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Glossary 377
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GLOSSARY
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accelerator key
A keystroke combination you use to quickly select a menu or button.
Holding down ALT highlights the available accelerator keys.
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align
Orientation of a field's text or a button's name: left, right, centered.
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attribute
A foreground and background color combination used in conjunction with
HyperPAD's painting tools to change the appearance of objects and pages.
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authoring
The fourth user level; you can modify pads by manipulating objects.
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background
A HyperPAD object that contains information shared by every page
associated with it.
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browse
To use a pad by clicking on buttons and typing into fields.
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browsing
The first, user level; you're limited to clicking on buttons.
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button
A HyperPAD object that performs actions when selected.
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capture utility (CAP)
A program that grabs a screen image from a character-mode DOS program
and saves it in a .GX2 file, which can be read by HyperPAD.
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click
Press and release the left mouse button.
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click and drag
Press and hold down the left mouse button while moving the mouse.
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clipboard
An area in memory used to store marked blocks, text, buttons, fields,
and pages after you cut or copy them.
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command line
A row of numbered commands located near the bottom of many pads.
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controls
Elements of dialog boxes used to give information to HyperPAD. Controls
include text boxes, list boxes, and option buttons.
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current
Refers to the active page, background, or pad.
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default
A proposed value that HyperPAD presents for your convenience.
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design
To modify or create a pad.
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dialog box
A window that HyperPAD presents when more information is required to
carry out a command.
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double-click
To press and release the left mouse button twice in rapid succession.
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drag
To move the mouse with the left mouse button pressed.
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error message
A dialog box that displays a message explaining why HyperPAD can't carry
out your command.
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field
A HyperPAD object on a page or background into which you can type text.
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focus
The button or field on which the cursor is located.
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handler
A group of PADtalk commands in an object's script that get executed in
response to a user's action.
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help
A group of pads that provide information about the current pad (Pad
Help) or about HyperPAD (General Help).
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highlight bar
A horizontal bar that indicates the currently selected item in a list
box.
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hypertext
A body of information containing links that you can select in order to
browse the information in a nonlinear manner.
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layer
The order of a button or field relative to other buttons and fields
located on a page or background.
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link
A connection between two different pages in the same pad or in different
pads.
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list box
A scrollable field of choices from which you can select.
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menu
A window containing a list of commands from which you can select.
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menu bar
A line at the top of the screen containing HyperPAD's menus.
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message box
A popup window used to display messages, calculate expressions, and
execute PADtalk commands.
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message line
A line at the bottom of the screen displaying a brief help message.
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navigating
Moving between the pages within a pad or between pads.
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object
The basic elements of a pad.
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option button
An dialog box control that can be turned on ([X]) or off ([ ]).
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option button group
An interconnected group of option buttons in a dialog box.
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pad
HyperPAD's basic file structure.
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PADtalk
The Englishlike language used to control the HyperPAD environment.
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page
A HyperPAD object that contains paint, buttons, and fields and is
overlaid on a background.
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painting
The third user level; the painting tools become available.
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popup
A defined menu of choices from which you can make a selection.
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properties
The modifiable characteristics of HyperPAD objects.
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script
A property of a HyperPAD object that determines how the object behaves.
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scripting
The highest user level; the ability to write, edit, and print scripts.
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scroll bar
A component of a scrollable field that lets mouse users move through the
field.
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setup
A pad that runs the first time you load HyperPAD.
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shortcut key
A keystroke or keystroke combination that invokes a menu command.
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status bar
A line at the bottom of a HyperPAD screen that displays the name of the
current pad, the page number, and the currently selected tool.
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text box
A dialog box control into which you can type information.
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title bar
A line below the menu bar that displays the title of the pad and the
Help button.
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toggle
To turn an option button, a menu, or the message box on or off.
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tool box
A popup for mouse users containing all of the available HyperPAD tools.
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typing
The second user level; you can select buttons and type into fields.
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user level
The extent to which you are currently permitted to access HyperPAD's
tools, which is determined by a dialog box control.