Apple U96511-109B - Manuals

Page 3 - Read this manual when you are ready to learn to use OpenDoc.; Preface

iii Read this manual when you are ready to learn to use OpenDoc. Make sure that OpenDoc and the OpenDoc Essentials are installed on yourcomputer (see your installation manual or user’s guide for instructions). Preface

Page 4 - parts to your documents. When you drag a part; Getting Started With OpenDoc

What is OpenDoc? OpenDoc is a new software technology for the Mac OS that lets you addsoftware components called parts to your documents. When you drag a part into a document, also called a container part, the part’s functionality is addedto the document. For example, the document below contains a v...

Page 5 - Creating and editing a simple multimedia document; Seeing what you have to work with; Look in the folder named “Stationery” on your computer’s hard disk.; You can also choose OpenDoc Stationery from the Apple (

Why use OpenDoc? OpenDoc lets you focus on the things you want to create (documents) ratherthan the tools you use to create them (application programs). With OpenDoc, you can mix and match software components to create awork environment ideally suited to your needs. You can use your favorite textedi...

Page 6 - Creating a new document; Draw a simple picture using Apple Draw’s drawing tools.; Adding more graphics to your document; Drag the icon for a graphics file into your Apple Draw document.; menu. Drag a picture from the Scrapbook into your document.

Creating a new document 1 Double-click the Apple Draw icon. A new document appears. Apple Draw is an example of a container part—apart that’s capable of accepting other parts. You can create a document bydouble-clicking the icon for any container part. Note that all parts have their own unique quali...

Page 7 - Working with an active part; To work with the content of a part, you need to make the part active.; Click anywhere in your graphic.

Working with an active part To work with the content of a part, you need to make the part active. 1 Click anywhere in your Apple Draw document, except in the graphics you dragged to your document. The Apple Draw container part is active, and the Apple Draw menus appear.The menu items change dependin...

Page 8 - Working with a selected part; To select a part, click the gray border of an active part.; You can also select a part by holding down the Command (; Move the selected part by dragging it.; Part Info gives you information about each part.

Working with a selected part To manipulate the part (to move, resize, or delete it), you first need to selectthe part. Selecting a part is different from making a part active. 1 To select a part, click the gray border of an active part. When you move the pointer onto the gray border, a hand appears....

Page 9 - You make a part active; when you want to work with the contents of the part; You select a part; when you want to move, resize, or delete the part

“Active” vs. “Selected”: What’s the difference? Think of a cup of water. The things you can do with the water (such asstir ring or sweetening it) are different from the things you can do with thecup (such as moving or lifting it). That’s basically the difference between working with an active part a...

Page 10 - Saving your work; Be careful to choose Save and not Save As.; Creating a button; The picture you dragged appears on the button.

Saving your work 1 Choose Save (followed by the name of your document) from the Document menu. Be careful to choose Save and not Save As. 2 Name your document. To change the name of a document, choose Document Info from theDocument menu and type a new name in the Name box. To save a copy of the docu...

Page 11 - Getting help while you work; instructions for using all the parts in your document.; Choose the guide for your document from the Guide menu.; The name of the guide is the name of your document followed by “Guide”.

Getting help while you work You can get help while working with OpenDoc parts by looking in the Guide( h ) menu for step-by-step instructions. The onscreen help includes instructions for using all the parts in your document. 1 Choose the guide for your document from the Guide menu. The name of the g...

Page 12 - Closing your document; When you are finished working close your document.; If you get stuck

Closing your document m When you are finished working close your document. You may be used to choosing Quit when you work in application programs.When you close an OpenDoc document, you automatically quit. If you get stuck Using OpenDoc is different from the way you’re used to working, so it mightta...