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+
+      The Main Menu Bar
+
+`File` - contains input/output
+options.
+`Palette` - menu of the colors
+and patterns used by most
+tools.
+`Tool` - menu of functions
+used to create and modify a
+picture on the screen.  The
+current tool is active when
+the main menu bar is exited.
+`Edit` - miscellaneous
+functions.~
+
+`OPEN` paint file.
+
+`CLOSE` paint file & exit.
+
+`SAVE` file to disk.
+
+`PRINT` the picture.~
+
+`PENCIL` allows freehand
+single-point drawing.
+
+`ERASE` points to the
+current background color.
+
+`BRUSH` draws freehand with
+the current brush shape.
+
+`LINE` draws a line between
+two points.\
+`BOX` draws an outline of a
+box between two points.
+
+`CIRCLE` draws an outline of
+a circle or oval by first
+selecting a center and then
+a radius.
+
+`RAYS` draws lines between
+two points with the first
+point always as the center.
+Use Break or Double Click to
+terminate.\
+`SOLID BOX` draws a solid
+box between two points.
+
+`SOLID CIRCLE` draws a solid
+circle or oval by first
+selecting a center and then
+a radius.
+
+`SPRAY` draws freehand with
+the current brush shape.
+Dots are randomly set while
+drawing.
+
+`MAGNIFY` a section of the
+picture.\
+`FILL` an outlined area
+with current pattern.
+
+`ABC` adds text to a picture
+using the keyboard.  The
+mouse or joystick can be
+used to move the text
+cursor.
+
+`SELECT` an area on the
+screen by surrounding
+it with a dotted square.\
+The following options can
+be performed on the
+selected block:
+
+`ERASE` the area.
+
+`CUT AND PASTE` places the
+area's image into a buffer
+and erases it from the
+screen.
+
+`COPY AND PASTE` only
+places the area's image
+into a buffer.\
+`PASTE` places the copy or
+cut image at the desired
+position on the screen.
+
+ `TRANSPARENT PASTE` does
+ not set the background
+ color when pasting.
+
+ `SOLID PASTE` sets all dots.~
+`BRUSHES` invokes a menu of
+shapes from which the
+current brush is chosen.
+The current brush shape is
+used with these tools:
+brush, line, box, spray,
+circle, rays, and magnify.
+
+`UNDO` erases the last
+thing done to the picture;
+it will not work with Zoom.\
+`CLEAR` the entire screen
+to the chosen background
+color.
+
+`PATTERN` redefines a pattern.
+
+`DEVICE` changes the input
+device used.~
+`EXIT` returns to normal
+resolution.
+
+`Arrows` scroll the
+enlarged screen.
+^
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