Apple Macintosh LC - Manual (Page 72)

See also: • "Opening an Existing Document While Working on the
Desktop" later in this chapter
• "Knowing Where You Are on the Macintosh" later in this
chapter
Creating a new document in a program
You create a new document while working in a program by choosing the New
command, a one-step procedure.
- Choose New from the program's File menu.
The program opens a new document. If another document was already open, the
new one covers it. (Some programs cannot have more than one document open at
a time.)
Opening an existing document while working in a program
You use the Open command to open an existing document while working in a
program.
1. Choose Open from the program's File menu.
The program's directory dialog box appears, with a list of documents and
folders on the disk you are currently using or in the open folder. (In most
programs, only documents that can be opened by the program appear in this
list. When you are using a word-processing program, for example, you do not
see the names of documents created by a graphics program.)
2. If the document you want to open is on another disk, click the Drive
button until you see the directory for the appropriate disk.
If the disk name does not appear, check to make sure that the desired disk
has been inserted in a disk drive.
3. If the document is stored one or more levels deep in folders, open the
folders to find your document:
- First click the folder name to select it,
- Then click the Open button to display that folder's contents.
4. If the document is stored one or more levels up in the hierarchy of
folders, use the pop-up menu to move to it:
- Press the pop-up menu to display the hierarchy of folders up to the disk
level.
- Drag to the name of the folder that contains the document (or to the disk
name if the document is not in any folder).
5. If the document name is not visible, scroll to locate it.
6. Click the document's name to select it.
7. Click the Open button to open the selected document.
Shortcut for opening folders and documents: You can double-click a folder or