Canvas Option Descriptions

               Overview

    Since there are so many menu
options it is best that the detailed
descriptions to follow shortly are
divided into smaller sections and
listed alphabetically so that you can
find them more easily. The divisions
are decided by which screen they occur
on. For instance, if you don't
understand what an item is on the
Animation menu screen, you should look
it up in the section concerning that
screen. If the item has a title or any
other text on it you must look up that
particular text. If there is no text on
the item on the screen, you can either
make an assumption as to what it is or,
by far the easiest way to find a
non-text item is to look up the options
on the screen around it. They are very
likely to be related to it and may
direct you to the one you actually
want.

              The Screens
    There are actually eight different
menu screens but since the three Define
screens are so similar they will all be
included in the same section. The Main
Menu is a little more complicated. It
consists of static and non-static
options. Sounds gruesome?  Well, not
really. All that means is that there
are some options which can be found on
the Main Menu at any time (static) and
also a section of the menu which may
contain different options at different
times (non-static). The non-static ones
are all in the box covering slightly
over a quarter of the top right portion
of the main menu. Since this area is
somewhat special, we'll call it the
'Specbox'!  The descriptions of the
Main Menu screen options will contain
firstly the static options followed by
each of the different options offered
by the Specboxes. For descriptions of
the Modes (top left block on the Main
Menu), turn to the section 'Mode
Descriptions'.

    All of the entries will have the
following format:

Item: Name/Text concerning option
Type: Type of Menu Selector eg. Action
Bar
Desc: A detailed description of what
that option does
Opts: A list of other options which are
related to the one just described
    For each of the related options a
'locator' will be shown in brackets.
This will tell you in which section the
related option is found. The locator
will be an abbreviation of the screen
or specbox:
3CM:     3D Constructor Menu
3VM:     3D Viewing Menu
AM:      Animate Menu
DM:      Define Menu
MM:      Main Menu
ZM:      Zoom Menu

HS:      HotSpot

BLS:     Block Specbox
BRS:     Brush Specbox
COS:     Colour Specbox
CUS:     Cursor Specbox
FS:      File Specbox
GS:      Grid Specbox
LS:      Line Specbox
MS:      Mark Specbox
OS:      Options Specbox
POS:     Polygon Specbox
PRS:     Printer Specbox
RS:      Rotate Specbox
SHS:     Shadow Specbox
SPYS:    Spray Specbox
SPES:    Sprite Specbox
TS:      Text Specbox