A dialogue box is a window presented to request more information, or clarification of a command.
It can contain (among other things):
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.
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.
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 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 display a list of items from which a choice can be made.
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 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.