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      type="guide"
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      id="pref-keyboard-access">
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  <info>
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    <revision version="0.1" date="2013-02-25" status="candidate"/>
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    <link type="guide" xref="index#preferences"/>
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    <link type="guide" xref="pref#global"/>
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    <link type="seealso" xref="pref-menubar"/>
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    <credit type="author copyright">
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      <name>Sindhu S</name>
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      <email>sindhus@live.in</email>
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      <years>2013</years>
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    </credit>
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    <credit type="copyright editor">
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      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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      <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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      <years>2013</years>
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    </credit>
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    <credit type="copyright editor">
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      <name>Michael Hill</name>
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      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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      <years>2013</years>
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    </credit>
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    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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    <desc>Navigate around <app>Terminal</app> menus using keyboard keys.</desc>
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  </info>
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  <title>Keyboard accessibility</title>
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  <note style="important">
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These keys will only have an effect in windows in which the menubar is

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    set to be visible.

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  </note>
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You can navigate the <app>Terminal</app> menu using a combination of keys

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  that are called mnemonics or a special key that takes you directly
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  to the first menu in the menubar which is called the menu accelerator
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  key.

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  <section id="mnemonics">
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    <title>Mnemonics</title>
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<app>Terminal</app> menu can be accessed by combining the <key>Alt</key>

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    key and a letter of the menu item. The letter that you need to use to
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    access the menu will be underlined when you hold down the
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    <key>Alt</key>.

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For example, view the <gui style="menu">Edit</gui> menu using

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    <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>E</key></keyseq>. Similarly, you can access
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    <gui style="menu">File</gui> menu using
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    <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F</key></keyseq>.

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To enable mnemonics:

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    <steps>
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      <item>
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Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui> <gui style="menuitem">

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        Preferences</gui> <gui style="tab">General</gui></guiseq>.

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      </item>
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      <item>
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Check <gui style="checkbox">Enable mnemonics</gui>.

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      </item>
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    </steps>
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  </section>
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  <section id="menu-accelerator">
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    <title>Menu accelerator key</title>
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This setting brings up the <gui style="menu">File</gui> menu when the menu

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    accelerator key is pressed. This key is usually <key>F10</key> by
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    default.

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    <steps>
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      <item>
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Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>

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	<gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>
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	<gui style="tab">General</gui></guiseq>.

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      </item>
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      <item>
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Check <gui style="checkbox">Enable the menu accelerator

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        key</gui>.

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      </item>
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    </steps>
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  </section>
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</page>