Locating A Text Editor on Your Computer 

There will be times when you will find it useful to have a simple
text editor such as NotePad or SimpleText open on the screen
along with your web browser. Easy access to the text editor
application will allow you to cut and paste URL's (internet
addresses) as well as text from the browser window into the text
editor. You can make onscreen notes to document your online
exploration. Here's how to locate the text editor on your computer
if you don't already know where it is: 

(Mac Users: See below) 

PC Users: Locating a NotePad 

Notepad is located in the Accessories list in Windows 95/98 

1.Click on Start 
2.Click on Programs 
3.Click on Accessories 
4.Click on Notepad. 

Windows 95/98 users can create a desktop shortcut for Notepad
with the following procedure. 

1.Click on My Computer. 
2.Double-Click on the C: drive icon 
3.Double-click on the Windows directory 
4.Scroll across the window until you find the Notepad icon. 
5.Click once on the icon to select it 
6.From the File menu, select Create Shortcut. 
7.A shortcut to Notepad will appear in the directory. 
8.Hold down the mouse button while you drag this shortcut to
the desktop. 

Now you will be able to open NotePad by simply clicking on the
desktop icon. 

Mac Users: Locating a SimpleText on Your Computer 

1.Select Find from the File menu and type the word SimpleText
in the box (use a capital S and T and don't leave a space
between the words!) and hit the Return key. 
2.Note where SimpleText is located on your computer. 
3.It is useful to have an alias for SimpleText on your desktop 
4.To create an alias for SimpleText, click once on the
SimpleText program icon. 
5.Select Make Alias from the File menu. 
6.When the SimpleText alias appears on the screen, hold down
the mouse button while you drag the alias to the desktop. 
7.Now you can open SimpleText at any time by simply clicking
on the alias. 

Note: You may need to adjust the "Show Desktop in background"
setting in your control panels if the SimpleText alias is not visible
when the web browser is open. That is easy to do: 

1.Click on the Apple Menu (the apple icon in the upper left hand
corner of the screen. 
2.Select Control Panels 
3.Select General Controls from the pop-out menu 
4.Click in the box next to "Show Desktop when in background" 
5.Click the close box (upper left hand corner) 

Copyright © 1997 by Bob Jost. Used by permission of the author. 

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