wiki:ITERATION_03/Release/UserDocumentation/02_WorkingWithSophie/04_TheMenuBars

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2.4. The menu bars

Much of the functionality of Sophie 2's menu bars is not currently implemented. Here is what the menu bars do:

File

The File menu generally contains things having to do with opening and saving Sophie books and their contents. It looks like this:

source:/trunk/sophie2-platform/doc/userdoc-images/RELEASE_3/FileMenu.png

New Book

File > New Book will make a new Sophie book. Control-n does the same thing.

Open Book

File > Open Book will open a Sophie book. Control-o does the same thing.

Save

File > Save should save the current Sophie book. Control-s should do the same thing. This doesn't currently work.

Save As

File > Save As should save the current Sophie book with a new name. Control-shift-s should do the same thing. This doesn't currently work.

Save As Template

File > Save As Template should save the current Sophie book as a book template. This doesn't currently work.

Book Properties

File > Book Properties should show properties information for the current book. Control-b does the same thing. This doesn't currently work.

Close

File > Close should close the current Sophie book. This doesn't currently work.

Quit Veda

File > Quit Veda should quit Sophie. Control-q should do the same thing. This doesn't currently work.

Edit

The Edit menu generally contains things having to do with manipulating objects or text on a Sophie page. It looks like this:

source:/trunk/sophie2-platform/doc/userdoc-images/RELEASE_3/EditMenu.png

Undo

Redo

Set Title

Set Page Dimensions

Show Frame Connections

Insert

The Insert menu lets you insert content into your Sophie book. It looks like this:

source:/trunk/sophie2-platform/doc/userdoc-images/RELEASE_3/InsertMenu.png

Image

Text

Movie

Window

The 'Window menu lets you manage the windows of your currently open Sophie books. It looks like this:

source:/trunk/sophie2-platform/doc/userdoc-images/RELEASE_3/WindowMenu.png

Every open book appears in this menu; the currently selected book has a + next to it.

Cascade

Window > Cascade will cascade all of your currently open book windows.

Tile

Window > Tile will tile all of your currently open book windows.

Help

The Help menu shows help for Sophie. Right now it only contains Help > About. The Help menu looks like this:

source:/trunk/sophie2-platform/doc/userdoc-images/RELEASE_3/HelpMenu.png

About

Help > About shows information about the current release of Sophie 2. Currently the About window looks like this:

source:/trunk/sophie2-platform/doc/userdoc-images/RELEASE_3/AboutWindow.png

Click Okay to close this window.