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Macintosh System (8)
Tips and Tricks Course Outline

Lesson 1
Getting around in the Finder
Organizing your folders, files and documants
Hierarchical Filing
Multiple selection of folders & files
Keyboard shortcuts and modifier keys
Apple Guide (help menu)

Lesson 2
Managing Memory (RAM)
8 bits=1 byte, 1000 bytes=1 kilobyte,
1000 kilobytes=1 megabyte. 1000megabytes=1 gigabyte
Memory Control Panel
About this Macintosh (Apple Menu when the "Finder" is active)
Setting Application Memory
(Select the applications icon with a single click and choose Get Info-File Menu)
Using the Extension Manager Control Panel and Saving Settings
(shift key down while starting up to turn all extensions off
(spacebar down while starting up to open extensions manager)

Lesson 3
Saving & Sharing Work in Different Formats
Moving within disks vs. between disks
Formatting Disks in DOS format
Working with "Save As" dialog boxes
Undrestanding File Formats
Saving in generic, PC, and text only format

Lesson 4
Aliases and Hierarchical Menus
What aliases are (and are NOT)
Working with Folder and Application Aliases
Working with the Apple Hierarchical Menu

Lesson 5
Other Finder "Shortcuts"
Locking files (get info-file menu)
Making stationery pads (get info-file menu)
Saving Scrapbook selections

Lesson 6
System Problems
System "hangs", "bombs", "crashes"
Rebuilding the desktop (Command and Option keys down while starting up)
Forcing Applications to Quit (Command-Option-Esc all at once)
forcing restart (Command-Control-Bootkey all at once)
Avoiding loss of data

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