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Opening an application program

You open a program the same way you open other items—by double-clicking the program’s icon.

When you open a document, the program that created it opens automatically.

Once you are working in a program, you can open other documents in that program by opening the File menu and choosing Open.

Working with several programs at a time

Acheckmark indicates the

active program.

You can open as many application programs and desk accessories as your computer’s random-access memory (RAM) allows.

The Application menu in the top-right corner of the screen lists the programs you have open. The name of the active program (the one you’re using right now) has a checkmark next to it, and its icon appears in the menu bar.

Application menu (The icon changes to show the active application.)

Commands to hide or display open windows

Open programs

Finding out which programs are open

If you have several programs and windows open, you can find out which program is active and which other programs are open by opening the Application menu.

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