Getting Started

After starting AutoREALM, you should see a screen like this. Click on any part of this picture where appears for an explanation of that feature. Or see the table of Contents for a complete list of help topics.

There are four main regions to AutoREALM's main window:

Ø Titlebar

This displays "AutoREALM", the name of the open file (if any), and the standard Windows controls for closing, minimizing, maximizing, and restoring the window.

Ø Menubar

AutoREALM's menus, which are grouped underneath the main headings. Use Alt+<underlined letter> to bring up a sub menu via the keyboard.

Ø Toolbars

Surrounding each edge of the workspace is an area for toolbars. Each toolbar consists of several buttons or controls that can act on the current map. AutoREALM has many toolbars, and they can be turned on or off by selections in the Toolbar menu. You can get a popup hint for any button or control by hovering the cursor over that item for a second or two. For more details about a particular toolbar, click on that toolbar in the above picture.

Ø Workspace

The blue graph paper in the above picture, this is where your map resides.