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4he Macintosh is one of the easiestand the most fun!computers to use. With your iBooks, you are at the cutting edge of stylish, portable computing. This course will show you a few basics about the MacOS as well as a few tricks to help you feel like a Mac pro.

This course has few prerequisites. You should be reasonably comfortable with the MacOS interface, which means

you should be able to open and close windows, move les, navigate through folders, etc. If youre new to the Mac,

dont worrythis stuff is simple and youve got lots of help available to assist you. See below to learn how to get

started with the basics.

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,EARNTHEBASICSIf you feel uncomfortable using a Mac or computers in general, this tutorial will get you in shape in no time.

Not surprisingly, one of the best ways to learn how to use the MacOS and your new iBook is right there on your

iBook! Apple has done a great job creating an interactive tutorial for the MacOS interface. It covers all the basics,

like clicking, dragging, double-clicking, opening windows, and all the rest. Spend a half-hour to an hour running

through the tutorial and all these things will be second nature to you!

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3PECIALKEYSThere are a bunch of keys on the keyboard that you should get to know. Theyll be essential for doing keyboard

shortcuts in programs or speeding your way around in the MacOS.

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3CREENPICTURESSCREENCAPTURESEver need to take a picture of your screen to use in a presentation or document? You can, and the Mac makes it easy

for you. Screen pictures, also called screen captures, appear on your hard drive (not the desktop) called Picture 1, Picture 2, etc. This pictures can be opened in a graphics program and edited or inserted directly into a document. For those who care about such things, these pictures are in PICT format (the Macintosh bitmap format). There are

two ways to take screen pictures, those including the entire screen and those that only include the area you select.

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5SEFUL#ONTROL0ANELSOkay, so theyre all useful. There are a few of special usefulnes, though. These control panels let you customize

the way your iBook works with you. Dont be stuck! If you dont like the cursor speed, the color of the menus, or

anything else, you can probably nd a Control Panel to x it for you!

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Now that you know how to access them, lets look at a few in-depth. They are presented in alphabetical order. CP

stands for, you guessed it, Control Panel.

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&ULLLISTOF-AC/3KEYBOARDSHORTCUTSNearly all Macintosh functions can be done in more than one way. Most of the time youll be using the mouse (or

trackpad) for dragging icons and clicking menus. As you get more accustomed to the Mac and the programs you

use, youll start to realize there are faster ways to accomplish most of the things you do all the time: deleting les,

opening and closing windows, making text bold, italic or underlined, etc. Below is a list of all the keyboard shortcuts

youre ever likely to need.

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