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The status bar of a graphics editor will show information about the current image, such as its dimensions, color space, or resolution. In a word processor, the status bar often shows cursor position, the number of pages in the document, and the state of the caps lock, num lock, and scroll lock keys. Additionally, many word processors assign the ...
The menu bar of AmigaOS 3.1 in its default state, showing the screen title. Shown here is the Workbench screen, which displays system information in its title. The menu bar of AmigaOS 3.1 in its opened state. Holding the right mouse button down opens the menus in the menu bar, and releasing the button over a menu item selects that item.
It is often the second menu in the menu bar, next to the file menu. [1] [2] [3] Whereas the file menu commonly contains commands about handling of files, such as open, save, and print, the edit menu commonly contains commands relating to the handling of information within a file, e.g. cut and paste and selection commands.
Some window managers may display the title bar buttons in the task bar or task panel, rather than in the title bars. The following buttons may appear in the title bar: Close; Maximize; Minimize; Resize; Roll-up (or WindowShade) Note that a context menu may be available from some title bar buttons or by right-clicking.
Use of a ribbon interface dates from the early 1990s in productivity software such as Microsoft Word and WordStar [1] as an alternative term for toolbar: It was defined as a portion of a graphical user interface consisting of a horizontal row of graphical control elements (e.g., including buttons of various sizes and drop-down lists containing icons), typically user-configurable.
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Modern word processing applications operate in insert mode by default, but can still be switched to overtype mode by pressing the Insert key. Some applications indicate overtype mode with a letter-width cursor box, as opposed to the standard narrow cursor; however, others use the narrow cursor for both modes, and indicate overtype with an "OVR" indicator in the status bar.