Still learning my new

hello
coming from pc.
I have my safari ICON both on my desktop and on my Dock. When I try to move either on off to trash, it takea the whole program? or it tells me I can't re-launch because program is in the trash what can do so I only have one Safari icon. Also when doing a general search for a document or text in a document that I have lost or I can't find how do I do that?
Thanks
Troy

Ok, here's some switcher basics on icons.
Icons on a Mac are usually the application itself. However, the ones in the Dock are aliases (shortcuts). The Mac OS doesn't hide the apps in a folder and build shortcuts for you to access them, except in the Dock. To run an app, you open the folder it is in and double-click it, or move it to the Dock for commonly used apps (see below).
When you drag an alias off the Dock, it vanishes in a 'Poof.'
All running applications will be in the dock. If you want an application alias in the dock all the time, drag it to the dock, or ctrl-click on the Dock icon and select that option from the contextual menu.
If you moved Safari to your desktop from the Applications folder, you should move it back. If you want an alias of Safari on your desktop, cmd+opt-drag it to the desktop from your Applications folder. The cursor should turn into an Alias-Arrow as you drag, letting you know you will be creating an alias. There is also a menu item for creating an alias, but it creates it in the same folder and appends "alias" to the file name.
To search for text in a file, you should just click on the magnifying glass (Spotlight) in the menubar and enter the text in the window that opens up. Also, if you are in a folder you want to search, type cmd+f to start a find for that folder. However, there is a stupid (IMO) glitch in Leopard that selects "This Mac" instead of the folder you were in. You can then select the folder name from the search bar to limit search to that folder. You can also choose to search for Contents or just File Name.
Edit: Oops, forgot to add this on Aliases. Unlike Windows, when you move the original item of an alias around, the aliases will still point to the original item.
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