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Common Mnemonics

The following table provides an alphabetically sorted list of common mnemonics for menu items within the common menus. Use this table to determine which mnemonics are used and which are available. For a list of common mnemonics organized by the common order in menus, see Table 9.

Table 13   Alphabetical List of Common Mnemonics 

Letter	Menu Items
A	Select All (Edit menu), Save As (File menu), About Application (Help menu)
B	Bold (Format menu)
C	Copy (Edit menu), Close (File menu), Align Center (Format menu), Contents (Help menu)
D	Delete (Edit menu), Details (View menu)
E	Edit menu
F	File menu, Find (Edit menu), Filter (View menu)
G	Large Icons (View menu)
H	Help menu
I	Index (Help menu), Italic (Format menu)
L	Align Left (Format menu), List (View menu)
M	Small Icons (View menu)
N	Find Again (Edit menu), New (File menu)
O	Open (File menu), Zoom Out (View menu)
P	Paste (Edit menu), Print (File menu)
R	Format menu, Redo (Edit menu), Align Right (Format menu), Refresh (View menu)
S	Save (File menu), Search (Help menu), Sort By (View menu)
T	Cut (Edit menu), Tutorial (Help menu)
U	Undo (Edit menu), Page Setup (File menu), Underline (Format menu)
V	View menu
X	Exit (File menu)
Z	Zoom In (View menu)

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