Radio and television interference v

About This Guide vii

How to use this guide viii
What's in the box ix

Setting Up Your Apple IIGS 1

Important safety instructions 2
Where to plug in your components 4
Plugging in the power cord 6
Connecting the keyboard and mouse 8
Connecting the monitor 10
Analog RGB color monitors 10
Monochrome and composite color monitors 12
Connecting disk drives 14
Connecting the first drive 15
Connecting additional drives 16
What's next? 18

Getting Started: A Hands-On Tutorial 19

Session 1: Using the tour disk 21
Identifying your startup drive 22
Starting up the tour disk 23
If you have problems starting up ... 28
Stopping the tour disk 29
Session 2: An introduction to the Finder 30
Write-protecting the system disk 31
Restarting with the system disk 32
Moving icons 35
Choosing commands from menus 37
Opening icons 39
Scrolling 41
Changing the size of a window 43
Zooming 44
Moving windows 45
Closing a window 46
Session 3: Organizing information with the Finder 47
Working with more than one window 47
Using multiple levels of folders 50
Adding color to icons 52
Session 4: Experimenting with the Finder 54
Initializing a disk 55
Making a practice copy of the system disk 59
Moving folders and files 61
Creating a new folder 63
Renaming icons 64
Discarding folders and files 65
Session 5: Using the Control Panel to customize your computer 67
Setting the computer's calendar and clock 68
Adjusting the sound 72
Changing the border color 73
Shutting down the computer 74
Moving on 75
User groups 75