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Chapter 7 Get Data Software
7.3.2 Help
7.3.2.1 About
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7.3.2.2 Contents
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7.4 Tutorial
7.4.1 Scroll bars
A scroll bar is used to move the object in the associated window (lists, etc). There are two types
of scroll bars, vertical and horizontal. The vertical scroll bar will be described, but the horizontal
scroll bar is analogous.
The scroll bar has five parts to it (see Figure 7-2). An up arrow (A), a top region (B - not
completely shown in Figure 7-2), a thumb button/bar (C), a bottom region (D), and a down arrow
(E). The up arrow moves the associated object in the windows up one unit. The down arrow
moves the object down one unit. The 'unit' may be a single line of text or a segment of the graph.
To move the object by this single increment, place the cursor (using the mouse) over either
button and press the left button once.
The thumb button shows where the visible part of the object is relative to the beginning and end.
Every time the object is moved, the thumb button reflects its new position. The thumb button
may be held and dragged by putting the cursor (using the mouse) on it and then pressing and
holding the left mouse button while dragging the mouse and consequently the thumb button up
or down. The object will be moved accordingly.
Pressing the left mouse button when the mouse cursor is pointing to the top region (the area on
the scroll bar between the up arrow and the thumb button), the object will move up by one "page".
The object will move down one "page" when this is done on the bottom region.
7.4.2 Using Dialog Boxes
A dialog box is a special window where several selections can be made, or different types of data can be
displayed or entered. Although dialog boxes may all appear very different, they all have some common functions.
To edit any selection in an area of a dialog box, that area must be made current (highlighted). This can be done
by pointing to that area of the dialog box (e.g. a list of radio buttons) with the mouse cursor and pressing the left
mouse button, or keep pressing the [TAB] key until that part is current (highlighted), or press and hold [ALT]
and the underlined letter in the label for that section. All keyboard entries are directed to the current section of
the current window. Therefore, what a key does depends on which area is currently active.
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