Actions on objects in a folder or a discussion are the file management operations familiar from your local operating system. BSCW distinguishes between:

• actions that can be applied to several objects in parallel -- initiated by
  • selecting (checkmarking) the objects' entries and
  • selecting the action's enty in the selection menu bar for selected objects;
• actions to be applied to one specific object -- triggered by selecting an action entry in the object's action menu.

BSCW lets you choose to have the enties for most actions offered either on the selection button bar for selected objects or on the individual object's action menu -- or even in both places concurrently. Quite a few actions also have their enties on the top menu bar.

Choosing one position over the others is mostly a matter of convenience. Chapter 6 provides detailed information on the menu entries in the different pages and for the different classes of objects to suit your needs.