Catholic University College of Ghana Fiapre-Sunyani INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY I Audrey Asante, Faculty of ICST Graphic User Interface Tutorials and Documentation

USER INTERFACE Graphic User Interface

COMMON FEATURES OF THE GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE Menu: is a list of available commands presented on the screen. – A menu bar is a line of command options across the top or bottom of the screen. – A pull down menu or drop down menu is a list of command options that drops down from a selected menu bar item at the top of the screen – Cascading or fly out menus are further menu options that appear when an option in a menu is chosen. – Pop up menu usually activated by a shortcut (macro)

COMMON FEATURES OF THE GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE Window: it is a rectangular area that appears on the screen and displays information from a particular part of a program. Icons are pictures used in a GUI to represent a command, a program, a file, or a task. Button is a simulated on-screen button (kind of icon) that is activated (pushed) by a mouse or other pointing device to issue a command Dialogue box is a box that appears on the screen and displays a message requiring a response from you. It is used to collect additional information from the user before performing a command or completing a task.

TUTORIALS AND DOCUMENTATION Tutorial is an instruction book or program that takes you through a prescribed series of steps to help you learn how to use the product. Documentation is a user guide or reference manual that is a narrative and graphical description of a program