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Apple IIe Card User Manual

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By the way: For more detailed information about the Option Panel, see

"Personalizing Your Apple IIe Work Environment" and "Configuring Cards and

Slots" in Chapter 5.

Opening and closing the Option Panel

As you've seen before, while you're in the Apple IIe environment you just

press Control-Command-Esc to open the Option Panel.

Before you begin: Make sure you're in the Apple IIe environment. You should

either have an Apple IIe program or the BASIC prompt (]) on your screen. (If

not, double-click the IIe Startup icon.)

1. If you're a floppy disk startup person, make sure you've started up from

the IIe Startup Disk.

See the instructions in "Starting Up From the IIe Startup Disk," at the

beginning of this chapter.

2. Press Control-Command-Esc to open the Option Panel.

Be careful not to press Option-Command-Esc, because that combination of keys

stops the program from running.

The Option Panel appears on the screen, as shown in the next step.

Normally, you would do some work before leaving the Option Panel, but now the

first skill you'll learn is how to return to your Apple IIe work.

3. Click the Continue button.

The Option Panel closes and you return to your Apple IIe work.

In short, to open the Option Panel, press Control-Command-Esc; to return to

your work, click Continue.

Exploring the Option Panel

In this exercise you learn how the Option Panel works.

Before you begin: Make sure you're in the Apple IIe environment.

1. Press Control-Command-Esc to open the Option Panel.

2. Use the large scroll bar to view the different parts of the Apple IIe

environment you can control.

Click the up and down arrows of the scroll bar to see the different icons.

3. Click the Memory Card icon.

You may have to use the scroll bar to see the icon. The Memory Card icon is

toward the top of the list.

When you click the Memory Card icon, the options you see on the right side of

the Option Panel change. Each icon on the left has a different set of options

associated with it.