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OS X Mountain Lion: Visual QuickStart Guide
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OS X Mountain Lion: Visual QuickStart Guide

by Maria Langer
September 2012
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
648 pages
22h 8m
English
Peachpit Press
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12. Standard Application Menus

One of the great things about OS X is the level of standardization in basic interface elements such as menus. Apple user interface guidelines mandate that each application include a number of standard menus where specific commands can be found.

For example, every application will have a File menu and that menu will always include the application’s Open, Close, New, and Print commands (if applicable). This makes it very easy to learn the basics of new software. After all, if every application’s Open command is always on its File menu, you don’t have to go looking for it each time you need to open a file in a different ...

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