Menus

The Finder—and just about every other Mac OS-compatible program—offers menus full of options. There are four types of menus in Mac OS 9.1:

  • A pull-down menu appears on the menu bar at the top of the screen (Figure 8).

    Figure 8. The menu bar offers pull-down menus.

  • A submenu appears when a menu option with a right-pointing triangle is selected (Figure 9).

    Figure 9. A submenu appears when you select a menu option with a right-pointing triangle beside it.

  • A pop-up menu, which displays a pair of triangles (or double arrow), appears within ...

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