To begin, take a look around, get familiar with the Macintosh Desktop. As you see the Desktop of a Mac is setup differently than the desktop setup of a PC. There are no icons except the Macintosh HD, Spare, a Downloads folder, and an Icon that should have your user name. As you look at the desktop you will see a NetWare login screen were you log on to the network. What if the Login screen is not present? Then go up the top right hand side and you will see a tree. If the tree has leaves on it, then the computer is connected to another person account. To log the person off or bring up the Login screen, just click on the tree and you should get some options. The option that you need to choose is Logout. When you have selected Logout option, the login screen will appear. Then from this point you can Login to the network. When you login, the icon with your user name will pop up under the Downloads folder (that icon is your N: drive if you where on a PC).
Please Note-- After you have logged on to the network, you will have to manually close the NetWare login screen or you will not be able to print. Also remember to logout when you are done using the computer.

The Standard Dock



But if you are on the Mac with a scanner, the Dock will have a few more Icons, which are shown just below and they are: W) Epson Smart, X) Omni Page Direct OCR, Y) Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional, Z) Adobe Go Live CS, AA) Adobe Illustrator CS, BB) InDesign CS, CC), Adobe Photoshop CS, and DD) ImageReady CS:

The Dock for a Scanner Machine

To tell you what each Icon does, here is a brief decision of what each one does:

A) “Finder”- Apple describes it as “The Macintosh Desktop Experience”, but in better words it is your means of navigating to programs and to files on CD’s, Zips and your Home Directory. Finder job is to help your navigating and organizing of files and folders on the Macintosh.

B) “iChat”- iChat is an Instant Messenger services provided by American Online.

C) “MSN Messenger”- The MSN Messenger is another instant message product put out by MSN. If you are familiar with the MSN Messenger for Windows, you shouldn't’t have a problem using MSN Messenger for Mac.

D) “Yahoo Messenger”- The Yahoo Messenger is an instant messenger program that is put out by Yahoo. If you are familiar with the Yahoo Messenger for Windows, you shouldn't’t have any problems using Yahoo Messenger for Mac.

E) “Safari”- Safari is an Internet browse that allows you to surf the net.

F) “Internet Explorer”- If you have used a computer that has Windows you have used Internet Explorer to surf the net.

G) “Firefox”- Firefox is the browser provided by Mozilla. Firefox is the default browser and the browser that we recommend. If you are not familiar with the Browser, it is similar to all the other Internet browsers.

H) “Sherlock”- Sherlock in general is a search browser. It allows you to search the web with out opening a browser. Sherlock can help you with useful information available on the internet, like stock news, general headlines, movie previews, locations and show times, yellow pages listings, eBay auction activity and much, much more.

I) “iTunes”- iTunes is a legal way for you to download music. You can go into iTunes and get music for 99 cent and you can also buy the whole CD for about $10. iTunes can also store your music and play it like a stereo on the computer. For those that have an iPod, your iPod uses iTunes to transfer your music onto the iPod.

J) “iPhoto”- iPhoto puts you in charge of your photographs. Which means you can edit your photos, organize them into albums, enhance the look of a photo and the list goes on.

K) “iDVD”- iDVD lets you make you own DVD’s by editing your movies, adding music
to the film and by placing photos in the films.

L) “iMovie”- iMovie is a way for you to edit your own home movies. It makes it even
easier for you to turn your home movies, your photos and music into movies.

M) “GarageBand”- Garage band is perfect for those people that like to make their own music. Garage band is like a recording studio in your computer.

O) “Terminal”- Terminal is a program that you can use so you can get in touch with your Mac. Terminal provides a way to access the UNIX shell. Terminal is a program that allows you to introduce yourself to the UNIX Utility built right on to the Mac.

P)“AppleWorks 6”- Apple works is like Microsoft Office. You can write papers, do a spreadsheet, a presentation and the list goes on.

Q) “Microsoft Word”- Word is exactly like in Windows. Word for Mac has no problem converting over to the Windows side. The Setup is a little different but over all Word for Mac is still like Word for windows.

R) “Microsoft Excel”- Excel for Mac is still like Excel for Windows. The setup is a little different but your files will convert over with no problem.

S) “Microsoft PowerPoint”- PowerPoint for Mac is like PowerPoint for Windows. The setup for PowerPoint is a little different then the windows version but your PowerPoint Presentations will convert over with no problems.

The Microsoft Office programs will all convert over to Windows or Mac with no problems. The only difference is the setups are a little different from the windows setup but overall the programs are the same. The only major difference is that the tool bars many not appear so you have to manually select the toolbar to appear. To make the toolbar appear you have to go up to “VIEW” and click on it. When you have clicked on it, go down to “TOOLBARS”. When you have the arrow over the toolbars it will show a list of toolbars you can choose from. You can get the Standard toolbar or customize a toolbar. There are a list of toolbar you can choose from.

T) “Dreamweaver MX 2004”- Dreamweaver is a program that you use to build a Website or make an Internet Application. So if you want to learn how or know how to build a webpage, try using a Mac and see if you like using a Mac to build a webpage. This program is like the Windows version, so if you know how to use the Windows version then it is easy for you to us the Mac version.

U) “Fireworks MX 2004”- Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 is a great way for creating, optimizing and integrating great-looking web graphics. This program is perfect if you like creating your own graphics for your webpage or just messing around and seeing what you can create. This program is like the Windows version with a different look.

V) “Trash”- The Trash is like the Recycling Ben in Windows. The Trash is a place where your Deleted files go when you have deleted them from the computer.

The applications that are listed above are the programs that you will find on a regular Mac computer that do not have a scanner machine installed to the computer. If you are on a machine that does have a scanner machine installed onto the computer, it will have a few more programs installed on them. To say what each program is, here is a brief description on how they work:

W) “Epson Smart”- The EPSON Smart Panel software is your easy and direct means of accessing all the scanning functionality and power that the EPSON STYLUS 1670 has to offer.

X)” Omni Page Direct OCR”- Omni Page is software that was created to eliminate the use of retyping a paper. Omni page will duplicate the text to look like the original text, so if you forgot to save your paper when you typed it, you can scan it by using Omni Page and have a duplicate copy of your paper.

Y)”Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional”- Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional is a tool for creating, editing, viewing, navigating, commenting, searching, and securing documents in the universal, compact, and Web accessible PDF format.

Z)”Adobe GoLive CS”- GoLive is a software delivers what you need to create a professional website. GoLive smoothly operates with the other programs that Adobe has to offer, so you can create a professional webpage.

AA)”Adobe Illustrator CS”- Illustrator is software that is perfect for those that are creative. Illustrator can be used to create graphics for visually enhancing an idea for paper, creating graphics for a website and the list goes on.

BB)”Adobe InDesign CS”- InDesign takes page design in to the next level. InDesign gives you complete Creative freedom when it comes to creating page layouts. InDesign works with Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat software in order to give you the freedom you want as a user.

CC)” Adobe Photoshop CS”- Photoshop take editing your own photos to the extreme. Photoshop allows you to edit and add image to your photography, videos, graphics and web design.

DD)” Adobe ImageReady CS”- ImageReady is a program that comes with Photoshop. ImageReady is for specialized Web graphics production--rollovers, animation, etc.

After you are done using the Mac, click on the tree that is located on the top right side of the screen and go to Logout. When the screen appears, you will have to click on the Logout button on the Login screen to completely logout. Optionally, you may use the logoff on the finder (the apple located on the top left side of the screen), and then select student to have it ready for the next person.

Now that you have been introduced to the Mac and what the programs have to offer, explore the Mac and see what it has to offer. If you have questions, comments or a good challenge on what you'd like to do, feel free to contact us at Computing Services x7741 and ask for Chris Olance.