<ul>
<li>\b File menu corresponds to \subpage study_management_page "Study management" functionalities
-(creation, saving, loading, editing studies, connecting, disconnecting, etc.).</li>
+(creation, saving, loading, connecting, disconnecting, editing studies, etc.)</li>
<li>\b Edit menu gives access to <b> Copy/Paste</b> allowing to paste the
objects from one study into the other. The availability of this
functionality depends on the module and the nature of an operation or
\page salome_desktop_page SALOME desktop
SALOME applies <b>Single Document Interface</b> (SDI) approach. Only one
-\ref study_management_page "study (document)" can be opened at the moment.
+\ref study_management_page "study (document)" can be opened at any given moment.
-The front-end of the application is represented as a single Desktop top-level window
-that embeds all GUI operations. Desktop window provides access to standard GUI elements
-like viewers, main menu, toolbars, dock windows, dialog boxes, etc.
+The front-end of the application is a single Desktop top-level window
+that embeds all GUI operations. The desktop window provides access to standard GUI elements,
+such as viewers, main menu, toolbars, dockable windows, dialog boxes, etc.
The main elements of the SALOME Desktop are represented on the picture below:
\image html desktop.png
The main parts of the SALOME Desktop are:
-- <b>Main menu</b> - This is a set of context-sensitive menus, which will
-be updated according to the functionality of the currently active component. In
+- <b>Main menu</b> - This is a set of context-sensitive menus
+updated according to the functionality of the currently active component. In
general, these menus contain all functional options of SALOME platform.
- <b>Standard toolbar</b> - contains standard actions
that allow creating new or opening existing study, saving study, deleting
-objects etc.
+objects, etc.
- <b>Components toolbar</b> - allows activating
components in SALOME platform.
- <b>Module toolbars</b> - contain actions specific to the
\page study_management_page Study management
-Study is a document within application, where you can carry out all
+Study is a document within the application, where you can carry out all
operations provided by the SALOME functionality.
This is a certain abstraction layer between actual
document data (probably, remote data available through CORBA) and data
\note SALOME is a single-study application. It means that only one study
can be opened at the moment.
-Immediately after application start-up there is (normally) no active study.
+Immediately after the application is launched there is (normally) no active study.
However, you have access to the embedded Python console, that can be used to initialize
-the study by means of Python API (see documentation on SALOME KERNEL module for more details).
+a study by means of Python API (see documentation on SALOME KERNEL module for more details).
The following operations are available from the \b File menu:
\image html menu_file.png
-As soon as study is created, loaded from the file or from the data server,
-some additional operations become available from the \b File menu:
+As soon as a study is created or loaded from a file or a data server,
+additional operations become available from the \b File menu:
\image html studymanagement.png
\b New - creates a new study. The study will be created
-with default name \b Study1. If there is already opened study,
+with default name \b Study1. If there is an already opened study,
you will be asked to close it before creating new one.
\b Open - allows to open an existing study by browsing for it in a
\b Disconnect - unloads the current study from the desktop. The study stays opened
in the data server; it can be then reloaded in the same working session
-(\b Connect operation), but if you quit SALOME application, all changes in the
+(using \b Connect operation), but if you quit SALOME application, all changes in the
unloaded study can be lost.
\note If the study has not been previously saved, you will be prompted