Apple Macintosh LC 550 - Manual (Page 21)

8.
Pr
ess the mouse button twice in quick succession
.
Now your screen should look lik
e the following picture:
9.
Follow the instr
uctions on the scr
een and work through
the tour
.
When you finish the tour
, continue with “T
ur
ning the Computer
On and Off
.” Read the rest of this book for infor
mation that can
help you use your computer safely and efficiently
. Then tur
n to
the
Lear
ning Macintosh
section of your
Macintosh User
’s Guide
and begin the lear
ning 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
. F
rom
now on, you’ll leave the main power switch on the back in the on position and shut down your computer with the k
eyboard or with
a menu command. Both methods of shutting down are described in this section.
S
Important:
Use the main power switch on the back of the
computer to tur
n 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
s
Wa
rning:
If you tur
n 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 per
manently losing open documents.
s
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