Using the action bar

The action bar is the rectangular area at the bottom of theInfoCenter that you use to quickly perform common tasks in your document.

The action bar contains different items depending on what you are doing. For example, when you open a blank document, the action bar looks like this:

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Action items can apply to either selected text or to new text, if nothing is selected when you click the action item. For example, you can center a title you've already typed by selecting the title, clicking Alignment, and clicking the Center option on the palette. Alternatively, you can click Alignment, click Center, and begin typing; the text you type is centered until you select another alignment option.

When action items are not available, they appear dimmed. For example, if you previously clicked Cut or Copy, Paste is available; otherwise Paste appears dimmed.

Different action items display different kinds of behavior. An item can:



See also
Using menus