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Apple IIe Card User Manual

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4. Click the General icon at the top of the list.

You may have to use the scroll bar to see the General icon. When you click

the icon you see the options associated with the General icon.

5. Click the Help button at the bottom of the Option Panel.

Information about the General options appears.

6. Click OK to continue.

7. Click "Simple Beep" to change the Apple IIe Card's beep sound.

The computer plays the new sound. Now whenever an Apple IIe program beeps at

you, you'll hear this sound. You can change the beep to any sound you like,

though it's a good idea to choose a short beep to avoid delays.

8. Pull down the Apple menu and choose any item.

For example, you can choose the Alarm Clock or the Control Panels.

Whenever you're in the Option Panel you have full access to the menu bar.

That also means that you can switch between the Apple IIe environment and any

Macintosh programs without quitting either.

9. Close the window by clicking its close box.

10. Scroll down and click the Mouse Card icon.

The Mouse Card options appear.

11. Click each setting in turn and move the mouse gently back and forth to

see what effect it has.

Changing the setting controls how sensitive the pointer is to the mouse's

movements. When the setting is slow, a small mouse movement moves the pointer

only a very little; when the setting is fast, a small movement moves the

pointer much more.

12. Click the setting you like best.

Practicing moving the cards in the Option Panel

In this section, you'll practice moving cards. In the next chapter, you will

use these skills to move the cards into the appropriate slots. On your

Macintosh LC, you can install and move Apple IIe cards simply by dragging

icons on the screen.

Before you begin: Make sure the Apple IIe Option Panel is still displayed on

your screen.

1. Scroll down the list of icons and click the Slots icon.

The Slot Configuration panel appears.

In your original Apple IIe computer, you would have had to move the cards by

actually opening the case and physically pulling them out and putting them

into different slots. With the Option Panel, all you have to do is drag the