Introduction to 1-2-3 in the Motif Graphical Environment

This Help window describes features of the Motif graphical environment that you must know to use the 1-2-3 Motif Interface.

The areas covered are:

     --  Using a mouse
	Mouse  Buttons
	Mouse Pointer
	Mouse Instructions

     --  Choosing a command
	Submenus
	Dialog boxes
	Dimmed Items
	1-2-3 Classic Menus
	To Choose a Command
	To Choose a Command (Alternative Method)
	To Cancel a Command

     --  Managing windows
	To Move a Window
	To Display the Motif WindowMenu
	To Make a Window Active
	To Reduce a Window to an Icon
	To Restore an Iconified Window
	To Adjust the Window Size



USING A MOUSE 

You can use the mouse to choose commands from menus, make selections from dialog boxes, highlight ranges in a worksheet, and resize and move windows. 


Mouse Buttons 

The mouse on your workstation may have as many  three buttons.  The 1-2-3 Motif Interface requires only one button. When there is more than one button available, the left-most button is the one primarily used in the 1-2-3 Motif Interface. 

There are a few operations that require a secondary mouse button. If you have only one mouse button, you use the "secondary" mouse button by holding down the Shift key while clicking on the mouse button. If your mouse has more than one button, the secondary button is the button next to the left-most button.


The following table describes how to use the mouse button:

Button			Is used to...

SELECT			Select objects, select cells and ranges, and manipulate items in dialog
			boxes

Shift-click		Extend or reduce the range of a selection or the number of items
			selected


The instructions in this document (and in the 1-2-3 Motif Interface User's Guide) assume that your mouse has only one button. Instructions always refer to the left-most mouse button unless otherwise indicated. For example, 'click the cell' refers to the left-most mouse button. The secondary mouse button is referred to in the instructions as a Shift-click.


Mouse Pointer 

On screen, the mouse is represented by the mouse pointer. For most activities in the 1-2-3 Motif Interface, the mouse pointer is an arrow. 

You use the mouse pointer to identify the focus of mouse activity. For example, if you point to a cell in the worksheet area of the Worksheet window and press the mouse button, the cell where the mouse pointer is located is then selected. 

To move the mouse pointer, you move the mouse. The mouse pointer changes shape, depending  on the task you can perform at that location. For example, when you move the mouse pointer to a window corner, it changes to a resizing pointer. When the mouse pointer shape changes to a resizing pointer, you can use the mouse to resize the window. (For more information on resizing a window, see "To adjust the window size" below.) The other mouse pointer you may find in the 1-2-3 Motif Interface is a watch pointer, which appears when processing is taking place.


Mouse Instructions 

There are a number of common ways to use the mouse. The following table lists the terms associated with each:


Term			Meaning

Point			Position the mouse pointer 

Click			Press and release a mouse button quickly 

Press and hold		Press a mouse button and continue holding it down 

Double click		Press and release a mouse button twice in succession 

Drag			Press and hold the mouse button while you move the mouse

Shift-click		Hold down the Shift key and press and release the mouse button



Note: Another important use of the mouse is in locating keyboard focus. In the Motif environment, the position of the mouse pointer can specify which window has keyboard focus. The window with keyboard focus is the window that can receive keyboard input. To enter text in a window, you must locate the mouse pointer within that window (or give the window focus by clicking on its title bar). This is true not only for the Worksheet window in the 1-2-3 Motif Interface, but also for the dialog boxes (described below) that appear when you select commands. However, dialog boxes are automatically given focus when they first appear.



CHOOSING A COMMAND 

As you work with the 1-2-3 Motif Interface, you choose commands from menus. You display menus by clicking on menu titles in the menu bar at the top of the Worksheet window.

Each pulldown menu contains a list of commands. To display the pulldown menu, click on the menu title. When you select a command from a pulldown menu, the command is not always executed immediately. Commands followed by a right-pointing arrow lead to submenus. Commands followed by ... (ellipsis) need further information before they can be executed. When you select such commands, a dialog box appears in which you specify the required information.


Submenus 

Some commands in a pulldown menu are followed by a right-pointing arrow. This arrow indicates that choosing this command leads to other related commands. When you click a command followed by an arrow, another menu, called a submenu, appears. For example, the Administration item under the File menu has a submenu. 


Dialog boxes 

Menu items that are followed by an ... (ellipsis) lead to dialog boxes in which you supply information required to execute the command. For more information on using dialog boxes, see the 1-2-3 Motif Interface User's Guide.  You can also click on the Help button located on every dialog box to get help on how to use the dialog box.


Dimmed Items 

A menu may contain commands that are not currently accessible and are therefore dimmed on the menu.  Items in a menu are dimmed when they are not applicable to the current activity.


1-2-3 Classic Menus 

You can use 1-2-3 Classic menus rather than the 1-2-3 Motif Interface menus. Classic menus are the menus in 1-2-3 for UNIX Systems that you access by pressing the / (slash) key. 

For a mapping of 1-2-3 for UNIX Systems commands to their corresponding 1-2-3 Motif Interface commands, see Chapter 6 in the 1-2-3 Motif Interface User's Guide. 

Note:  For more information on using the Classic menus, see the Classic menu help by pressing the F1 (HELP) key. 


To Choose a Command 

1.  Using the mouse, point to the menu title for the menu that contains the command you want to choose. 
	For example, to choose a command from the File menu, point to the File menu title.

2.  Click on the menu title.
	The pulldown menu appears. 

3.  Click the command. 
	Depending on the type of command, either the command is executed immediately or a dialog
	box appears. For example, to choose Save As from the File pulldown menu, choose Save As.
	The File Save As dialog box appears.

     If the command has a arrow to the right of it, click on the command name to display the submenu. When the submenu appears, choose a command from the submenu by clicking it with the mouse button. 

     Note: This documentation condenses the first three steps into one step. For example, File Save As means `choose the Save As item from the File menu.'


To Choose a Command (Alternative Method) 

1.  Point to the menu title for the menu that contains the command you want to choose. 

2.  Click and hold the mouse button. 

	The pulldown menu appears. As you drag the pointer down the menu, you highlight menu
	items. 

3.  Release the mouse button when the item you want to choose is highlighted.


To Cancel a Command 

You can cancel a command either before you select it from a menu, or after the dialog box associated with the command (if any)  appears.

1.  When a menu is displayed, click outside the menu or press Esc. 

2.  When a dialog box is active, click the Cancel button on the dialog box or press the Esc key.
	When you cancel a command, 1-2-3 returns the worksheet to the condition it was in before
	you chose the command.



MANAGING WINDOWS 

You manage windows in the Motif graphical environment using the mouse and the Motif Window menu. With the mouse you can customize the size of a window or move a window around on the screen. Using the Motif Window menu you can close a window, reduce it to an icon on the screen, change its size, move it behind other windows, refresh the window display, and so on.


To Move a Window 

Sometimes  a window or a dialog box conceals a part of the screen that you want to see. To move a window:

1.  Position the mouse pointer on the window title bar and press and hold the mouse button.

2.  Drag the dialog box to its new location.

3.  When you have positioned the dialog box where you want it, release the button.


To Display the Motif Window Menu 

1.  Click on the Motif Window menu button on the left side of the window title bar.
	The items that appear in the Motif Window menu depend on the type of window you are using.
	For detailed information about the Motif Window menu, see your Motif documentation.


To Make a Window Active 

1.  Click in the window title bar. 
	The window is displayed frontmost on the screen.


To Reduce a Window to an Icon 

1.  Click on the Motif Window menu button at the upper left corner of the window.

2.  Choose Minimize from the menu.
	The window becomes an icon on your desktop.


To Restore an Iconified Window 

1.  Double click the icon that represents the window on the desktop.
	1-2-3 restores the window to its original size and shape and makes it the active window.


To Adjust the Window Size 

1.  Move the mouse pointer anywhere on the window frame (the extreme outside border of the window). 
	The mouse pointer changes to a resize pointer. The pointer can take one of a number of
	shapes depending on whether you are resizing from a corner or from a window border. 

2.  Press and hold the mouse's button and drag the window frame.
	Dragging a corner expands or shrinks the window.

3.  Release the mouse button to anchor the corner of the window.


