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The Menubar

The menubar obviously contains the menu. It contains the submenus Game, View, Orders, Report and Colopedia, at the left hand of the screen, as well as a status area at the right hand of the screen. The status area tells you about your score, the amount of gold you possess, your current tax rate and the current turn.

The game menuGame Menu allows you to:

The view menuView Menu allows you to:

The orders menuOrders Menu enables you to give orders to the currently selected unit:

Note that not all orders are available at all times. The build colony order is only available if the unit is able to build colonies and the tile it is on will support a colony, for example. The unload order is only available if the unit is carrying units and is in a colony or in Europe, or if it is carrying goods. You can unload the goods anywhere, but if you are not in Europe or in a colony, the goods will be lost. You can use this feature to dump unwanted cargo in order to avoid the Cargo Penaltycargo penalty.

The reports menuReports Menu provides access to various reports on the current state of your colonies. In these reports, icons as well as text strings of a greyish-brown colour link to the places they refer to. If you click on the name of a colony, for example, the colony panelColony Panel will be opened.

The colopedia menuColopedia Menu provides access to the online game help, which is divided into six sections:

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2008-03-14