Crossing Platforms - A Macintosh/Windows Phrasebook. A Two-Way Reference

Like travelers in a foreign land, Mac users working in Windows or Windows users working on a Mac often find themselves in unfamiliar territory with no guidebook. Crossing Platforms: A Macintosh/Windows Phrasebook, with information presented in a translation dictionary-like format, offers users a handy way of translating skills and knowledge from one platform to the other. Whether it's explaining the difference between Macintoshaliases and Windows shortcuts or explaining how a Windows user would go about setting up Internet access on a Mac, this book provides readers a simple means to look up familiar interface elements and system features and learn how that element or feature works on the other platform.Crossing Platforms: A Macintosh/Windows Phrasebook includes:
A general introduction to the key differences between the Mac and Windows
A to Z sections for each platform: one section where Mac users look up familiar Macintosh terms to find the equivalent function in Windows along with an explanation of the differences; and another section where Windows users find familiar Windows terms with pointers to the Macintosh equivalent along with full descriptions of how the function works on the Mac and important differences between the two platforms
The complete translation dictionary-like reference book,Crossing Platforms: A Macintosh/Windows Phrasebook provides a simple solution for everyone who has been confused and frustrated by the arbitrary and sometimes capricious differences between the Macintosh and Windows operating systems. This book bridges the Mac-PC knowledge gap many users are faced with when work or preference demands the use of both a PC and Mac. Whether you already know the Macintosh or Windows, this book helps you navigate in the other operating system using your existing skills and knowledge.

List of contents

Introduction;
Chapter 1: A;
1.1 About This Program;
1.2 ADB (Apple Desktop Bus);
1.3 Adobe Acrobat;
1.4 Alias;
1.5 Appearance Control Panel;
1.6 Apple Guide;
1.7 Apple Menu;
1.8 Apple Menu Options Control Panel;
1.9 Apple System Profiler;
1.10 AppleCD Audio Player;
1.11 AppleScript;
1.12 AppleShare;
1.13 AppleTalk;
1.14 AppleTalk Control Panel;
1.15 Application Menu;
1.16 Applications;
1.17 Assistant;
1.18 ATM (Adobe Type Manager);
1.19 Auto Power On/Off Control Panel;
1.20 AutoRemounter;
Chapter 2: B;
2.1 Balloon Help;
2.2 BinHex;
2.3 Boot Disk;
2.4 Button;
Chapter 3: C;
3.1 Calculator;
3.2 CD Drives;
3.3 Chooser;
3.4 Clean Install;
3.5 Clipboard;
3.6 Clipping Files;
3.7 Closing Windows;
3.8 Collapsing Windows;
3.9 Command Key;
3.10 Connect To;
3.11 Contextual Menus;
3.12 Control Key;
3.13 Control Panels;
3.14 Control Strip;
3.15 Copy;
3.16 Copying Files;
3.17 Creator Codes;
3.18 Cross-Platform Applications;
3.19 Cut;
Chapter 4: D;
4.1 Date & Time Control Panel;
4.2 Del Key;
4.3 Delete Key;
4.4 Deleting Files;
4.5 Desktop;
4.6 Desktop Patterns Control Panel;
4.7 Desktop Pictures Control Panel;
4.8 Desktop Printers;
4.9 DialAssist Control Panel;
4.10 Dialog Boxes;
4.11 Disk Cache;
4.12 Disk First Aid;
4.13 Disk Space;
4.14 Drive Setup;
4.15 Drivers;
Chapter 5: E;
5.1 Edit Menu;
5.2 Ejecting Disks;
5.3 Email Attachments;
5.4 Emulators;
5.5 Energy Saver Control Panel;
5.6 Erase Disk;
5.7 Esc Key;
5.8 Ethernet;
5.9 Eudora;
5.10 Extensions;
5.11 Extensions Folder;
5.12 Extensions Manager Control Panel;
5.13 Extensions Off;
Chapter 6: F;
6.1 Favorites Menu;
6.2 Faxing;
6.3 File Assistant;
6.4 File Exchange Control Panel;
6.5 File Menu;
6.6 File Sharing;
6.7 File Sharing Monitor Control Panel;
6.8 File Synchronization Control Panel;
6.9 File Translation;
6.10 File Types;
6.11 Filenames;
6.12 Find;
6.13 Finder;
6.14 Fkeys;
6.15 Floppy Disks;
6.16 Folders;
6.17 Fonts;
6.18 Force Quit;
6.19 Forks;
6.20 Formatting Disks;
6.21 Function Keys (Fkeys);
Chapter 7: G;
7.1 General Controls Control Panel;
7.2 Get Info Command;
7.3 GIF;
7.4 Graphing Calculator;
7.5 Grow Box;
Chapter 8: H;
8.1 Hard Disks;
8.2 Help;
8.3 HFS, HFS Plus;
8.4 Hiding Applications;
Chapter 9: I;
9.1 Icons;
9.2 IDE;
9.3 Installing Hardware;
9.4 Installing Software;
9.5 Internet;
9.6 Internet Config;
9.7 Internet Control Panel;
9.8 Internet Explorer;
Chapter 10: J;
10.1 Java;
10.2 JPEG;
Chapter 11: K;
11.1 Key Caps;
11.2 Keyboard;
11.3 Keyboard Control Panel;
Chapter 12: L;
12.1 Labels;
12.2 Launcher Control Panel;
12.3 List Views;
12.4 LocalTalk;
12.5 Location Manager Control Panel;
Chapter 13: M;
13.1 Mac OS Easy Open Control Panel;
13.2 Mac OS Help;
13.3 Macros;
13.4 Map Control Panel;
13.5 Memory Control Panel;
13.6 Memory Usage;
13.7 Menu Bar;
13.8 Menus;
13.9 Microphones;
13.10 Microsoft Excel;
13.11 Microsoft Outlook Express;
13.12 Microsoft PowerPoint;
13.13 Microsoft Word;
13.14 Modem Control Panel;
13.15 Modem Port;
13.16 Modems;
13.17 Monitor Port;
13.18 Monitors;
13.19 Monitors & Sound Control Panel;
13.20 Motherboards;
13.21 Mouse;
13.22 Mouse Control Panel;
13.23 Movie Player;
13.24 Moving Files;
13.25 Multitasking;
Chapter 14: N;
14.1 Netscape Navigator/Communicator;
14.2 Network Browser;
14.3 Network Control Panel;
14.4 Networking;
14.5 Note Pad;
14.6 NuBus Slots and Cards;
14.7 Numbers Control Panel;
14.8 Num Lock Key;
Chapter 15: O;
15.1 OLE;
15.2 Opening Files;
15.3 Option Key;
Chapter 16: P;
16.1 Page Setup;
16.2 PageMaker;
16.3 Password Security Control Panel;
16.4 Paste;
16.5 PC Cards;
16.6 PC Exchange Control Panel;
16.7 PCI Slots and Cards;
16.8 PCMCIA;
16.9 PDS (Processor Direct Slot) Slots and Cards;
16.10 Photoshop;
16.11 PICT;
16.12 Power Key;
16.13 PPP Control Panel;
16.14 PRAM (Parameter RAM);
16.15 Preferences Folder;
16.16 Printer Port;
16.17 Printer Sharing;
16.18 Printing Files;
16.19 Publish and Subscribe;
Chapter 17: Q;
17.1 QuarkXPress;
17.2 Quicken;
17.3 QuickTime;
17.4 Quitting Applications;
Chapter 18: R;
18.1 RAM Upgrades;
18.2 RAM Usage;
18.3 Recent Applications Menu;
18.4 Recent Documents Menu;
18.5 Recent Servers Menu;
18.6 Remote Access Control Panel;
18.7 Renaming;
18.8 ResEdit;
18.9 Reset Switch;
18.10 Resizing Windows;
18.11 Restart;
18.12 Return Key;
Chapter 19: S;
19.1 Saving Files;
19.2 Scrapbook;
19.3 Screen Capture;
19.4 Screen Savers;
19.5 Script Editor;
19.6 SCSI;
19.7 Sherlock;
19.8 Shift Key;
19.9 Shut Down;
19.10 Shutdown Items Folder;
19.11 SimpleSound;
19.12 SimpleText;
19.13 Sleep;
19.14 Sorting Files;
19.15 Special Menu;
19.16 Speech Control Panel;
19.17 Speech Recognition;
19.18 Spring-Loaded Folders;
19.19 Startup Disk Control Panel;
19.20 Startup Items Folder;
19.21 Stationery;
19.22 Stickies;
19.23 StuffIt;
19.24 System Folder;
Chapter 20: T;
20.1 Tab Key;
20.2 TCP/IP Control Panel;
20.3 Text;
20.4 Text Control Panel;
20.5 Title Bar;
20.6 Trackpad Control Panel;
20.7 Transferring Files to Windows;
20.8 Trash;
20.9 Troubleshooting;
20.10 TrueType;
20.11 Type Codes;
Chapter 21: U;
21.1 Undo;
21.2 Uninstalling Applications;
21.3 USB;
21.4 Users & Groups Control Panel;
21.5 Uuencode;
Chapter 22: V;
22.1 View Menu;
22.2 Virtual Memory;
22.3 Viruses;
Chapter 23: W;
23.1 Web Sharing Control Panel;
23.2 Web Sites for Windows Software and Information;
23.3 Windows;
Chapter 24: Z;
24.1 Zooming Windows;
Introduction;
Chapter 25: A;
25.1 About This Program;
25.2 Accessibility Options;
25.3 Active Desktop;
25.4 ActiveMovie Control;
25.5 Add New Hardware Control Panel;
25.6 Add/Remove Programs Control Panel;
25.7 Adobe Acrobat;
25.8 Alt Key;
25.9 ATM (Adobe Type Manager);
Chapter 26: B;
26.1 Backspace Key;
26.2 Background;
26.3 Batch Language;
26.4 BinHex;
26.5 BIOS;
26.6 Bitmap (.bmp) Files;
26.7 Boot Disk;
26.8 Briefcase;
26.9 Button;
Chapter 27: C;
27.1 Calculator;
27.2 CD Drives;
27.3 CD Player;
27.4 Character Map;
27.5 Clean Install;
27.6 Client for Microsoft Networks;
27.7 Clipboard;
27.8 Clock;
27.9 Closing Windows;
27.10 Command Line;
27.11 Contextual Menus;
27.12 Control (Ctrl) Key;
27.13 Control Panel;
27.14 Copy;
27.15 Copying Files;
27.16 Cross-Platform Programs;
27.17 Cut;
Chapter 28: D;
28.1 Date/Time Control Panel;
28.2 Delete Key;
28.3 Deleting Files;
28.4 Desktop;
28.5 Dialog Boxes;
28.6 Dial-Up Networking Folder;
28.7 Direct Cable Connection;
28.8 Directories;
28.9 Disk Defragmenter;
28.10 Disk Space;
28.11 Disks;
28.12 Display Control Panel;
28.13 DLL Files;
28.14 Documents Menu;
28.15 DOS;
28.16 Drivers;
28.17 DriveSpace;
Chapter 29: E;
29.1 Edit Menu;
29.2 EISA Slots and Cards;
29.3 Ejecting Disks;
29.4 Email attachments;
29.5 Emulators;
29.6 End Task;
29.7 Enter Key;
29.8 Esc Key;
29.9 Ethernet;
29.10 Eudora;
29.11 Exiting Programs;
29.12 Explorer;
Chapter 30: F;
30.1 Fat 16, Fat 32;
30.2 Favorites Menu;
30.3 Faxing;
30.4 File Menu;
30.5 File Sharing;
30.6 File Translation;
30.7 File Types;
30.8 Filenames;
30.9 Find;
30.10 Fkeys;
30.11 Floppy Disks;
30.12 Focus;
30.13 Folders;
30.14 Fonts;
30.15 Formatting Disks;
30.16 Function Keys (Fkeys);
Chapter 31: G;
31.1 Game Controllers Control Panel;
31.2 GIF;
Chapter 32: H;
32.1 Hard Disks;
32.2 Help;
32.3 HyperTerminal;
Chapter 33: I;
33.1 Icons;
33.2 Installing Hardware;
33.3 Installing Software;
33.4 Internet;
33.5 Internet Control Panel;
33.6 Internet Explorer;
33.7 IPX;
33.8 ISA Slots and Cards;
Chapter 34: J;
34.1 Java;
34.2 Joystick Control Panel;
34.3 JPEG;
Chapter 35: K;
35.1 Keyboard;
35.2 Keyboard Control Panel;
35.3 Keyboard Port;
Chapter 36: L;
36.1 List Views;
36.2 Login/Logout;
Chapter 37: M;
37.1 Mail Control Panel;
37.2 Macros;
37.3 Maximizing Windows;
37.4 Memory Usage;
37.5 Media Player;
37.6 Menu Bar;
37.7 Menus;
37.8 Microphones;
37.9 Microsoft Access;
37.10 Microsoft Excel;
37.11 Microsoft Outlook;
37.12 Microsoft Outlook Express;
37.13 Microsoft PowerPoint;
37.14 Microsoft Word;
37.15 Minimizing Windows;
37.16 Modems;
37.17 Modems Control Panel;
37.18 Monitors;
37.19 Motherboards;
37.20 Mouse;
37.21 Mouse Control Panel;
37.22 Mouse Port;
37.23 Moving Files;
37.24 MS-DOS Prompt;
37.25 Multimedia Control Panel;
37.26 Multitasking;
37.27 My Computer;
Chapter 38: N;
38.1 NetBEUI;
38.2 Netscape Navigator/Communicator;
38.3 Net Watcher;
38.4 Network Control Panel;
38.5 Network Neighborhood;
38.6 Networking;
38.7 Notepad;
38.8 Num Lock Key;
Chapter 39: O;
39.1 OLE;
39.2 Opening Files;
Chapter 40: P;
40.1 Page Setup;
40.2 PageMaker;
40.3 Paint;
40.4 Parallel Ports;
40.5 Passwords Control Panel;
40.6 Paste;
40.7 PC Cards;
40.8 PCI Slots and Cards;
40.9 PCMCIA;
40.10 Personal Web Server;
40.11 Photoshop;
40.12 Power Management Control Panel;
40.13 Power Switch;
40.14 Print Screen Key;
40.15 Printer Sharing;
40.16 Printers Folder;
40.17 Printing Files;
40.18 Program Files Folder;
40.19 Programs;
40.20 Programs Menu;
40.21 Properties Dialog Box;
Chapter 41: Q;
41.1 QuarkXPress;
41.2 Quicken;
41.3 QuickTime;
41.4 Quitting Programs;
Chapter 42: R;
42.1 RAM Upgrades;
42.2 RAM Usage;
42.3 Recycle Bin;
42.4 Regional Settings;
42.5 Registry;
42.6 Renaming;
42.7 Reset Switch;
42.8 Resizing Windows;
42.9 Restart;
42.10 Right-Click;
42.11 Run;
Chapter 43: S;
43.1 Safe Mode;
43.2 Saving Files;
43.3 ScanDisk;
43.4 Scheduled Tasks;
43.5 Scraps;
43.6 Screen Capture;
43.7 Screen Savers;
43.8 SCSI;
43.9 Serial Ports;
43.10 Settings Menu;
43.11 Shift Key;
43.12 Shortcuts;
43.13 Shut Down;
43.14 Sorting Files;
43.15 Sound Recorder;
43.16 Sounds Control Panel;
43.17 Speech Recognition;
43.18 Stand By;
43.19 Start Menu;
43.20 Startup Folder;
43.21 Suspend;
43.22 System Information;
43.23 System Menu;
43.24 System Monitor;
Chapter 44: T;
44.1 Tab Key;
44.2 Taskbar;
44.3 Text;
44.4 Title Bar;
44.5 ToolTips;
44.6 Trackpad Control Panel;
44.7 Transferring Files to the Macintosh;
44.8 Tray;
44.9 Troubleshooting;
44.10 TrueType;
44.11 TweakUI;
Chapter 45: U;
45.1 Undo;
45.2 USB;
45.3 User Profiles;
45.4 Uuencode;
Chapter 46: V;
46.1 Video Connector;
46.2 View Menu;
46.3 Virtual Memory;
46.4 Viruses;
46.5 VL-Bus Slots and Cards;
46.6 Volume Control;
Chapter 47: W;
47.1 Wallpaper;
47.2 Web Sites for Macintosh Software and Information;
47.3 WIN Key;
47.4 Windows;
47.5 Windows Folder;
47.6 Windows Messaging;
47.7 Windows Scripting Host;
47.8 Wizard;
47.9 Windows Help;
47.10 WordPad;
Chapter 48: Z;
48.1 Zip;
About the Authors;
Colophon;

About the author

David Pogue, Yale '85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. His funny tech videos appear weekly on CNBC. And with 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how- to authors. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the "For Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music). In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 100 titles.David and his wife Jennifer Pogue, MD, live in Connecticut with their three young children.

Summary

Mac users working in Windows or Windows users working on a Mac often find themselves in unfamiliar territory with no guidebook. This text offers users a way of translating elements from one platform to the other, or for deciphering elements that are new and unfamiliar.

Product details

• Authors: Adam Engst & David Pogue, Adam Engst, Adam C. Engst, David Pogue
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1999
• EAN: 9781565925397
• ISBN: 978-1-56592-539-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Weight: 550 g
• Illustrations: w. figs.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Operating systems, user interfaces; COMPUTERS / Operating Systems / Windows Desktop, COMPUTERS / Operating Systems / Windows Server, Windows & variants, Microsoft (Windows) operating systems, Macintosh Os, Apple operating systems, COMPUTERS / Operating Systems / Mac OS, Mac; Windows; Mac Windows