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= Getting Started =

=== What is the ~~overview~~? ===

=== What is the "Overview"? ===

In EVE Online, the ~~overview~~ is the only practical way to organize and view items in space. It is a customizable list of interactive items. It is one of the most important parts of EVE's interface, and will help you in PvP, missions, mining, traveling - practically every activity in EVE requires use of the ~~overview~~. It is vitally important that you set up your overview in a way that is not confusing, and will allow you to easily see whatever you want to see at any given time. The consequences of not setting up your overview properly could range from not being able to see a war target and subsequently getting destroyed, to ﬁring on your own ally because he appeared as a hostile, to being destroyed by NPC pirates that didn’t even show up on your screen.

In EVE Online, the Overview is the only practical way to organize and view items in space. It is a customizable list of interactive items. It is one of the most important parts of EVE's interface, and will help you in PvP, missions, mining, traveling - practically every activity in EVE requires use of the Overview. It is vitally important that you set up your overview in a way that is not confusing, and will allow you to easily see whatever you want to see at any given time. The consequences of not setting up your overview properly could range from not being able to see a war target and subsequently getting destroyed, to ﬁring on your own ally because he appeared as a hostile, to being destroyed by NPC pirates that didn’t even show up on your screen. The Overview can offer you a lot of flexibility with up to 5 Overview tabs and a potentially limitless number of presets that you create and/or import.

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=== Newbie Tips ===

Hold down the '''~~Control~~''' key on your keyboard, and left click once with your mouse on an item in your overview to lock it. Holding down the control key will also freeze your overview in place, to prevent items from shuffling around based on the sorting order. This will help prevent you from locking the wrong targets by accident. When you are holding down the control key, all new items that appear on the overview will be added at the bottom of the list, and items that disappear from the grid will be shown in a faded text. Releasing the control key will re-sort your overview automatically.

'''CTRL''' is the default keyboard shortcut to target a selected object. You can do this from the Overview by first selecting the object on your Overview and then simply press the '''CTRL''' key.

'''Freezing your Overview'''

Hold down the '''CTRL''' key on your keyboard, and left click once with your mouse on an item in your overview to lock it. Holding down the control key will also freeze your overview in place, to prevent items from shuffling around based on the sorting order. This will help prevent you from locking the wrong targets by accident. When you are holding down the control key, all new items that appear on the overview will be added at the bottom of the list, and items that disappear from the grid will be shown in a faded text. Releasing the control key will re-sort your overview automatically.

Double click an item on your overview to approach it.

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 = Getting Started  =
-=== What is the overview?  ===
+=== What is the "Overview"?  ===
-In EVE Online, the overview is the only practical way to organize and view items in space. It is a customizable list of interactive items. It is one of the most important parts of EVE's interface, and will help you in PvP, missions, mining, traveling - practically every activity in EVE requires use of the overview. It is vitally important that you set up your overview in a way that is not confusing, and will allow you to easily see whatever you want to see at any given time. The consequences of not setting up your overview properly could range from not being able to see a war target and subsequently getting destroyed, to ﬁring on your own ally because he appeared as a hostile, to being destroyed by NPC pirates that didn’t even show up on your screen.
+In EVE Online, the Overview is the only practical way to organize and view items in space. It is a customizable list of interactive items. It is one of the most important parts of EVE's interface, and will help you in PvP, missions, mining, traveling - practically every activity in EVE requires use of the Overview. It is vitally important that you set up your overview in a way that is not confusing, and will allow you to easily see whatever you want to see at any given time. The consequences of not setting up your overview properly could range from not being able to see a war target and subsequently getting destroyed, to ﬁring on your own ally because he appeared as a hostile, to being destroyed by NPC pirates that didn’t even show up on your screen. The Overview can offer you a lot of flexibility with up to 5 Overview tabs and a potentially limitless number of presets that you create and/or import.
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 === Newbie Tips  ===
-Hold down the '''Control''' key on your keyboard, and left click once with your mouse on an item in your overview to lock it. Holding down the control key will also freeze your overview in place, to prevent items from shuffling around based on the sorting order. This will help prevent you from locking the wrong targets by accident. When you are holding down the control key, all new items that appear on the overview will be added at the bottom of the list, and items that disappear from the grid will be shown in a faded text. Releasing the control key will re-sort your overview automatically.
+'''CTRL''' is the default keyboard shortcut to target a selected object.  You can do this from the Overview by first selecting the object on your Overview and then simply press the '''CTRL''' key.
+'''Freezing your Overview'''
+Hold down the '''CTRL''' key on your keyboard, and left click once with your mouse on an item in your overview to lock it. Holding down the control key will also freeze your overview in place, to prevent items from shuffling around based on the sorting order. This will help prevent you from locking the wrong targets by accident. When you are holding down the control key, all new items that appear on the overview will be added at the bottom of the list, and items that disappear from the grid will be shown in a faded text. Releasing the control key will re-sort your overview automatically.
 Double click an item on your overview to approach it.