The Little Mac Book, Tiger Edition [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

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If you don't have a Finder window open, do this: In the Dock, single-click the "Finder" icon (shown to the right).

Finder icon: Single-click this to open a Finder window.

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In the Sidebar of the window, single-click the "Applications" icon. The contents of the Applications folder appears in the window pane.

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Now click the View buttons one at a time to see how the contents appear in each of the different views.

If you accidentally double-click on an icon that is not a folder, it will open that application. To quit, click once on the menu to the right of the blue apple, slide your mouse down to the bottom, and click once on "Quit."

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Go back to the Icon View: single-click the far-left View button.

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When in Icon View, double-click any folder icon to see the contents of that folder (the new contents will replace what you currently see in this window).

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Single-click again on the Applications icon in the Sidebar to view the Applications window again.

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Click the center of the three View buttons.

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When in List View, single-click any "disclosure" triangle next to a folder to display its contents in a sub-list in this same window.

You can open more than one folder in this way; try it.

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To see the contents of just that folder, double-click any folder icon; the contents of the folder you double-click will replace the contents you see at the moment.

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To go back to the previous window pane of contents, single-click the Back button, the triangle in the upper-left corner of the Toolbar.

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Using the mouse, position the pointer directly on the dividing line between columns of information. When you are positioned correctly, the pointer changes into a two-headed arrow, as shown below.

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When you see the two-headed arrow, press-and-drag left or right to resize the column. The column to the left of the two-headed arrow is the one that will be resized.

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Using the mouse, position the pointer directly on the title of the column that you want to move.

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Press the mouse button down and start to drag towards the left or rightas soon as you start dragging, the pointer turns into a grabber hand, as shown below.

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Continue dragging to the left or right. When you have dragged far enough, the other columns will shift over to make space for the one you are moving.

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Just let go of the mouse button when the column is positioned where you want. (You can't move the name column.)

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Single-click the Applications icon in the Sidebar. (You can single-click your Documents icon, if you like, as shown above, but you might not have anything in that folder yet.)

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Single-click the Column View icon in the Toolbar, as circled above.

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In the first column of files, single-click any folder icon to see its contents displayed in the next column.

If you see another folder to the right, single-click that one to display its contents in yet another column.

Your Mac will keep making columns to the right until you select a document of any type (as opposed to a folder). When you select a document, a small preview of some kind will be displayed in the last column.

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To resize one individual column at a time, just press-and-drag left or right on any thumb. This will resize the column to the left of the selected thumb.

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To resize all columns at once, hold down the Option key while you drag the thumb left or right. This makes all columns proportionally larger or smaller as you drag.