Contents Page


			Figures and tables ix
			The Incredible Stretching Machine xiii Learning by doing xiv Road map to the manuals xv


			Meet Your Apple IIGS 1 Application programs 2 Disks 2 Peripheral devices 4 Starting up 6 The training disk 7 Starting up the training disk 8 Problems starting up? 9 Stopping 10 Switching applications 11 Control Panel Program 12 Using the Control Panel Program 13


			Once Over Lightly 17 Starting up an application 18 Communicating with an application 19 User interface 19 How information is displayed 20 Creating a document 21 Scrolling 22 Saving a document 22 Formatting a disk 23 Making a backup copy 23 Editing a document 24 Printing a document 25 Essential jargon 26


			The Mouse and the Keyboard Using mouse based programs 31 Clicking 31 Selecting 31 Dragging 32 Pull-down menus 33 Choosing 34 Editing 35 Inserting 36 Deleting 37 Cutting and pasting 38 Copying 39 Windows 40 Changing the size of a window 41 Moving a window 41 Activating a window 41 Changing the view through a window 42 Closing a window 42 Using keyboard-based applications 43 Moving the cursor 45 Control keys 45 Typing a document 46 Return 46 Shift and Caps Lock 48 Tab 48 Keys that can be confusing 49 Space bar 49 Auto-repeat 50 Type-ahead—keyboard buffer 50 Numeric keypad 51 Summary of special keys 51


			Saving Documents 55 Formatting a disk 56 Saving a document 58 Saving to a disk in a certain disk drive 58 Naming a document 58 Saving with a pathname 59 Creating subdirectories 60 Setting a prefix 61 Other ways to save 61 Disk operating systems 62 Apple II disk operating systems 63


			Application Programs 67 Choosing an application 69 Word processing 70 Companion applications 71 Data base 71 Spreadsheet 73 Communications 75 Information services 77 Bulletin boards 78 Graphics 79 For business 79 For fun 79 For art 80 Education 80 Adult education 80 Learning by programming 82 Home finance 83 Accounting 84 Recreation 85 Music 86 Special interest 86 Free software 87 More applications 88 Education 88 English 88 Foreign languages 88 Social studies 89 Chemistry 89 Physics 89 Biology 89 Math 90 Astronomy 90 Computer-science tutorials 90 Religion 90 How-to's 91 Hobbies 91 Home 91 Self-help 91


			Peripheral Devices 93 Connecting peripheral devices 94 Ports and slots 95 Specifying the location of peripheral devices 95 Specifying the slot number 96 Specifying the drive number 96 Choosing peripheral devices 97 Printers 97 Dot matrix printers 98 Daisy wheel printers 99 Thermal transfer printers 99 Modems 100 Monitors 100 Using a television set as a display device 101 Disk drives 102 3.5-inch disk drives 102 5.25-inch disk drives 102 Hard disk drives 103 Memory expansion card 103 Other devices 104


			The Control Panel Program 108 Getting to the Control Panel Program 109 Using the Control Panel Program 111 Display 114 Type 114 Columns 114 Screen colors 115 Hertz 116 Sound 117 System speed 118 Clock 118 Options 119 Display Language and Keyboard Layout 119 Keyboard Buffering 119 Repeat Speed 120 Repeat Delay 120 Double Click 120 Cursor Flash 120 Advanced features 121 Shift Caps/Lowercase 121 Fast Space/Delete keys 121 Dual Speed Keys 121 High Speed Mouse 121 Activating slots or ports 122 Changing the startup drive 123 Changing the printer/modem port settings 124 Device Connected 127 Line Length 127 Delete First LF After CR 127 Add LF After CR 128 Echo 128 Buffering 128 Baud 129 Data bits/stop bits 129 Parity 129 Handshake signals 130 RAM disk 130


			Troubleshooting 132 Trouble starting up 132 Starting up DOS 3.2 applications 134 Trouble stopping 135 Trouble using an application 135 Trouble using the keyboard 137 Trouble using the mouse 138 Cleaning the mouse 138 Trouble with the display 139 Trouble saving a document 142 Trouble printing 144 Trouble with the modem 146


			Apple II Family Differences 149 Keyboard 150 Display 150 40 columns versus 80 columns 151 MouseText 151 Peripheral devices 152 Apple II family overview 154 Apple II Plus 154 Apple IIe 154 Apple IIc 155 Apple IIGS 155


			Apple IIGS Features and Specifications 156 Features 156 Programming languages 159 Operating systems 159 Specifications 159 Display 159 Microprocessor 160 Memory 160 Keyboard 161 Pin-outs 161 Headphone jack 161 Printer and modem ports 161 Game port 162 Disk drive port 162 RGB video port 163 Apple Desktop Bus 163 Internal speaker 163 Internal game connector 164 Reference manuals 164 Overview 164 Hardware and firmware 164 Development environment 165 Related manuals 165

Glossary 167

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