Scrolling A Window - Atari Faicon030 Owner's Manual

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Note: !f the drive A icon highlights but the window does not open , the computer
has not recognized your click as a double-click, but only as a single-click. Move
the pointer to a clear area of the desktop and click once to deselect the icon . Try
again, and remember that double clicking can be a bit tricky at first. Just keep
practicing.
Leave the drive A d i rectory w indow open for now; you w i l l use it in the next
exercise .

Scrolling a Window

Sometimes a single d irectory contains too many i tems to display in a window at
one time. When t h is occurs, some d i rectory i tems rem a i n undisplayed , or h idden.
You can v i e w the hidden i tems by usi ng the scro l l bars.
The scro l l bars along the bottom and right edges of the w indow let you scro l l the
window horizonta l l y ( right and l eft) or verticall y (up and down ) .
I f a directory contains more items than w i l l fit i n the w indow, a portion of the
scro l l bar w i l l be shaded. The scroll box shows the current position and s ize of
the w indow relative to the total directory display. If there is shaded area above or
below the scroll box, more of the directory is avai lable by scroll ing the w i ndow
in the direction of the shaded area.
Practice scroll ing a w indo w . Use the dri ve A directory w i ndow that is sti l l open .
For t h is e xercise, use t h e scroll bars to find L I N E S . PR G , a program that y o u w i l l
b e usi n g i n t h e n e x t exercise.
Scroll by positioning the pointer over the scro l l arrow that i ndicates the direction
of the h i dden contents . C li c k once. Now cl ick once on the opposite arrow to
return t o the original window display. The contents of the window scroll by one
space.
Now scro l l , one w i ndow displ ay at a time, by positioning the poin ter over the
shaded area of the scro l l bar. C lick once. The previousl y displayed
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item s are now