Power Saver
Another function of Snappy's Preview mode is to send a wake up call to the Snappy hardware so that it will be ready to snap your picture when you click the Snap button. Since the power gets turned on whenever you enter Preview mode, we have cleverly installed Power Saver features that will insure that you do not inadvertently leave Snappy with its battery on.
If you leave Snappy in Preview mode in the middle of a fantastic session of snapping pictures because you suddenly find that you must leave the country, or go to the DMV to renew your drivers license, or [INSERT MINOR DOMESTIC OR WORKPLACE CATASTROPHE OF YOUR CHOICE HERE], we certainly wouldn't want to compound your worries by allowing you to come back to a Snappy with a dead battery.
After you have been in Preview mode for more than one minute without doing anything, the Power Saver will activate (see figure 1). You will be able to quickly see if this has happened because there will be a screen saver in place of the P/A Monitor.
figure 1: The PowerSaver Alert
If Snappy does go into Power Saver mode, all you need to do is move the mouse or press any key to power it up.
Besides the Power Saver feature, the following actions on your part will power down Snappy:
Exiting Preview mode by clicking any of the other normal buttons (besides Snap).
Going into the Windows 95/NT 4.0 Explorer, or activating any other Windows program (i.e. by using Alt-Tab) will take Snappy out of Preview mode.
Using Power Management on a laptop/notebook
Pressing ESC