Using
the
Finder
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FILE MENU
We have already seen how the File menu can be pulled
down
and
Open
and
Close selected from it to open
and
close
icons. Now,
we
are
ready
to
examine the
other
File menu
commands.
First
of
all, notice
that
certain menu commands are high-
lighted, while others are dimmed. The highlighted
commands
can
be selected, while the dimmed
commands
cannot
be
selected. The various combinations
of
dimmed and highligh-
ted
commands
will be determined by the icon(s) currently
highlighted.
If
the icons selected disallow certain menu
com-
mands, these will be dimmed. For example, if the Desktop
appears
as depicted in figure 3.21, the only File menu
commands available will
be:
•
Open
• Get Info
• Eject
The reason why only these
commands
can
be
selected
is
that
the
other
commands will
not
apply when the Desktop
is
configured as shown in figure 3.21.
The System Disk icon
cannot
be duplicated. The icon
cannot
be put back.
It
cannot
be closed, as it has
not
yet been
opened. Finally, the System Disk cannot be printed. There-
fore, the Duplicate, Put Back, Close, Close All,
and
Print
commands
do
not apply in this situation and are dimmed.
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