Stand Alone Menu Editor 
Custom Menus for the Newton 

Table of Contents

1		Welcome and Registration
	
1.1		About Stand Alone Menu Editor	
1.2		Registering Stand Alone Menu Editor	 
1.3		Contacting Stand Alone,Inc	
1.3.1		Email	
1.3.2		Phone	
1.3.3		Regular Mail	
1.3.4		World Wide Web	

2	Installation	

3	 	Creating New Menus

3.1		Creating New Menus	
3.1.1		Selecting Menus	
3.1.2		Creating a New Menu	
3.1.3		Edit or Remove Menus
3.1.4		Default Caret Menu	6
3.2		Adding New Items to Your Menu	
3.2.1		Adding New Text Items	
3.2.2		Separators	
3.2.3		Adding Grids to the Menu List
3.2.4		Changing the Grid Characteristics
3.2.5		Removing Grids From the Menu
3.3		Editing Items	
3.3.1		Modifying Text Items
3.3.2		Icon Items	
3.4		Testing Menus	
3.5		Clearing Menus	
3.6		Deleting Menus	

4	Installing Menus

1 4.1	Selecting Menu Locations	
4.2	Installing Menu in New Locations
4.3	New Menu Options	
4.3.1		Extras Icon	
4.3.2		Statusbar Button	
4.4	The Caret Menu
4.5	Conflicting Menus	

5	SAME Actions
	
5.1	Appman	
5.2	Change Volume
5.3	Clean and Display Memory	
5.4	Clean Memory	
5.5	Close all Apps	
5.6	Connect	
5.7	Cursor Left	
5.8	Cursor Right	
5.9	Dates Keyboard	
5.10	Launch Extra	
5.11	Numeric Keyboard	
5.12	Paste Space	
5.13	Paste Accent	
5.14	Paste ´		
5.15	Paste Delete	
5.16	Paste Forward Delete	
5.17	Paste My Name	
5.18	Paste punctuation	16
5.19	Paste Tab	
5.20	Paste the Date	
5.21	Paste the Time	
5.22	Paste Return	
5.23	Phone Keyboard	
5.24	Receive a Beam	
5.25	Remove Space	
5.26	Restart Newton	
5.27	Retrieve Eudoratm Email	
5.28	Rotate Screen	
5.29	Run Script	
5.30	Send eudoratm email	
5.31	Sleep Newton	
5.32	Super Capstm	
5.33	System Info	
5.34	Toggle Backlight	
5.35	Toggle Guest Mode	
5.36	Toggle Recognition	
5.37	Toggle Stores	
5.38	Typewriter Keyboard
	
1	Welcome and Registration

1.1	About Stand Alone Menu Editor

Welcome to the Stand Alone Menu Editor (SAME), an enhancement for the Newton 2.0
OS or higher that lets you create custom menus. The new menus can be placed at
any of the four corners of the screen, the text caret, a button on the status
bar, or in a special icon in the Extras Drawer.

Included in this archive are the following packages:

SA Menu Engine.pkg 
This package powers the SAME application. It performs this
action quietly, and will do nothing if tapped. However, it needs to be
installed for SAME to function.

SA Menu Editor.pkg 
You interact with SAME through this package.  All new menus
are created, tested and installed through this application. When you have
your menus set up how you want them, you can remove this from your
Newton. Chapters 3 to 5 deal specifically with the Menu Editor.

Icon Editor The third package is not actually a part of SAME, but is
complementary to it. It is the Icon Editor, and is used to customize the
icons that you create through SAME. You can use it to design your own
icon for both the Extras Icon and the Statusbar Button.

SAME.pdf This is the usersÍ manual for Stand Alone Menu Editor.

SAME.txt. The text only version of the manual. If at all possible, use the pdf
version, as it has layout and graphics that cannot be included in
the text version. The pdf version of the manual can be viewed
using Adobe¬Acrobat Reader¬. You can obtain this free of
charge at www.adobe.com.

SAStuff.txt A list of all of the software available from Stand Alone Inc.

SA reg.pkg If there isnÍt a registration option under the  button, install this
package to register your software.

1.2	Registering Stand Alone Menu Editor

The Stand Alone Menu Editor demo works for a 30 day trial period. At the end of
the 30 Days, it will stop working. To avert this tragedy, you need to get in
touch with Stand Alone to register your software. You can register with us by
several different methods.

You will need to include the following information, no matter how you choose to
register. Most importantly, you need to include your name EXACTLY as it is
entered in your Newton, including spaces. We use this to generate your password,
so it must be precise. You need to specify which programs you wish to register,
and include payment for each of them. We accept Visa, Mastercard, and American
Express. If you are using normal mail, you can send us a check as well. Make sure
to include your card number, the expiration date, and what type of card you are
using. You also need to give us a way to get in touch with you. Email is the
preferred way, followed by your address and phone number. An Email address is not
strictly necessary, but it results in much faster service.

For instant gratification, register by phone, and pay using Visa or Mastercard.
Call (773) 477-2492 and we will give you a password right over the phone.

Alternatively, you can send us a check to the address below.

You can also Email us one of several ways. The application has a Register section
under the  button. Tap on that to open up a registration slip. If you fill out
that slip, and have an Email client on your Newton, it will automatically Email
us and we will send you a registration code. You can also just Email us the
relevant information from your Newton or a desktop machine, and weÍll send you a
code. If you are registering through Compuserve, use, GO SWREG.

Once you register, you will receive a password from us. You can install this
password one of two ways. There is an option to Enter Password under the  menu.
Tap on it to bring up a screen that has a space to enter the password.
Alternatively, just install the SA Register package enclosed in the Stand Alone
Menu Editor archive. Select ñStand Alone Menu Editorî from the pop-up menu at the
top, and enter the password. When you enter the correct password you will get a
message confirming the entry. Afterwards, you may remove the SAS Register
application from you Newton.

1.3	Contacting Stand Alone, Inc.

There are several ways to get in touch with us here at Stand Alone, Inc.  Email
is the preferred form of communication, but whatever works for you is fine. If
you have any questions, comments, suggestions or compliments, please don't
hesitate to contact us through any of the methods listed below.

1.3.1	Email: 
internet: 		info@standalone.com 
AOL: 			Std Alone
CompuServe:		76342,3057

1.3.2	Phone: 
Voice: 			(773) 477-2492 
Fax:			(773) 477-2579

1.3.3	Regular Mail: 
Stand Alone 
3171 N. Hudson, Suite 1 
Chicago, IL, 60657,
USA

1.3.4	World Wide Web: 
http://www.standalone.com 

2	Installation

2.1	Installation

The first thing that you need to do to get your software up and running is to
install it on your Newton. To do this, you need to have Newton Backup Utility, or
Newton Connection Utilities, set up to talk to your Newton. If you have problems
with this part of the installation, please contact  consult the documentation
that came with your Newton. Once either Utility is set up, just follow the steps
listed below to for each of the packages you wish to install.

1. Open the Newton Backup Utility , or Newton Connection Utilities  on your
Desktop machine.

2. On your Newton, go to the Extras Drawer  and tap the Connection icon .

3. Once the Newton Backup Utility has loaded on your desktop machine, make sure
your cables are connected and tap the  button on your Newton.

4. For each of the packages you wish to install, do the following:

´ Tap the Install Package button in the Newton Backup Utility

´ Go to the folder where your packages are, and select the desired package.

´ Click on the ñInstallî button

3	Creating New Menus

This section chapter takes you through the heart of SAME: the Menu Editor. To use
the Menu Editor, you first need to go to the ExtraÍs drawer and tap on the icon
to open it. When it is launched, a screen appears where you create, test and
install any new menus.

3.1	Creating New Menus

The picker at the top of the screen  lets you choose what menu you are working
on. Tapping on it brings up a list of all the available menus, as well as the
choice to create a new menu from scratch.


3.1.1	
Selecting Menus Menus are selected by tapping on a menu in the Current
Menu picker. The menu with the check next to it is the selected menu.

3.1.2	
Create a New Menu Select New Menu with the picker to create a new menu.
When you select New Menu, a window appears that asks you to name the menu. Write
in the name and  tap Create to start editing the new menu.

3.1.3	
Edit or Remove Menus To edit or remove menus, select the menu you wish
to modify and then choose Edit Menu Title under the Current Menu picker.

You can rename the menu by replacing the current name with a new one, or you can
remove the menu by tapping the remove button. To change the name without removing
the menu, just change the name and tap the close button.

3.1.4	
Default Caret Menu SAME starts with the Default Caret Menu already on
the editor. This is the menu that pops up when you tap on the text caret. You can
add to this menu, but you cannot delete it from the Newton.

3.2	Adding New Items to Your Menu

SAME makes it easy to add new items to any menu. You can add new actions as a
text line, or as icons in a grid. We will deal with the text entries first, as
the grids are slightly more complicated to work with. Chapter 5 is devoted to a
full explanation of all of the actions that can be added to a menu.


3.2.1		
Adding New Text Items To add a new item, just select the item that
you wish to add to the menu, and drag it onto the Menu Window. If you later
decide that you donÍt want that function, all you need to do to remove it is drag
it off of the Menu window and back to the list of actions. If you drag an action
by the icon, an icon will appear by the text in the menu. If you just drag it by
the text, only text appears.


3.2.2	
Separators Separators are a useful tool to separate a list of actions
into distinct sections. They are found in the Add picker.
There are two separators that you can place in a menu. The first is just called 
a Separator. The other, a Solid Separator, is a thicker line, which makes a
stronger distinction between groups of actions.

3.2.3	
Adding Grids to the Menu List
If you are using menus with many action, it may be easier for you to use icon
grids. Under the Add picker, select Icon Grid to add one to your menu. When you
are using icon grids, the features that you include in the grid are represented
by icons, rather than text. This lets you store a large number of features in a
relatively small space.

3.2.3	
Changing the Grid Characteristics Tap on an installed grid to bring up
the Edit Grid window that will let you customize the grid.

Height The sets the number of vertical spaces in the grid.

Across This sets the number of horizontal space in the grid.

Icon Height determines the size of the spaces in the grid. Tap here, to
set the pixel height of the square.

Icon Width brings up a picker that sets the pixel width of the squares
in the grid.

3.2.4	
Removing Grids From the Menu To remove a grid from your menu, tap on the
grid to bring up the Icon Grid Detail. Tap the Delete button to remove the grid
from the menu.

3.3	Editing Items
Both the text items and the grid icons can be modified as needed.

3.3.1	
Modifying Text Items Tap the text item to bring up the Text Item window.

Rename the Icon 
You can rename the icon on the name line.

Set Indent 
You can also set the indentation using the indent picker. This sets
the number of pixels before the first letter of a text item.

Show Icon in the Menu 
You can  show the icon to the left of a text item with the
Show Icon button.

Remove Text Item From Menu 
You can also delete a menu item with the delete
button. If you tap on the icon, and have Icon Editor installed, you can customize
the text itemÍs icon.


3.3.2	Icon Items 
To edit an icon in the icon grid, just tap on the icon you
wish to modify.  A window will appear that lets you customize the icon.

Action 
This tells you what the icon does, and it also will pop up any sub menus
that are associated with the icon.

Delete 
This function removes the icon from the grid.

Edit Grid 
Edit Grid brings up the Edit Grid window.

Icon 
If you tap on the icon itself and you have the Icon editor installed, you
can customize the icon as you want.

For more information on the Icon editor, please refer to the Icon Editor manual. 

3.4	Testing Menus

When you are finished designing a menu, you can see what it will look like by
tapping on the Test button. When it is tapped, a screen appears that shows you
exactly how the new menu will appear when installed. This menu is for visual
reference only, and tapping on any of the menu actions will do nothing.

3.5	Clearing Menus

There is an option under the Action button that lets you clear a menu.

3.6	Deleting  Menus

An alternate way to delete a menu is to select a menu and then tap on the Action
button. There is an option there to delete the current menu.

4	Installing Menus

To use a new menu that you have created, you need to install it with the action
button. To install a menu, you first need to select the menu using the Current
Menu picker at the top of the screen. Once the menu that you wish to install is
chosen, tap the Action button. This will then bring up a number of options.
Use the install menu option to install the menu to any one of a number of places
on the Newton. A list will pop up which gives you a list of places to assign the
menu.

4.1	Selecting Menu Locations

Check the box next to the location to install a menu there.

4.2	Installing Menu in New Locating

When you have decided where to include the selected menu, tap Install/Remove to
set the menu to the checked locations. Because tapping Install/Remove is the only
way to exit this window, make sure that you have the desired locations selected
before tapping it to close the window.

4.3	New menu options

The New menu  gives you two new places to place menus



4.3.1	Extras Icon 
This creates an icon in the Extras Drawer with an menu
assigned to it.

When it is selected, a window appears where you can name the menu, and, if Icon
Editor is installed, customize its icon. Tap the Create button to place the icon
in the Extras Drawer. When the icon is selected in the Extras Drawer, the menu
associated with it pops up.

4.3.2	Statusbar Button 
This option creates a small button  with a menu
attached to it. Tapping this option brings up a window with a number of options.

Rename the button through the name line. If you have Icon Editor installed, you
can modify the icon by tapping on it. The list of check boxes lets you select
where the button appears. If a location is checked, the menu button will appear
there. If a location isnÍt checked, it will not. When you are finished
customizing the menu button, tap Create and the button will appear at all of the
assigned locations. When this button is tapped, the menu assigned to it will
appear.

4.4	The Caret Menu

The caret menu is slightly different from the other menu locations. A  menu is
required to be in this location, but it doesnÍt need to be the default caret
menu.  Installing a menu to this location is slightly different than other
locations. Select the menu that you want to install with the Current Menu picker,
and then tap the Action button. From the menu that pops up, choose Build Caret
Package. It will then prepare the menu to be installed into the caret location.

4.5	Conflicting Menus 
Only one menu can be installed to any given location. If
you try and install multiple menus to the same location, a screen will appear
that gives you two choices. You can either cancel the action which leaves the
original menu in place, or you can choose the Reassign option which places the
new menu in the location. 

5	SAME Actions 
There are several dozen actions that
come pre-installed with SAME. In addition, other applications can install their
own actions, which will be listed in the action list in the application. Any item
that pastes text or character will paste that information directly after the
current location of the caret (). If there is no caret on screen, selecting the
item will do nothing.Below is a list of all the pre-installed actions, along with a 
brief description:

5.1 AppMan

This item cannot be added to the caret menu. When placed in a menu, this item
generates a list of all currently open applications, allowing you to jump from
one to another. In addition, it offers choices to jump to the NotePad, the Styles
palette, and the Connection app.

5.2	Change Volume

When you add this to a menu, you will assign it a volume level. When chosen, it
sets your NewtonÍs volume to this level.

5.3	Clean and Display Memory

This calculates and displays the amount of free heap memory both before and after
clearing unused memory. Heap memory on a Newton is similar to RAM on a desktop
machine. For a full explanation of heap, please refer to Stand AloneÍs FAQ sheet
at www.standalone.com.

5.4	Clean Memory

This clears unused memory, but does not display the results.

5.5	Close All Apps

This closes all open applications.

5.6	Connect

This opens the Connection app and attempts to initiate a connection using
whatever method was last used.

5.7	Cursor Left

This moves the caret left one character.

5.8	cursor Right

This moves the caret right one character.

5.9	Dates Keyboard

This opens the Dates keyboard.

5.10 Launch Extra

You need to select a particular extra to launch after you add this to a menu. You
do this by tapping on the menu item.  The icon then changes to reflect whatever
you have chosen. When selected from a menu, this opens the desired application.

5.11 Numeric Keyboard

This opens the Numeric keyboard.

5.12 Paste space

This pastes a space.

5.13 Paste accent

This pastes an accent. When this is included in the menu, you have to choose
which accent to paste by tapping on the menu item. The accent is applied to the
character just to the left of the caret. The accent can be any of the following:
ï, Ç, ^, ~, Â, Ù, or ­.

5.14 Paste ´

This pastes a bullet, ´.

5.15 Paste delete

This deletes the character to the left of the caret.

5.16 Paste forward delete

This deletes the character to the right of the caret.

5.17 Paste My Name

This pastes your name, as entered in your Owner Info.

5.18 Paste punctuation

This pastes an item of punctuation. You have to choose which character to paste
by tapping on the menu item. It can be any of the following: ., ,, @, !, ?, :, ;,
ï, ñ, ñ, î, _, -, *, &, \, /, (, ), {, }, [, ], ï, Í, and #. In addition, you can
paste sets of the following: ñî, ïÍ, ñî, and ïÍ. Pasting a set pastes both the
left and right elements, and then place the cursor in between them. Two versions
of each icon are available, so that you can create regular and small sized icon
grids.

5.19 Paste tab

This pastes a tab.

5.20 paste the date

This pastes the current date. You can select the format for the date in the SAME
prefs.

5.21 paste the time

This pastes the current time. You can select the format for the date in the SAME
prefs.

5.22 paste return

This pastes a return.

5.23 phone keyboard

This opens the Phone keyboard.

5.24 receive a beam

This opens the In Box, and automatically sets the Newton to receive a beam.

5.25 Remove space

This removes all spaces from any currently selected text. If there is no
currently selected text, it removes all spaces from the chunk of text that
currently contains the caret. This is useful for properly formatting email and
web addresses.

5.26 Restart Newton

This restarts your Newton. It is equivalent to pressing the restart button in the
battery compartment, and is not harmful to your data. For more information on
different types of restarts, please refer to the Stand Alone FAQ at
www.standalone.com.

5.27 Retrieve Eudora» Email

If Eudora» is installed. This tells Eudora» to check your email.

5.28 Rotate Screen

This rotates your screen. If you have a Newton with more than two screen
orientations, it pops up a menu from which to choose a new orientation.

5.29 Run Script

This runs a section of NewtonScript code. After you add it to a menu, you need to
choose a script to run. You can create and edit scripts from the Script Editor,
but you need to have some knowledge of NewtonScript to use this feature.

5.30 Send Eudora» Email

If Eudora» is installed, this tells  Eudora» to send any email in your Out Box

5.31 Sleep Newton

This puts your Newton to sleep.

5.32 Super Caps»

This properly capitalizes the selected text. If no text is currently selected, it
properly capitalizes the chunk of text in which the caret is currently in. It
will change words to lowercase, capitalize the beginnings of sentences, and
proper nouns.

5.33 System Info

This brings up a small window listing your free heap, and free storage space on
each card and your internal store.

5.34 Toggle Backlight

If your Newton has a backlight, this toggles it on or off.

5.35 Toggle Guest Mode

This places your Newton in Guest recognition mode, or, if itÍs already in Guest
mode, return it to user mode. You should do this before letting other people try
out your Newton, so that it does not learn their handwriting in place of yours.

5.36 Toggle Recognition

This toggles recognition between Cursive and Printed styles.

5.37 Toggle Stores

This lets you set the store on which new information and packages are stored.

5.38 Typewriter Keyboard

This opens the qwerty style keyboard.