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Part I
Getting Started
Part II
Learning
Part III
Reference
Macintosh
User’s Guide
Part IV
for Macintosh PowerBook 145
Index
Includes setup instructions and important health-related information
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Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems K Apple Computer, Inc. Incorporated, registered in the United States. Adobe Photoshop is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. This manual and the software described in it are copyrighted, with all rights reserved. Under the copyright laws, this manual or the software may not be copied, in whole or AGFA is a registered trademark of Agfa-Gevaert, AG. part, without written consent of Apple, except in the normal use of th
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Contents Learning the basics 10 Preface How to Use This Book xiii Before you begin 10 Finding the tour 11 Radio and television interference xv Starting the tour from the hard disk 11 Starting the tour from a floppy disk 15 n Part I Getting Started With Turning the Powerbook on and off 17 Your Computer 1 Off 17 Sleep 18 Chapter 1 Setting Up Your Macintosh PowerBook 1 On 19 On/off summary 19 Setting up the computer 2 When you turn on your computer 20 Step 1:
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Chapter 3 Creating and Changing n Part II Learning Macintosh 31 a Document 51 Open a program 52 Chapter 2 Working on the Desktop 31 Create a document 53 Use the trackball 32 Save your work 53 Point 32 Switch programs 54 Click 33 Close a document 56 Press 34 Two types of programs 57 Drag 35 Open a document 57 Choose a command 36 Change a document 58 Giving orders to your computer 36 Save your work so far 61 Open an icon 37 Taking a shortcut 62 Look
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Chapter 4 Working With Disks 69 n Part III Macintosh Reference 87 Insert a floppy disk 70 Floppy disks and hard disks 71 Chapter 6 Setting Up Your Programs 87 Initialize a disk 72 Installing or updating system software 87 Copy the contents of a disk 74 Before you install 88 Taking care of floppy disks 75 Installing system software 88 Take a floppy disk out of its drive 76 Installing customized system software 90 Protect the contents of disk 77 Starting up with a
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Using a RAM disk 97 Chapter 8 Using Disks 113 Creating a RAM disk 97 Preparing a new disk for use 113 Erasing a RAM disk 98 Initializing a hard disk 113 Resizing or removing a RAM disk 98 Initializing a floppy disk 115 Making a RAM disk the startup disk 99 Erasing a floppy disk 116 Designating a startup disk 116 Chapter 7 Power Management 101 Scanning order for startup disks 117 Monitoring the battery charge level 101 Protecting the information on a disk 117 U
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Chapter 9 Organizing Your Files 125 Chapter 10 Adapting Your Computer to Your Own Use 139 Straightening up your files 125 Specifying which items you want opened at startup 140 Using folders to organize your files 126 Installing an item in the Apple menu 140 Creating and naming folders 126 Installing files in the System Folder 140 Filing documents when you save them 127 Removing files from the System Folder 141 Making items easier to find 128 Changing the items in the
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Turning off the Empty Trash warning 154 Controlling background printing 175 Managing memory 155 Working with fonts 176 Checking memory use 155 Outline fonts and bitmap fonts 176 Making the most of your memory 155 Installing fonts 177 Adjusting the disk cache 156 Removing fonts 178 Using hard disk space as memory 157 Transferring fonts to a LaserWriter printer 178 Turning on 32-bit addressing 158 Finding out about available fonts 180 Setting the beep sound 159 Other
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Working with files and folders on other computers 191 Disconnecting someone who is connected to your computer 205 Creating a new folder on another computer 191 Gaining access to your computer from another computer 205 Changing your password 191 Changing your password 206 Giving folder ownership to someone else 193 Using access privileges 207 Sharing your own files 193 Understanding access privileges 207 How file sharing works 193 Setting access privileges to folders and di
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Connecting a modem 222 Quick Reference Summary and Shortcuts 233 Connecting a printer 223 Shift-Click 233 Connecting a mouse or other ADB device 223 Working with icons 233 Using sound input and output devices 224 Selecting icons 233 Connecting a microphone 224 Opening an icon 234 Sound output devices 225 Moving, copying, and renaming an icon 234 Adding memory to your computer 225 Working with windows 234 Making a window the active window 234 Chapter 14 Travel,
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Troubleshooting 239 Appendix A Keyboard and Character Sets 253 The PowerBook 239 Using Caps Lock 254 Power 241 Typing special characters and symbols 254 The Screen 243 Memory 244 Appendix B Exchanging Disks and Files with SCSI devices 244 MS-DOS Computers 257 Disk drives and disks 245 Initializing a disk in MS-DOS format 257 Modems 248 Converting files to and from MS-DOS format 269 Printers 248 Other file-conversion options 261 Networks 250 Application progra
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Appendix C Map 263 Setting your location 263 Comparing locations 264 Finding a location 265 Adding or removing a location 266 Adding a location 266 Changing or removing a location 266 n Part IV Index 271 xii Contents
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Preface Certain kinds of information are not included in this book. How to Use This Book n Information about modems. If your computer has a built-in modem, or if you purchase one later, you receive a separate This book has several parts. modem manual with instructions for its use. n Chapter 1 explains how to set up your computer and learn n Information about application programs. Your best source of how to use it. information about a particular program is the set of books and disks that came wit
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Important Radio and television interference The equipment described in this manual generates, uses, and can radiate radio- This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B frequency energy. If it is not installed and used properly—that is, in strict accordance digital device in accordance with the specifications in Part 15 of FCC rules. See with Apple’s instructions—it may cause interference with radio and television reception. instructions if interference to ra
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Chapter 1 m New Macintosh users: If you have never used a Macintosh Setting Up Your computer before, read this entire chapter. It explains how to set up your computer, learn how to use it, and turn it on Macintosh PowerBook and off. m New PowerBook users: If you have used other Macintosh In this chapter computers but are new to the PowerBook, follow the setup instructions that begin on the next page and then go to the m Setting up your computer section on turning the PowerBook on and off. m Ins
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m Plug the power adapter into a standard electrical outlet Setting up the computer or power strip. Then plug the power adapter cable into the power adapter port (marked with the icon ø) on Step 1: Plug in the power adapter the back panel of the computer. Plugging in the power adapter recharges the computer’s battery while you work. You should plug it in now in case the battery has drained during shipping and storage. s Warning: Use only the power adapter that came with your PowerBook computer.
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Position the display at a comfortable viewing angle. You can Step 2: Open the display adjust the angle of the display at any time. m Slide the latch to the right and lift up the display. Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Macintosh PowerBook 3
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m Press the power button to turn the computer on. The Step 3: Turn on the computer power button has this icon: I m Open the door to the back panel of your computer. Power button You hear a tone when you turn on the computer. It takes the computer a moment to start up. 4 Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Macintosh PowerBook
