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These scans of keyboard reference cards appear courtesy Sunder. Link points to external site

Each Lisa provided a set of four reference cards, located under the keyboard. Two of those cards provided rudimentary guide to Lisa’s GUI.

Lisa keyboard reference card #1
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First card (front)

The first card displays the keyboard layout, including special and international characters that can be accessed using Option key. Note how much of this keyboard scheme is still in use on contemporary Macintoshes.
Lisa keyboard reference card #2
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Second card (front)

The second card highlights the now-second-nature operations on icons such as selecting/deselecting, double-clicking (“clicking twice rapidly”), moving and throwing away.
Lisa keyboard reference card #3
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Third card (front)

The third card shows the basic elements of windows (close button, title bar, scroll bars) and outlines main text operations such as basic editing, copy and paste, and undo.
Lisa keyboard reference card #4
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Fourth card (front)

The last card holds space for details about Lisa configuration and support arrangements. This might’ve been filled out by dealer prior to purchase.
Lisa keyboard reference card #4 (back)
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Fourth card (back)

On the back of each card, a space is provided for taking notes in pencil.

Page added on 22nd January 2005.

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