Applications

Applications are located on the hard drive in the Applications folder. You can access the Applications Folder by the following methods:

1. Select Applications from the Go menu
or press Shift-Command-A

2. Click the "Home" icon
from any Desktop window

home window

Some of the Applications installed on this computer include:
	Mac OS X's new system-wide address book. If you use Mail to read your email, you can store names, email addresses, etc. here.
	Used to read portable document format (.pdf) files.
	Appleworks has many uses. You can do word processing, spreadsheets, databases, drawing, painting and presentations.
	Calculator is a full-featured scientific calculator.
	Microsoft Entourage, part of Microsoft Office, is an email client. It's compatible with POP & IMAP, has a calendar, to do list and address book.
	Microsoft Excel, part of Microsoft Office, is a powerful spreadsheet program.
	Internet Explorer is one of the most popular web browsers on the market.
	Fetch is used to connect to an FTP (file transfer protocol) server to transfer files.
	FileMaker Pro is a powerful database application.
	Mail is an email program which comes with all Mac OS X computers. It has a nice, simple interface and is compatible with POP & IMAP accounts.
	Omniweb is lesser-known web browser which is fast and a nice alternative to the
	Microsoft PowerPoint, part of Microsoft Office, is presentation software. It will also do hand-outs and transparencies.
	Preview is OS X application capable of reading most images: .jpg, .gif, .pdf, .tif, etc.
	Sherlock is an internet searching application. You can search Airline info, Movie info, Yellow Pages, Stocks, eBay and more.
	Microsoft Word, part of Microsoft Office, is a powerful word processing application. Its files are compatible across platforms -- Windows and Mac OS.