Starting the Program

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Quick Start

Open ABViewer by clicking its icon on the Windows Start Menu or by double clicking the icon on your desktop.

After a short while, the following window should appear:

You can now open files by opening the File Open dialog box. There are several ways to open an image. You can use the:

Open dialog box.
Drag-and-Drop technique.
Favorites list.
Explorer list.
Double-click on the image in the Thumbnails list.
Double-click on a file in the Explorer bar if extension of a file is checked in the Associations.

Status bar:

views a name of the loaded file -
contains Snap button -
contains Grid button -
contains Ortho button -
drawing coordinates under mouse cursor:
size of the drawing:
loading time:

To Exit ABViewer select the Exit menu item from the File menu.