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Dialogue boxes

A dialogue box is a window presented to request more information, or clarification of a command.

It can contain (among other things):

Entering text

Some dialogue boxes have rectangles (writable icons) where you may enter and edit text, such as the name of a document, a style name or a value.

In addition to the normal editing commands the following keyboard commands can be used in a dialogue box:

Arrow keys

Pressing the Up and Down Arrow keys will move forward or back to the next writable icon if there is more than one of these.

Return

Pressing Return is equivalent to clicking OK.

Esc

Pressing Esc cancels the operation and removes the dialogue box.

Ctrl-U

Delete the contents of the writable icon containing the caret.

Copy/End

Delete one character to the right of the caret.

To edit an entry

  1. Move to the writable icon using the up or down arrow keys or click in the writable icon you want to edit.
  2. Delete the entire entry using Ctrl-U or individual characters using Delete or Copy.
  3. Type the new entry.

Pop-up menus

Pop-up menus enable a choice to be made from a list of items, for example choosing a font from a list of the fonts available.

An icon indicates the presence of a pop-up menu. The current selection is shown to the left of the icon.

To use a pop-up menu

  1. Click on the icon to the right of the item that you wish to change. A menu will appear with a list of available choices.
  2. Click on the required item to choose it. The menu will disappear and the new choice will be displayed in the pop-up.

Action icons

An Action icon is a button that should be clicked to confirm or cancel an action. Pressing Esc is equivalent to clicking Cancel.

Option icons

Option icons are used where more than one choice can be made, for example 'Search Backwards' and 'Whole words'.

If the option icon is empty it indicates that the option is off.

For example in the dialogue box above, the Case sensitive and Whole word options have been turned on, Search backwards is turned off.

Scrollable lists

Scrollable lists display a list of items from which a choice can be made.

  1. Click the up or down scroll arrows to scroll through the list.
  2. Click on an item to select it.

Radio icons

Radio icons are used when there can only be one response to a group of conditions.

Selecting one radio icon cancels the previously selected one in the group.

For example clicking on the Right pages radio icon would select it and turn off Left & right pages.

Arrow icons

Arrow icons are used to scroll quickly through a list of numbers. They often have a writable icon next to them where you can type in a value.

When the smallest or highest number is reached, the list stops scrolling.

Note: Pressing Adjust instead of Select reverses the direction of scrolling.


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