Opening A Menu - Atari Faicon030 Owner's Manual

Make any w i ndow the top wi ndow by position i ng the pointer anywhere on the
w i ndow and c l icking the left mouse button.
Open w indows may overlap. I f they do, the top w i ndow is al ways completely
displ ayed. Top a part l y hidden, bottom w i ndow by pos i t i on i ng the poi nter
anywhere on the w i ndow and clicking the left mouse button . The bottom w indow
moves to the front of the other w i ndows .
M e n u s and Pop- u ps
Menus and pop-ups a l l o w you to select d i fferent options on the desktop or in the
Control Pane l CPXs. Menus, w hich display a ful l range of choices, usua l l y drop
down from the menu bar. If you select an item from a menu, a checkmark appears
beside the i tem. Pop-ups are smal ler, more specific menus act ivated by buttons.
Ope ning a M e n u
Each menu heading o n the menu bar has i t s own drop-down menu. I f you move
the pointer onto the menu bar near one of the headings that menu i mmediately
drops down and disp l ays i t s command options. Moving the pointer away from the
dropped menu to another menu heading causes the new menu to drop down, and
the pre v iously d i splayed menu to retract.
Note: A drop-down menu may have both active and inactive options. A ctive
options are in regular text and produce an action when selected. Inactive options
appear as lightened text. Selecting an inactive option causes the menu to retract.
Options with a check mark to the left of them are currently selected.
To retract a menu without selecting a command option, move the pointer outside
the menu and click on the desktop.
Part
11: Using the Desktop
The GEM Desktop
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