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Making choices

Forms often have boxes  XE "drop menus" where XE "menu:drop"  the needed information XE "typing:into boxes"  can be typed in, or can be selected from a drop list, making typing unnecessary. In some cases, information needs to be entered, but the box will not take typing.  The clue is an arrow pointing downward, which means that a menu can be dropped.

In the view, the mouse pointer (active at the tip of the arrow) is pointed on the button with the down-arrow.  Clicking drops a list, commonly called a menu.  Any entry in the list may be selected by clicking with the mouse.

A keyboard shortcut may be available from dropping lists.  Alt-T sometimes drops a list.  In QuickBooks, this works on lists where the content is a fixed part of the program.  It does not work on lists where the user can add entities.