Getting Started > Conventions in this Guide
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Before we get started, let’s cover a few of the conventions used in
throughout this guide.
- Click, double-click and right-click – Most items are
activated with a single click. If a double-click is necessary, this
guide will tell you. To right-click, use the button on the right side of
your mouse.
- Menus – Menus are at the top of the window throughout
SureDocs. They are labeled “File,” “Tools,” etc. to provide a general
indication of what each menu contains.
- Select – When this guide tells you to select something,
it means to click it once. Often, an item that has been selected appears
to be highlighted to indicate that you have selected it.
- Window/Dialog – Throughout this guide, we’ll use the
terms “window” and “dialogue” when referring to the current active
screen.
- Tabs – Some windows and dialog boxes have “tabs” to help
you navigate through the content in the window. These are effectively
the same as tabs you may find on manila folders you’d use to file physical
copies of important documents.
- Links, URL’s, web addresses, and hyperlinks – Each of
these items refers to nearly the same thing. Links and hyperlinks are
actually just words that you can click to “link” to another program, website,
or other content. Typically, these “links” are indicated by their
appearance as they are often blue and underlined. “Web addresses” and
“URL’s” refer to the address connected to the hyperlink. For instance, a
link to our home page would take you to the “web address” or “URL” of http://www.alamode.com.
- Fields - Fields are text boxes – whether in a window or
in a dialog box - where you can type information.
- Drop-down lists - Often, fields in a dialog box will have
an arrow displayed on the right side of them. By clicking the arrow, you can
access a picklist of items. You can also use the Alt+Down Arrow keyboard
shortcut to open these lists.
- Pop-up Lists – Similar to Drop-down lists, only they will
appear either above or below the link you click, depending upon where they
appear on your screen.