Use this menu to edit text, graphics and sound, Publish & Subscribe, or dial a phone number.
Edit menu
Use this menu to edit text, graphics and sound, Publish & Subscribe, or dial a phone number. Not available now because there is no outline open.
Reverses the effect of the last command, keystrokes, or drag.
Reverses the effect of the last command, keystroke or drag. Not available now because no action has been taken, or the last action canΓÇÖt be undone.
Removes the selected data from the outline and places it on the clipboard.
Removes the selected data from the document and places it on the clipboard. Not available now because nothing has been selected.
Copies the selected topic and family, or selected text, to the clipboard.
Copies the selected topic or text to the clipboard. Not available now because nothing has been selected.
Inserts the contents of the clipboard into the current document at the insertion point.
Inserts the contents of the clipboard into the current document. Not available now because there is nothing on the clipboard.
Removes the selected data from the document without storing it on the clipboard.
Removes the selected data from the document without storing it on the clipboard. Not available now because there is no outline open.
Displays a dialog box in which you describe what you are publishing.
Displays a dialog box in which you describe what you are publishing. Not available now because this topic is already a publisher or a subscriber.
Displays a dialog box in which you subscribe to a published edition.
Displays a dialog box in which you subscribe to a published edition. Not available now because the selected topic is already a publisher or a subscriber.
Displays a dialog box in which you specify when you want to receive an edition.
Displays a dialog box in which you specify when you want to receive an edition. Not available now because the selected topic is not a subscriber.
Displays a dialog box in which you specify when you want to publish the selected edition.
Displays a dialog box in which you specify when you want to publish an edition. Not available now because the selected topic is not a publisher.
Dials a telephone number you have selected.
Dials a selected telephone number. Not available now because a number has not been selected.
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File menu
Use this menu to open, close and print documents and to specify preferences for Acta documents.
Opens a new Acta document.
Displays a dialog box in which you select the document you wish to open.
Saves the current document. To avoid losing your changes, save frequently.
Displays a dialog box in which you can save the current outline under a new name or in another document format.
Closes the active document window. You will be prompted to save any changes.
Displays a dialog box in which you specify how you want your printed page to look.
Displays a dialog box in which you specify how you want the active document to be printed.
Displays a dialog box in which you define document preferences.
Displays a menu in which you select the topic label style that will appear on the screen.
Displays a dialog box giving information about the current document.
Closes all open documents and quits Acta. You will be prompted to save any changes.
Assigns this font to new or selected text.
When this item is checked, new or selected text will appear in this font.
Font menu
Use this menu to select from a list of available fonts. (Hold Option first to apply your choice to multiple topics.)
Choose this to display an outline without topic labels. (Topics will still have triangles.)
When this item is checked, topics in this document will appear without labels. (Topics will still have triangles.)
Displays topic labels using decimal format.
When this item is checked, all topics in the outline will be labelled using this format.
Displays topic labels using Harvard format.
When this item is checked, all topics in the outline will be labelled using this format.
Displays a dialog box in which you can define characters to be used as custom topic labels.
When this item is checked, a dialog box appears in which you can define characters to be used as topic labels.
Displays a dialog box giving information about Acta.
Displays topic labels using checkboxes. Clicking a checkbox marks a topic and its family as done (or not done), and marks the topicΓÇÖs mother if its entire family is done (or not done).
