Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac – Illustrated Unit B: Getting Started with Mac OS X Leopard

Objectives   Get Mac Help   End a Leopard session Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - Illustrated

Getting Mac Help   If more information or assistance is needed about how to use Leopard, help is available   Help is always an option on the menu bar, whether help is needed with a program or with the Leopard operating system ― ― users can search the interactive built-in Help files and/or can go to and search Apple’s Support sectionwww.apple.com ― ― to search the built-in Help files, open the Help menu and type keywords such as “Organizing files” to obtain a list of all the Help topics that include the keyword or phrase Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - Illustrated

Getting Mac Help   When no program is opened   The help menu provides MAC help which information about using the Operating System   When a program is opened (e.g iCal)   The help menu provides help with currently active program (e.g. iCal Help)   The search results are divided into two sections:   Menu items   Help topics (see book figure) Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - Illustrated

Getting Mac Help   When no program is opened   The help menu provides MAC help which information about using the Operating System   When a program is opened (e.g iCal)   The help menu provides help with currently active program (e.g. iCal Help)   The search results are divided into two sections:   Menu items   Help topics Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - Illustrated

Getting Mac Help Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - Illustrated  When pointing to a menu item (About Finder)  It opens the menu containing the command + a blue arrow indicates/show the selected command

Getting Mac Help Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - Illustrated  When pointing to Help Topics (About the Finder) Listing Keywords alphabetically

Opening Help for Programs   The Mac has extensive Help features available and is always an option on the menu bar regardless of what program is open and running   When Help is clicked on the menu bar with a program open such as iCal or Microsoft Word, a user can click a help command (such as iCAl Help, or Word Help) to open Help that is specific to the currently active program Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - Illustrated

Ending a Leopard Session   When finished working on the Mac, files should be saved and closed as well as open programs, and open windows, and the operating system shut down ― ― there are several options for ending a Leopard session ― ― if the computer is turned off with Leopard running there is a possibility of losing data or damaging Leopard or the computer Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - Illustrated T/F: Help is always an option on the menu bar. (T) T/F: Help uses keywords to obtain a list of help topics. (T) T/F: Many programs don ’ t offer help of any kind. (F)

Ending a Leopard Session Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - Illustrated T/F: Help is always an option on the menu bar. T/F: Help uses keywords to obtain a list of help topics. T/F: Many programs don ’ t offer help of any kind.

Ending a Leopard Session Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - Illustrated Leopard shut down options

Summary   Mac OS X v10.5, or Leopard, is an operating system; software that manages the complete operation of a computer   When starting a Mac, Leopard steps through a process called booting to get the computer up and running   The most common way to interact with the Mac and the software being used is with a pointing device, such as a mouse or a trackpad Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - Illustrated

Summary   Leopard includes a variety of programs such as Mail, Safari, iChart, iCal, Itunes and Imovie; all are available on the dock   Commands can be executed without opening a menu by using a keyboard shortcut, which is a combination of keyboard keys that are pressed to perform a command   Menus display a list of commands that can be used to accomplish a task   When finished working, save and close files, open programs, open windows, and shut down the operating system Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - Illustrated