Welcome To... The Macintosh: From Mystery to Mastery

286 Pages·1993·46.917 MB·English

by  Rethorst, John

WELCOME TO ...
. THE MACINTOSH:
FROM MYSTERY
TO MASTERY
John Rethorst
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Henry Holt and Co., Inc.
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To Anna, who came to love the Macintosh
through this book. I hope that everyone will do the same.
I wrote this book with two purposes in mind: to provide a complete reference for
independent study of Macintosh system and application software, and to support
directed study in a college environment.
Beyond these uses, a third purpose is implicit and, finally, more important:
The book and its course Computers and Education are products of extensive
development over several years at Cornell. The original vision for the course,
uniquely viable in the Department of Education, sought to teach computers not
so that facility with the tool was the only end result; rather, that the student might
also cultivate a broader understanding of where tools and information fit and how
they work, in culture and in human endeavor.
Tom Hughes, who taught the course before me, contributed exceptional
competence and energy towards the precursor to this book. It has been my task
to preserve the quality he established, and extend where possible the conceptual
and philosophical emphasis that makes this curriculum uniquely valuable. Dan
Smellow and Anne Chetham-Strode, teaching assistants, provided copious and
consistently valuable insight into how best to explain and illustrate concepts that
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the beginner finds incomprehensible, and that the practiced user feels ought to be
obvious to everyone.
I owe many a great deal of appreciation. In the end, though, I feel as
Schonberg must have when he began his Theory of Harmony with "I have
learned this book from my students." They have helped me write this one too.
John Rethorst
CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED •••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• I
Starting Something New ........................................................................ 2
The Macintosh Environment. .................................................................. 4
Hands On ........................................................................................... 11
Disk Basics ......................................................................................... 14
Working with a Disk ............................................................................ 14
Copying Files ...................................................................................... 18
Organizing Your Desktop ..................................................................... 19
Finding Files ....................................................................................... 21
Checklist. ............................................................................................ 21
Helpful Hints ...................................................................................... 22
Q & A ................................................................................................ 22
CHAPTER 2: COMPUTER GRAPHICS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 25
Let's Start ........................................................................................... 26
Saving Your Work ............................................................................... 28
How to Save ................................................................................. 29
Advanced Painting ............................................................................... 30
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Save As ........................................................................................ 34
Copy and Paste ................................................................................... 34
The Scrapbook ................................................................................... 36
On-line Help ....................................................................................... 37
Printing .............................................................................................. 38
SuperPaint's Draw Mode ..................................................................... 40
Bezier Curves ...................................................................................... 43
Checklist. ............................................................................................ 45
Other Choices ..................................................................................... 45
Helpful Hints ...................................................................................... 46
Q&A ................................................................................................ 46
Sample Exercise ..................................................................................4 7
CHAPTER 3: WORD PROCESSING ........................................................ 49
Opening and Starting .......................................................................... 50
Formatting .......................................................................................... 51
Formatting with the Ribbon ............................................................ 52
The Ruler Rules. ............................................................................5 3
Copy and Paste ................................................................................... 56
Spelling ............................ , ................................................................. 57
Thesaurus ........................................................................................... 58
Find ................................. , ................................................................. 59
Replace .............................................................................................. 60
Footnotes ........................................................................................... 61
Headers and Footers ............................................................................ 63
Page Layout. ....................................................................................... 63
Print Preview ...................................................................................... 64
Inserting Graphics ............................................................................... 65
Help!. ................................................................................................. 66
Grammar Checking ............................................................................. 67
Outlining ............................................................................................ 68
Other Features .................................................................................... 70
Checklist ............................................................................................. 71
Other Choices ..................................................................................... 71
Helpful Hints ...................................................................................... 72
Q & A ................................................................................................ 73
Sample Exercise .................................................................................. 7 5
Playscript ...................................................................................... 7 5
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 4: INTRODUCTION TO SPREADSHEETS •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 77
Entering Data ...................................................................................... 81
Selecting Ranges of Cells oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.82
Tools of the Trade.oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo .... oo .. oooooooooo····oo····oo·oo••oo···oooo83
Fast Formatting ooooooooo·•·oo· ···oo·····oo···oo••ooooooooooo···oo· ·····oo·•·oo· .. oooooooooo···oooo84
Working with a Worksheet .. oooo···oo·•oooo····oo····oo···oo···•oooo···oo···oo·•oo••oo···oo··85
A Second Section 00 .. 00 ... 00 .. 00 00 00 ... 00 ... 00 .... 000 .. 00 00 ... 00 ...... 00 ... 00 .... 00 .... 000 ... 00 .. 88
Printing ..... 00 00 .. 00 ... 00 00 ... 00 .... 00.00 .. 00 ... 00 .. 00.00 .. 00 00 ... 00 ..... 00 .... 00 .. 00.00 00 .. 00 ... 00 00 93
Displaying Formulas 00 ... 00 .. 00 00 00 ... 00. 00 00 00 00. 00. 00 00 .... 00 ..... 00 .... 00 .... 00 ..... 00 00. 00 00 94
Graphics .... 00 .... 00 ... 00 00 ......... 00 ... 00 00 ... 00 .................... 00 ................ 00 ........... 96
Checklist. ........................... 00 ..... 00 ........................................... 00 ........... 99
Other Choices .. 00 00 ... 00 .... 00 ... 00 00 ... 00 .... 00 00 00 00. 00. 00 00. 00 ..... 00 ... 00 00 ... 00. 00 .. 00 .. 00 .1 00
Q & A .. oo····oo···oooo···oo····oo···oooo···oo····oo·•oooo···oo····oo······oo····oo···oo·oo .. oo ..... 100
Sample Exercise 00 .... 00 .... 00 ... 00 00 ... 00 .... 00 .. 00. 00 ... 00 ... 00 ...... 00 ......... 00 ..... 00 ... 00101
CHAPTER 5: ADVANCED SPREADSHEETS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1 03
On-line Help .... 00 00 ... 00 00 00 00 00. 00 00 00. 00 00 .. 00 .. 00. 00 00 00 00 00. 00 00 00. 00 00 .. 00. 00 00 00 00. 00 .. 00.104
Multiple Worksheets oo•···ooooooooooo••oo·oooooooo·oo .. oooooooooooooooooooooo•••ooooooooo .. oo.104
Linking Worksheets ......... 00 00.00 00 00 00 ... 00 .. 00 .............. 00 00.00 .... 00 ... 00 00 00.00 .. 00.108
Naming Regions 00 .... 00 .... 00 00 00. 00 00 .. 00 ... 00 00 00. 00 00 00 00 ... 00 00 ......... 00 ... 00. 00 00 00 00 ... 113
Notes ···oo···oo····oooo···oo····oo···oooo···oo····oo··ooooooooooo···oo·····oo····oo···ooooooooo ..... 115
The Wonderful World of 'What-if' 00 ... 000.00 ...... 00 .... 000. ... 00 .... 00 ...... 00 .. 000. ... 115
The Solver ................ 00 ......... 00 ... 00 00 00 00 .. 00 00 00 .. 00 .... 00 00 ..... 00 ......... 00 ..... 00 ... 116
Graphics.oo.oo····oooo ..... oo .............. oo .... ooooooooo ........... oo···oooooooo•••ooooooooooooo.118
Macros •oo···oo····oo ..... oo .... oo .. oo.oooo ......... oooo ............ oo ..... oooo ......... oo ... oooo ... 120
Multitasking 00 ... 0000 00 ....... 00 .. oo· 00 ... oo· ..... 00 00 0000.00000 .. 00 00 ... 00 .... 00 ... 000000.000.00.123
Checklist. 00.00 .... 00 00 ... 000.00 00 .. 000 00 00.00 ... 000 00 00.00 ... 0000 .. 00 ..... 00 00 .. 00 .. 0000 00 .. 000.00.127
Helpful Hints ... oooo••·oo·ooooo·····oo···oo· ···oo•ooooo ................. oo .. oooo•· ooooo•••oooo ... 127
Q & A.oo .... oo .. oooooo···oo···oo·•oooooo .. oo ... oooooooooo .... oo .. oooo····oo····oo····oo·oo·•ooooooo128
Sample Exercise 0000 0000 00.0000 .. 00 00 00.00 00.000 .. 00000.00 00 00 0000 ..... 00 ... 000.00 00000. . 0000 ... 129
CHAPTER 6: DATABASES •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 131
What's Different About a Database? oo•••ooooooooooo•oooo ..... oo .. oooo•••oo•oo••oo·····132
Creating a Database 00 .... 00 ... 00 00 00.00 .... 00 .. 00.00 00 00 ... 00 00 ..... 00 .... 00 ... 00.00 .. 00 ..... 134
Layout.oo····oo····oooo ......... oo··•oooo···oo····oo••oooo••·oo·····oo·····oo····oo···oo·····oo·····137
Automatic Entry oo .......... oo ... oooo••·oo···oo···oooo••·oo·····oo·····oo····oo··•oooo••·oooooo.141
Reports ..... 00 00 ... 00 ............... 00 00 ... 00 ... 00 00 00. 00 00 .. 00 ... 00 ...... 00 .... 00 ... 00 00 ... 00 ... 00143
Finding by Criteria ···oo····oo·••oooo·•·oo···ooooooooooo••oooo•oo······oooooooo••·oo ... oooooooo.146
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Sorting ............................................................................................. 148
Advanced Features ............................................................................ 151
Custom Reports ................................................................................ 158
Scripts .............................................................................................. 160
Checklist. .......................................................................................... 163
Other Choices ................................................................................... 164
Helpful Hints .................................................................................... 164
Q &A .............................................................................................. 165
Sample Exercise ................................................................................ 166
CHAPTER 7: CONCEPTUAL NAVIGATION AND HYPERCARD .•••••••••••••.•••••••• 167
The Basics ........................................................................................ 17 0
Making Stacks ................................................................................... 17 2
Buttons and Things ........................................................................... 17 6
Unking ............................................................................................. 179
Putting it Together ............................................................................ 180
Adding Graphics ............................................................................... 184
Scripting ........................................................................................... 187
Advanced Scripting ............................................................................ 189
Checklist. .......................................................................................... 190
Helpful Hints .................................................................................... 190
Q & A .............................................................................................. 191
Sample Exercise ................................................................................ 192
CHAPTER 8: DESKTOP PuBUSHING ••••••••••••.••..•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 193
Getting Started .................................................................................. 194
Placing Graphics ............................................................................... 200
Working with Elements ...................................................................... 200
The Structured Approach ................................................................... 206
Story View ........................................................................................ 211
Control Palette .................................................................................. 212
Fonts and Fine Stuff .......................................................................... 213
Sizes ................................................................................................ 214
Styles ............................................................................................... 215
Checklist. .......................................................................................... 216
Helpful Hints .................................................................................... 216
Q&A .............................................................................................. 217
Sample Exercise ................................................................................ 218
Last Thoughts ................................................................................... 218