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Re: [PLUG] basic question
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On Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at 11:51 AM, Riffer, Morgan wrote:
I'm sorry for asking this, because I know it isn't directly related to
linux, but I don't know who else to ask. I work for a nonprofit in
Philly
and I'm trying to write very very simple instructions for people with
little
to no computer experience to download a free program (acrobat reader)at
other nonprofits. Here is where I'm stuck: I'm trying to tell them
how to
identify their operating system if they don't know what it is. I know
how to
do this on a PC (with windows, I know, I'm sorry). But with a Mac I'm
going
from memory several years ago. Am I remembering correctly that you
click on
the apple menu and then select properties? or do you double click on
the
harddrive and select properties under a menu? I know noone with a mac
and
don't want to stear people wrong. If anyone out there has a mac in
front of
them and could let me know, I'd really appreciate it. I've google
searched
and looked on apple's site and nobody goes basic enough to tell you
how to
identify the operating system.
We are working on incorporating linux into the programs we offer
nonprofits
around technology, but we don't yet have the knowledge base. Currently
we
are trying to increase the effective use of the tools they already have
(typically windows of some form or another). But we successfully
installed
Mandrake last week and are playing around and learning the basics, so
we're
on our way.
The easiest way to explain how to get Acrobat reader is to point people
to Adobe's download page. They can just use their browser
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
As for the Mac, there is no concept of "Properties" -- that is a
Windows-ism.
Under the "Apple Menu" the first entry is "About this Mac." It will
give them a pop-up with the name and version number. [This is true for
both Mac OS 9 and earlier as well as Mac OS X.]
T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
magill@mcgillsociety.org
magill@acm.org
magill@mac.com
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