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The '''File menu''' is a [[graphical control element]] formerly common to most file-handling [[computer programs]], but more recently often replaced by a toolbar or ribbon. It often appears as the first item in the [[menu bar]], and contains commands relating to the handling of [[Computer file|files]], such as open, save, print, etc. It may also contain a list of recently edited files. |
The '''File menu''' is a [[graphical control element]] formerly common to most file-handling [[computer programs]], but more recently often replaced by a toolbar or ribbon. It often appears as the first item in the [[menu bar]],<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA108929 |title=The Design of an Interface to a Programming System and MENUNIX: A Menu- Based Interface to UNIX (User Manual) |language=en}}</ref> and contains commands relating to the handling of [[Computer file|files]], such as open, save, print, etc.<ref>{{Citation |last=Cowell |first=John |title=The Toolbar and Menu |date=1996 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3093-2_3 |work=Essential Visual Basic 4.0 Fast: How to Develop Applications in Visual Basic |pages=25–33 |editor-last=Cowell |editor-first=John |access-date=2023-10-30 |series=Essential Series |place=London |publisher=Springer |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-4471-3093-2_3 |isbn=978-1-4471-3093-2}}</ref> It may also contain a list of recently edited files. |
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In some operating systems, the file menu also offers commands for closing windows and exiting the current program. |
In some operating systems, the file menu also offers commands for closing windows and exiting the current program. |
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The File menu is a graphical control element formerly common to most file-handling computer programs, but more recently often replaced by a toolbar or ribbon. It often appears as the first item in the menu bar,[1] and contains commands relating to the handling of files, such as open, save, print, etc.[2] It may also contain a list of recently edited files.
In some operating systems, the file menu also offers commands for closing windows and exiting the current program.
References[edit]
- ^ The Design of an Interface to a Programming System and MENUNIX: A Menu- Based Interface to UNIX (User Manual) (Report).
- ^ Cowell, John (1996), Cowell, John (ed.), "The Toolbar and Menu", Essential Visual Basic 4.0 Fast: How to Develop Applications in Visual Basic, Essential Series, London: Springer, pp. 25–33, doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-3093-2_3, ISBN 978-1-4471-3093-2, retrieved 2023-10-30
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