Technical data

5.4 Operation

Key Control element Function

<Tab>

(all) Switch to the next element

Arrow keys List field Select list element

(///)

Selection graphic Highlight element

<Space>

Button Press button

Selection graphic Select highlighted element

Link Show link target

Button Press button (in dialog windows only)

Link Show link target

<Esc> Window

Close window (only windows with ✘ in the title bar)

(operating field) Quit HDShredder

5.4.2.2 Mouse operation

Operating HDShredder with the help of a mouse is done according to the point-and-click prin-

ciple. The right mouse key has no special function. HDShredder does not use drag-and-drop.

5.5 Help

You can open a context-related help window at any point of the program by pressing the key

<F1> or the [?] symbol in the upper right corner of the operating field (fig. 2). The help gives

you useful hints on the current program screen. The underlined text links in the help window

enable you to jump to other help topics at any time.

Note: The program help is designed to give you useful hints when using the program. The

help is no complete program instruction. That is why you should use this user's manual espe-

cially when you have problems or need more information on a topic.

5.6 Selecting the deletion area

On the first dialog page (fig. 5), you can select the

desired deletion area. You can choose between the

options of deleting an entire drive and an individual

partition. The following table provides you a short

overview over the available options. A detailed de-

scription of the usage of deletion areas and their ef-

fect can be found in chapter 6 Operating prin-

ciples.

fig. 5: Selecting the deletion area