Mouse and keyboard notation
Mouse notation
Unless otherwise specified, click means clicking once with the left mouse button. Where there might be ambiguity, the terms left-click, right-click and double-click (using the left mouse button) will be used.
Drag-and-drop means dragging the object with the mouse cursor while keeping the left mouse button depressed, then releasing the left mouse button to "drop" the object.
Keyboard notation
Keyboard key combinations are shown in boldface, e.g. Backspace means "Press the Backspace key".
The Control key is shortened to Ctrl, e.g., Ctrl+A means "Press the Control key, and while holding it down, press the A key."
The Alt key takes its name from Alternative.
The Shift key is not abbreviated.
Shift+Ctrl+A means "Depress the Shift and Control keys, and while holding them down together, press the A key".
Note that you can choose the Shift, Ctrl and Alt keys from either side of the keyboard, according to convenience.
The Escape key will be abbreviated to Esc.
To select a node means to click its icon or title in the Tree view on the left side, or move the Tree view cursor up or down using the cursor (arrow) keys, until the desired node is highlighted.
Mouse Conventions
You may perform several actions during your work with this software; the following specific words are used to describe them:
• Point to means move the mouse pointer to an item.
• Click or left-click means point to an item, and press the left mouse button.
• Right-click means point to an item, and press the right mouse button.
• Double-click means point to an item, and quickly press the left mouse button twice.
• Drag means point to an item, and press and hold down the left mouse button while you move the item.
• Select means highlight or make an interface element active by either clicking it or dragging over it (other actions are possible if specified in documentation). If used in "select the check box", it means that the check box should be marked with a tick (as opposed to "clear the check box" when the check box should be cleared, without a mark).
Keyboard Conventions
Keystroke commands are noted in bold letters. Command key combinations are separated by the dash symbol (“-“). This indicates that the noted keys are to be pressed simultaneously. For example, Alt-S signifies that you should hold down the Alt key while pressing the S key. Bold lower case letters indicates operating system commands and command lines. For example, copy *.* would be entered on the command line exactly as written.