To call attention to part of a screen shot, we highlight the important area and darken the rest of the image. For example, in the following picture, we have marked the location of the close box on the Action Window.

To indicate a click, we use this symbol. For example, in the following picture we have indicated that the Open command should be clicked. In the text of the instruction, we will refer to this as File > Open. The first word or term is the name of the menu or palette; it is followed by an arrow and the name of the menu item or tool. In the case of a submenu, two arrows are used: Layouts > All Windows > All Windows refers to the All Windows menu item available from the All Windows sub-menu, which is found on the Layouts menu.

To indicate that an option box for a tool or menu item should be opened, a box appears after the tool name, like Surfaces > Skin ❒.

When we ask you to choose a tool, we show the tool’s icon next to the instruction, for example, select Pick > Object .