Opening an icon

You open an icon by selecting it and choosing Open from the File menu or using the keyboard shortcut x-O or x-Down Arrow. Or you can double-click the icon.

Moving, copying, and renaming an icon

To do this

Take these steps

 

 

Move an icon

Drag the icon to where you want it.

Copy an icon onto

Drag the icon to the icon of the other disk

another disk

(or to an icon or window that belongs to

 

that disk).

Copy an icon on the

1.

Click the icon to select it.

same disk

2.

Choose Duplicate from the File menu, or

 

 

press x-D.

 

3.

If you wish, rename the icon and drag it to a

 

 

new location. You can also make a copy by

 

 

holding down the Option key while you drag

 

 

the icon to another folder or window.

Rename an icon

1.

Select the icon’s name by clicking the name

 

 

(not the icon).

 

2.

Type a new name and press the Return key.

Working with windows

Making a window the active window

You make a window active by clicking inside it. You can also make a window active by clicking its icon (even though it’s dimmed) and choosing Open from the File menu, or by double-clicking the dimmed icon.

Moving a window and changing its size

To do this

 

Take these steps

 

 

 

 

Move a window

 

 

Drag the window’s title bar (at the

 

 

 

 

 

top of the window) to the new

 

 

 

location.

 

 

 

Resize a window

 

 

Drag the size box (in the

 

 

 

 

 

lower-right corner).

 

 

 

Or click the zoom box (in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

upper-right corner).

Close a window

 

 

Click the close box (in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

upper-left corner).

 

 

 

Or choose Close from the File

 

 

 

 

 

 

menu.

 

 

 

Or press x-W.

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Apple Duo 270C manual Working with windows, Opening an icon, Moving, copying, and renaming an icon