops.
Individual Application Settings: This button allows
you to specify, enable and disable desktop management
settings for individual applications. You can access these
settings by clicking on the down arrow of the
HYDRAVISION icon in the application title bar or by
clicking the Individual Application Settings button in
the Desktop Management Dialog.
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To enable Individual Applications
Settings via the Desktop Manager
These settings override the global settings defined in the
Desktop Management Dialog.
1 Click on the Individual Application Settings button.
2 All open applications will appear in the Individual
settings not enabled Dialog.
3 Drag the desired application to the Individual settings
enabled Dialog.
4 With the application highlighted click Enable
individual application settings.
The name of the application will appear in the top of the
HYDRAVISION Individual Application Settings
Dialog.
5 Click Change Settings to open the HYDRAVISION
Individual Application Settings Dialog.
6 Select the settings you wish to apply to the application
and click OK in the next two dialogs to apply the
changes.
Make certain that Enable individual desktop
management settings for this application is selected.
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