Documents are files containing words, pictures, numbers, sounds—whatever you create with your programs.

The Trash is a container for files that you no longer want.

Windows let you see what’s inside containers

Windows let you see what’s inside all these containers.

When you open a disk icon, the window that appears shows you what’s on the disk. When you open the document icon representing a memo, the window that appears shows you

the memo.

Changing the size of a window or viewing its contents does not change the contents. The contents remain the same; only your view changes.

Menus offer you choices

Like the menus in a restaurant, Macintosh menus let you choose. You choose among different actions that the computer can perform on containers (icons), or on their contents (such as words in a memo).

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