Apple Duo 270C manual Working with menus, Using the outline form in list views

Using the outline form in list views

Any list view you choose from the View menu (that is, any view except the icon and small icon views) shows the contents of the active window in outline form. You can see the contents of a folder without opening the folder in its own window.

Working with menus

Macintosh menus come in two types: pull-down menus and pop-up menus. The menus in the menu bar are pull-down menus.

Open folder (with contents indented below)

Open folder inside another folder (with contents indented below)

Menu bar (you
pull down menus	Menu titles
from here)

The Help menu, which you use to display information about items on the screen

The Application menu, which shows the programs that are currently open

A downward-pointing triangle indicates that the folder’s contents are displayed; a right-pointing triangle indicates that the folder’s contents are hidden.

Click the triangle next to a folder name to display or hide the folder’s contents in the active window. If you double-click a folder, it opens in its own window, and its outline view closes.

vShortcuts: When a folder is selected in an outline view, pressing x–Right Arrow displays its contents and x–Left Arrow hides its contents. v

Dimmed command	Menu commands affect
(not available)	whatever you’ve
	selected— in this case,
	“Macintosh HD.”

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