User's Guide

FasTrac Millennium User’s Guide – May 2003
Adjusting Views
 View > Export saves the current view to a floppy disk
or your hard drive. You may then transfer the view to
your IRIS computer and post the view on the Internet.
When you select this option, the menu to the right
appears, which contains instructions on preparing views
for exporting. Follow these instructions, then select the
number of views you wish to export and the destination
folder for the view files (either a floppy disk or a
specified folder on your hard drive). When these
parameters are set, click OK to export the views.
3.5 Using the View Options
This section covers other features used in connection with views. All of these involve
manipulating the current view.
3.5.1 Adding Text to a View
The Temporary Text hot button lets you quickly add additional text of user-specified
size and color to a view. Some example messages are "Tornado Warning until 6:00 p.m.,"
or "Ferry Capsized Here." Click the Temporary Text hot button, key in the text on the
menu that appears, and then click on the map where you want the text to appear (it will be
centered around the cursor). Left-clicking on the Temporary Text button adds text and right-
clicking on it removes text. See section 2.8, Customizing Font Displays, to adjust the font.
3.5.2 Zooming In and Out From a View
1. Click on the Zoom hot button, and then move the Zoom tool (the magnifying glass)
over the area of interest. If you have any Telestrator graphics, they disappear.
2. Click and hold on the center point of the desired new view. As you move the Zoom tool, a
red rectangular box that delineates the boundaries of your zoom appears. The zoom range in
miles appears in the Cursor Status Area.
3. Release the mouse button at the desired range. The system automatically redraws the view to
your specifications.
Right-click on the Zoom hot button to zoom out to double the current range.
3.5.3 Pointing to Features on a View
Use the Map Pointer hot button when you do not wish to make any changes to the map
but want to point out a feature. You can activate Pixel Query Mode, which is described in
section 3.5.15, by right clicking on this hot button.
3.5.4 Panning on a View
The Map Pan hot button lets you maintain the same radius while moving your map to the
right, left, up, or down. Select the Map Pan button, move your cursor around the map,
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