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Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac – Illustrated Unit B: Getting Started with Mac OS X Leopard
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Objectives Get Mac Help End a Leopard session Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - Illustrated
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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 www.apple.com 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
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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
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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
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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
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Getting Mac Help Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - Illustrated When pointing to Help Topics (About the Finder) Listing Keywords alphabetically
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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
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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)
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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.
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Ending a Leopard Session Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - Illustrated Leopard shut down options
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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
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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
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