Apple Macintosh LC - Manual (Page 11)

your screen.
As you may remember from the Macintosh Basics tour, you close a window by
moving the mouse so that the tip of the pointer is in the box at the upper-
left corner of the window and then clicking the mouse button once. Do this
for all open windows.
2.Click the System Startup disk icon on your screen.
3.Choose the Open command from the File menu.
Here's a review of how to choose a command:
- Move the tip of the arrow pointer onto the menu title (File).
- Press and hold the mouse button to display the menu (list of commands).
- Keeping the mouse button down, drag the pointer down to the command you
want (Open).
- When the command you want is highlighted (surrounded by the black bar),
release the mouse button.
The selected icon (the one you clicked, System Startup) opens into a window.
What's Going on Here?
You have taken an important step in learning to communicate with your
Macintosh.
Icons
As you saw in the Macintosh Basics tour, objects are represented on the
Macintosh by icons (small pictures). For example, the System Startup icon
represents the System Startup disk.
Here are a few examples of icons.
Selecting
The first step in doing anything with the Macintosh is to tell the computer
what you want to work with. Often, this involves clicking an icon. Clicking
an item to work with is called selecting.
Opening
When you open an icon you tell the computer to display a window that shows
you what the icon holds.
Windows
Windows are boxes that show you the contents of an icon.
Menu bar and menus
The menu bar is the Macintosh warehouse for commands. Once you tell the
computer what you want to work with, your next step is always to tell the
computer what to do. Telling the computer what to do usually involves
choosing a command from a menu.