Dialog Boxes

Mac OS-compatible applications use dialog boxes to tell you things (Figure 25) and get information from you (Figures 26, 27, 28, 29). Think of it as the way your computer has a conversation—or dialog—with you.

Figure 25. This dialog box just gives you a message.

Figure 26. Four SimpleText dialog boxes: the Open dialog box,...

Figure 27. ...the Save As dialog box,...

Figure 28. ...the Page Setup dialog box,...

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