FANCY 2.9 HELP
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ITEM = position+author+source+solution+stipulation+condition+twin

- Click "Open" to open an existing collection (file *.ccv) or to create a new collection (then the new blank item will be added by Fancy, automatically). Also, Fancy opens "Problemiste collections (*.pbm)".
- Click "New" to add the new blank item.
- "Drag and drop" a piece (or graphic fairy symbol) to create a position (or choose a piece in the down box, later press and hold the "Ctrl" button and at the same time click the left mouse button on the chessboard). The last 3 pieces (rotated half-queens) represent fairy pieces accessible from the next opening window after the "drop" action.
- Click the right mouse button to clear a square on the chessboard or to put the chosen piece on a clear square (alternative for "Ctrl" + left mouse button).
- Use "Twin" page to select and add a twin to the list of twins (e.g. select Twin Move <square1> <square2> and change to Twin Move e3 c2). Also, use "Twin" page to save the destination position for ser-a=>b stipulation. 
(POPEYE format e.g. 
Pieces
White Kb3
Black Ka1)
- Click "Save" to save the current item.
- Click "Delete" to delete the current item.
- Click "Change" to change number of the current item.
- Use buttons "|<,<,>,>|,Go" to navigate between items.
- Click "Copy" to copy the current original-saved item to another (or new, or same!) collection.
- Click "Print" to print the current item.
- Click "Export" to copy the current diagram (as bitmap or text) or associated text to Windows Clipboard.  Use "Paste special..", if your word processor contains this possibility, to paste the diagram as "Device Independent Bitmap".
- Click "View list" or "List of diagrams" to view the list of items. To select an item and to close the list window double click Mouse or ENTER from Keyboard.
- Successive click "Find/Next" ("View list"-window) to find all items in the searched collection
  advices:
    - click "Clear selected" before first searching
    - use shortcuts (e.g. type "oblee" to find "Probleemblad")
- Click "Copy selected items" ("View list"-window) to copy all selected items (use the standard Windows function "Ctrl" or "Shift" to select items) to another (or new!) collection.
- Click "Show/Refresh" to display the list of used fairy pieces (except neutral K,Q,R,B,S,P). Before "Print" and "Export" actions the list of fairy pieces is refreshed automatically.
- Click "Options" to change colors of chessboard squares, layout of windows etc. Here is possible to set the path (and name) to Popeye-exe and Stockfish-exe.
- Click "Solve" to solve the current item by the external software Popeye (problems) or Stockfish (studies). Set (or select) needed options and then (!) click "Copy item from Fancy". If solution is too large, Fancy opens the default Microsoft word processor. REMEMBER! Close the word processor before next solving! 
- Don't include numbers of items.
- Sign ' is automatically replaced by sign ` after "Save" action.

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       Possibility to create customized images of fairy pieces:
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  Step 1-Unpack Piece.zip (images of white, black and neutral K,Q,R,B,S,P,G,N)
  Step 2-Use these images to create some new pieces 
         [bitmap 16-color, 25x25, size of file = 518 bytes; silver color = transparent].
         The names of files should be compatible with Popeye
         e.g. 
         - wpa.bmp = white Pao 
         - nva.bmp = neutral Vao
         - bc.bmp = black Cardinal
  Step 3-Insert new files into the directory containing Fancy.exe