Using Dialog Boxes
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QBX sometimes displays a dialog box after you choose a command.
┌──────────── Save As ───────────┐
│ │ The dialog box pictured at the
│ File Name: ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ │ left gives you the chance to
│ │ input three items:
│ Dirs/Drives │ ■ A filename
│ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ Binary │ ■ A disk drive or directory
│ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ │ ■ A choice between two file formats
│ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ Text │
│ │
├────────────────────────────────┤◄── Use the choices below this line to:
│ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ │ ■ Execute the command
└────────────────────────────────┘ ■ Cancel the command
■ Display Help about the dialog box
Dialog Box Action With a mouse... With a keyboard...
Select an input area. Move the mouse cursor to Press Tab repeatedly
a characteristic shape until the cursor is in
within the dialog box. the area you want.
Tip: Areas where you input information are marked by a rectangle, a list of
items within a box, a pair of brackets, or a pair of parentheses.
Choose an item from Highlight the item by Highlight the item by
a list. moving the mouse and then pressing the Direction
press the left mouse keys and then press
button twice in Enter.
succession.
Choose an option Move the mouse cursor Move the bullet with
(place a bullet between the parentheses the Direction keys.
between a pair of and click the left
parentheses). button.
Turn a check box on Move the mouse cursor Use Tab to move the
or off. between the square cursor between the square
brackets and click. brackets, then press the
Spacebar.
Choose a command Move the mouse cursor Use Tab to move the
button. between the angle cursor between the
brackets and click. angle brackets and press
Enter.