Apple PowerBook (Duo 270C) - Manual (Page 5)

Chapter 4 Learning More About
Your Computer 65
Open the Battery desk accessory 66
Open the PowerBook control panel 66
Use Balloon Help 67
Turn on Balloon Help 67
Turn off Balloon Help 68
Using floppy disks 69
Taking care of floppy disks 69
Floppy disks and hard disks 70
Use Part III of this book 71
What next? 71
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Part III PowerBook Reference 73
Chapter 5 Setting up Your Programs 73
Installing or updating system software 73
Before you install 74
Installing system software 74
Installing customized system software 76
Starting up with a floppy disk 77
Installing your programs 78
Installing programs without a floppy disk drive 78
Checking for computer viruses 79
Working with several programs at a time 80
Finding out what programs are open 80
Switching programs 80
Hiding and showing windows on the desktop 80
Changing the amount of memory a program uses 81
Using the Scrapbook 82
Storing items in the Scrapbook 82
Copying items from the Scrapbook 82
Deleting items from the Scrapbook 82
Using a RAM disk 83
Creating a RAM disk 83
Erasing a RAM disk 84
Resizing or removing a RAM disk 84
Making a RAM disk the startup disk 85
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