# Marking Articles as Read

Normally, WinVN keeps track of which articles you have read. (See Group Window.) Sometimes, you may want WinVN to think that you have read articles when you have not. You may have read the articles with another newsreader or with a different copy of WinVN, or you may have been on vacation and want to ignore the articles that accumulated in a newsgroup while you were away.

To toggle the "read" status of a single article in a group, point the mouse cursor at the article subject and click on the middle or right mouse button. You can also hold the shift key down and use the left mouse button, or drag the mouse while holding down the middle or right mouse button.

To mark all articles from the beginning of the newsgroup up to an article as "read", double-click the right mouse button on an article in the Group Window.

You may also select desired articles, by clicking on them, and then choosing Mark Selected Articles As Read from the Articles menu of the Group Window.

To "Catch Up", or mark all articles in the group as read, choose the Catch Up and Exit option from the Articles menu of the Group Window.