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Exposé Show-Off Trick

March 5, 2009

Pro Tip: Showing off Exposé to a friend or co-worker who uses a PC is more than a blast, it’s your duty, because even Windows XP still has nothing like it. But if you really want to be a major hambone, before you press F9 to invoke Exposé, start a QuickTime movie clip, have a DVD playing, or have iTunes playing a song and click . . . read more

Knowing When to Force Quit

March 5, 2009

Pro Tip: With the Force Quit command in OS X, you can escape from “frozen” applications on your Mac without shutting down the whole computer or disrupting work in other programs. If an application hasn’t responded for a while to mouse clicks, trackpad scrolling, or other persuasive actions, click on the Apple menu . . . read more

Managing Your Login Items

applications, documents, etc. that you want to open at start up

March 5, 2009

Pro Tip: Your Mac lets you decide which, if any, applications open automatically each time you log into your account in Mac OS X Leopard. For example, you might want iChat and Mail to open every time you sign on. These automatically opening programs are called Login items, and here’s how to manage them. From the Apple menu, . . . read more

Spell-Check on the Fly

March 5, 2009

Pro Tip: Mac OS X offers a really quick way to check the spelling of individual words in Pages, Numbers, Keynote, TextEdit, Mail, Stickies, and other text-based applications. In fact, you can check spelling on the fly without leaving the application you’re using. Here’s how. When you misspell a word — or type one . . . read more

The Secret Screen Capture Shortcut

March 5, 2009

Pro Tip: Okay, you probably already know the ol’ Command-Shift-3 shortcut for taking a screen capture of your entire screen, and you may even know about Command-Shift-4, which gives you a crosshair cursor so you can choose which area of the screen you want to capture. But perhaps the coolest, most-secret hidden capture shortcut . . . read more

Using Zoom for Demos

March 5, 2009

Pro Tip: If you’re a trainer or you need to demo a technique in front of a group of people, there is nothing worse than losing your audience because they can’t see your cursor or the detail you’re pointing at. Fortunately, Mac OS X has a built-in solution for this problem: screen zoom. To enable screen zooming, open . . . read more

Email Upgrade

Steps and instruction to update your QISD email

January 15, 2009

Changes are scheduled to take place to the QISD email system.  These changes will require some updates to your existing mail account information.    Why are these changes taking place?  Our email provider is upgrading equipment which in turn will provide us with more secure email, better service and improve our . . . read more

 
 

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