
Tips & Tricks
Features and workflows not quite so obvious.
Tutorials
Visit the TrailRunner website to find tutorials. Tutorials are step by step instructions. So read them just to learn about certain steps you might want to know about.
Quickguide
The following steps are an attempt to give you the shortest idea on how to get started.
Locate your position with the New location browser
Load maps (First, go to Preferences and under Services select your desired map resolution like Hiking Map Quality)
Layout trails and routes you want to roam along.
Select trails or routes and load elevation data for those with "File > Import > Elevation data from internet service"
Customizing the toolbar
The toolbar in the main document and the buttons available there are customizable to your needs. Select View > Customize toolbar to open the customization panel. Drag the Command into and out of the toolbar.
Exporting diary information
In the route description window and in the diary, copy and paste lets you transfer information as tab-separated text into e.g. Excel.
Transfer routes, tracks and maps tiles between documents
You can copy and paste map tiles, tracks and way-points from one TrailRunner document into another. This could be helpful if you are migrating parts of one document into another document.
The information is stored as gpx inside the clipboard. This could also be helpful if you open a gpx file in a text editor, remove or edit data, select all and paste it into a TrailRunner document. The new information is being merged in then.
Calculate route-variations
Sometimes TrailRunner can not find good route results from a single selected starting point on. Instead select a similar route with a different distance and choose Route > Duplicate and Adjust.
Keyboard Shortcuts
For faster working with the application many shortcuts are available.
Files and Backup
TrailRunner not only stores information in your document but also in files located in your user directory. For optimal happiness, regularly backup these files.