Working With Dialog Boxes; Two Types Of Dialog Boxes - Brother Ensemble PDP-300CJ Owner's Manual

Working with Dialog Boxes

A dialog box asks you for
information. Y ou can think of it as
a "conversation" between you and
your application.
T wo T ypes of Dialog Boxes
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When an application needs more information from you or needs to alert
you to something, a dialog box appears. There are two major types of
dialog boxes: one that requires a response before you can continue; the
other type stays open after you have responded to it.
The first type of dialog box requires a response from you before you can
continue. If you move the mouse pointer outside this type of dialog box,
the pointer changes to a do not pointer. Examples of this type of dialog
box are the New/Open Dialog Box, and the dialog box that appears after
you close a document that you have not saved. You cannot do anything
else in the application until you respond to this type of dialog box.
The second type of dialog box stays open until you close it, or exit the
application. An example of this type of dialog box is the Page Size or the
Page Setup dialog boxes that you may open from the File menu.
Window Control Button
closes the dialog box.
Title Bar can be used to
move the dialog box.