- New Match: Start a new match. Set the number of games, points, and handicapping.
- Preferences: Displays a dialog box allowing preferences to be set.
- Rack Help: Displayed only when Game Type is set to Straight Pool. Displays a wizard which indicates how to re-rack the balls, depending on where the cue ball and the 15th ball came to rest in the last shot.
- About... : Pops up the About dialog box.
- New: Same as the Action / New Match menu option
- Foul: Displayed only when Game Type is set to Straight Pool. Ends the current run, deducting one point. If this is the third consecutive foul for the current player, an additional fifteen points are deducted.
- -1: Displayed only when Game Type is set to Other. Deducts one point from the current player's run, but allows the run to continue. This button disappears when a match is over.
- +1: Adds one point to the current player's run, and allows the run to continue. This button disappears when a match is over.
- +10: Displayed only when Use Hard Buttons preference is turned off. Adds ten points to the current player's run, and allows the run to continue. This button disappears when a match is over.
- OK: Applies the score in the Run box to the currently selected player, then switches the active player. This button disappears when a match is over. (When playing Straight Pool, it is important to hit OK even if no points were scored. This ensures that the number of consecutive fouls is counted properly)
- Self / Opp'nt: Set the current player to yourself or your opponent, respectively. One of these buttons will be displayed in reverse text to indicate the current player. Since the OK button switches players for you, only press these buttons at the start of a match, or if a run is already in progress when you notice that the wrong player is selected.
- Run box: Displays the points accumulated in the current player's inning.
- Game column: Displays the points for player Self, the target number of points per game, and the points for player Opponent, for the current game. Points accumulated in the Run box are not included in these totals. When playing Straight Pool, small X characters will be displayed to indicate the number of consecutive fouls for each player.
- Set column: Displays the number of games won by player Self, the target number of games, and the number of games won by player Opponent.
- Game Type: Determines which, if any, custom rules are applied
to the Scoring Screen. Choices are:
- Straight Pool: Displays a Foul button in place of the -1 button. Subtracts one or sixteen points from the current player's score when a foul occurs, depending on the number of consecutive fouls. Displays small X characters to indicate the number of consecutive fouls.
- Other: No custom rules are applied. Choose this when playing any game not explicitly listed above.
- Number of Games: Set the target number of games to play. This is a "race to" number, not a "best of" number (e.g. a race to 3 is the same as a best of 5). This number must be greater than 0 and less than 100.
- Points per Game: Set the target number of points required to win a game. This number must be greater than 0 and less than 1000.
- Handicapped: Check this box to enable handicapping, to level
the odds when you and your opponent cannot compete fairly in a
straight-up match. See below for details.
- Give Self/Opponent ... games: At the start of the match, one player (the one displayed in reverse text) will start with the specified number of games already credited. This number must be less than the Number of Games specified above.
- Give Self/Opponent ... pts / game: At the start of each game in the match, one player (the one displayed in reverse text) will start with the specified number of points already credited. This number must be less than the Points per Game specified above.
- OK: Starts a new match, using the settings as displayed.
- Cancel: Discards any changed settings, returning to the current match in progress (if any)
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Use Hard Buttons: Check to use the Palm's hardware buttons to keep score. Otherwise, buttons will be drawn on the screen and the hardware buttons will behave normally (i.e. they will launch other applications)
Rack Help screen
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Follow the wizard's instructions to see how to re-rack under different circumstances, when playing Straight Pool.