8.Press the mouse button twice in quick succession. Now your screen should look like the following picture:
9.Follow the instructions on the screen and work through the tour.
When you finish the tour, continue with “Turning the Computer On and Off.” Read the rest of this book for information that can help you use your computer safely and efficiently. Then turn to the Learning Macintosh section of your Macintosh User’s Guide and begin the learning exercises there.
Turning the computer on and off
When you started up your computer for the first time, you pressed the main power switch at the back of the computer. From now on, you’ll leave the main power switch on the back in the on position and shut down your computer with the keyboard or with a menu command. Both methods of shutting down are described in this section.
SImportant: Use the main power switch on the back of the computer to turn the computer completely off if you need to do any of the following:
n move the computer
n attach other equipment to the computer n unplug the computer
n leave it for an extended period of time S
sWarning: If you turn off the computer by pressing the main power switch on the back of the computer before shutting it down by either of the methods described next, you will lose any work you haven’t previously saved onto a disk, and you risk permanently losing open documents. s
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