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Use Apple’s built-in Dictionary to quickly navigate to the world’s most popular online encyclopedia.
Spaces, one of the coolest new features of Mac OS X Leopard, lets you switch among multiple desktops.
If you’re browsing the web on a public computer, the last thing you want to do is leave personal information about yourself behind for others to discover. Of course, if you use Safari, you have a number of ways to safeguard your privacy while browsing publicly. Read about them in this week’s Pro Tip of the Week.
A friend or colleague sends you a Word document and asks you to give her some feedback. Don’t have MS Word on your Mac? Not a problem. You’re running Mac OS X Leopard, so you have an application on your Mac that will let you open the Word document, edit it, then save it as a Word document again. What application could that be? Read the latest Pro Tip of the Week and find out.
Did you know that you can use iCal to easily set up recurring events, send yourself reminders, invite participants to meetings, reserve meeting rooms and equipment, attach documents to an event, and more. Find out how you can tap into the power of iCal by reading the latest Pro Tip of the Week.
Safari does Tabs right. But don’t worry if you’ve never used tabs before. They’re super easy – and fun — to use, and this week’s Pro Tip of the Week will have you tabbing like a champ in no time.
While it was already a great tool for reading PDFs, Preview in Leopard became even better with new features that include a new user interface, relevancy ranked searches (thanks to Spotlight), and many more. In fact, Preview now lets you annotate PDFs, offering a fast and efficient way to share comments with those you’re collaborating with. Find out how by reading our Pro Tip of the Week.
With Quick Look — just one of the great new features in Mac OS X Leopard — you can get a sneak peek at the contents of a document without opening it. A single click lets you watch a video, peruse a multi-page PDF, scan a folder of photos, or enjoy an entire Keynote presentation without launching any applications. How can you take advantage of Quick Look? Find out in the latest Pro Tip of the Week.
Next time you receive an email with a slew of attached photos, you can enjoy them with an instant slideshow delivered by Quick Look. One of the leading features of Mac OS X Leopard, Quick Look interacts with a variety of Mac applications, including Mail, Leopard’s powerful and popular email client. How can you launch a Quick Look slideshow from Mail? Find out how in the latest Pro Tip of the Week.
You get an email confirming your registration for a Final Cut Studio seminar. Next step: adding the event to your iCal schedule. Since you’re using Mac OS X Leopard, you don’t even have to leave Mail or open iCal. That’s because Leopard introduces a new technology called Data Detectors that lets your Mac recognize dates, email addresses, physical addresses, and other similar data. In this case, Mail can take advantage of Data Detectors to create a new iCal event for you. Find out how by reading the Pro Tip of the Week.
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