<article id="xacc-toplevel">
<artheader>
<title>Top-level Menus</title>
</artheader>
<sect1>
<title>The Main Menu</title>
<para><emphasis>PICTURES NEEDED!!!!</emphasis> 
</para>
<para>The main menu is displayed above all top-level windows, and is
a gateway to everything that GnuCash can do, including file operations, 
reports, account operations, window operations, and getting help.
It is dynamic, changing to provide the functions required depending 
on whether you are displaying a <link linkend="xacc-reports">report</link>, 
or an <link linkend="xacc-mainwin">account tree</link>.</para>

<para>The menus that are always present include:</para>

      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para><emphasis>File</emphasis>: Items in
	    this menu to create, import, load, and save accounts.  See
	    <link linkend="xacc-file-operations">File Operations</link>.
	</para>
        </listitem>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	    <emphasis><link linkend="xacc-reports">Reports</link></emphasis>
	  </para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	    <emphasis>Tools</emphasis>: this menu contains the 
	    <link linkend="xacc-general-ledger">General Ledger</link>,
	    as well as tools to </para>
	  <itemizedlist>
	    <listitem><para><link linkend="xacc-commodity">edit
	      "meta-information" about currencies, mutual funds, and
	      stocks</link>,</para></listitem>
	    <listitem><para><link linkend="xacc-price-editor">record
	      stock and currency values</link>,</para></listitem> 
	    <listitem><para><link linkend="xacc-calculator">Do financial
	      calculations</link>, and</para></listitem>
	    <listitem><para><link linkend="xacc-locatingtxns">Find
		  Transactions.</link>
		</para>
	    </listitem>
            <listitem>
              <para><emphasis>Settings</emphasis>: Customize 
	    <link linkend="xacc-style-sheets">Style Sheets</link> and 
	    <link linkend="xacc-preferences">Preferences</link>.
	    </para></listitem>
            <listitem><para>
	    <emphasis>Help</emphasis>
	    </para>
            </listitem>
	  </itemizedlist>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

</sect1>
  <sect1 id="xacc-toplevel-toolbar">
    <title>
      The Toolbar and the Summary Bar
    </title>
    <para>
      The toolbar is located immediately below the menu bar, and
      provides shortcuts to commonly used functions.  As with
      the menu, it changes depending on whether the window contains
      a report or an account tree.
    </para>
    <para>
      The Summary Bar displays your net assets and profit/earnings 
      at a glance.
    </para>
  </sect1>

  <sect1>
    <title>
      Docking, Moving, and Tearing Off
    </title>
    <para>
    If you have the right GNOME settings, you can move the menu bar,
    toolbar, and summary bar around as you please by simply clicking
    on the handle on their left, and dragging them where you want.
    You can even drag them completely outside the GnuCash window, if 
    you so choose.

    If you can't do this, you may need to change  in the "Look and
    Feel" tab of the GNOME configuration tool.
    </para>
    </sect1>
</article>

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