Desktop Ticker

To resize the ticker

Place the cursor over the side of the ticker and hold down the left mouse button.

To move the ticker

Place the cursor over the top or bottom border of the ticker and hold down the left mouse button.

To access the menu

Click the menu button on the left of the ticker.

To close the ticker

Click the close button on the right of the ticker.

To minimize the ticker

Click the minimize button on the right of the ticker.

To manually scroll the articles

Click the scroll buttons on either side of the ticker.

To jump to a particular feed

Right click either scroll button to display the list of feeds together with the number of new items and the total number of items. Click on a feed to jump to it.

To dock the ticker

Click the menu button on the left of the ticker and select Tools, Dock, then Top or Bottom. Once docked, moving the ticker a large distance from its docked position will undock it.

To change the ticker opacity

Click the menu button on the left of the ticker and select Tools, Opacity, then pick a value. The smaller the value, the more transparent and less conspicuous the ticker is.

To change the ticker scrolling speed

Click the menu button on the left of the ticker and select Tools, Speed, then Faster or Slower.

The speed can also be altered by pressing the keys Ctrl F or Ctrl S.

To change the scroll direction

Click the menu button on the left of the ticker and select Tools, Direction, then Left To Right or Right To Left.

To show a reload feeds button in the ticker

Click the menu button on the left of the ticker and select Tools, Show Reload Feeds Button.

To add and remove RSS feeds

Click the menu button and select File, Manage Feeds. To add a new feed, enter the address of an RSS feed or web page associated with an RSS feed into the URL box and click the Add button. To remove a feed, select it from the list and click the Remove button. Items from unticked feeds will not be displayed in the ticker. The list can be reordered using the Move Up and Move Down buttons. If the synchronization icon is shown () then the feed list will be saved to the Windows Common Feed List. Click here to learn about locating and using RSS feeds.

To display stock information

Desktop Ticker can show the price, change, change in percent, day high and day low of specified stocks using information supplied by Yahoo! Finance. To choose the stocks, click the menu button and select File, Manage Feeds, then select the Yahoo! Finance feed from the list and click the Edit Stock Symbols button. Click here to learn more about displaying stock information.

To change where settings are stored

By default Desktop Ticker stores settings and data in the user profile folder. This means that different users on the same computer can each have their own settings, and on a network with roaming profiles a user can log onto any computer and their settings will be automatically transferred. If you would prefer Desktop Ticker to store the settings in the same folder as the application file (for example if you run it off a portable USB device), uncheck the "Store Settings in User Profile" option on the File menu.

To change other options

Click the menu button on the left of the ticker and select Tools, Options. Click here to learn about other options.