Menu bar

Options in the menu bar are frequently repeated in buttons contained in the toolbars. As you explore these menus, you will notice icons next to some of the options. These shortcut buttons on toolbars often become the easiest way to interact with QGIS. The following is a screenshot of the menu bar:

Menu bar

The Vector and Raster menus are worth exploring, and we will do this in Chapter 5, Spatial Analysis. You will often find that new plugins insert additional options within these menus or even create new menus. As we move through this book, we will often refer to the menu bar by just the name of the menu. For example, Database | ...

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