The Little Mac Book, Lion Edition

6. Use an Application

In this chapter

Open an application 64

Open a blank document 65

New vs. Open 65

I-beam 66

Insertion point 66

Delete (or Backspace) 68

Delete characters 68

Spell checking 69

Control spell checking 70

One space after periods 71

Select (highlight) text 72

Replace highlighted text 73

Extra tips 73

Change fonts and type size 74

Alignment 75

Cut, Copy, and the Clipboard 76

Cut 77

Copy 78

Paste 79

Undo 81

Keyboard shortcuts 82

Delete or Clear and the Clipboard 82

Access special characters 82

Use real accent marks 83

Document windows 84

Also Try This 85

Remember 86

This chapter covers what you will do most often on your Mac: open an application and type a document. Do the exercises, and then in the following chapter, you’ll ...