Four simple tips for using Macintosh Guide effectively
1 When you don’t see Macintosh Guide (or Mac OS Guide) in the Guide menu Macintosh Guide (or Mac OS Guide) is only available while you’re in the Finder, the system software program that creates and displays your Macintosh desktop. To go to the Finder, do one of the following.
mClick the desktop (the colored or patterned background area of your screen).
mPull down the Application menu (to the right of the Guide menu) and choose Finder.
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When you can’t find the information you need
mIn searching for help topics, use one of the three buttons at the top of the Guide’s initial window by clicking them: Topics, Index, and Look For.
mIf you’re in a series of steps and want to return to the list of help topics, click the Topics button.
When you can’t see what’s behind the Guide window
Guide windows stay in front of other windows on the screen so that your instructions are never covered.
mDrag a Guide window by its title bar to move it out of the way.
mClick the zoom box once to shrink a Guide window. (To expand the window, click the zoom box a second time.)
When you need more information about an instruction or term
mClick the “Huh” button if it is available.
Title bar
Zoom box
“Huh?” button
Navigation buttons
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