Apple Macintosh PowerBook 145 - Manual (Page 69)

Create a document
The untitled window is like a blank sheet of paper. In the
upper-left corner of the empty document is a blinking vertical
line (|). This line is called the
insertion point, because it marks
the place where the text you type will be inserted.
As you type, use your computer keyboard as you would a
typewriter keyboard, except:
n
If you make a mistake, press the Delete key to backspace
over it.
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Don’t press the Return key when you get to the end of a line.
Keep typing, and words will move to the next line
automatically.
Type the following text:
All people are born free and equal.
Endowed with reason and conscience, they
should act towards each other in a spirit
of togetherness.
You will be changing this text later in this chapter.
Save your work
Work that you do in a program exists only in the computer’s
memory until you save it onto a disk. Since work that exists only
in memory is lost when you shut down the computer, you need
to save your work so you can come back to it later. If you don’t
save your work, it disappears—like thoughts that are lost unless
you write them down.
1. Choose Save from the File menu.
The box that appears (called a dialog box) lets you name the
document and save it on your hard disk.
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