User Guide
After Sales
Technical Documentation
TESLA Service Software User Guide
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Using Menus
There are three visible components to TESLA: the menu bar at the top,
the window area in the middle and the status line at the bottom of the
screen. Many menu items also offer dialogue boxes. Although there are
several different ways to make a selection in TESLA, they all access the
same commands and dialogue boxes.
The
menu bar
is the primary method of accessing the menu commands.
When a command is followed by an ellipsis (...), additional sub–menu(s)
are available, otherwise the action occurs as soon as the command is
chosen.
To choose menu commands using the keyboard proceed as follows:
Press F10 to make the menu bar active; the next characters you type
will relate to the items on the menu bar.
Use the ← → arrow keys to select the menu you wish to display and then
press Enter. As a shortcut to this step you can just select the highlighted
letter of the menu title. For example, when the menu bar is active, press
F to move to and display the File menu. At any time press Alt and the
highlighted letter ( eg
Alt
+ F ) to display the menu you want.
Use the ↑ ↓ arrow keys to select command from the menu you have
opened and press Enter. As a shortcut you can just press the
highlighted letter of the menu command.
At this stage, TESLA either carries out the command, displays a dialogue
box or displays another menu.
There are two ways to choose commands using the mouse:
Click the desired menu title to display the menu and click the desired
command.
OR
Drag from the menu title down to the menu command. Release the
mouse button on the command you want. If you change your mind,
simply drag off the menu and no command will be chosen.
TESLA offers a number of quick ways to choose menu commands. The
click–drag method for mouse users is an example. From the keyboard,
you can use a number of keyboard shortcuts ( or ’hotkeys’ ) to access the
menu bar, choose commands or work with dialogue boxes. You need to
hold down Alt while pressing the highlighted letter when moving from input
box to a group of buttons or boxes.