Starting a program activity

1. This time click on the TextEdit icon in the Dock (it looks like a piece of paper and a pen).
2. This will take you into a program that lets you write text. Click on the blank 'page' on the screen and type using the keyboard.
3. You can change the colour and size of the text by using the Format menu.
4. Try out some of the options in the Format menu.
5. When you have finished, remember to close the window. When asked if you want to save your document, click on 'Don't '.

Important: Clicking the Close button in most programs does not quit the whole program. If there is still a black triangle beneath the icon in the Dock, then you need to quit. To do this, open the TextEdit menu in the menu bar and click on Quit TextEdit. The black triangle in the Dock will disappear.

You have learned to start up programs by using the Dock and to quit programs using the menu bar. Now you are going to learn a different way of starting up programs.