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pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote in
news:ppuVd.181750$K7.106235@news-server.bigpond.net.au: 

> Mike Dee wrote:  
> 
>>pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote:  
>>
>>Ironically, it's actually more safer to use that Mac than your PC
>>with the most up-to-date protection loaded.  
>  
> That makes me feel better! :) think I will give it a go then. But
> first I need to get all the software progs installed, and learn a
> bit more about how to use them, and the Mac. One thing I noticed
> is that every time I click a folder it opens a new window. Having
> been used to a PC, with it's navigation controls
> (up/down/back/forward) I find this troublesome. Can I somehow
> change the setup so that the same window updates, and I can move
> up/down/back, etc..?

Not on that particular OS, no. You can however learn a few keyboard 
commands for navigation.

You'll find that the Mac 'Command' key (usually located next to Space 
bar) is very similar to Windows 'Ctrl" key, having many of the same 
keyboard commands, see page:
<http://internet.ggu.edu/university_library/keyboard.html>

Assuming no windows open when Mac boots, notice on the desktop the HD 
icon is selected (a duller colour than the other icons).

Hold the 'Command' key down and type 'O' (Open) to open the HD root 
directory.
Next, type the first letter of a folder's name eg: 'A' this will select 
the first folder name beginning with 'A'. Once an icon is selected you 
can use the direction keys to navigate to subsequent icons.
With an icon selected that you wish to open, hold both the 'Option' and 
'Command' keys down and type 'O'. This has the effect of closing one 
window and opening another.

Similarly, on the desktop with no folders open, type the 1st letter of 
an icon's name. This will select the 1st icon name beginning with the 
letter you just typed and not necessarily the one you wanted to select 
as this method chooses icons alphabetically, so 'Aarvark' will get 
selected before 'Ark'. However if you type 'AR' quickly, 'Ark' would 
get selected 1st. But in this case, selecting icons on the desktop is 
usually faster by using the arrow keys.

The OP 'nospam' gave some other commands to play around with.

Holding the 'Command' key down and clicking onto a window's title bar 
is a good one for navigating back through multiple directory levels.

> Also if I do connect to the net.. should I
> upgrade programs such as Internet Explorer, to the latest 
> versions, or is it best to leave it/them in the same relative era
> as the hardware?

I think Internet Explorer 5 and Outlook Express will run on Mac OS 8.1

You can use a more uptodate Mozilla only if you upgrade your current OS 
to OS 8.6 or 9.x - the upgrade from 8.1 to 8.6 or 9 was not free.

This is the final Mozilla to run on pre-MacOS X (WamCom-Mozilla 1.3.1)
<http://www.wamcom.org/latest-131/>

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dee