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CETTE PUBLICATION EST FOURNIE “EN L’ETAT” ET AUCUNE GARANTIE, EXPRESSE OU IMPLICITE, N’EST ACCORDEE, Y COMPRIS DES GARANTIES CONCERNANT LA VALEUR MARCHANDE, L’APTITUDE DE LA PUBLICATION A REPONDRE A UNE UTILISATION PARTICULIERE, OU LE FAIT QU’ELLE NE SOIT PAS CONTREFAISANTE DE PRODUIT DE TIERS. CE DENI DE GARANTIE NE S’APPLIQUERAIT PAS, DANS LA MESURE OU IL SERAIT TENU JURIDIQUEMENT NUL ET NON AVENU. Please Recycle Contents Preface 1. Introduction to the Solaris User Environment 31 Logging In and Logging Out 31 Logging In 32 Logging Out 33 Overview of the OpenWindows Environment 34 Windows and Icons 35 Closing a Window to an Icon 36 Opening an Icon to a Window 36 Mouse and Pointer 37 Versions of the Pointer 37 Using the Mouse Buttons 37 Pointer and Input Area 39 Pointer Jumping 39 Keyboard Equivalents 39 Menus and Pushpins 41 Using the Workspace Menu 42 Using Submenus 42 Pinning a Menu 43 3 Using Window Menus 43 Using Window Menus 44 Choosing Menu Defaults 44 Changing the Menu Default 45 Window Controls 45 Drag and Drop 48 Drag and Drop Examples 51 Positioning Windows and Pinned Menus 52 Moving Multiple Windows 53 Moving a Window Front or Back 54 Moving Icons 55 Resizing Windows 55 Closing and Quitting Windows 56 Starting an Application 57 Elements of an Application’s Base Window 57 Opening, Saving, Including and Attaching Files 58 Opening a Document 59 Saving a Document 59 Introduction to the DeskSet Applications 62 Starting DeskSet Applications 63 Working with Text 65 Managing Your Files 66 Managing Your Time 67 Printing Your Documents 69 Communicating on the Network 69 Customizing the OpenWindows Environment 70 Hidden Files 71 Getting Help 71 4 OpenWindows User’s Guide ♦ February, 2000 Magnify Help 71 More Help 72 Dismissing a Help Window 72 No Help 73 Help Viewer 73 Desktop Introduction 73 Help on Help 75 Other Handbooks 75 Quick Access to Help Handbooks 76 Navigating through Handbooks 77 Closing the Help Viewer 81 Exiting the Help Viewer 81 On-line Documentation: AnswerBooks 81 2. File Manager 83 File Manager Icon 83 File Manager Base Windows 84 File Manager File Icons 85 Selecting File Manager Icons 86 Control Area Menus 87 File Menu 88 View Menu 89 Edit Menu 89 Go To Menu and Text Field 90 Folder View 90 Folder View Options 92 Path Pane 96 Parts of the Path and Folder View 96 Path that is Displayed 96 Contents 5 File Pane 98 File Pane Pop-up Menu 98 Alternative Display Options 99 Large Icon View 99 Small Icon View 99 Icon By Name 100 Icon By Type 100 List By Name 100 List By Size 101 List By Date 101 Opening Files 101 Creating New Files and Folders 101 Naming a Document or Folder 102 Moving and Copying Files 103 Using Cut, Copy, Paste 103 Using Drag and Drop in File Manager 104 Dragging and Dropping Between Tools 106 Transferring Files From Your System to Another 110 Printing Files 111 Finding Files and Folders 112 Using the Go To Text Field and Menu 112 Using Pattern Matching to Find Files 113 Pattern Matching in the Go To Text Field 113 Pattern Matching in the File Pane 113 Using the Find Pop-up Window 114 Finding Files With the Find Window 114 Using the Wastebasket 116 Creating a New Wastebasket 118 6 OpenWindows User’s Guide ♦ February, 2000 Linking Files 118 Creating a Link 119 Removing a Link 120 File and Folder Information 120 Changing Properties and Permissions 122 Customizing Your File Manager 122 General Defaults 123 New Folder Defaults 124 Current Folder Settings 133 Go To Menu Defaults 134 Custom Commands 135 Advanced Settings 137 Customizing Your File Manager Colors 139 Using Floppy and CD Media 140 Using a Floppy Disk with File Manager 140 Checking for a Floppy Disk 140 Viewing a File from the Contents of a Floppy Disk or CD 141 Removing a Floppy Disk or CD from the Disk Drive 143 Reformatting a Floppy Disk 143 Unformatted Floppy 144 Unlabeled Floppy 145 Renaming a Floppy Disk 146 Dragging and Dropping Files from Floppy Disk or CD to File Manager 147 Copying Files from Floppy Disk or CD to Floppy Disk 147 3. Text Editor 149 Text Editor Icon 149 Text Editor Icons 150 Contents 7 Text Editor Base Window 150 Text Editor Menus 151 Text Pane Pop-Up Menu 151 File Menu 151 View Menu 152 Edit Menu 155 Find Menu 155 Extras Menu 157 Creating a New File 159 Working with an Existing File 159 Saving the Existing File 159 Saving the Modified File as a New File 160 Editing Files 160 Adding and Deleting Text 161 Copying and Moving Text 161 Tips on Cutting and Pasting 162 Printing Text Editor Files 163 Splitting Panes 163 Drag and Drop Feature 164 Dragging Selected Text from the Text Editor 165 Dragging Complete Text Editor Files 166 Customizing Your Text Editor 166 The .text_extras_menu File 166 The .textswrc File 169 Format of the .textswrc File 169 4. Multimedia Mail Tool 171 How Mail Tool Is Organized 171 Header Window Icons 172 8 OpenWindows User’s Guide ♦ February, 2000 Mail Tool Header Window 172 Mail Message Headers 173 Message Header Status Messages 174 Selecting Message Headers 174 Mail Tool Controls and Menus 174 File Menu 175 View Menu 175 Edit Menu 175 Compose Menu 176 Custom Mail Tool Buttons 176 Mail File Text Field and Menus 177 Pop-up Menus 177 Mail Tool View Message Window 177 Using the Pushpin in the View Message Window 178 Viewing the Next or Previous