# Quick Entry > Ask Dvina from a small bar over any app, answer what it needs from you there, and follow its work from the menu bar. Quick Entry is a small bar that opens over the app you're in, so you can ask Dvina without switching windows. What you send goes to your chat, and the answer appears right under the bar. ## Open Quick Entry ::: tabs === Mac Press ⌥ Space, or click the Dvina icon in the menu bar and choose **Ask Dvina**. === Windows Press Alt Space, or click the Dvina icon in the system tray. === Linux Press Alt Space, or click the Dvina icon in the system tray. ::: The bar opens at the top center of the screen, over the app you're in, and that app stays in front. To close it, press the shortcut again or press Esc. What you typed stays for next time. ### Change the shortcut 1. Go to Settings › **General** › **Quick Entry shortcut**. 2. Press the button, then the new keys. If another app already uses the shortcut, Dvina says so. Choose other keys, or open Quick Entry from the menu bar icon. ## Ask about the app you're in Quick Entry can work on the app in front of you, like the page you're reading or the sheet you have open. 1. Open the Dvina icon's menu, in the menu bar on a Mac or the system tray on Windows and Linux. 2. Turn on **Let Dvina see your screen**. With it on, Dvina looks at the app you're in and does the work there. With it off, Dvina asks before it reads your apps or the page in your browser. Your choice is kept on this computer. ## Get the answer Type your question and send it. The answer appears in a card right under the bar. - **Follow up:** Type in the same field. A new answer takes the card's place. - **Use the answer:** Choose **Copy**, or **Try again** for another answer. - **Read it all:** Choose **Open in Dvina** to see it in the app. - **Close it:** Press Esc or choose the card's close button. While an answer is still being written, Esc stops it first. To add a file, drag it onto the bar. ## Answer what Dvina needs When Dvina needs your approval or an answer, in your chat or in one of your tasks, the card appears under the bar. Answer it right there. If the bar is closed, it comes back when a task needs you. ## Go on in the app Click the Dvina logo in the bar. The main chat opens in the app at the message you sent from the bar, and anything you've typed in the bar goes along into the app's message field. ## Move the bar Drag the bar by its logo or by the empty space in its field. It opens where you left it on that screen the next time. If that spot no longer fits, like on a smaller screen, it goes back to the top center. ## While Dvina uses your computer When Dvina works in your apps, its logo in the bar glows and the bar says where, like **Dvina is using your Mac**. A light goes around the edge of your screen. To pause, press ⌥ Esc on a Mac or Ctrl Alt Esc on Windows. To stop, choose **Stop** in the menu bar icon's menu. See [Computer Use](/docs/use-dvina/features/computer-use). ## Use the menu bar icon ::: tabs === Mac Click the Dvina icon in the menu bar to open its menu. The icon fills while Dvina works on your Mac, shows a pause sign when it's paused, and has a dot when something waits for you. === Windows Right-click the Dvina icon in the system tray to open its menu. The icon has a badge while Dvina works on your PC, a pause sign when it's paused, and a red dot when something waits for you. === Linux Right-click the Dvina icon in the system tray to open its menu. The icon has a badge while Dvina works on your computer, a pause sign when it's paused, and a red dot when something waits for you. ::: The menu shows: - **What waits for you,** like **Waiting for your answer** or **Usage limit reached**. Choose it to open Quick Entry. - **Dvina's work on this computer,** with the app and the step it's on. Choose **Pause** or **Carry on**, **Stop**, or **Show in chat**. - **Tasks**, with how many are running. Choose a task to open its chat in the app. - **Let Dvina see your screen** and **Ask Dvina**, which opens Quick Entry. - **Usage**, with how much of your limit you've used. - **Open Dvina**, **Library** and **Quit Dvina**. ## Work with selected text On a Mac, select text in another app, then right-click and choose Services › **Ask Dvina**. Quick Entry opens beside the text. Choose **Proofread**, **Rewrite**, **Shorten**, **Make friendly**, **Make professional** or **Summarize**, or ask your own question, then choose **Replace** to put the new text back. See [Continuity](/docs/use-dvina/features/continuity#ask-from-where-you-are). ## When to use - You're in the middle of something and want a quick answer without leaving the app. - You want Dvina to work on the page or file in front of you. - You want to approve Dvina's next step without opening the app. ## Tips - **Keep going in the app.** Started something in the bar that grew? Click the logo, and your chat opens at that message. - **Let it see only when you want.** Turn **Let Dvina see your screen** on or off from the menu bar icon's menu anytime. ## Related - [One Chat](/docs/use-dvina/features/one-chat) - [Computer Use](/docs/use-dvina/features/computer-use) - [Continuity](/docs/use-dvina/features/continuity) - [Download and install Dvina](/docs/use-dvina/get-started/install)