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posted: 7 Mar 2011 13:54 from: Martin Wynne
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I've always assumed this is bog-standard Windows knowledge, but I have had to explain it a few times recently. It is quite important to know this stuff, to make sense of the menus in Templot: 2_070826_160000000.png  A round bullet mark on a menu item means that it is part of a radio group of menu items, where selecting one item de-selects all the other items. Only one item in the group can be selected at any one time. This is called a "radio" item, from old-style car radios where pressing one button in caused all the other buttons to pop back out. To turn off one of the items in a radio group you must click one of the other items in the group. Repeated clicking on an already bulleted item won't do anything. The groups of items are separated by horizontal lines in the menu. On the other hand, a tick mark on a menu item means that it is a single item toggle -- repeated clicking turns it on and off without affecting any other menu items. An ellipsis mark . . . (3 dots) after a menu item means that it will cause a dialog window to open where you can enter data. This is a good way to find the help notes on a subject -- click the ? help F2 flag button on each line of the data-entry form which appears. regards, Martin. |
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