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== Exiting Activities ==
== Exiting Activities ==


To Exit an Activity, use the touchpad or a mouse to move to and click the close box on the right corner of the Frame.
To Exit an Activity, use the touchpad or a mouse to move the cursor to the close box on the right corner of the Frame and click.


[[Image:CLOSEBUTTON.jpg|Close Button]]
[[Image:CLOSEBUTTON.jpg|Close Button]]


There are some "Activities" that are closed from the "File" menu by selecting "Exit". These activities may also require you to "save" your project before closing. "Save" command appear in the File menu. "Save" may also be a done by clicking the folder icon on the menu bar with a downpointing arrow. The eToys Activity closes by clicking a button which is a circle with an X, rather than the stop sign.
Some activities will not show the close button unless you are in the "View" section (look at the top of the window for a "Tab" with the word "View". There are some older applications that close with a "File" menu by selecting "Exit".


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To Exit an Activity using a keyboard shortcut, press and hold the '''Ctrl''' key, and then press the '''X''' key. All Activities respond to the CTL X sequence.
After selecting to close the activity, an information box will pop up. Here you can enter in a "name" for what you have been doing, which will appear in the Journal entry for this Activity and make it easier to remember what you did. You can also use the Description box to record notes to yourself about the work you did. If you enter "Tags" information, it will categorize your work.

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To Exit an Activity using a keyboard shortcut, press and hold the '''Ctrl''' key, and then press the '''X''' key.

Revision as of 17:34, 7 April 2012

Exiting Activities

To Exit an Activity, use the touchpad or a mouse to move the cursor to the close box on the right corner of the Frame and click.

Close Button

There are some "Activities" that are closed from the "File" menu by selecting "Exit". These activities may also require you to "save" your project before closing. "Save" command appear in the File menu. "Save" may also be a done by clicking the folder icon on the menu bar with a downpointing arrow. The eToys Activity closes by clicking a button which is a circle with an X, rather than the stop sign.

To Exit an Activity using a keyboard shortcut, press and hold the Ctrl key, and then press the X key. All Activities respond to the CTL X sequence.

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