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Using applications

Using more than one application window

Often you'll have more than one application window open on the desktop (this is the

power of RISC OS — it lets you transfer data between different windows and

applications): You can only enter information (e:g: write some text, or draw a picture)

in one window at a time: To change the window you are working in, move the pointer

over your chosen window and click Select: You'll notice that the title bar and other

window icons will change to a lighter shade, indicating that the input

focus

is now in

that window:

For example, click on Edit's

icon on the icon bar

to bring

up a second Edit window: The input focus

will be in the second window:

Now move the pointer over the first Edit window

and click Select to change the input focus:

Close the second window: You don't need it now:

Quitting applications

When you've finished using an application, you will usually want to quit it. To quit an

application:

1 Display the application's icon bar menu

Click Menu over the application's icon on the

icon bar:

For example, try this on Edit's icon:

2 Choose Quit

Move the pointer to highlight the Quit option,

then click Select:

If you've saved everything you've done in the

application, its icon will disappear from the icon

bar:

If you've forgotten to save any work, the

computer will remind you, and ask if you really

want to quit, discarding any changes:

In this case, you have not yet saved your work in

Edit: So, click on Cancel to leave Edit running:

You'll find out how to save your work in the next

chapter:

Acorn A3010 User Manual

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