Getting Started 16
• All the information you enter into the MC 218 is contained in files;
their names are displayed on the Desktop screen, beside icons that
represent the programs that created them.
• All your files are stored in folders. When you start using the MC 218,
the contents of the ‘Documents’ folder is displayed.
• The Desktop screen’s ‘title bar’ shows you which folder is currently
displayed on the screen. When you start you are in the ‘Documents’
folder on the ‘C (Internal) drive’.
You can have as many folders as you wish, and create folders within other
folders. Folders can contain files created in a variety of programs; they are not
restricted to files from a single program. See the “Working with the MC 218”
chapter for details of managing files and folders.
• Tap on a folder icon to move to that folder, tap on the Close folder icon
to close it and move back up a level.
• Tap on a file to select it, tap again to open it. If the filename is
displayed in bold, the file is open, and tapping it will move straight to
the file.
See “Working with the MC 218” for more information about manipulating
files and folders.
Starting programs
When you open or move to a file, the correct program for this file is started
automatically. You can also start programs by tapping on the appropriate
quick launch ‘program icon’ (the icon in the row of pictures at the bottom of
the screen).
You can tap the Desktop icon at any time to move to the Desktop screen.
You don’t have to close one program before opening another, just tap on
another program icon, and that program will open too.
You can see what files are open, and which programs are running using the
List open files command on the File menu or by tapping on the name in the
top right-hand corner of the screen.
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