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Using applications
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What are applications?
Starting an application
There are three main ways you can start an application:
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1 Open the directory display containing the application
To use an application that is on a floppy disc, put
the disc in the floppy drive and click on the
floppy disc drive icon. This will open the root
directory display for the disc.
To use one of the computer's own applications,
like Edit, click on the Apps icon on the icon bar
to show the Apps directory display.
Try this now as an example.
his chapter tells you how to load and run applications on your
computer. It uses the application Edit as an example.
Applications, like Edit or Draw, are the tools that you use to produce your letters,
drawings, music and so on. Application names always start with an exclamation mark
(!).
Some applications (such as Edit) are provided in the Apps directory on the icon bar,
others are in the Applications suite on disc. Many other applications and games are
available from your supplier.
Double-clicking – move the pointer over the application's icon, and
double-click.
Dragging – move the pointer over the application's icon, then drag it onto the icon
bar, and release.
Double-clicking on an associated file – e.g. double-click on a Draw file to start
Draw. This only works if the computer knows where to find the application (i.e. if
it is in the Apps directory, like Draw or Edit, or if the directory containing its icon
has been displayed since you last switched on).
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