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Using more than one application window
Often you'll have more than one application window open on the desktop (this is the
power of RISC OS — it lets you transfer data between different windows and
applications). You can only enter information (e.g. write some text, or draw a picture)
in one window at a time. To change the window you are working in, click on an object
or some text in your chosen window. You'll notice that the title bar and other window
icons will change to a lighter shade, indicating that the input focus is now in that
window.
For example, click on Edit's icon on the icon bar
to bring up a second Edit window. The input focus
will be in the second window.
Now click on some text in the first Edit window to
change the input focus.
Close the second (empty) window. You don't
need it now.
Quitting applications
When you've finished using an application, you'll usually want to quit it. To quit an
application:
1 Display the application's icon bar menu
Click Menu over the application's icon on the
icon bar.
For example, try this on Edit's icon.
2 Choose Quit
Click on the Quit option.
If you've already saved everything you've done in
the application, its icon will disappear from the
icon bar.
If you've forgotten to save any work, the
computer will remind you, and ask if you really
want to quit, discarding any changes.
In this case, you have not yet saved your work in
Edit. So, click on Cancel to leave Edit running.
You'll find out how to save your work in the next
chapter.
Using applications
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