Jim,

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>Mike,
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>I read that MONTAGE is designed to help me be more productive, and that I can use it to instantly put screen-using apps. back to their original positions.
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>That might be helpful, but I'm not at all sure.
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>Can you provide basic information like:
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>1) What do I do to make it 'save' the status of things;

When you close a montage, by default it saves the state of itself and all associated apps, and then closes them. Also you can explicitly do a Save View at any time via the menus.

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>2) What do I do to gt that status back;

Reopening the montage restores everything as of its last saving. You can also restore the state of individual objects separately while the montage is open.

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>3) What would be a typical situation where I would use it to advantage?

The first thing I do when I start up my computer is to open my main montage, for which I keep a Windows shortcut on my desktop. This proceeeds to open about 10 applications I normally keep open, including some Explorer windows, IE windows, WS-FTP, Outlook Express, and a few "child" montages. The child montages deal with specific activitites, like detailed development planning, help authoring, web site maintenance, volume management (backups), graphics, etc. Montage not only launches multiple windows, but it also restores their exact arrangement, and it gives me a visual way of organizing things.

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>Call me thick, but I'm just not "getting it".

I would never call you thick, Jim! I've been so immersed in this, it's easy for me to lose sight of what may or may not seem obvious to others. Thanks very much for your input!

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>cheers