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Your Computer 1
Chapter 1 Setting Up Your PowerBook Duo 1
Chapter 2 Working on the Desktop 27
Chapter 3 Creating and Changing a Document 47
Chapter 4 Learning More About Your Computer 65
Chapter 5 Setting up Your Programs 73
Chapter 6 Power Management 87
Chapter 7 Using Disks 105
Chapter 8 Organizing Your Files 117
Chapter 9 Sound, Color, and V ideo 131
Chapter 10 Adapting Your Computer to Your Own Use 145
Chapter 11 Printing 165
Chapter 12 Using Your Computer on a Network 181
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Chapter 13 Building a PowerBook Duo System 215
Chapter 14 Travel, Storage, and Service 269
Quick Reference Summary and Shortcuts 275
Appendix A K eyboard and Character Sets 297
Appendix B Exchanging Disks and Files with MS-DOS Computers 301
Appendix C Map 307
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How to Use This Book
Preface
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Setting Up Your P owerBook Duo
Chapter 1
Setting up the computer
Step 1: Plug in the power adapter
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Step 3: Turn on the computer
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What to do next
Learning the basics
Starting the tour
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Turning the PowerBook on and off
Off
To turn the PowerBook off
Sleep
To put the PowerBook to sleep
Automatic sleep
On
To turn the PowerBook Duo on
On/off summary
When you turn on your computer
Restarting a computer thats already on
Restarting a computer that cant be turned on normally
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Important care and safety instructions
Warning
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Health-related information about computer use
Musculoskeletal discomfort
Eye fatigue
Arranging your work area and equipment
Chair
Keyboard and trackball
Mouse
Built-in display
External monitor
Avoiding fatigue
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Working on the Desktop
Chapter 2
Use the trackball
Point
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Drag
Choose a command
Giving or ders to your computer
Open an icon
Look at the contents of a window
Make a window the active window
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Make a window larger or smaller
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Move the hidden contents of a window into view
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Close a window
Move a window
Whats on the desktop?
Icons represent containers
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Windows let you see whats inside containers
Menus offer you choices
Using the keyboar d
Modifier keys
Arrow keys
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Creating and Changing a Document
Chapter 3
Open a program
Create a document
Save your work
Switch programs
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Close a document
Open a document
Two types of programs
Change a document
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Save your work so far
Make more changes
Taking a shortcut
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Quit a program
Make a copy of a document
Opening and closing documents and programs
Change the name of an icon
Use the Trash
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Chapter 4
Learning More About Your P owerBook
Open the Battery desk accessory
Open the PowerBook control panel
Use Balloon Help
Turn on Balloon Help
Turn off Balloon Help
Using floppy disks
Taking care of floppy disks
Floppy disks and har d disks
Inserting a floppy disk
Use P art III of this book
What next?
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Setting Up Your Programs
Chapter 5
Installing or updating system software
Before you install
Installing system software
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Installing customized system software
Starting up with a floppy disk
Installing your programs
Installing programs without a floppy disk drive
Checking for computer viruses
Working with several programs at a time
Finding out what programs are open
Switching programs
Hiding and showing windows on the desktop
Changing the amount of memory a program uses
Using the Scrapbook
Storing items in the Scrapbook:
Copying items from the Scrapbook:
Deleting items from the Scrapbook:
Using a RAM disk
Creating a RAM disk
Erasing a RAM disk
Resizing or removing a RAM disk
Making a RAM disk the startup disk
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P ower Management
Chapter 6
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
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Recharging in both the computer and a recharger
Removing or replacing the battery
Maximizing battery life and work time
Disposing of dead batteries
Replacing the backup batteries
Reconditioning the battery
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Maximizing work time
Ways to conserve battery power
Adjusting the battery conservation settings
The easiest approach
More about automatic sleep and screen dimming
Using the Custom options
Battery Conservation settings
Processor cycling
Processor speed
Power Conservation
Using Disks
P reparing a new disk for use
Initializing a hard disk
Chapter 7
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Initializing a floppy disk
Erasing a floppy disk
Designating a startup disk
Scanning order for startup disks
P rotecting the information on a disk
Locking a floppy disk
Locking a file
Backing up your files
If you cant save files on a floppy disk
Ejecting a disk
If you cant eject a floppy disk
Caring for disks
Hard disk precautions
Testing and repairing disks
If a hard disk icon doesnt appear
Using Disk First Aid
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Testing a hard disk
Or ganizing Your F iles
Chapter 8
Straightening up your files
Using folders to organize your files
Creating and naming folders
Filing documents when you save them
Making items easier to find
Creating an alias
Uses for aliases
Locating the original of an alias
Installing an item in the Apple menu
Moving an item to the desktop
Finding an item
Finding an item by name
Finding an item using other criteria
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Finding items that meet two criteria
Ways to use the Find command
Creating a template or stationery
Getting information about your files
Using the Info window
Using the V iew menu
Assigning a label to a file
Tips on transferring files
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Sound, Color, and Video
Setting the beep sound
Chapter 9
Installing a sound
Removing a sound
Recording sounds
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Displaying colors or grays
Changing the highlight color or gray
Changing the color of window borders
Changing the background pattern
Assigning a color to an icon
Changing the colors in the Label menu
Using more than one monitor
Using a second monitor for presentations
Magnifying the screen image
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Adapting Your Computer to Your Own Use
Chapter 10
Specifying which items you want opened at startup
Installing an item in the Apple menu
Installing files in the System F older
Removing files from the System Folder
Changing the items in the Label menu
Setting the time and date
Setting a time for the Alarm Clock to go off
Turning the alarm off
Changing time and date formats
Changing the date format
Changing the time format
Changing number and currency formats
Adjusting the way the trackball or mouse works
Adjusting the way the keyboard works
Making keyboard shortcuts easier to type
Adjusting the keyboard for very slow typing
Adjusting the blinking of a menu item
Adjusting the blinking of the insertion point
Changing the way the contents of windows appear
Changing an icon
Turning off the Empty Trash warning
Managing memory
Checking memory use
Making the most of your memory
Adjusting the disk cache
Using hard disk space as memory
Turning on 32-bit addressing
Printing
Before you print
Choosing a printer
Chapter 11
If your printer is connected directly to your computer
If your printer is connected over a network
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Selecting P age Setup options
Updating printer software on networked computers
P rinting your work
P rinting the contents of a window or the desktop
Solutions to common printing problems
Controlling background printing
Working with fonts
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Outline fonts and bitmap fonts
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Installing fonts
Removing fonts
Transferring fonts to a LaserWriter printer
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Finding out about available fonts
Other ways to use the LaserWriter Font Utility
Initializing a hard disk attached to a printer
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Transferring a PostScript file to a LaserWriter
Using Your Computer on a Network
Chapter 12
What networking offers
Setting up your computer on a network
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Connecting to a network
Turning on AppleTalk
Naming your computer and its owner
Gaining access to files on shared disks
Connecting to a shared disk
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Disconnecting from a shared disk
Connecting quickly to a shared disk
Connecting automatically when you start up
Reconnecting a PowerBook to shared disks
Working with files and folders on other computers
Creating a new folder on another computer
Changing your password
Giving folder ownership to someone else
Sharing your own files
How file sharing works
Turning file sharing on
Turning on guest access
Selecting a folder or disk to share
Taking back a shared folder or disk
Naming a registered user
Setting a registered users password
Naming a group of users
Seeing whos in a group
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P reventing specific users or guests from accessing your computer
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Removing a user from a group
Removing a user or group from your list of registered users
Giving away ownership of a folder or disk on your computer
Turning file sharing off
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Gaining access to your computer from another computer
Changing your password
Using access privileges
Understanding access privileges
Setting access privileges to folders and disks
Access privilege strategies
Working with privileges that others have set
Checking your access privileges
Linking programs
Linking to a program on another computer
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Disconnecting a program link
Allowing other people to link to your programs
Turning program linking on
Selecting a program for linking
Allowing guests to link to your programs
Naming specific users to link to your programs
Building a P owerBook Duo System
Chapter 13
Using the PowerBook Duo Dock
Duo Dock features
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Setting up the Duo Dock
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Inserting the PowerBook Duo into the Duo Dock
Turning on the Powerbook Duo System
Working with a Powerbook Duo System
Your preferences
Battery recharging
Power conservation
Hard disks
SCSI devices
Virtual memory
Network
Modem
If you have system problems
Using security features
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A useful shortcut
Installing a NuBus card
Getting ready
Installing the card
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Using the PowerBook Duo MiniDock
Duo MiniDock features
Setting up the Duo MiniDock
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More about modem and printer ports
Before you dock
Shut down for access to all devices
Sleep for access to everything except SCSI devices
Dont dock with the computer turned on
Before-you-dock summary
Connecting the PowerBook Duo to the Duo MiniDock
Turning on the PowerBook Duo System
Making your external monitor the main monitor
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Working with a P owerBook Duo system
Your preferences
Input devices
Battery recharging
Power adapter
Power conservation
Monitors
Hard disks
Virtual memory
Modem
If you have system problems
Removing the PowerBook Duo from the Duo MiniDock
Using the PowerBook Duo Floppy Adapter
Connecting the floppy adapter, disk drive, and input device(s) to the PowerBook Duo
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Turning on the PowerBook Duo
Disconnecting the floppy adapter, disk drive, and input device(s) from the P owerBook Duo
Floppy disk drive precautions
Other adapters
Using SCSI devices
Installing software
Setting SCSI ID numbers
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
Using your PowerBook Duo as a SCSI disk
Connecting your computer as a SCSI disk
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Simplifying the SCSI disk connection process
Using SCSI disk mode to reinstall system software
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Drawing battery power in SCSI disk mode
Quitting SCSI disk mode
Connecting a modem
Connecting a printer
Connecting sound input and output devices
Adding memory to your computer
Travel, Storage, and Service
Chapter 14
Traveling with the PowerBook
Storing the PowerBook
P rotecting the PowerBook Duo system from theft
Service and support
If the PowerBook malfunctions or is damaged
How to get help
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F or more information about Macintosh computers
Macintosh user groups
Technical information
Apple Technical Library
Apple Communications Library
Assistance for hardware and software developers
Summary and Shortcuts
Double-click
Shift-click
Working with icons
Selecting icons
Working with windows
Making a window the active window
Moving a window and changing its size
Scrolling through the contents of a window
Opening higher-level folder windows
Using the outline form in list views
Working with menus
Choosing an item from a menu
Choosing an item from a submenu
K eyboard shortcuts in the Finder and in directory dialog boxes
Troubleshooting
The PowerBook Duo
The computer wont start.
The computer just stopped.
The computer exhibits odd behavior, such as many unexplained system failures.
Power The battery is draining too fast.
The battery cant be recharged.
The computer goes to sleep too often.
The PowerBook wont run off the battery and/or the battery wont charge.
The computer doesnt go to sleep automatically.
The screen The screen looks blurred or out of focus.
The screen is too dark.
The screen is flickering.
There are ghost images or black dots on the screen.
The pointer moves too fast/too slowly.
The pointer wont move at all.
A window has disappeared.
An icon is blinking in the menu bar.
The trackball The trackball doesnt work smoothly; it sticks or jumps when rolled.
You just cleaned the trackball, and it feels worse than before.
Memory A not enough memory message appears when you try to open a program.
Virtual memory is supposed to be on, but its off.
The Duo Dock
You cant insert the computer into the dock.
You cant turn on the docked computer.
The computer is on but the monitor is blank.
You cant eject the computer from the dock.
The Duo MiniDock
SCSI devices
You cant turn on the computer after connecting a SCSI device.
The computer doesnt recognize your SCSI devices.
Disk drives and disks
The har d disk keeps stopping and starting again.
The har d disk is full.
The icon of a floppy disk doesnt appear on the screen.
You cant eject a disk from a floppy disk drive.
A message says that a disk is not initializedbut you know that it is.
You cant delete a file.
You cant save or copy files onto a floppy disk.
Modems
The external modem doesnt work.
The internal modem doesnt work.
Printers
Your computer cant find the printer.
The network printer keeps restarting.
Nothing happens, or you see an error message, when you try to print.
Your documents are printed with the wrong fonts.
Networks
You cant find or cant open icons needed to set up file sharing.
The shared disk you want to connect to does not appear in the Chooser window.
You cant open a shared disk or folder.
You cant connect to your own computer from another Macintosh.
Application programs
A program wont open.
A program runs very slowly.
A message says that a program could not be found.
A program doesnt work, or malfunctions consistently.
Keyboard and Character Sets
Appendix A
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Using Caps Lock
Typing special characters and symbols
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Exchanging Disks and F iles With MS-DOS Computers
Initializing a disk in MS-DOS format
Appendix B
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Converting files to and from MS-DOS format
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Other file-conversion options
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Map
Appendix C
Setting your location
Comparing locations
Finding a location
Adding or removing a location
Adding a location
Changing or removing a location
Index
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