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1. Menus and Toolbars

MT4 dropdown menus give you access to different capabilities of this program. To reach a menu you can either directly click on the menu title or press the "Alt" key plus the underlined letter of the menu. For example "Alt+F" opens the File menu. When a menu is open with Alt key you can press the underlined letter to select an option. For example when the File menu is open if you press "N" you select the "New Chart" option.

For more information about Menu options:

1. When MT4 is open press F1 or alternatively from the Help menu select "Help Topics".
2. The "Userguide" window opens. Select the "Contents" tab. This tab is active by default.
3. Click the + sign next to the "User Interface" option.
4. Click the + sign next to the "Main Menu" option.
5. Click on any item under this option to know more about the relevant menu. The following image shows you how to reach these help topics.

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MetaTrader toolbars offer you several icons that make it very easy to access commands and features of MT4. You can control the visibility of the toolbars by selecting the Toolbar option from the View menu. If you click on the name of each toolbar you can toggle the visibility of that toolbar. See the following figure.

If you select the "Customize" option under the name of existing toolbars you can add or remove icons from the Standard toolbar. See the following figure.

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