Acorn A3010, Welcome Manual

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Using applications
T
his chapter tells you how to load and run applications on
your computer. It uses the application Edit as an example.
What are applications?
Applications, like Edit or Draw, are programs: They are the tools that you use to
produce your letters, drawings, music and so on. You can always tell applications,
because their directory names start with an exclamation mark (!): See the next chapter
for more information on application directories.
Some applications (such as Edit) are provided in the Apps directory on the icon bar,
others are in the Applications suite: Many other applications and games are available
from your supplier:
Starting an application
There are two main ways you can start an application:
• Double-clicking – move the pointer over the application's icon, and double click:
• Dragging – move the pointer over the application's icon, then drag it onto the icon
bar, and release:
You can also start an application if the computer has already 'seen' it by double-
clicking on an associated file (e:g: double-clicking on a Draw file will start Draw):
1 Open the directory display containing the application directory
To use an application that is on a floppy disc, put
the disc in the floppy drive and click on the floppy
disc drive icon: This will open a directory display
for the disc:
To use one of the computer's own applications,
like Edit, click Select over the Apps icon on the
icon bar to bring up the Apps directory display:
Try this now as an example:
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