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4. Close the Info window.

The document icon now appears as a stationery pad icon.

When you open a stationery pad, an untitled window appears
showing the contents of the stationery, or a dialog box appears
asking you to name the new document.

If you want to change the stationery pad itself you must first turn
it back into a regular document. You can do this by opening the
stationery pad’s Info window and clicking “Stationery pad” to
remove the X.

Getting information about your files

When the Finder is the active program, you can obtain
information about your files in two places:

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in the file’s Info window

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in the View menu

Using the Info window

The Get Info command displays information about a
selected item.

1. Click to select the item you want information about.

2. Choose Get Info from the File menu.

You can type comments in the Info window and use the
Find command to search for them later.

3. Close the window.

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