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Working with Menus
What are Menus?
Menus are cards which contain lists of actions you can take on an entire window, or on information inside a window.
One type of menu is the "pop-up" menu, because the menus pop-up from the screen; they are not visible until you pop them up.
Another type of menu is the "pull-down" menu, which is pulled down from headings already on the screen. A Macintosh, for example, uses pull-down menus.
Andrew offers both menu types. The default menu is the "pop-up", which is the described in this document. If you want to learn more about "pull-down" menus, you can read the menubar help file.
Pop-Up Menu Methods
There are two different pop-up methods you can use to make menus appear and select one of the menu options.
Method 1: Press and Hold
To see menus, move the mouse cursor into a window, like this Help window. The cursor can be anywhere within the body of the window (not in the scrollbar, or example). Press and hold down both mouse buttons. If you have a three button mouse, use the middle mouse button. Continue to hold down the mouse button(s).
To remove menus, make sure the cursor is on a place on the menus that is not darkened, or is completely outside of the menu, and release the mouse button(s).
To select an option, make the menus appear and move the cursor so that the option you want to select is darkened. Release the mouse button(s). After you've selected an option, the menus disappear.
Method 2: Clicking
To see a menu, move the mouse cursor into a window, like this Help window. Click (quickly press and release) both mouse buttons simultaneously (or the middle mouse button on a three button mouse). If the menu does not appear, chances are that you didn't click fast enough and should try again.
To remove the menu, move the cursor away from the menus, or move the cursor to an area of the menu that is not darkened and click the button(s) again.
To select a menu option, make the menu appear and move the mouse cursor so that the option you want to select is darkened. Click both buttons (or the middle button) on the darkened option. After you've selected an option, the menu will disappear.
Types of Menus
Program Menus appear inside program windows, like EZ, Help, Messages, and Typescript. For each of these programs, there are different menus which will appear (EZ menus appear in EZ windows, Help menus in Help windows, etc.).
Selected Region menus can be seen when there is a selected region in a window. When you choose an option from a selected region menu, the option is performed only on the selected region. Selected region menus vary slightly from program to program, depending on what window you are in, and the actions you are permitted to perform on that window. If you want to learn more about selecting, you can read the selecting help file.
The Worm Hole
Sometimes there is a small dot in the top left corner of the front menu card. If you move the cursor on to this dot, it will jump the cursor so that it is ready to select the last menu option you chose, more or less. This is useful if you have to perform the same menu action over and over.
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