The Menubar
The default location of the menubar is at the top of the application window. The menus provide quick and organized access to all major commands such as opening files, saving files, printing and quitting the application.
Gnumeric menus are opened with a simple click on the name of the menu in the menu bar. Once clicked, the menu will stay open. If the mouse pointer is dragged over the name of another menu on the menubar, the first menu will close and the new menu open up. This is a useful way to look in each menu to hunt for a commands. Menus can also be opened through the keyboard. One of the letters in each menu is underlined. Typing the Alt key at the same time as the underlined letter key will open the menu. This is also true of sub-menus. Once the menus are open, the arrow keys can be used to move between menus or select an entry in a particular menu. An open menu can be closed with a click over any other area of the application or of the desktop. The menus can also be closed by typing the escape key, Esc.
Many menu entries are followed by a series of keynames. These keys can be used to perform the menu action without having to open the menu. These are often combinations of keys involving the control key which is labeled as Ctrl, the shift key which is labeled Shift and the function keys which are labeled with an F and then a number. For example, to quickly cut a selection (accessible through the menu), the user can make a selection and then type the control key and the "x" key at the same time.