Apple Macintosh Classic - Chapter 11: Working With Application Programs; Preparing and Using Programs

• "Protecting Information on a Disk" in Chapter 13
Getting information about a program
You use the About command in the Apple menu to get information about the
program currently in use. When you are working with the Finder desktop, the
About command provides information about the Finder.
1. Choose About from the Apple menu. (The program's name is part of the
command.)
The About window appears displaying details about the program.
2. Click the close box to close the About window when you are finished.
USING YOUR CLASSIC-CHAPTER 11
Working With Application Programs
Application programs determine what kinds of work you can do with your
Macintosh -- for example, writing, drawing, designing, calculating, or
managing information. Each piece of work you create with an application
program -- each letter, drawing, spreadsheet, and so on -- is called a
document.
This chapter outlines some fundamental operations common to all application
programs, regardless of the type of work they do. These operations include
- installing and starting the application program
- moving and copying text and images, either within a document or between
documents
- saving and naming documents
- storing frequently used text and images for easy access
- ending a work session
This chapter also explains how to work with several programs at once, how to
navigate your way among open programs and windows, and how to adjust the way
your computer uses random-access memory (RAM) for increased efficiency.
Preparing to use a program
You use standard Macintosh operations to install and start most programs, and
to create documents with them. Once you have created a document with a
program, you can either start the program and then open the document, or
simply open the document's icon on the desktop, which automatically starts
the program. (The program must be on your hard disk or on a disk in one of
your floppy disk drives.)
• Chapter 9, "Basics Quick Reference"
Installing a program
In most cases, you install a program by copying it from its original disk to