Learning the basics 19
Before you begin 19
Finding the tour 20
Starting the tour from the hard disk 20
Starting the tour from a floppy disk 24
Important care and safety instructions 26
± Warning 26
s Caution 27
S Important 28
Health concerns associated with computer use 29
Repetitive stress injuries 30
Arranging your work space and equipment 31
n
Part II Learning Macintosh 35
Chapter 2 Working on the Desktop 35
Use the trackball 36
Point 36
Click 37
Press 38
Drag 39
Choose a command 40
Giving orders to your computer 40
Open an icon 41
Look at the contents of a window 42
Make a window the active window 42
Make a window larger or smaller 44
Move the hidden contents of a window into view 46
Close a window 48
Move a window 49
What’s on the desktop? 50
Using the keyboard 53
iv Contents
