Brother International PDP350CJ Owner's Manual - English - Page 48

Working with Menus Many applications share basic features such as opening, saving, copying, and printing documents. Applications often have similar menus because shared features work the same way in each application. Almost every application has a File, Edit, View, and Options menu. Once you know how to use choices from these menus in one application, you know how to use them in others. An application menu, like a restaurant menu, contains a list of choices. When you select a choice from a menu, the application begins that function or activates that feature. For example, to print a document, you choose Print from the File menu, and the Print dialog box opens. When you open a menu, it appears on your screen, and you select from it. Menu choices that are not currently available appear dimmed; if you select a dimmed menu choice, nothing happens. For example, in Addressbook, Copy Record is dimmed until you first view an existing record. Opening a Menu and Making a Choice Every application has its own set of menus. You do not see the menu itself until you click on the menu name. This is called opening a menu. Menu choices This menu choice has an ellipsis (...). "To choose from a menu by clicking: 1. Click on the name of a menu on the menu bar. The menu opens. 2. If the choice you want is not on this menu, click the name of another menu. The first menu closes and the second appears. Continue clicking menu names until you see the choice you want. OR If you select a menu choice followed by an ellipsis ( ... ), a dialog box appears so you can provide more information about your selection. 3. Click on the choice you want. As long as you select an available choice, a corresponding action is initiated and the menu closes. OR Close the menu without making a choice by clicking anywhere outside the menu. "To choose from a menu by dragging: 1. Position the pointer over the name of a menu on the menu bar. 2. Press and hold down the left mouse button and the menu appears. Continue to hold down the mouse button as you drag the pointer left or right across the menu bar. The menu for each menu name appears. 3. When the menu appears with the choice you want, pause, but do not release the mouse button. 4. Drag the mouse pointer down the list of menu choices in the open menu. As you drag through the choices, each choice in turn is highlighted. Getting Started 37