Really silly question about Sleep

I am accustomed to my old MacBook Pro, which recently died, being put to Sleep by closing the lid.
I am accustomed to my ancient G4 iMac, where you put it to Sleep by the keyboard combination Command-Option-Eject.
I just bought a refurbished late-2012 iMac with the Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Do I have to invoke Sleep by selecting in in the Apple menu, or is there a new keystroke command?
Thanks in advance,
--WA

You can put your Mac to sleep by two ways:
1. Through a shortcut: hold Option, Command and Eject keys.
2. Go to  > Sleep.
Both options will work by the same way because both do the same

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