Siemens SINUMERIK 840C Operator's Manual page 62

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Closing menus
Menu conventions
Dimmed (grayed out)
elements
Omission dots (...)
Triangle ( „)
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SINUMERIK 840C, OEM Version for Windows (BA)
When a menu is opened, the first item is highlighted by the selection bar. There
are two ways of selecting individual commands within a menu:
Fig. 3-5 Items in the File menu of the WEdit editor
• Use the vertical ARROW keys to select the desired menu item and then
press the INPUT key.
• Press the HOTKEY. The HOTKEY is the letter underlined in the menu.
The selected command is executed.
Note
In SINUMERIK 840C applications, the menu bar is displayed using the
softkeys. It is therefore easy to open or execute the items in the menu bar by
pressing the softkeys. The fastest way of selecting an item within a menu is to
use the HOTKEY.
You can close a menu without selecting an item by pressing the
ACKNOWLEDGE ALARM or RECALL key.
The menu conventions used on the SINUMERIK 840C are identical to those of
MS-Windows.
Elements which are dimmed are not available for the active application. You
may have to increase your access rights or select other elements before these
commands can be executed.
Omission dots following a menu item indicates that a dialog box with options
is displayed. The options must be selected before the command is executed.
A triangle on the immediate right hand side of an item indicates another
overlapping menu containing a list of additional commands.
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