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Setting the View Mode Options

You can use the Options dialog box to adjust the behavior of View mode to suit your preferences, and increase the speed with which images are displayed.

To Set the View Mode Options:

In any mode, click Tools | Options.
In the Options dialog box, click View Mode.
On the View mode options page, set or change any of the View mode options described below.
Click OK to accept your changes and return to ACDSee.

View Mode Options

Decoding and caching	Decode next image in advance	Automatically decodes the next image in sequence in View mode, resulting in shorter load times.
	Keep previous image in memory	Keeps the previously decoded image in memory for quick display in View mode.
Startup files	Replace images in list	Does not open a new View mode window if an image is opened from another application.
	Images in new window	Opens a new View mode window to display images opened from another application.
Dropped files	Replace images in list	Replaces the list of images open in View mode with images dropped into View mode from another application.
	Add images to list	Adds any images dropped into View mode by another application to the list of images already open.
Always on top	Keeps the ACDSee window as the top window in a stack of windows.
Full-screen	Opens images in View mode in full-screen mode. (Press F to exit full-screen mode.)
Hide mouse cursor in full-screen	Hides the cursor in full-screen mode.
Instant image preview	Displays an instant preview in View mode that improves in quality as the image is decoded.
UseACDSee Quick View	If selected, ACDSee Quick View is set as the default viewer for images when ACDSee is closed.
Show pixels when zoomed past 100%	Resampling is not applied to images zoomed past 100%. When the box is unchecked, images zoomed past 100% are resampled to produce smooth transitions, but this may result in excessive blurring.
Always open in selected ACDSee Lens	On startup, opens images in the ACDSee Lens last selected prior to closing ACDSee.
Exit after delete/move	Automatically returns to Manage mode after moving or deleting an image in View mode.
View all images in folder	Adds all images in a folder to the current image list when viewing any file from that folder.
Show full image file path	Displays the image's full file path in View mode title and status bars.
Sharpen subsampled images	Automatically sharpens the view for images zoomed in at less than 100%.