Peachpit the little mac book leopard edition jan 2008 ISBN 0321509412 pdf

The LittleLeopard Mac Book Edition Robin Williams Peachpit Press Berkeley California The Little Mac Book, Leopard Edition â2008 Robin Williams Cover design and production: John Tollett Interior design and production: Robin Williams Back cover photo: John Tollett Illustrations of Url Ratz: John Tollett Index: Robin Williams Editor: Nancy Davis Prepress: David Van Ness Peachpit Press 1249 Eighth Street Berkeley, California 94710 800.283.9444 510.524.2178 510.524.2221 fax Find us on the World Wide Web at www.peachpit.com To report errors, please send a note to errata@peachpit.com Peachpit Press is a division of Pearson Education Rights, Reprints, and Excerpts All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher For information on obtaining permission for reprints and excerpts, please contact permissions@peachpit.com Notice of Liability The information in this book is distributed on an “As is” basis, without warranty While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, neither the author nor Peachpit Press shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained in this book or by the computer software and hardware products described herein Trademarks AirPort, Apple, AppleTalk, Aqua, FireWire, iBook, iChat, iDisk, iMac, iMovie, Keychain, LaserWriter, Mac, Macintosh, PowerBook, QuickTime, Rendezvous, iPhoto, iTunes, and Sherlock are registered trademarks, and iPod, iTools, iDVD, and GarageBand are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S and other countries All other trademarks or service marks are the property of their respective owners Throughout this book trademarked names are used Rather than put a trademark symbol in every occurrence of a trademarked name, we state we are using the names only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner with no intention of infringement of the trademark ISBN-13: 978-0-321-50941-3 ISBN-10: 0-321-50941-2 10 Printed and bound in the United States of America To my mother, Patricia Williams, who made it possible, and to my father, Gerald Williams, who would have been proud CONTENTS Thank you! iv Many, many thanks to Nancy Davis, John Tollett, and David Van Ness! Contents A map of Your Mac The Desktop The menu bar Finder windows Home The folders in your Home window Keys on your keyboard Also Try This Remember T he Mouse Never used a mouse before? Moving the mouse Moving the mouse when you’ve run out of space The tip of the pointer Clicking the mouse Single-click Double-click Press Press-and-drag Hover Trackpads Also Try This 10 11 11 11 12 12 17 19 20 21 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 Shift-click Command-click Option-click Control-click Shift-drag Option-drag Command-Option-drag Remember CONTENTS v CONTENTS The Dock 25 All those icons in the Dock Display item names The tiny blue bubble Resize the Dock Remove an item from the Dock Rearrange items in the Dock Put an item in the Dock Magnify the icons in the Dock Reposition the Dock When a Dock item jumps up and down Also Try This Remember Finder Windows 35 The basic window Four window views of the same contents Icon View List View Resize the columns in List View Rearrange the columns in List View Column View Resize the columns in Column View Resize any window Scroll through any window Cover Flow View Window buttons Enlarge the icons or the text Clean up the arrangement of the icons Remember Close a window (red button) Zoom a window (green button) Minimize a window (yellow button) Also Try This Add items to the Sidebar Remove items from the Sidebar 36 37 37 38 39 39 40 41 41 41 42 42 43 43 43 44 44 44 45 46 46 47 48 Quick Look/Slideshow The Sidebar vi 26 28 28 28 29 29 30 31 32 32 33 34 CONTENTS Menus & Shortcuts Choosing a menu command Two-button mouse Keyboard shortcuts Modifier keys and their symbols How to use a keyboard shortcut Also Try This Remember 50 50 51 52 53 54 55 55 56 56 57 58 60 Single-click, slide, single-click Press, drag, let go Gray vs black commands Hierarchical menus Ellipses in the menus Contextual menus 49 Use an Application Open an application Open a blank document New vs Open 61 I-beam Insertion point Delete (or Backspace) One space after periods Select (highlight) text 62 63 63 64 64 66 67 68 69 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 77 78 78 79 79 80 81 82 Replace highlighted text Extra tips Change fonts (typefaces) and type size Alignment Cut, Copy, and the Clipboard Cut Copy Paste Undo Keyboard shortcuts Delete or Clear and the Clipboard Access special characters Use real accent marks Document windows Also Try This Remember vii CONTENTS Save & Print 83 Save your document Make several versions of the same document Print your document Add a printer to the list, if necessary Page setup Print specifications Using the print queue window Control your print jobs Keep your printer icon in the Dock Close, Quit & Trash Close vs Quit 103 Close a document Quit an application Trash a file Remove an item from the Trash Remember 110 111 112 113 113 114 More ways to trash files Also Try This 104 105 106 108 109 109 Unsaved changes Shortcut Force Quit Quit applications upon Log Out, Restart, and Shut Down viii The entire “Save As” dialog box Remember 86 87 88 91 92 92 92 93 94 95 96 96 99 100 100 102 Application-specific options See a preview Copies & Pages Layout Print Settings Also Try This 84 CONTENTS Get Connected 115 You need an Internet Service Provider You need a modem Step by Step: What to Information you need before you start Getting ready to set up What’s a Mac account? Use Network preferences Set the service order Set up your dial-up connection 10 124 124 125 Extra options for phone modem connections Connect to the Internet with a dial-up account Disconnect your dial-up account 118 119 121 121 121 122 Connect to the Internet with your broadband account 116 117 Set up your broadband connection Remember 126 128 129 130 Surf ƒe Web What are web pages? 131 What is a web address? If you want to connect right now What are links? Go back and forth from page to page Open a new browser window Check the Dock Enter a web address Shortcut to enter address Choose your Home page Bookmarks Put a web page link in your Dock Search Tools Important Point Number One Important Point Number Two Search using Google Explore the rest of Google URLs for you Remember 132 132 132 133 135 136 136 137 138 139 140 141 141 141 141 142 144 145 146 ix BULLET, HOW TO TYPE ONE bullet, how to type one, 79 burn a CD or DVD of data, 180–181 of music, using iTunes, 180 Burn Folder, how to use it, 180–181 buttons in the windows, 16 byte, 104 C cables Ethernet cable vs phone cable, 117 sometimes they go bad, 89 Caps Lock key what is it? if everything types all caps, turn it off, CD drive, how to open or close it, 180 CD, how to burn one, 180–181 cents symbol ¢, how to type one, 79 Chicago Manual of Style, 67 choose a command from a menu, 50–51 Clear vs Delete or Cut commands, 78 click-and-drag, 20 Click Shift-Click Trick, 69 Clipboard what it is and how to use it, 72–76 difference between Cut, Delete, and Clear, 78 window for, 72 close a document how to, 106 quit vs close, 104, 106 close a window, 16, 44 color-code your files with labels, 60 color wells, how to choose colors, 59 Column View how to display contents, 40 in a Save As dialog box, 101 resize columns, 41 Command-click, how to, 23 Command key what is it? keyboard symbol for, 56 Command-Option drag, how to, 23 190 contextual menus aliases, make them, 172 browser windows, open more than one, 136 examples of, 55 how to show them, 23 in some applications, 177 spell checking and fixing, 67 Spotlight search, 177 contiguous text, 69 Control-click how to, 23 contextual menus, 55, 177 Control key what is it? keyboard symbol for, 56 copy what does it do? 72 copy and paste into another document, 77 cut, how it’s different, 72 entire document, 86 exercise for copying, 74 keyboard shortcut for, 78 copyright symbol, how to type it, 79, 204 Cover Flow View, 42 cursors, 64 cut what does it do? 72 copy, how it’s different, 72 difference between Cut, Delete, and Clear, 78 example of the cut-and-paste process, 76 exercise for, 73 keyboard shortcut for, 75, 78 undo a cut, 73 D Dashboard widgets, 183–186 dashes, how to type them, 79 Davis, Nancy, ii, iv Dee, John, 80 default, what is it? 59 degree symbol, how to type one, 79, 204 delete files, 111 Delete key Backspace key equivalent, 66 delete typos, 66 differences between Cut, Delete, and Clear, 78 symbol for, 56 DVD, HOW TO BURN ONE deselect an item from a group, 23 a selected item, 13 Desktop illustration and overview, with labels, change the picture on your Desktop, 171 Finder and the Desktop, folder for contents of, icon in the Sidebar, make text and icons larger, 46, 170 Desktop & Screen Saver preferences, 171 dialog boxes ellipsis indicates you’ll get one, 54 Save As dialog box explained, 84–85 triangles to show or hide information, 58 Dictionary, widget or Dock application, 185 disclosure buttons or triangles, 58, 59 disconnect from the Internet automatically happens too often, how to fix, 127 from a broadband connection, 124 from a dial-up account, 129 discontiguous text, select it in TextEdit, 69 Displays system preferences, 170 dividing line in the Dock illustration and purpose of, 26–27 open Dock options from the dividing line, 33 Dock what and where is it? 2, 26–27 add an item to the Dock, 30 aliases, all items in the Dock are aliases, 173 blue bubble under icons, 28 bouncing icons, 32 browser windows pop up in menu, 136 description of each icon, 26–27 display names of icons in Dock, 28 dividing line, 26–27 change Dock options from the dividing line, 33 enlarge icons as you mouse over, 31 make it stop doing that, 31 force quit or quit applications, 33 hide the Dock, 33 Internet, which icons connect to, 26 jumping icons, 32 magnify the icons as you mouse over, 31 make it stop doing that, 31 make them even bigger, 33 Mail icon displays a number, 153 make icons stay permanently, 99 minimize a window to the Dock, 45 missing? 33 move the Dock to another position on your screen, 32 open a minimized window, 45 open any Dock item’s menu, 19 printer icon, exclamation point on, 97 quit or force quit applications, 33 rearrange icons in the Dock, 29 remove icons from the Dock, 29 reposition the Dock, 32 resize the Dock, 28 shortcut to quit applications, 109 show the Dock if it’s hidden, 33 springy-thing icon in the Dock, 26–27, 141 System Preferences icon, 170 web page link in Dock, 26–27, 141 documents analogy of typewriter and paper, 104 close a document, 104, 106 contextual menu for, 55 copy and paste between documents, 77 create a new document, 63 create several versions of the same document, 86 Documents folder stores the files you saved, 85 icons for documents, open a document, how to, 17, 85 save your documents, 84–85 title your documents, 84–85, 101 unsaved changes, visual clue for, 105 where did they go when you saved them? 85 windows for documents, 63, 80 Documents folder what is it? 5, 27 files are automatically saved into it, 27, 85 document windows differences and similarities to Finder windows, 80 open a new, blank document window, 63 domain name, 151 dot mac account See Mac account double-click how to it, 17–18 select an entire word with, 68 when to use it, 17, 24 Downloads folder, what is it? 5, 27 DVD, how to burn one, 180–181 191 ELLIPSIS ( ) E ellipsis ( ) how to type it, 79, 204 in a menu, what it means, 54 email See also Mail account set up a new one in Mail, 148–149 add another account, 120 address where to get yours, 116 what it looks like, 148 not use ALL CAPS, 168 imap account, 120 incoming mail server, who is it? 120 outgoing mail server, 120 password for your account, 148–149 pop account, 120 smtp, who is it? 120, 148 em and en dashes, how to type them, 79 enlarge everything on your screen, 170 Escape key what is it? force quit with, 109 keyboard symbol for, 56 Ethernet cable vs phone cable, 117 Euro symbol, how to type it, 204 Exposé to manage Finder windows, 182 extensions at the end of a file name, 101 jpeg extension for photographs, 156, 159, 160 F fax, must use the telephone modem port, 117 file, definition of, file formats, save as a different format, 101 Finder icon in the Dock, 13 its relationship to the Desktop, Relaunch the Finder (can’t force quit), 109 switch between Finder and application, 106–107 Finder windows explained and labeled, 4, 36 blue scrollers, 20–21 buttons for different views, 37 buttons: red, yellow, and green, 44–45 192 close a Finder window, 16, 44 close all windows at once, 57 with a keyboard shortcut, 57 Column View, 40–41 contents, scroll to see the contents, 21 enlarge or reduce the size of a window, 16 find item by typing a letter, 30 green button, 16, 44 grid underlying a window, 47 Icon View how to use it, 37 can’t move icons into place, 47 clean up or arrange the icons, 47 make icons larger or smaller, 46 label position of icons, move it, 46 List View, 38 resize and rearrange columns, 39 triangles next to folder icons, 38 menu bar says “Finder,” 36 minimize a window, 45 move a window, 20 open a Finder window, 13 with a keyboard shortcut, 57 open a Sidebar item, 14 picture of on the Desktop, preview in last column, 40 red button, 16, 44 resize columns in Column view, 41 resize windows, 20, 41 scroll arrows to display window contents, 20–21, 41 select an item by typing a letter, 62 Sidebar where is it? 4, 36 add or remove items, 43 hide or show it, 43 resize it, 43 text, resize it, 46 title bar in, 36 double-click to minimize the window, 45 Toolbar in, 36 View Options window, 46 view the contents in different ways, 37–41 yellow button, 16, 45 Fkeys what are they? keyboard symbols for, 56 INTERNET folders add a folder to the Sidebar, 43 folders that don’t look like folders! 14 Home window folders, icons for, open folders, how to, 18 views, how to display contents Column View, 40 Icon View, 37 List View, 38 fonts change fonts in text, 70 change size of fonts, 70 monospaced fonts, 67 preview what they look like, 70 typewriter fonts, 67 force quit applications, 33, 109 Forstat, Brian, 166 G GarageBand, xii, 27 gigabyte, 104 Google, how to use it, 142–143 gray commands in a menu, 52 green button in a window, 16, 20 exercise for using, 44 grid underlying objects in windows, 47 H hard disk contextual menu for, 55 icon for on your Desktop, open it to see what’s inside, 17 hierarchical menus, 53 Hieroglyphic Monad, 80 highlight See also select examples of highlighted files, 111 examples of highlighted text, 68 high-speed Internet connection, 117 h-menus, 53 Home page in a browser, 139 Home window explanation of folders in Home, view its contents, 15 hot spot of the pointer, 11 hover the mouse find names of icons in Dock, 28, 141 how and why to hover your mouse, 21 I I-beam how to use it, 64–65 illustration of, 64 select text with, 68 iCal, 27 Mail’s To Do items appear in iCal, 160 iChat for more information, 27 icon in the Dock, 26 photo comes from Address Book, 162 icons what are they? folders that don’t look like folder icons, 14 label position of icons, move it, 46 list of in a window, 38 move them, 20 resize larger or smaller, 46 select an icon, 13 when to double- or single-click, 17 Icon View arrange the icons, 47 can’t move icons into place, 47 clean up the icons, 47 how to use it, 37 iDVD, xii, 27 IMAP email account, 120, 148 iMovie, xii, 27 incoming mail server, 120, 148 insertion point how to use it, 64–65 illustration of, 64–65 move it with arrow keys, 69 Internet what you need to get connected, 116, 119 always-on connection, 117 broadband account what is it? 117 connect to the Internet, 124, 132 disconnect from the Internet, 124 cable Internet connection, 117 connection setup it yourself, 121 dial-up account what is it? 117 connect automatically when needed, 128 connect to the Internet, how to, 128 disconnect from the Internet, how to, 129 disconnect from the Internet from a broadband connection, 124 from a dial-up account, 129 193 INTERNET (CONTINUED) dns numbers, 119 dsl Internet connection, 117 isdn Internet connection, 117 lan (local area network), 119, 123 modem sounds of, 128 types of, 117 Network preferences for connection, 122–125 outgoing mail server (smtp), 120, 148 passwords, 119, 126 ppp preferences for phone connection, 126 satellite Internet connection, 117 search web pages, 141–145 smtp, who is it? 120, 148 t1, t3 Internet connection, 117 telephone modem connection, 117 how to get yourself connected, 125–129 Internet Service Provider why you must have one, 116 email address through your isp, 116 how to find one, 116 Mac.com is not a provider, 116 iPhoto, for more info, xii use photos for your Desktop picture, 171 iTunes brief explanation of, 27 burn a cd of music, 180 icon in the Dock, 26 information about iTunes is in another book, xii Music folder for storing music, iWeb, for more info, 27 J jpeg, jpg what are they? 156, 159, 160 K keyboard important keys on the keyboard, stopped working? 33 keyboard shortcuts, 56–57 Keynote printing options, 91 kilobyte, 104 Kindersley, Richard, 135 194 L labels, color-code your files, 60 left-handed mousing, 10 Library folder, List View explained, 38 resize and rearrange columns, 39 triangles next to folder icons, 38 Log Out applications quit on Log Out, 110 how and why, 187 M Mac account imap account, 148 smtp, who is it? 120, 148 where to learn more, 121 Mail what is it? 147 account, set yours up, 148–149 add an address to your Address Book, 164 add another account, 149 address a message address turns into name; edit it, 151 in the “To” field, 151 using the Address Book, 165 using the Address Pane, 155 arrow, curved, next to message, 150 arrow, straight, next to message, 150 attachments attach a file to your outgoing message, 156–157 download (copy) an attachment someone sent you, 158–159 remove an attachment you’re sending, 156 Bcc, blind carbon copy, 155 “Reply to All” does not go to Bcc recipients, 154 blue dot next to message, 150 Dock icon displays number of unread messages, 153 not use ALL CAPS, 168 draft, save a message as, 155 Drafts folder, 155 forward a message, 154 hide recipient list, 167 icon in the Dock, 26 import messages from previous account, 149 MUSIC FOLDER Inbox, 153 new mail, how to check it, 153 Notes, how to create them, 159 password, 148, 149 photographs, send them in an email, 156, 159, 160 Preview message pane, 150 delete the Preview pane, 150 Previous Recipients list, 151 read out loud, 167 reply to all recipients, 154 reply to a message, 153–154 resize the Viewer window, 150 send a copy of a letter to someone else, 152 send a message from Mail, 152 from the Address Book, 165 sidebar in Mail Drafts folder, 155 hide or show it, 150 Inbox, 153 spell check, 67 Spotlight search in, 177 To Do lists, 160–161 user name, 148 Viewer window, illustrated and labeled, 150 write a message and send it, 151–153 Mariner Write word processor, 80 megabyte, 104 memory applications, how they work in memory, 104 how much does your Mac have? 104 menu bar overview of the menu bar, “Application” menu in the menu bar, changes all the time! 16 choose a command from a menu, 50–51 ellipsis after menu command, 54 “Finder” in the menu bar, 36 hierarchical menus, 53 modem status icon in the menu bar, 128–129 open a menu, 16 put away a menu without choosing anything, 50 telephone icon in the menu bar, 128–129 menus Application menu, which one is it? checkmark in menu, 53 contextual menus examples of, 55 how to open them, 23 ellipsis after menu command, 54 gray vs black commands, 52 hierarchical menus, 53 how to open a menu, 16 keyboard shortcuts in, 56–57 Preferences for applications, symbols in menus, 56 visual clues in dialog boxes, 58 Microsoft Word alternative word processor for, 80 save in a format for those using Word, 101 minimize a window, 45 modem phone modem port, 117 put icon of modem status in menu bar, 128–129 types of, 117 modifier keys, 56–57 monitor customize the image on the screen, 171 make everything larger, 170 screen is black, what to do? mouse adjust the tracking speed of, 11 button on the mouse, 10 click the mouse four basic clicks, 12–21 where is the mouse button? 10 double-click, 17–18, 24 hover how and why to hover, 21 to find Dock names, 141 to find tool tips, 28, 42 if you’ve never used a mouse before, 10–11 left-handed use of, 10 press, how and when to use it, 19 press-and-drag, how and when to use it, 20–21 run out of room? 11 single-click, 12–16, 24 stopped working? 33 trackpad, use a mouse with it, 22 two-button mouse, 10 open contextual menus with, 55 mouse pad, 10 Movies folder, Music folder, 195 NAMES OF FILES N names of files, three letters at the end, 101 Network preferences for connection, 122–125 New vs Open, 63 O open a application, 17, 62 document, 17 Finder window, 13 folder, 18 hard disk, 17 menu from the Dock, 19 menu from the menu bar, 16 minimized window, 45 new, blank document, 63 Sidebar item, 14 Open vs New, 63 Option-click, how to, 23 Option-drag, how to, 23 Option key what is it? keyboard symbol for, 56 outgoing mail server (SMTP), 120, 148 P package, 55 Page Setup, check before printing, 90 PageUp and PageDown keys, symbols for, 56 passwords email account, 148, 149 store them in a Rolodex, 119 paste example of the cut-and-paste process, 76 exercise for pasting, 75 keyboard shortcut for, 78 where will an item paste? 75 PDF file attach a pdf to email, 158 create a pdf as a preview, 92 create a pdf to send to others, 92 periods, type one space after, 67 photographs jpeg file format for photographs, 156 tips for printing photographs, 95 use your photo as a Desktop picture, 171 196 Pictures folder what is it? use Pictures as a Desktop background, 171 pointer tip of the pointer is the hot spot, 11 when it becomes an I-beam, 64–65 poof of smoke, 29, 43 POP email account, 120, 148 pound sign (English £), how to type it, 204 PPP preferences for phone connection, 126–127 preferences for individual applications, for system features, 170–171 press, how and when to it, 19 press-and-drag, how and when to it, 20–21 Preview application, to view photos, Spotlight search in, 177 preview, last column of Finder windows, 40 Printer Setup Utility, 88–90 printing quick start, 87 add a printer to the Printer List, 88–90 application-specific settings, 91 collate pages while printing, 93 exclamation point in Dock or dialog box, 97 multiple pages on one sheet of paper, 94 number of copies, 93 orientation, change it, 90 page range to print, 93 Page Setup, check before printing, 90 paper size, 90 photographs, tips for printing, 95 portrait or landscape orientation, 90 preview before you print, 91, 92 printer icon, keep it in Dock, 99 printer job window, check your jobs, 96–99 Printer Setup Utility, 88–90 resume printing of jobs, 98 scale, change it, 90 settings for your particular application, 91 specifications for, 91–94 stop jobs from printing, 97 tall or wide orientation, 90 won’t print, things to check, 96–99 provider See Internet Service Provider Public folder, SHIFT-CLICK Q Quick Look/Slideshow button, 42 quit applications how to quit, 108 when to quit, 109 automatically on Log Out, Restart, Shut Down, 110 close vs quit, 104 force quit applications, 33, 109 how to quit if there is no menu bar, keyboard shortcut for, 108 “Quit” is not in menu, 108 save changes on quitting, 108 shortcut in Dock to quit, 109 R RAM applications and how they work in ram, 104 how much does your Mac have? 104 read out loud, have your Mail read to you, 167 red button in a window, 16, 44 if it has a dot in the middle of it, 105 red dots under words, 66–67 registration symbol, how to type one, 79, 204 restart applications quit on restart, 110 why and how, 187 Return key don’t use it at the ends of lines, 63 extra paragraph space, 81 remove a Return, 81 Rosetta, my Golden Doodle, 95, 157, 185 as a puppy, 42 Rule Number One, 84, 102 S Safari how to use it, 134–138 Back and Forward buttons, 134–135 bookmarks, 140 browser hand on a web page, 133 Dock displays open windows, 136 Google, how to use it, 142–143 History menu, 135 Home page, set your own, 139 icon in the Dock, 26 links what are they? 132 add a web page link to the Dock, 141 how to recognize and use a link, 133 search web pages, 141–145 Spotlight search in, 177 toolbar, Home page icon, 139 web addresses what are they? 132 how to enter them, 137 shortcut to enter address, 138 windows display open windows in Dock, 136 open more than one, 136 saving your documents how to, 84–85 on quitting, 108 red button has a dot in it, 105 save as a different file format, 101 “Save As” dialog box details, 100–101 “Save As” vs “Save,” 86 save into a different folder, 100–101 title your documents, 84–85 where they go? 100 screen customize the picture on it, 171 make everything on it larger, 170 screen is black, what to do? screen savers, 171 scroll arrows, 20–21 scrollers, blue, 20–21 search on your Mac, see Spotlight web pages, 141–145 select a contiguous group of files, 23 a menu command, 16 an entire word with a double-click, 68 an icon, 13 an item in a window by typing a letters, 62 a paragraph, 71 a range of text, 20, 68 deselect text, 68 more than one file, 23, 111 text, 68 “Select first, then it,” 52 The Shakespeare Papers, 133 sheets, 54 Sheldon, Carmen, 41 Shift-click how to use it, 23 select text with, 69 197 SHIFT-DRAG Shift-drag how to use it, 23 Shift key what is it? keyboard symbol for, 56 shortcuts, keys used in, Shut Down applications quit on Shut Down, 110 why and how, 187 Sidebar where is it? 4, 13 add items to the Sidebar, 43 aliases, items in the Sidebar are aliases, 173 hide or show the Sidebar, 43 hover to see tool tips, 43 how it works, 14 open an item from the Sidebar, 14 remove items from the Sidebar, 43 resize it, 43 single-click items in the Sidebar, 17 single-click how to use it, 12–16 when to use it, 24 Sites folder, Sleep, 187 smiling face in Dock, 13 SMTP, who is it? 120, 148 SOS: Save Often, Sweetie, 84 Rule Number One, 102 Spacebar, special characters how to type them, 79 list, including accent marks, 204 Spotlight search how to use Spotlight, 174–177 contextual menu in many applications, 177 find certain types of files, 176 get your normal window back, 175 in Address Book, 177 in Finder windows, 174–175 narrow the search, 176 open the folder where the found file is stored, 175 open the selected file, 175 tips for searching, 174 springy-thing icon in Dock, 26–27 put one there yourself, 141 Stickies for sticky notes, 178–179 stone carving, 135 symbols in menus, 56–57 198 System Preferences brief intro, 170–171 Desktop & Screen Saver preferences, 171 Displays preferences to enlarge everything on your screen, 170 icon in the Dock, 26–27, 170 Network preferences, 122–125 Speech, choose a default voice, 167 T telephone icon in the menu bar, 128–129 TextEdit alignment of text, 71 begin typing, 64 buttons in the ruler, 71 close a document, 106 cut, copy, and paste, 72–76 between documents, 77 keyboard shortcuts for, 78 Dock, add its icon to the Dock, 30 double-space entire document, 81 fix spelling, 67 font, change it, 70 I-beam how to use it, 64–65 illustration of, 64 select text with, 68 insertion point how to use it, 64–65 illustration of, 64 move it with arrow keys, 69 margins, show or hide them, 63 open TextEdit, how to, 62 quit TextEdit, how to, 109 red dots under words, 66–67 replace selected text, 69 Return key don’t use it at the ends of lines, 63 double Returns between paragraphs, 81 remove a Return, 81 select a paragraph, 71 select text, 68 size of text, change it, 70 spell check, turn it on or off, 67 Spotlight search in, 177 type below the existing text, 64 typeface, change it, 70 undo an action, 77 “Wrap to Page” option, 63 Tilde key, WILLIAMS Tile Game puzzle widget, 185 title bar of a window, 4, 14, 36 double-click to minimize the window, 45 To Do list, create one in Mail, 160–161 Tollett, John, ii, iv Cool Mac Apps by, 27 Toolbar in a Finder window, 36 tool tips how to make them appear, 21 show names of icons in Dock, 28, 141 trackpad, 22 trademark symbol, how to type it, 204 Translation widget, 184 Trash how to use it, 111–113 empty the trash, 112 exercise in trashing files, 112 how to get items back after emptying the Trash, 112 icon in the Dock, 26–27 keyboard shortcuts to delete files, 112 paper is in Trash, 111 remove item from Trash, 113 shortcuts to send items to Trash, 112 window for trashed items, 113 triangles in bottom-right corner of windows, 20–21 on a button in a dialog box, 58 to left of folder icons in List View, 38 two-button mouse illustration and explanation of, 10 open contextual menus with, 55 typing See word processing ALL CAPS, it’s typing ALL CAPS! typos, how to correct, 66 U undo keyboard shortcut for, 78 undo a cut, 73 undo an action, 77 undoes only the last thing you did, 113 Url’s Internet Cafe web site, 134 URL, what is it? 132 See also web addresses Users folder, 17 V Van Ness, David, ii, iv Veer.com, 201 “View Options” window, 46 views of windows, 37–42 view buttons, 15 W web bookmarks to find web pages, 140 browser See also browser and Safari why you need a browser, 131 capitalized, why it isn’t, 131 Google, how to use it, 142–143 hypertext links, 132 Safari See Safari search web pages, 141–145 url, what is it? 132 web addresses what are they? 132 add a web address link to the Dock, 141 how to enter them, 137 list of for you, 145 shortcut to enter address, 138 url, what is it? 132 web pages what are they? 132 back and forward buttons, 134–135 examples of, with links, 133 how to use them, 134–138 web addresses for you to go to list of urls for you, 145 Apple, 138 Chicago Manual of Style, 67 Mac account, 121 Peachpit Press, ii, 145 The Shakespeare Papers, 133 Url’s Internet Cafe, 134 web page link in Dock, 26–27 widgets, 183–186 Williams Emily, Floyd, 86 Gerald, iii, 86 Jeffrey, 86 Merwyn, 86 Patricia, iii 199 WINDOWS windows See Finder windows or document windows browser windows, open more than one, 136 Word, Microsoft alternative word processor for, 80 save TextEdit files in Word format, 101 word processing accent marks chart of, 202–203 how to type them, 79 alignment of text, 71 begin typing, 64 cut, copy, and paste, 72–76 between documents, 77 keyboard shortcuts for, 78 double Returns between paragraphs, 81 double-space entire document, 81 I-beam how to use it, 64–65 illustration of, 64 select text with, 68 insertion point how to use it, 64–65 illustration of, 64 move it with arrow keys, 69 justified text, 71 Mariner Write, a great word processor, 80 one space after a period, 67 replace selected text, 69 Returns don’t use them at the ends of lines, 63 double Returns between paragraphs, 81 remove a Return, 81 select a paragraph, 71 select a range of text, 20 special characters, how to type them, 79 type below the existing text, 64 undo an action, 77 keyboard shortcut for, 78 Y yellow button on Finder window, 45 Z zoom a window larger or smaller, 44 200 Colophon I wrote, designed, and did the layout, production, and index of this book in Adobe InDesign on my Mac Pro The body copy font is Warnock Pro, the sans serif is Myriad Pro, both from Adobe The chapter heads are LaPortenia from the Umbrella foundry, available at Veer.com 201 CHART OF ACCENT MARKS Accent marks Tilde See page 79 if you’re not sure how to type accent marks ˜ã à ủ ẹ ế Diaeresis ă ọ ậ ï Ï Ư ü Ü ÿ Circumflex ˆ â ấ ợ ẻ ụ ễ ỷ 202 Press Option n Option n Option n Option n Option n Option n Option n Press Option u Option u Option u Option u Option u Option u Option Shift f Option u Option u Option u Option u Option u Press Option i Option i Option Shift m Option i Option i Option i Option Shift d Option i Option Shift j Option i Option i Let go, then press Spacebar a Shift a n Shift n o Shift o Let go, then press Spacebar a Shift a e Shift e i o Shift o u Shift u y Let go, then press Spacebar a e Shift e i o u Shift u CHART OF ACCENT MARKS Acute ´ Á é É í Í ó Ĩ ú Ú Grave ` À è È ì Ì ò Ị ù Ù Press Let go, then press Option e Option e Option e or Option Shift y Option e Option e Option e Option e or Option Shift s Option e Option e or Option Shift h Option e Option e or Option Shift ; Press Option Spacebar a Shift a e Shift e i Shift i o Shift o u Shift u Let go, then press ` Spacebar (` is next to 1, or next to Spacebar; the same key as the regular ˜ key) Option a ` Shift a Option ` e Option ` Shift e Option ` i Option ` Shift i Option ` o Option ` Shift o Option ` or Option Shift l (letter el) u Option ` Shift u Option ` Miscellaneous Press å ỗ ầ Option a Option Shift a Option c Option Shift c 203 CHART OF SPECIAL CHARACTERS Special characters The following is a list of the most often-used special characters Remember, hold down the “modifier keys,” the ones that don’t anything by themselves, then tap the character key just once “ ” ‘ ’ – — … Option Option Option Option Option Option Option [ Shift [ ] Shift ] Hyphen Shift Hyphen ; opening double quote closing double quote opening single quote closing single quote; apostrophe en dash em dash ellipsis (this character can’t be separated at the end of a line as three periods can) • Option â  Option Option Option Option Option Option Option Option Option Shift Shift g r Shift $ Shift Shift Ă Ê ỗ Ç Option Option Option Option Option (one) Shift ? c Shift c ™ ® ° bullet (easy to remember because it’s the asterisk key) ligature of f and i ligature of f and l degree symbol (e.g., 102°f) (one) Euro symbol fraction bar (this doesn’t descend below the line like the slash does) Remember, to set an accent mark over a letter, press the Option key and the letter (it will look like nothing happened), then press the letter you want under it (see page 79) A complete chart is on the previous two pages ` ă 204 Option Option Option Option Option e ~ (upper-left or next to the Spacebar) u n i .. .The LittleLeopard Mac Book Edition Robin Williams Peachpit Press Berkeley • California The Little Mac Book, Leopard Edition 2008 Robin Williams Cover design... h The Little Mac Book used to be really little way back in 1989 In 100 pages, it told you everything you needed to know The Mac itself was also little in those days Over the years, as the Mac. .. exercises on the following pages you will click in the little red button of a window Be sure to position the pointer like so: Only the very tip of the pointer (the hot spot) does the trick 11 2: THE MOUSE