Atari 520ST - Page 72

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Desk
Accessory
An application
program
that
can
be
used at
most
times,
while using
another
program or
directly
from the GEM
Desktop.
Dialog
Box Dialog
Boxes are
interactive
message
boxes. To
exit
a
Dialog Box you
must
acknowledge
the
message or choose
an
op-
tion.
Disk Copy A
program that
makes
an exact copy
of all
of the data
on a
disk. To
make
a
disk copy,
drag
the icon of
the source
disk
on
top
of the
icon for the
destination
disk.
Disk Drive A
peripheral device
the ST
Computer uses to
read
infor-
mation from
or write
information to a
floppy
disk. Disk
drives are
represented by a
Floppy
Disk icon on
the GEM
Desktop.
Double-Click A
double-click is two,
quick
clicks on the
left mouse
button. A
double-click
opens
a
file,
disk, or
folder.
Drag
Dragging is
the technique
for moving
an icon
or window.
Point
at a
moveable object
on the GEM
Desktop
with the
mouse
pointer, press
the left mouse
button,
and hold
the button
down
while moving the
mouse.
While dragging
the
icon,
a
ghost of the
icon you
are moving
will appear on
the Desktop.
File A file is
a
collection
of
information
that has
been stored or
can
be
stored on a disk
or in
the computer’s
memory.
File Copy
To
copy
single files
from
one disk to
the othe.r,
drag the
icons that represent the files you
want
to copy
over to
and on top
of the new disk’s icon. You
can also
drag files
between
the
opened
windows of two
disks.
Floppy Disk
A
device used to
store
information.
The
disk
is
made
of
a
material that is
similar
to
the tape
in audio
cassettes.
Folder A
folder is
a
collection of files. You
can
place files
into
folders and then
remove the
files from
the main
Floppy Disk
window.
To
access
a
file that has
been placed
in
a
folder,
double-click
on
the folder’s icon.
Format
Information
is stored on
your floppy disk
in
circular
pat-
terns. When you
format
a
disk,
you
set the
patterns so
information
can then
be
stored
in those
patterns.
Formatting is also
referred to
as
“initializing”.
Full Box
Used
to
enlarge and reduce
the size
of
a
window
from
normal
size
to
full-screen
size.