164 Macintosh
User's
Handbook
Accessing an Existing MacPaint Document
There are two different sources which the
operator
can use
to access
an
existing MacPaint document:
• From the existing disk
• From
an
alternate disk
To
call up
an
existing document from the present disk, use
the same method used for MacWrite. Either open the docu-
ment's icon from the Finder,
or
choose Open from MacPaint's
File menu
and
open the appropriate document.
The
method for opening a document from
an
alternate
disk
is
also the same as for Mac Write. From the Finder eject
the
startup
disk
and
insert the disk containing the
MacPaint
document. Either the startup disk
or
the alternate must contain
the MacPaint application.
If
it does not appear, the Mac will
not
access Mac
Paint
documents. Since two disks are involved,
the Mac will need to refer
to
both
of
them. This involves a
number
of
disk-switching operations which soon become quite
tiresome. Perhaps a future addition to the Mac's memory will
help this problem,
but
in the meantime the owner may wish to
use the optional second disk drive.
To
avoid disk-switching, insure
that
the alternate disk
is
also a
startup
disk* and
that
it features MacPaint. Eject the
first disk
and
turn
off the Mac. This erases the contents in
RAM
memory. Now
that
the Mac's memory
is
cleared, restart
the Mac
and
insert the alternate disk.
If
this disk contains the
System icon but
not
the Finder, the Mac will stop but will not
eject the disk.
To
retrieve the disk,
turn
the machine off
and
then on. Then press the mouse button. Assuming the alternate
disk
is
a statup disk, access the document from the Desktop as
you would normally.
* A
startup
disk must
contain
both
the System
and
Finder Mini-Mac icons.
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