Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional in 10 Minutes

Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional in 10 Minutes

By Dorothy Burke and Jane Calabria

Using Command Buttons

You use command buttons to either accept or reject the changes you've made in a dialog box, to get help, or to access another related dialog box. To select a command button, simply click it.

Figure 5.7 shows the two most common command buttons: OK and Cancel. Select the OK command button to accept the information you have entered or to verify an action and close the dialog box. Select the Cancel command button to leave the dialog box without putting into effect the changes you made in the dialog box.

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Figure 5.7 OK and Cancel are the most common Command buttons.

Tip

Quick and Easy You can press the Enter key in a dialog box to quickly accept the changes and close the dialog box. Similarly, you can press the Esc key to cancel the changes made to the dialog box and close the box at the same time.

Caution

Look Before You Click If you accidentally select the Cancel command button in a dialog box, don't worry. You can always reenter the changes to the dialog box and continue. However, you need to be more careful when you select OK in a dialog box. The instructions you enter in the dialog box will be executed, and changing them back may be a bit harder than canceling changes.

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