Secrets of the Mac

Secrets of the Mac Using Keyboard shortcuts The mouse helped to make computing easy for most people. Actually, though, it could slow you down sometimes for common tasks. To help speed up your work, you should start to use some of the many keyboard shortcuts that perform the same action as certain mouse clicks. There is no secret to many of these shortcuts, as they are written on all of the menus. Below are two example menus. By clicking on the key with the little star next to the space bar and the indicated letter, you can choose that command. The up arrow symbol indicates pressing the shift key first. Note: On a Windows machine, the menus will not indicate the star symbol, but instead will show the ctrl key and the required letter key. Tip: Using these keyboard shortcuts is very useful for saving, opening, quitting, printing, selecting all, cutting, copying and pasting. You should try to put yourself into the habit of using the keyboard for these specific commands. Since it is a good idea to save your work every few minutes, by pressing the appropriate keys, rather than using the mouse, you can save much time in the long run. Secrets of the Mac: 1 Secrets of the Mac Fixing common problems 1. Mac is hung, or nothing at all seems to work a. Force quit the application (depress simultaneously option+apple+esc key). b. Force quit the finder (depress simultaneously option+apple+esc key). c. Reboot computer if a. and b. don’t work (depress control+apple+restart key). d. Press the small interrupt button on the side of the computer (for most iMacs) or use a paper clip in the small whole in the back of the computer for most of the older computers, if above doesn’t work. 2. PC is hung, or nothing at all seems to work a. Simultaneously depress the control+command+delete key and read dialogue box that pops up and choose option you want b. Push reset button (wait a minute or so) and then push power button if computer doesn’t reboot Moving documents between Windows and Mac computers Macintosh to Windows and back again On a Mac Insert initialized DOS disk into the disk drive Open AppleWorks/Word Type your work Save As an RTF or TEXT file (RTF is preferred) Keep file names under 9 letters and include .wps (e.g. letter.wps) Quit AppleWorks Works/Word, and when prompted, click Don t Save Move to a PC Insert the same disk into the disk drive Open a word processing program From the File menu, open the RTF file (e.g. letter.wps) When finished working at home, go to Save As and select RTF or TEXT again When asked to Replace? click Yes Quit the program. If prompted to save (again), click No or Don t Save Secrets of the Mac: 2 Terminology 1. Desktop Finder Hard disk Server 2. Icon Window Folder File 3. Click Click & Hold Double Click Select Drag 4. Menu Sub-Menu 5. Application Finder Application Switcher 6. Open 7. Dialogue Box Open Save Close Quit Cancel 8. Mouse Cursor Exercise Match the following pictures below with the pictures and labels on the next page. 1. ___ 7. ___ 2. ___ 8. ___ 3. ___ 9. ___ 10. ___ 11. ___ 12. ___ 4. ___ 13. ___ 5. ___ 6. ___ 14. ___ b. a. d. c. Print Dialogue Box e. f. Program Icon h. g. i. j. k. l. m. Document Icon n. Actions Describe how to do the following actions. 1. Turn on the computer 2. Re-boot the computer when it freezes 3. Force Quit a program when it freezes 4. Solve printing problems 5. Navigate dialogue boxes (important for the correct opening and saving of files) 6. Delete a file from a disk or folder 7. Organize files into folders 8. Prepare files for PC or Mac format 9. Get help from the computer itself 10. Prepare the station for the next user and shut down the computer Using AppleWorks Using the Ruler Setting margins Setting indentation Setting tabs Setting line spacing Setting alignment Setting number of columns Setting style Edit Undo Cut Copy Paste Select All Writing Tools Spelling Thesaurus Format Document Paragraph Tab Insert Page Break Style Keyboard short cuts using the key changing font size open close save quit undo cut copy paste select all bold italic Vocabulary Review Vocabulary Extensions Control Panels At Ease Application Menu Dialogue Box Writing Tools ClarisWorks Font Select All Open Close Save Save As Menu What is the purpose of these items in a word processing program? Ruler Margin Cut Copy Paste Alignment How do you check a document’s spelling? What does the computer think a paragraph is? What is the purpose of using a keyboard shortcut How do you change the font and style of the words you are typing? How do you make letters bold, italic or underlined? Give names to the different computer parts shown. scrpri lsc pa e F F F F F F F F F F F F eenntF oroF usF ins ll pa s~ ! 1@#$2 3 4%^5 &6 *7 ()8 9_+1= 1 1 he1 ho1c 1eu cl = / ` 1234567890- dele del k page * tac Q WER TY U I O P []{}0 1 \|2 3lpx 4mee do5p 789– ca : " te n wge ea blo ASDFGHJKL;‘ retu 456+ ps <> ? d n r cksh al ZXCVBNM , . / shiarn 123 controptioopti cont 0 . ent olift nt ftonlt rol er What does the cartoon below mean to you? Whats Inside the Control Panels Folder? About this document If you re curious about the contents of the Control Panels folder, this document provides a brief description of some of control panels. You can use these descriptions to help determine which control panels you may need and which ones you may not need. What is a control panel? A control panel is a small piece of software that allows you to change your computer s settings to meet your needs. For example, you can change the pattern or color of your computer s desktop using the Appearance control panel. You can use the Extensions Manager control panel to turn off any control panel you don t need on your computer. Depending on the type of computer you have, the contents of your Control Panels folder may vary. You might also have control panels that were added by third-party applications. For complete instructions on using control panels, see Macintosh Guide, available in the Help menu when the Finder is the active program. Apple Menu Options: You can turn the submenus available in the Apple menu (for recently used documents, programs and servers) on or off. You can also set the number of items that will appear in the menus. Color: You can set the color of highlighted text and window borders. Date & Time: You can set the date, time, and time zone on your computer. You can also set how dates and times are displayed. Desktop Patterns: You can change the pattern or color of your computer s desktop. Extensions Manager: You can turn your computer s system extensions on or off. Extensions include items in the Extensions folder, control panels, and other startup programs in the System Folder. File Exchange: You can customize the way documents are translated into alternate applications, so you can open a document when you do not have the application that was used to create the document. File Sharing: You can set file sharing options and specify a network name for your computer. It also displays a list of users who are connected to your computer. You can also specify who can access your computer s hard disk when file sharing is turned on. General Controls: You can set various options, including desktop hiding, Launcher visibility at startup, folder protection to prevent folders and files from being deleted, insertion point blinking rate, menu selection blinking, and the default folder that appears in the Save dialog box. Keyboard: You can set the repeat rate and delay before repeat for your keyboard. Also lets you switch keyboard layouts. Labels: You can customize the color and text of icon labels. Launcher: You can open the Launcher window, where you can easily find and open programs. You can add items to the Launcher by placing an alias to your favorite applications, files, or folders in the Launcher Items folder in the System Folder. Memory: You can control memory settings, including disk cache, virtual memory, and RAM disk configuration. Do not remove this control panel if you use a RAM disk. Monitors: You can set the number of colors or shades of gray that are displayed. Sets monitor resolution for multiple scan monitors. On some computers, the Monitors control panel is replaced by the Monitors & Sound control panel. Mouse: You can set the tracking speed and double-click speed for your mouse. Numbers: You can control how numbers and currencies are displayed on your computer (for example, where decimal points appear). Screen: You can control brightness and contrast for a built-in monitor. Works on all computers with built-in monitors. Sound: You can set the alert sound and volume and specify a sound input and sound output source for your computer. On PowerPC-based computers with PCI slots, this control panel is replaced by the Monitors & Sound control panel. Speech: You can set options for hearing text read aloud by the computer. If you have Speakable Items software and a PlainTalk-compatible microphone, you can set options for giving spoken commands to the computer.

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