Understanding the Mac Desktop
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| drop down | A menu that drops down below its title that allows you to choose one item from a list.
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| fly out | A secondary menu indicated by a black triangle that displays a list of choices related to what you're doing.
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| pop up | A menu that appears when you control-click or on an icon.
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| sticky menu | A fixed navigation menu that stays stuck to the screen when you let go of the mouse or scroll down the page on a website.
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| icon | A small picture of a program or file that opens or runs when you click on it.
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| indicator light | A blue light under a program icon showing that the program is open and running.
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| ellipsis | ... after a menu choice indicating that a dialogue box will appear
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| dialogue box | A box, called up temporarily on the screen, that asks for user input or displays information.
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| Finder | An application that runs the Mac desktop..
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| Desktop | The primary user interface of a computer (like your base of operations).
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| force quit | The short cut, option+apple+escape, that lets a user end a frozen program.
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| folder | Usually blue, these store documents, files or other folders.
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| file | A collection of data stored in one unit, such as text, photo, video, or sound.
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| dock | A tray of icons giving one-click access to programs and files you use frequently.
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| menu bar | Usually at the top of a window, this user interface contains commands and options you can select to affect the program you are currently using
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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