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When a menu is truncated, two arrows are added to the menu; one is added

at the top and another to the bottom. With the arrows, you can scroll through

the list of menu items. Sub-menus areindicated on a menu by an arrow that

points to the right. When using a sub-menu, it appears to the right of its

associated menu item normally. If a sub-menu reaches the edge of the display,

additional nested sub-menus will be displayed to the left of the menu item.

Menu items on the Mac OS menu bar are executed by clicking it. Unlike a

menu item, you do not need to click a sub-menu to access the assigned menu

items. Position the cursor over the sub-menu to expand it and then click the

menu item you want to use.

Create and Manage Pull-down Menus

You can create pull-down menus, and add commands and sub-menus for

display on the Mac OS menu bar.

You can create and modify menus to display and organize the commands to

best match the way you work. Commands are added to a menu from the

Commands list in the Customize dialog box. Once commands are added to a

menu, you can reposition commands, and organize commands using separators

and sub-menus.

Sub-menus and Separators

Sub-menus are used to organize and group similar commands together. You

create sub-menus in much the same way that you create a menu. Separators

can also be inserted to group similar commands without adding an additional

navigation level. There is no clear decision that can be made as to when you

might use a sub-menu over a separator. Some possible reason why you might

consider to use a sub-menu over a separator is the current length of the menu

and how frequently a command might be used.