CD/DVD Icon and User Account question

I'm a noob with an iBook G3 and have a couple questions, since I just purchased it used and managed to get it up and running.
Firstly, how does one open the CD/DVD player tray? There's no icon on the desktop or options I can find to add one. I did check to make sure the settings were set to display all drives and it does show in the System Info under ATA. So far, the only solution I've found is using the paper clip method and would rather have options.
Secondly, the person who had it previous has a user account, and I was wondering how to remove/reset to make it my own. I have the OS X install CD as well as the OS 9 install disks. Obviously, question one will likely help with question two. Thanks!

You really need the disc.
You can go to System Preferences > Accounts and set up a new account, being sure to give it Administrative privileges. Log out and log in as the new user. Then you can delete the other account.
The original owner should have given you the Tiger Install disc(s) as part of the deal or should have erased Tiger off the hard drive and reinstalled the version for which you have the Install CD.

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