Many operations in Vensim can be performed from the menu.
· The File menu contains common functions such as Open Model, Save, Print, etc.
· The Edit menu allows you to copy and paste selected portions of your model. You can also search for a variable in your model.
· The View menu has options for manipulating the sketch of the model and for viewing a model as text-only (available only in Vensim Professional and DSS).
· The Layout menu allows you to manipulate the position and size of elements in the sketch.
· The Model menu provides access to the Simulation Control and the Time Bounds dialogs, the model checking features, and importing and exporting datasets.
· The Tools menu sets Vensim's global options and allows you to manipulate Analysis tools and Sketch tools as well as set global options. In Vensim PLE and PLE Plus there is an Options menu rather than a Tool menu.
· The Windows menu enables you to switch among different open windows.
· The Help menu provides access to the on-line help system.
Menus are context sensitive and the commands apply to whichever window currently is active. The most commonly used menu commands also have shortcut keys and can be performed from the toolbar described below.