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åMenus





This section describes each of Maybe’s menus.










xThe Apple Menu



•  About Maybe…



This command opens Maybe’s About dialog, which invites you to try

Balloon Help or Help on Wheels to learn more about Maybe.










xThe File Menu




































•  Convert Alias… (Command-N)



This command opens a file dialog, asking you to choose an alias to convert.

When you do that, it opens the Options dialog so that you can set the initial

options of the converted alias.







•  Open… (Command-O) or Set Options… (Command-Option-O)



The Open… command opens a converted alias in the sense of doing its

special action, the same as would happen if you double-clicked its icon in

Finder.  It opens a file dialog, asking you to choose a converted alias to

open.





With the Option key pressed, either before you click in the menu bar or at

the time you choose the converted alias from the file dialog, this command

becomes Set Options…, allowing you to see or change the options of the

converted alias.  If the converted alias is a stationery pad, Maybe will

prompt you to save a copy before editing.  Press the Control key along

with the Option key if you want to edit the stationery pad directly.





•  Print… (Command-P)



This command prints a converted alias, the same as would happen if you

clicked its icon and selected the Print command in Finder.  It opens a file

dialog, asking you to choose a converted alias to print.







•  Find Original… (Command-F)



This command does for converted aliases what the Find Original button in

Finder’s Get Info dialog does for Finder alias files.  It opens a file dialog,

asking you to choose a converted alias whose target item to find.





There is a known bug in this command due to a shortcoming in Finder’s

support of Apple events, namely, that Finder does not deselect whatever

is selected before Maybe tells it to select the target item, often resulting

in an inadvertent multiple selection.





•  Revert to Alias… (Command-R)



This command reverts a converted alias to its former self, a Finder alias

file, with its icon, name, and smaller size restored.  Any sounds which

Maybe pasted into the file while it was converted remain in the file, and

do not affect its operation within Finder.







•  Quit (Command-Q)



This command quits Maybe.  Maybe will quit automatically after about

five seconds of inactivity in the background if it was started by Finder to

open or print a converted alias, and the user never did anything to

express an interest in keeping it open for other reasons.










xThe Edit Menu



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•  Undo (Command-Z)



This command is not used by Maybe.  It is present only for desk

accessories.







•  Cut (Command-X)



This command cuts selected text to the Clipboard.  It is used only with

desk accessories and dialogs containing text fields.







•  Copy (Command-C)



This command copies selected text to the Clipboard.  It is used only with

desk accessories and dialogs containing text fields.







•  Paste (Command-V)



This command inserts the contents of the Clipboard at the current cursor

location or replaces the currently selected text by the contents of the

Clipboard.  It is used only with desk accessories and dialogs containing

text fields.







•  Clear



This command clears the selected text in a desk accessory or dialogs

containing text fields.










xThe Help Menu



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•  About Balloon Help…



This command, supplied by System software, tells you how to use Balloon

Help.  Maybe supports Balloon Help.







•  Show/Hide Balloons



This command, supplied by System software, lets you turn Balloon Help

on and off.  Maybe supports Balloon Help.







•  Maybe Help



This command asks Help on Wheels to display Maybe’s help file.  This will

start the help server if it was not already running.  If the help server

cannot be found on any mounted volume, Maybe will offer to save a

readable copy of the help file as a TeachText file, then ask Finder to open

the file.  If the help file is missing or invalid, this command is disabled.





Pressing the Help or Command-? key at any time does the same thing.

When there is a dialog box on your screen, such as the Options dialog, the

menu command is disabled, and the keyboard is the only way to display

help.