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The RouteBuddy Tool Bar

Move

Ctrl+Alt+M (Windows) Cmd+Alt+M (Mac)
Clicking the Hand icon on the toolbar enables you to drag the map around the screen.
Go to the How to… section of this manual for more information about how to Move around the map.

Select

Ctrl+Alt+S (Windows) Cmd+Alt+S (Mac)
Clicking the Select icon on the toolbar enable you to select an item, e.g. waypoint, track or route, for editing or, in the case of a waypoint, dragging to a new position. Having to Select the waypoint before moving it by changing to the Move tool stops it being moved inadvertently.

Zoom

Ctrl+Alt+Z (Windows) Cmd+Alt+Z (Mac)
Click the Zoom icon on the toolbar to zoom in and out in the map pane.
Go to the How to… section of this manual for more information about how to Move around the map.

Ruler

Ctrl+Alt+U (Windows) Cmd+Alt+U (Mac)
The ruler enables you to find the distances between one or more points.

Waypoint

Ctrl+Alt+W (Windows) Cmd+Alt+W (Mac)
Click on the Waypoint icon to add one or multiple Waypoints to your map. Go to the How to… section of this manual for more information about how to add and edit Waypoints.

Route

Ctrl+Alt+R (Windows) Cmd+Alt+R (Mac)
The Route icon takes you into Routing Options mode where you can add or change routes. Go to the How to… section of this manual for more information on how to plan a Route .

Search

Ctrl+F (Windows) Cmd+F (Mac)
Click the Search icon to start a search for points of interest, addresses and grid references on the map. Go to the How to… section of this manual for more information about how to search and find locations.

Navigate

Ctrl+T (Windows) Cmd+T (Mac)
Some devices enable you to navigate using a real-time satellite signal from the device to the computer. Go to the How to… section of this manual for more information about how to use Navigate.

Buy Now

The Buy Now icon will only show in the toolbar when you have not purchased a licenced copy of the full version of RouteBuddy

Aerial / Map
  

The Aerial / Map icon enables you to toggle between satellite imagery and the road or topo map that you currently have enabled and showing.

Web

Ctrl+B (Windows) Cmd+B (Mac)
Clicking the Web icon when you are looking at a RouteBuddy map will take you to the same position on your chosen web map (according to your Preference/Options settings) in your default browser.

Earth

Ctrl+E (Windows) Cmd+E (Mac)
If you have Google Earth loaded on your computer, clicking the Earth icon when you are looking at a RouteBuddy map will take you to the same position in Google Earth in your default browser.

Filter

The Filter tool allows you to refine your Address or POI search. For example, if you only want POIs containing the word “school” or addresses which have the letters “king” in them, the Filter tool will refine the search to only display waypoints which meet the filter criteria.