42 FeedDemon Tips

Jonathon McDougall — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:54:19 GMT

For those of you who missed Nick's recent blog series, here are 40 small tips when using FeedDemon

Newspaper and Browser Tips

• Hold CTRL while clicking a hyperlink to open it in a new browser tab
• Hold CTRL while scrolling the mouse wheel to change the browser's font size
• Close a browser tab by double-clicking it
• Close a browser tab by middle-clicking it
• Re-arrange browser tabs by drag-and-dropping them
• Move between browser tabs by pressing CTRL+TAB and SHIFT+CTRL+TAB
• Move the mouse over a hyperlink to show its URL in the status bar
• Drop down the address bar to revisit a page you've already browsed
• Move the mouse over a browser tab to show the full title and address of the page
• Open the current page in your default browser by selecting Browse > Show in External Browser
• Open a hyperlink in your default browser by right-clicking it and choosing Open in New Window
• Visit your browser's home page by pressing ALT+HOME
• Visit the home page of the current feed by clicking its title in the newspaper
• Search the current page by hitting Ctrl+F
• Change the number of articles to show in a newspaper page by going to the Reading tab in FeedDemon's options
• Change the sorting of articles in the newspaper by selecting View > Newspaper > Sort in Reverse
• Focus FeedDemon's address bar by pressing ALT+D
• Click the feed icon at the top left of a newspaper to mark every article in it as read
• In the address bar, type define: followed by a keyword to get a definition of that keyword (ex: define:spam)
• Print a newspaper page by right-clicking in it and selecting Print

Subscription Tips

• Find any feed you're subscribed to by selecting Keyword View from the Views drop-down above your subscriptions
• Find new feeds by clicking Subscribe and then typing a keyword instead of a feed URL
• Hide your subscriptions by pressing Ctrl+F11
• Prevent older articles from appearing in a feed by enabling the Ignore new items older than setting on the Advanced tab of the feed's properties
• Move a feed by drag-and-dropping it between folders
• Prevent a feed from showing up in the attention report and popular topics by disabling Collect attention data in the feed's properties
• Copy a feed URL to the clipboard by right-clicking the feed, then selecting Copy > Copy Feed Address
• Import your feeds from Bloglines by selecting File > Import Feeds, then choosing Import from an external source and selecting Bloglines
• Select Tools > Search Subscriptions then right-click the search results to convert them to a watch or clippings folder

Clippings Tips

• Add any hyperlink to a clippings folder by drag-and-dropping it from your external browser (or from FeedDemon's own browser)
• Drag-and-drop a FeedDemon browser tab into a clippings folder

Watch and Search Tips

• Change the search provider by clicking the arrow to the right of the search toolbutton (above the browser)
• Disable a FeedDemon watch by right-clicking it and removing the Enabled checkmark
• Clear a watch and run it again by right-clicking it and selecting Rerun Watch
• Add a minus sign to a watch keyword to exclude articles which contain that keyword
• Select Tools > Search Subscriptions then right-click the search results to convert them to a watch or clippings folder

General Tips

• Expose hidden toolbuttons by clicking the arrow at the far right of any toolbar
• Change the sounds used for specific events by clicking the Sounds button in FeedDemon's options
• Assign keyboard shortcuts to many features by pressing Ctrl+K
• See how many total feeds, items, unread items and flagged items you have by right-clicking the root Subscriptions folder, choosing Folder Properties, then switching to the Statistics tab
• Toggle which actions to confirm by clicking the Confirmations button in FeedDemon's options
• Decrease the amount of memory and storage space FeedDemon uses by right-clicking the root Subscriptions folder, selecting Folder Properties, adjusting the Archiving setting (try 100 instead of 200), then choosing Apply to ALL feeds in ALL folders after pressing OK.

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42 FeedDemon Tips

Newspaper and Browser Tips

Subscription Tips

Clippings Tips

Watch and Search Tips

General Tips