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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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, . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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