In this lesson, you learned that any folder containing a file or other folders is called a Finder window. You learned the different parts of the Finder Window in the first section.
Next, you learned how to navigate a window using Scroll Bars, the mouse, the track pad and keyboard commands.
Then, you learned how to Close, Minimize and Zoom a Finder Window by using the Red, Yellow and Green buttons located on the top left of the Finder Window, respectively.
Then, you learned how to move a Finder Window by clicking on the title bar of the window and then dragging it to a new location.
Then, you learned how to change the size of a window by clicking on any edge of a Finder window and then dragging either inwards, outwards, upwards or downwards.
Then, you learned how to display the Status Bar (which is hidden by default in Lion) by selecting View from the Finder menu and then clicking Show Status Bar.
Then, you learned that you how to switch between open windows by either clicking on any portion of an inactive window to bring it to the front or by clicking on the application’s icon on the Dock.
Then, you learned that you can hide the Finder Toolbar and the Sidebar by selecting View on the Finder menu and clicking Show/Hide Finder or Show/Hide Toolbar.
Then, you learned how to manage Finder Windows with Mission Control.
You learned how to create new desktops (workspaces) as well as how to assign applications to open in a specific desktop.
Then, you learned about the four different window views: Icon View, where files and folders are displayed as small icons, List View, where the are
displayed in a table with column headings, Column View, which allows you to open more than one folder in more than one column and Cover Flow, which provides a high resolution preview of your documents. You learned how to switch views using the View Buttons on the toolbar as well as from the View menu on the menu bar.
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Lastly, you learned how to use Quick Look, which allows you to view the contents of your documents at nearly full size level without needing to launch the associated application.
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Lesson 2 Quiz
1. Scroll Bars are used to:
A. Move from one application to another
B. Move a window from one area of the screen to another.
C. Display a different area of a window D. Display more than one window at a time 2. To minimize a window:
A. Click on the Red button on the top left of the screen B. Click on the Blue button on the top left of the screen C. Click on the Green button on the top left of the screen.
D. Press the + M keystroke combination.
3. What are two ways that you can close a window?
4. You change the width and the height of a window by:
A. Clicking on the edge of a window and dragging inwards or outwards B. Clicking on the Zoom button and dragging inwards
C. Clicking on the Title bar and dragging inwards or outwards D. Double-click the Title bar of the Window.
5. How do you switch between several open windows?
A. Press the + S keystroke combination until the window you want comes into view.
B. Click the Green button on the top left of your screen
C. Click any portion of an inactive window to bring it to the front D. Press the F3 key.
6. You can hide a window from view by clicking the :
A. Show/Hide Toolbar button on the top right of the window B. The Yellow button on the top left of the window
C. The Title Bar D. Resizing Button
7. To hide all open windows and display the desktop:
A. Press F9
8. You open a new Finder window but it is too small to display all of its contents and there are no scroll bars visible. How do you Zoom the window so that it fills up more of the screen?
A. Click the Green Button
B. Press the Press the + Z keystroke combination C. Click the Red Button
D. Go > Zoom Window from the menu.
9. To view the contents of a window in a table with column headings that include the file name, file size, file date and file type, you would use:
A. Column View B. List View C. Icon View D. File Info View
10. Which view displays more than one folder in more than one column?
A. Folder View B. Icon View C. Column View
D. Such a thing is impossible
11. What is the keyboard command to launch Mission Control?
A. F8 B. F3 C. F11 D. F1
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LAB 2 – ON YOUR OWN
1. Open the Lesson Files window.
2. Minimize the Lesson Files window.
3. Restore and then close the Lesson Files window.
4. Open the Applications window (Hint: Go > Applications). Move the window to the top right portion of your screen. Resize the window so that it is about four inches wide by four inches high. Hide the Toolbar on the Applications Window.
5. Open the Lesson Files folder. Make the Applications window the active window.
6. Redisplay the Toolbar on the Applications window.
7. Switch to List View.
8. Switch to Column View 9. Switch back to Icon View.
10. Open the Pending folder on your desktop.
11. Select the file named “MacBook User’s Guide” and view the file using Quick Look. Navigate to page 6 of the document. Exit Quick Look when finished.
12. Use Mission Control to display all open windows on the screen.
13. Close all open windows.
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L E S S O N 3 – W O R K I N G W I T H F O L D E R S A N D D I S K S