Getting Started
 Apple Computer, Inc
 Contents
 Power Management
Basic Skills
Control Strip
 Using Scsi Devices
Tips and Troubleshooting
Building a PowerBook Duo System
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 Communications regulation information
 DOC statement
 Setting Up Your PowerBook Duo
Plug in the power adapter
 Power cord Power adapter Wrap the cable around the hooks
 Open the display
 Turn on the computer
 Problems turning on your computer?
 What to do next
 Turning your computer off
Putting your computer to sleep
 Restarting a computer that’s already on
Automatic sleep
 Learning to Use Your Computer
 Part 1 Starting the Macintosh Basics tour
 Control Strip
 Move the arrow so that it is on top of this picture
 Now your screen should look like the following illustration
 Press the trackball button twice in quick succession
 Part 2 Practicing your new skills
Reviewing what you’ve learned
 Circle the hard disk window in the illustration below
 Circle the hard disk icon in the illustration below
 Question Which menu is the Save command in?
 Answers to the review questions
 Close box Title bar Scroll arrow Scroll bar Size box
 Practice session
Creating a new document
 Type text in the blank document
 Click Save to save your Practice File on the hard disk
 SimpleText program closes, along with your document
 Storing your work inside a folder
 Drag the Practice File into the folder named My Work
 Throwing an item away
 Open the Special menu and choose Empty Trash
 Clues on your screen
What’s next?
Is this the right program?
 Is the correct window active?
Is the icon or text you want to work with selected?
Is it best to start over?
 Basic Skills
 Working with icons
An icon is a picture that represents something else
Selecting icons
 Copying icons
Opening icons
Moving icons
Naming icons
 Working with windows
Retrieve an item Open the Trash icon From the Trash
 Viewing the contents of a window
Making a window active
Opening higher level folders or disks
 Working with documents
Opening and closing a document
Opening a document from within a program
 Choosing a folder when saving a document
Saving and naming documents
 Copying the contents of a disk
Working with disks
Preparing a new floppy disk for use
Ejecting a floppy disk
 Erasing the contents of a disk
Organizing your desktop
Creating a new folder
Placing an icon inside a folder
 Working with pull-down menus
 Health, Safety, and Maintenance Tips
Important care and safety instructions
 Chapter
 Caring for batteries
 Health-related information about computer use
Musculoskeletal discomfort
 Eye fatigue
 Arranging your work area and equipment
Chair
Keyboard and trackball
 Mouse
Built-in display
 Avoiding fatigue
What about electromagnetic emissions?
External monitor
 What is the Control Strip?
Control Strip
 How does the Control Strip differ from control panels?
Closing, opening, and resizing the Control Strip
Closing the Control Strip
Opening the Control Strip
 Hiding the Control Strip
Resizing the Control Strip
 Using the Control Strip
Monitoring the charge level of the battery
Moving the Control Strip
Rearranging the modules in the Control Strip
 Battery consumption rate Estimated work time remaining
Is being recharged, or is fully charged
 Customizing the Battery Monitor module
Changing the battery conservation settings
You cannot hide the battery icon
Following pop-up menu appears
 Spinning down the hard disk
Putting the computer to sleep
 Changing the file sharing options
 Changing the sound settings
Turning an AppleTalk connection on and off
 Using video mirroring
 Power Management
Power sources
Monitoring the battery charge level
 Using the Battery desk accessory
 Responding to low-power messages
What you should do
What you should know
 Recharging the battery
Recharging in the computer
 Recharging in a recharger
 Recharging in both the computer and a recharger
 Removing or replacing the battery
To remove or replace the main battery, follow these steps
Door is physically attached to the battery
 Replacement batteries come with a door attached
Disposing of dead batteries
 Replacing the backup battery
Reconditioning the battery
If you own a PowerBook Duo 280 or 280c
 Type of battery in your computer appears here
Following appears
 Click OK
 If you own a PowerBook Duo
Ways to conserve battery power
See Recharging the Battery earlier in this chapter for help
Maximizing work time
 Adjusting the Battery Conservation settings
Easiest approach
 More about automatic sleep
 Battery Conservation settings
Choosing Custom options
 Battery conservation slider reflects the changes you make
To use the sliders
Processor cycling
 Processor speed
 Power conservation
 Customizing and Traveling With Your PowerBook
Customizing your PowerBook
 Automatically reconnecting to shared disks
 Setting up a RAM Disk
If you have less than 8 MB of memory
Try to keep additions to this folder to a minimum
 Memory control panel appears
RAM Disk icon appears on your desktop
 If you have at least 8 MB of memory
This creates a folder called System Folder copy
 Close the Memory control panel and restart your computer
 Customizing And Traveling With Your PowerBook
 Using the RAM Disk
Using the power adapter saves your battery
 Improving pointer display
Following control panel appears
This makes the I-beam more visible
 Printing later
Click Print in the dialog box Following dialog box appears
 Traveling with the PowerBook
Philippines, Taiwan
 Storing the PowerBook
Service and support
 Building a PowerBook Duo System
PowerBook Duo Dock and Duo Dock
 Duo Dock PowerBook Duo, inserted into the dock
 Building a PowerBook Duo System
 PowerBook Duo MiniDock
 PowerBook Duo Floppy Adapter
 Using other equipment with your Duo system
Connecting a modem
See the documentation that came with the modem
 Turn on the modem Wake or restart the computer
 Connecting a printer
 Connecting sound input and output devices
Adding memory to your computer
 Using a monitor for presentations
For help with Scsi devices, see Chapter
 Using Scsi Devices
Connecting Scsi devices
 Installing software
Setting Scsi ID numbers
 Check the ID numbers of all the devices you want to connect
 Checking that the Scsi chain is properly terminated
If you are attaching one Scsi device
If you are attaching more than one Scsi device
 Connecting cables
Illustration shows where to add cable terminators
 Using your PowerBook as a Scsi disk
 Connecting your PowerBook as a Scsi disk
 Turn on the PowerBook by pressing the power button
 Drawing battery power in Scsi disk mode
Simplifying the Scsi disk connection process
 Quitting Scsi disk mode
Your equipment is now ready for normal use
 Tips and Troubleshooting
 PowerBook Duo
 Computer just stopped
 Power
 Computer goes to sleep too often
 Screen
 Pointer won’t move at all
 Trackball
Memory
 Duo Dock
 Duo MiniDock
 Scsi devices
 Disk drives and disks
 You can’t eject a disk from a floppy disk drive
 Modems
Printers
 Network printer keeps restarting
 Networks
 Application programs
 Program doesn’t work, or malfunctions consistently
 Appendix a Installing System Software
 Installing system software for the first time
Before you begin
Disk Tools icon appears on your computer’s screen
 Installer program opens automatically
 Easy Install dialog box appears
Disk on which system software will be installed
 Reinstalling system software
 Blinking question mark icon should appear
 Installing customized system software
 Click the Customize button
 Appendix B Using the PowerBook File Assistant
What is file synchronization?
 Starting the PowerBook File Assistant
Linking files or folders for synchronization
 To link files or folders, follow these steps
 Setting the direction of the link
Choose the direction you want from the Synchronize menu
 Linking non-matching folders
 Pairs you selected are deleted from the Setup window
Deleting a linked pair
 Synchronizing linked folders or files
 Manual synchronization
Automatic synchronization
 Understanding the alert messages
Dialog box appears
 Setting up completely automatic synchronization
 Appendix C Exchanging Files With DOS or Windows
Macintosh PC Exchange at a glance
 Using DOS-format disks on your Macintosh
 Creating a blank DOS-format disk
 Click Erase or Initialize
 Opening DOS documents on your Macintosh
Opening a document from within a Macintosh program
Opening a document by double-clicking its icon
Directory dialog box appears
 Assigning Macintosh programs to DOS documents
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 AMI Pro Windows, version
Lotus 1-2-3 Windows, version
 Microsoft Excel Windows, version
Microsoft Word Windows, version
PageMaker Windows, version
 Quattro DOS, version
Ventura Publisher Windows, version
WordPerfect DOS version
 Adding an assignment to the PC Exchange control panel
To add an assignment, follow these steps
Control Panels folder opens
 Click the Add button
 Assignment is added to the list in the control panel
 Trying out an assignment
Editing the list of assignments
 Saving documents onto a DOS-format disk
Sharing assignment lists with other users
 Choosing a file format
Naming files for use on both Macintosh and DOS computers
 Viewing the contents of a disk on your DOS computer
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