Folder — This is a folder icon , and these all tend to look the same - like a kind of 3D view of a suspension file , Sometimes they ' re adorned with other graphics , but they ' re usually pretty easy to spot . Double-clicking on a folder icon displays that folder ' s contents in another window , which is what we ' ve done here . |
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Hard Disk icon Folders , files , documents and other items are displayed as little icons like this . This one , in fact , represents your iMac ' s internal hard disk . |
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CD-ROM icon Your hard disk icon ( and Wastebasket icon ) may be the only ones you see on your desktop . If you insert a CD-ROM , though , it will appear as an icon on your desktop too . We ' ve doubleclicked on it to display its contents . To eject a CD , by the way , you have to drag its icon onto the Wastebasket - you can ' t just press the CD- ROM drive button . If you do , you ' ll be waiting an awful long time . |
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Folder window When you double-click on a folder or a disk drive , its contents are displayed in a window like this one . These contents can be documents , programs or other folders . |
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Menu / menu option To open a menu , click on its name in the menu bar . This displays a drop-down list like the one you see here . To choose one of the menu options just click on it ( the options are highlighted as the mouse pointer moves over them to help you get the right one ). Don ' t forget to always shut down your iMac via this menu , NOT by simply switching the power off . |
Control Strip The Control Strip offers quick access to many of your iMac ' s settings like the speaker volume , sound input and CD player controls . Until you ' ve found out what these gadgets do , you can ' hide ' it by clicking on the small ribbed area to the far right . This reduces it to a little handle in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen . Click this handle if you want to display the Control Strip again . |
Scrollbar You ' ll see these gadgets whenever the contents of a folder won ' t fit in the window . You click on either the horizontal or vertical scroll arrows to display more of the contents - either that , or drag on the little blue ' scroll box 1 .
Desktop pattern --------------- This background image can be swapped for many more via the Appearance control panel . You can use a repeating ' pattern ' like this , or a single image - a scanned photograph for example .
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Wastebasket icon The Wastebasket is where you throw things you no longer need . Lt doesn ' t empty straight away , ( though as you can see , ours is so full the lid ' s fallen off ), so you can change your mind if you have to . When you want to eject a disk , be it a CD-ROM or a floppy disk ( if you ' ve got a floppy disk drive attached ), you drag its icon on to the Wastebasket and the iMac will spit it out automatically . |