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Embedded menus: selecting items in context

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Larry Koved,

Ben ShneidermanAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 29, Issue 4

Pages 312 - 318

https://doi.org/10.1145/5684.5687

Published: 01 April 1986 Publication History

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In many situations, embedded menus represent an attractive alternative to the more traditional explicit menus, particularly in touchtext, spelling checkers, language-based program editors, and graphics-based systems.

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Communications of the ACM Volume 29, Issue 4

April 1986

76 pages

ISSN:0001-0782

EISSN:1557-7317

DOI:10.1145/5684

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