User`s manual

Calculator
clicking
board commands. To use the
key, hold it
down, and while continuing to hold it down,
press the key you need to carry out the com-
mand. Keyboard commands are located
in the
command menu after the items that apply. See
also
keyboard shortcut.
A desk accessory that enables you to perform
quick mathematical calculations from the
deskTop or within an application.
Pressing the input device button to cause the
pointer on the screen to select a menu item or an
icon. It is also used to position a cursor in
a
geoWrite document. See also double-clicking.
close To deactivate or exit a file or disk.
close icon A rectangular shaped icon that enables you to
deactivate the currently open disk or desk
accessory.
command menu
The horizontal list of options that appears across
the top left portion of the screen.
CONFIGURE file
A
deskTop program that enables you to add or
change disk drives for use with GEOS.
cursor
data file
default
A blinking vertical line indicating the position of
the next typed character.
A document you create by way of a GEOS
application.
Any file that is automatically selected by GEOS
when you attempt to use it. The first printer and
input device files on the disk are default files.
If
necessary, you can change the default status of a
file.
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