Save Desktop - Atari Faicon030 Owner's Manual

Fa/con030
Owner ' s Manual
Use the Define S i ngle Keystroke up and down arrows to scro l l through the menu
commands and the i r keystroke assignments. To change the keystroke of a
displ ayed menu command, type in the desired keystroke . To c lear a l l menu
command keystroke assignments, select Clear A l l .
After m a k i n g changes t o t h e Desktop Configuration dialog b o x , select OK to
confirm your choices. U se Save Desktop to save your selections, or they w i l l be
erased the next time you s w itch off your computer.

Save Desktop

You can rearrange the desktop icons and w i ndows to suit your personal
preferences and use the Save Desktop option to save the new arrangement. For
example, you might want to move the trash can icon, l ine up the disk i cons
horizontal l y , or have the startup screen display several open directory w i ndow s .
S a v e Desktop also saves Opt ion a n d View m e n u selections. T h e computer stores
saved configurations and menu selections in a N EWDES K . I N F fi le and places
this fi l e on your startup disk or hard disk dri ve root directory.
Arrange disk and trash can icons by draggi ng them to new positions on the
desktop. You may want to c lose all w in dows first to start with a clean desktop.
How you arrange your desktop w i l l depend on your needs, but i t ' s usual l y a good
idea to place the trash can icon away from the disk dri ve icons to protect agai nst
uni ntentionally dragg i ng fi les to the trash can i nstead of to a disk or logical drive
icon.
Arrange directory w i ndows on the desktop by ope ning, mov ing, and sizing
selected w i ndow s . You can have up to seven directory w indows open at once on
the desktop. Select opt ions from the View menu to determ ine how w indow items
(folders and files) are shown ( as text or as icons) and sorted ( by name, date, s ize,
or type ).
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A G uided Tou r of the Desktop