# The File Menu

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# 3.2. The File Menu

File->Take a screenshot...

  This allows a snapshot image to be taken, either of a single application window, or of the entire desktop.

  Screenshot Dialog

  You can also tick a box on this dialog to hide all Pixie windows from the resulting snapshot. Once you have "grabbed" an image this way, you can edit and save the result with Pixie.

File->Slideshow...

  This runs a slideshow of all the image windows currently open. When this menu item is chosen, a dialog prompts you to enter the number of seconds between image changes, and whether you want the slideshow to repeat until told to stop.

  To stop a looping slideshow, return to the File menu: you'll see the Slideshow entry has changed to Stop Slideshow.

File->Open (Ctrl-O)

  This command opens a file. It displays a file-open dialog box, which allows you to navigate the file system and choose the file you wish to open.

  The file-open dialog operates like a small file manager. Click on directories displayed in the central window to enter that directory, displaying its contents. There is an entry/dropdown box which allows you to directly type in the location and name of the file. By clicking the arrow at the side, you can choose from a dropdown list of recently used locations.

  The File Open Dialog

  Below this is a filter into which you can either type directly, or choose from a dropdown list of common and recent filter types. A filter allows files of one type at a time to be displayed in the central window.

  For example, if the filter `*.png` was chosen, then only files with the `.png` extension would be visible in the selection window.

  The toolbar on this dialog has left and right arrow buttons that let the user move back and forth through previously selected directories, as well as an up arrow button for moving up the directory tree.

  The button with the little house takes the user to his or her home directory.

  The button with the two arrows curved in on each other updates the view of the current directory, to show new files (and remove deleted files) from the dialog's file view.

  The bookmark button lets the user set a new bookmark at the current directory, or go to one that was previously set.

  Finally there is a drop-down box on the toolbar, with a list of some commonly used directories.

  | There is also an Open button on the toolbar of the Viewer/Editor window.

File->Save (Ctrl-S)

  This saves the current image. If the image has already been saved, then this will overwrite the previously saved file without asking for your consent.

  If it is the first time that a new image has been saved, the Save as... dialog will be invoked.

  | There is also a Save button on the toolbar of the Viewer/Editor window.

File->Save As

  This allows a document to be saved with a new file name. This is done by means of the file dialog box described above in the Open section of this help file.

File->Print...

  This opens a print dialog allowing the user to specify what, where, and how to print; whether to print in color or in grayscale. The user can choose between the standard lp or to print to a file or custom command. The print dialog also offers a choice of whether to print the whole document or a range of pages.

  | There is also a Print button on the toolbar of the Viewer/Editor window.

File->Exit

  This closes Pixie.

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