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My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition
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My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition

by Wallace Wang
August 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
512 pages
11h 9m
English
No Starch Press
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Additional Ideas for Using the Menu Bar

The menu bar gives you easy access to the commands you can use to control a program. The first time you use a program, browse through its menus to see how commands are grouped. Commands should be grouped logically to make them easy to find. For example, the Macintosh's Window menu contains commands for manipulating multiple windows on the screen, while the Edit menu contains commands for copying or pasting items.

The menu bar is also useful for identifying the active program. When you have multiple applications running and you're not sure which application the commands on the menu bar will affect, look for the name of the program next to the Apple menu. Figure 3-14 shows how the application name in the menu ...

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