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		The training disk is designed to give you first-hand experience using the computer for writing, calculating, record keeping, and drawing. The programs you'll use are simulations of application programs; you won't be able to use them to write you own letters, create budgets, or set up inventories, but they'll give you an idea of the sorts of things you can do with your computer. And you'll get to experiment in a controlled environment where a mistake isn't a problem—just another learning opportunity. Besides learning about all the different things you can do with your computer, you'll learn some general concepts that stay the same no matter what you're working on:
	How to control an application by using the mouse or the keyboard How your work is saved temporarily in the memory of the computer How your work is permanently saved on disks How to edit you work
		And , for the adventurous, there's an introduction to programming. You'll get a chance to see what goes into writing the instructions that control the behavior of the computer—how to give the computer its personality as a writing machine, and adding machine, a game machine, and so on.


		In order to use the Apple IIGS training disk, you need a monitor and at least one 3.5-inch disk drive connected to your Apple IIGS. If you are using a regular television set as a display device or if your only disk drive is a 5.25-inch drive, you won't be able to use the training disk, but you can get the information in Chapters 2 and 3. You can use a television set as a display device with many game and educational applications, but he picture you get with a regular TV set isn't clear enough for applications that display 80 characters per line. Some TV sets are designed to work s monitors. If you have a combination TV/monitor, you will be able to use the training disk.