B. Windows XP, Menu by Menu

A menu bar tops every Windows desktop window and almost every application window. Along this menu bar, of course, are the names of the menus that, when clicked, produce lists of the commands available to you.

Most menu bars have a menu named File on the extreme left side, and Help is always the last menu on the right. What comes between depends on the program you're using. This appendix covers the menu commands in the Windows XP desktop windows.

NOTE

You can choose almost any Windows XP menu command entirely from the keyboard; the necessary keystrokes are described in this appendix. (If you open a submenu that doesn't bear the telltale k eystroke- h int u nderlines, press the arrow keys to highlight the command you want, and then Enter to trigger it.)

If you open a menu and then change your mind, press the Esc key to close the menu.