Apple 6400 appendix Reviewing the basics, Menus, Menu Icons Window

Reviewing the basics

Use the following illustrations to review the elements on your screen with which you work on your computer.

Menu

Icons

Window

Menus

The strip across the top of the screen is called the menu bar. The symbols and words in it represent “menus” (lists) of commands. To open a menu, place the pointer on the symbol or word for the menu and press the mouse button.

Guide menu To find an answer to a question, look in the Guide (h) menu.

Application menu You can have several applications open at once.

To see which program is active or to switch from one program to another, use this menu (called the Application menu).

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