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  OS/2 2.0 Quick Reference
  This card provides you with information on installing the OS/2*  2.0 oper-
  ating system, starting the OS/2 Tutorial , and finding the other information
  you need. It also provides an overview of the objects on the OS/2
  desktop and instructions for doing everyday tasks.


  Installing the Operating System
  You can quickly install the operating system by accepting most or all of
  the system defaults. If you want to change the default installation set-
  tings, or if you want more direction in completing the installation, refer to
  the Installation Guide.

  1. Locate the Installation Diskette  and the numbered diskettes (begin-
  ning with Diskette 1 ) in your OS/2 package.
  2. Insert the Installation Diskette  into drive A. 3. Turn on the computer. If the computer is already on, press and hold
  the Ctrl and Alt keys, and then press the Del key to restart the
  system.
  4. Watch the screen for instructions. You will be asked to make choices
  on some of the screens. If you want to quickly install the operating
  system, press Enter to accept the preselected choice on each screen.
  If you are not sure of a choice, press F1 for help.
  On the OS/2 Setup and Installation screen, you will see four choices.













  The first choice is Learn how to use a mouse. If you select it, the
  mouse tutorial will be displayed. When you leave the mouse tutorial,
  you will be returned to this screen so that you can make an installa- tion choice.



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  You can select:
   Install preselected features , which copies the most commonly
  used features of the OS/2 operating system to your hard disk. It
  does not copy all the features of OS/2 2.0 to your hard disk. The
  online help for this choice lists the features that will  not  be
  installed.
   Install all features , which copies the entire OS/2 operating system
  to your hard disk.

   Select features and install , with which you indicate the features you want to install. This choice is similar to Install preselected
  features  because, by installing only certain features, you can
  save hard disk space. With this choice, however, you  decide
  which features you want to install.

  When you finish the installation, the OS/2 Tutorial is displayed on your
  screen.


  Getting to Know OS/2 2.0

  The OS/2 Tutorial introduces you to the OS/2 desktop  on your computer screen. The OS/2 desktop, like your office desktop, has on it some docu-
  ments, file folders, and various pieces of computer equipment. These
  objects appear on your computer screen as small pictures called icons.
















  As you finish the Tutorial, you can select Start Here  to find out how to do
  basic tasks such as installing programs and printing.
  You can return to the Tutorial at any time by selecting it from the Infor-
  mation object on the desktop.



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  Finding the Information You Need

  The Master Help Index is your main source of information about how to
  work with the OS/2 desktop, where it appears as an object. When the
  Master Help Index is open, it looks like a notebook with letter-tabs.
  You open the Master Help Index by pointing at the object and quickly
  pressing mouse button 1 (usually the left button) twice. This action is also
  called double-clicking.
















  Select a letter-tab to display a list of help topics that start with that letter.
  (Or press the corresponding key on the keyboard.) Then, select a topic from the list that is displayed. For example, if you want to know how to
  change the colors on your screen:

  1. Select letter-tabC . (Or press C on the keyboard.) A list is displayed.
  2. Use a mouse or the Page Down key to move down the list until you
  see colors, changing screen.
  3. Select colors, changing screen.
  To search for help about a particular topic:

  1. Select the Search topics  push button.
  2. Type a word or words that describe the topic for which you want help.
  (For example, type colors  to find out how to change your screen
  colors.) 3. Select the Search  push button.

  A list of index entries that match the word is displayed. Select one of the
  entries to see the information.





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  The Desktop

   The following is a list of items shown in the illustration on the next page.
  ┬1┴  Start Here  - contains information about installing your programs,
  customizing your desktop, printing, and other computer tasks.
  ┬2┴  OS/2 System  - contains System Setup, Command Prompts,
  Drives, Productivity, Games.

  ┬3┴  Tutorial  - contains an interactive overview of OS/2 2.0.
  ┬4┴  Glossary  - contains definitions of terms.
  ┬5┴  REXX Information  - contains information about using the REXX
  programming language.

  ┬6┴  Startup  - contains all the programs that will be active the next time you start the operating system.

  ┬7┴  Productivity  - contains programs, such as a spreadsheet and a
  daily planner, to assist you in your daily activities.
  ┬8┴  System Setup  - contains objects to change settings, migrate DOS
  and Microsoft **  Windows **  programs, install device drivers, add a
  mouse or display, and others.
  ┬9┴  Drives  - contains diskette and hard disk drives (A, C, and so on).

  ┬ 10┴  Command Prompts  - contains objects to display command lines
  for OS/2 and DOS full-screen and window programs, and for Microsoft
  Windows programs.
  ┬ 11┴  Drive A  - contains the contents of the diskette in drive A.
  ┬ 12┴  Games  - contains games, such as OS/2 Chess.

  ┬ 13┴  Shredder  - discards objects that you want to delete.
  ┬ 14┴  Command Reference  - contains a list and syntax of all OS/2
  commands that can be used at a command prompt.
  ┬ 15┴  LPT1Q  - (printer name) prints documents dropped on it; contains
  information about print jobs.

  ┬ 16┴  Information  - contains online documents, such as the Glossary and  OS/2 Command Reference , and the OS/2 Tutorial.

  ┬ 17┴  Templates  - contains objects (such as a folder or data file) that
  you can use as models to create additional objects.
  ┬ 18┴  Master Help Index  - contains help for most of the procedures
  you can do in the operating system.



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  The following is an illustration of how the desktop might look when you
  open OS/2 System and Information, which are objects  called folders.






















  The actual contents of the folders on your desktop depend on which fea-
  tures of the operating system you installed.


  OS/2 Objects
  As you can see in the illustration above, a folder is an object that con-
  tains other objects. As you begin working with your OS/2 desktop, you
  will be using folders as well as the other types of objects:

   Program objectªa word-processing application program, for example
   Data-file objectªa letter, for example
   Device objectªa printer, for example.

  You use these objects to do your work on the OS/2 desktop, just as you
  work with objects in your own office.







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  How to Do Some Common Tasks

  ▀ Open an object  - Place the mouse pointer over an object and double-
  click mouse button 1 (usually the left button).
  ▀ Drag (move) an object  - Place the mouse pointer over an object, and
  then press and hold mouse button 2. Move the mouse to drag the
  object to the new location, and then release mouse button 2.
  ▀ Copy an object  - Place the mouse pointer over an object, and then
  press and hold the Ctrl key and mouse button 2 at the same time.
  Drag the object to the new location, and then release the Ctrl key and
  mouse button 2.
  ▀ Delete an object  - Place the mouse pointer over an object, and then
  press and hold mouse button 2. Drag the object to the Shredder, and
  then release mouse button 2.

  ▀ Display the menu of an object  - Place the mouse pointer over an
  object and press mouse button 2. When in a window, move the mouse pointer to the icon at the top left, and press mouse button 1.

  ▀ Display the Window List  (open windows) - Place the mouse pointer on
  a blank area of the desktop, and press mouse buttons 1 and 2 at the
  same time.
  ▀ Find an object  - Display the menu of a file folder, and then select the
  Find  choice.
  ▀ Print an object  - Place the mouse pointer over an object, and then
  press and hold mouse button 2. Drag the object to a printer object
  and then release mouse button 2.

  ▀ Select objects  - Place the mouse pointer over an object and click
  mouse button 1 once. To select multiple objects, move the mouse pointer over the first object and then press and hold mouse button 1.
  Continue to hold mouse button 1 while you move the mouse pointer
  over additional objects to be selected.

  ▀ Shut down the operating system  - Place the mouse pointer on a blank
  area of the screen, and press mouse button 2. When the pop-up
  menu is displayed, select  Shut down. Make sure you select Shut
  down  before you turn off your computer or you might lose data.
  If you are familiar with performing such tasks using an earlier version of
  the OS/2 operating system or Microsoft Windows, you might want to go to
  Migrating to the OS/2 Workplace Shell  now. This book is intended to help
  you make a smooth transition to OS/2 2.0.






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