The Little Mac Book, Tiger Edition [Electronic resources]

Chapter 4. How to use the Finder Windows

In this chapter

The basic window 36

Three window views of the same contents 37

Icon View 37

List View 38

Resize the columns in List View 39

Rearrange the columns in List View 39

Column View 40

Resize the columns in Column View 41

Resize any window 41

Scroll through any window 41

The Sidebar 42

Add items to the Sidebar 43

Remove items from the Sidebar 43

Window buttons 44

Close a window (red button) 44

Zoom a window (green button) 44

Minimize a window (yellow button) 45

Also Try This 46

Enlarge the icons or the text 46

Clean up the arrangement of the icons 47

Remember 48

A Finder window is a basic, fundamental element of the Macintosh. When you open any folder or disk, including your hard disk, the Mac displays the contents of the folder in a Finder window. This chapter will walk you through a number of short exercises so you'll feel comfortable using these windows.

I assume you walked through the exercises in Chapter 2 so you know how to click, press, press-and-drag, and maybe even Option-drag!