Choosing Dialog Options
The Finder and Mac OS X applications use dialogs to carry out options, provide alert messages, and gather information. A dialog is a window that opens when the Finder or an application wants to alert you of an event, or you select a menu command or button followed by an ellipsis. In a dialog, you acknowledge an alert message or select various options, and then provide information for completing the command.
Choose Dialog Options
All dialogs contain the same types of options, including the following:
Tabs. Click a tab to display its options. Each tab groups a related set of options.
Option buttons. Click an option button to select it. You can usually select only one in a group.
Check box. Click the box to turn on or off ...
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