Microsoft 9GD00001 manual Menu, Visual Studio 2010 Start screen

14Microsoft Visual Studio 2010: A Beginner’s Guide

Figure 1-10 Visual Studio 2010 Start screen

The Menu

At the very top left of Figure 1-10, you’ll see the menu bar, which includes the words “File,” “Edit,” “View,” “Tools,” and so on. The menu bar is a standard part of most windows applications. Besides standard file management functionality, the File menu is where you visit to create new projects. The File menu also gives you access to recently opened files and projects.

The Edit menu has your standard cut, copy, and paste operations. It also gives you access to a bookmark feature for providing easy navigation through source code.

It would be worth your effort to explore the View menu to see what is available, but if you are just learning Visual Studio and how to write software, it’s best to not click these different views just yet; we’ll explore most of those views and what they’re used for later. The View menu gives you access to all of the tool windows in VS. The View menu also has a menu item named Other Windows that includes more application windows that will come in handy as you create new software.