Apple 8500/150 Series, 8500 Series appendix Tips for using Macintosh Guide

Tips for using Macintosh Guide

Here are a few tips for using Macintosh Guide effectively:

mMacintosh Guide is available only when you are in the Finder—the desktop area where you can see the icons of disks, folders, and files. (Other programs may also have help available in the Guide menu, however.) If you don’t see Macintosh Guide in the Guide menu, pull down the Application menu (to the right of the Guide menu) and choose Finder.

mFollow the steps when you’re instructed to; don’t skip ahead or read ahead. That way the computer can check to make sure you’ve done a step correctly.

mUnlike most windows, the Macintosh Guide window stays in front of other windows on the screen so that your instructions are never covered. If you need to move the Guide window out of the way, drag it by the title bar at the top of the window.

You can also move the window out of the way by clicking the zoom box. Click the box once to shrink the window; click it a second time to expand the window to its original size.

mIf you need more information about an instruction or a term, click the button labeled “Huh?” to get further explanation. (The “Huh?” button is dimmed when no additional information is available.)

mIf you want to return to the main Macintosh Guide window, click the Topics (or h) button in the lower-left corner of the Guide window.

mWhen you’re finished using Macintosh Guide, click the close box in the upper-left corner of the window.

Close box

Topics button

(On some computers, it says “Topics.”)

Title bar

Zoom box

Right arrow

“Huh?” button

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