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If you are working in manual navigation mode, there are more keys available to control Cumulus. See here for more details.
You can also get information on objects on the map by typing them with the stylus or your finger nail. An information box is shown on the screen that contains all avaliable data about the touched object. Press I to get the data for the selected waypoint. In the info menu you can also add the listed airfield as a new waypoint or select it as your waypoint.
Use Zoom to waypoint to get the waypoint you selected into view on the map. Cumulus will try to display the selected waypoint near to the edge of the map. A selected waypoint's name is displayed in reverse colors as the other names. Depending on the distance to the waypoint, the waypoint may be too far away to show on the map because the zoom factor would exceed it's minimum. In that case, a message is shown in the bottom of the screen (in the taskbar area). If the waypoint is too close, the zoom is set to maximum and the waypoint may be further from the edge than normal.
Labels for different point items maybe turned off or on by pressing the related shortcut key (A, O, T, W, see above) or via the menubar item View-Labels-.... The defaults are set in the Map Objects configuration tab. You can add distance and projected arrival altitude to the labels by pressing E. Normally the labels just show the item point name.
Logfiles are written in accordance to the IGC file standard. They are placed in the user's data directory, so you can easily transfer them to your desktop, beam them to your friends or analyze them using KFLog.
Tasks are routes between waypoints, which are handled as turnpoints here. They can be created and modified in the Pre-Flight setting dialog under the tabulator task. Tasks stored from there are automatically shown in the task selection dialog. Tasks are drawn in thick purple lines, and turn points are drawn with the correct photo sectors drawn in red and green.
Prior to the flight, you should select the glider you're flying with and enter the amount of water balast you've taken with you. You can do that in the Pre-flight settings. On the second tab, you can select a task.
In-flight settings are values that may change in-flight. There are three dialogs, which can be easy used. There are:
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