PPT Slide
Pull down menus are used extensively in Windows applications. They have a number of advantages:
- The menu names are visible textual items on the menu bar, so the user can see the main functions of the software at all times.
- Menu titles, or menu items (such as Open Project on the File menu) should be unambiguous if they are well chosen, whereas, it can be difficult to design satisfactory icons for abstract functions is the standard icon for open.
- The menu bar takes up very little space on the screen.
- The menu options are generally available by means of access keys (holding down the Ctrl key then typing underlined letters of the menu title and menu item required, so Ctrl+O for ‘Open Project’ on the ‘File’ menu).
- Functions are grouped together to form a set of menu items that are related, this helps users to know where to look for facilities.