Deleting text and images
You can delete text and images from a document in either of two ways.
One method, using the Cut command, places the deleted material in the area of
the computer's memory called the Clipboard so that you can get it back. It
remains there until you copy or cut another item, or until you switch off or
restart the computer.
The second method, using the Clear command, removes the material and does not
place it on the Clipboard. Cleared material is gone -- you cannot get it
back.
Follow these steps to cut or clear something:
1. Select the item to be removed.
In a graphics program, the boundaries of a selection are often displayed as a
moving dashed outline; in a text program, a selection is highlighted.
2. Choose Cut or Clear from the program's Edit menu.
The selected item disappears from the screen.
Shortcut for cutting text and images: You can also use the keyboard shortcut
x-X to cut material and place a copy on the Clipboard.
Shortcut for clearing text and images: Pressing the Delete key also clears
selected material.
Undoing an editing action
You can undo many actions with the Undo command, which reverses your most
recent action (if it is possible to reverse that action).
The actions you can undo with this command vary from program to program.
Follow these steps to undo an action:
1. Open the program's Edit menu to see if the Undo command is available.
The command is black if available; it is dimmed and sometimes reads "Can't
undo" if it cannot be used to reverse your most recent action.
2. If Undo is available, choose it from the Edit menu.
The Undo command reverses your previous action. In some programs, choosing
Undo a second time restores that action. (In some programs, the command name
changes to Redo when it will have this effect.) Check the documentation for
the programs you use to see how Undo works in each of them.
Shortcut for undoing an action: You can use the keyboard shortcut x-Z to
initiate the Undo command.
Saving documents
Saving your work often is the best safeguard against lost data. Macintosh
programs offer several ways to save documents, providing great flexibility in
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