Main Menu

Main menu of PSTViewer Lite consists of 4 top-level items - File, Mail, View and Help. 

Please note, that main menu is completely customizable. This article describes elements in order they are grouped by default. Check User interface tweaks article for more information. 

File menu

Open

File menu contains following items: 

Open menu item is used to open message file of one of the supported formats in PSTViewer Lite. Messages contained in selected file will be listed in mail list. 

Settings menu item brings Settings dialog, that allows user to set font used in application and interface reactivity time. See Settings article for more details. 

Associations menu item allows user to associate MSG, EML and PST files with PSTViewer Lite. See File associations article for more details. Exit menu item closes all messages opened in PSTViewer Lite and quits the application.

 Mail menu 

Open

Mail menu contains following items: 

Open message menu item is used to open selected message in a default email client. 

Save menu item allows user to save selected message in the specified folder preserving the same file name this message already has. 

Save message as... menu item allows user to save selected message in the specified folder with custom file name. 

Delete menu item closes all messages opened in PSTViewer Lite and quits the application. 

Search menu item opens Search window 

Print menu item prints selected message using default printer and default printing settings. 

Print preview menu item opens Preview window that allows various settings and customizations related to the process of printing. Check Print preview article for more information. 

Reply menu item opens default email client with a reply to a sender of a selected message. 

Forward menu item opens default email client, forwarding selected message to selected recipients. 

Properties menu item displays Mail information dialog which shows information about message header and file properties and allows to view message's raw transport header and MAPI properties tree. 

Note: see Mail actions section for more information about each of the actions, performed by items of Mail menu. 

Note: only Search menu item is available when no messages are present in mail list. Open message, Save message as..., Reply and Properties are unavailable when selecting multiple messages. 

View menu 

View menu contains following items: 

Use plain text body menu item switches display of all messages in Message viewer to plain text body. In plain text mode, contents of message body will be displayed without formatting. 

Show explorer tree menu item toggles visibility of Explorer tree panel. 

Show favorites tree menu item toggles visibility of Favorites tree panel. 

Show mail list menu item toggles visibility of Mail list panel. 

Change docking to default item allows user to set all panels to default positions. 

Customize menu item opens Customization window with menu and toolbar options. See User interface tweaks article for more details. 

Help menu 

Help menu contains following items: 

Registration menu item opens dialog that allows to register your copy of application. 

Buy now menu item opens a webpage where user can purchase a copy of PSTViewer Lite. The page will be opened in default browser. 

When Start logging menu item is selected, application starts logging internal information into log file. (User will be asked to specify its name and location) This file can be later sent to technical support to help resolving problematic situations. See Logging article for more information. 

Open log file menu item opens log file, generated after selecting Start logging command, in default text editor. 

Check for updates menu item checks in newer version of PSTViewer Lite is available. 

Update settings menu item opens configuration dialog for updater. See Updating and update settings for more information. 

About menu item shows windows with information about PSTViewer Lite and your license key.