New Mac Users

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New Mac Users

• Quick how to for new MAC users

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Your Desktop

• When you first log onto the Mac computer, your
  desktop will be blue, you will see the MAC
  hardrive and data hardrive, and a bar usually at
  the bottom of the screen. This bar is called the
  dock.

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The Dock

• The Dock holds icons that are shortcuts to
  applications. You can add and remove icons from
  the dock.

4
The Internet

• You can access the internet using either Firefox
  or Safari
• Internet explorer is not available on the Macs.

5
Email

• You can access your email by using Entourage.

6
Microsoft Office

• You will see the other icons for Microsoft office
  on the dock. Excel, Powerpoint, and Word.

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You can change your desktop settings by going to
theon the menu bar and selecting System
Preferences.
8
Finder

• Finder is similar to Windows Explorer. It
  will show you where all of your stuff is.

9
Saving your documents

• Please save your documents in the Documents
  folder. Feel free to create subfolders in the
  documents folder for organizational purposes.

10
Right Clicking with Macs

• Mac Mice do not have a right mouse button. For
  those of you who want this option, you can hold
  done the Control key on the keyboard and then
  click your mouse. You will then see a drop down
  menu.

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Ejecting a CD, DVD, or Thumb Drive

• CDs, DVDs, and Thumb Drives show up as icons on
  your desktop when inserted into the computer.
  You will need to drag the icon to your trash in
  order to eject the item or you can right click on
  the icon and choose eject.

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Searching for a document that you created

• You can search for a document by going to the
  spotlight in the upper right hand corner of
  the menu bar. Simply type in the name of the
  document you are looking for and the computer
  will start searching the harddrive.