3. Notes for today are on Slideshare
http://slideshare.net/wamug/
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4. Keyboard Preferences
✤ Apple Menu > System Preferences
> Keyboard
✤ Key Repeat
✤ Delay Until Repeat
✤ Function Keys
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5. More Keyboard Goodness
✤ To show Keyboard and
Character Viewers in Menu Bar
✤ Check box “Show
Keyboard ...”
✤ Resize with multitouch gestures
✤ Or click and drag margin
✤ DEMO
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7. Dictionary: Systemwide Popup
Definitions
✤ In most Mac applications–
Safari, TextEdit, Mail, Pages,
you name it–
✤ Position cursor over the
word you want to know
✤ Press Control-Command-D
( ) [or three-
finger tap on trackpad]
✤ Invokes Dictionary app and
presents definition
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8. Dictionary: Contextual Menus
✤ Select a word
✤ Control-click (or right click)
✤ Select “Look Up in Dictionary (or
Look Up)”
✤ Instant gratification? Three-
finger tap on your iPad
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9. Dictionary: Use Spotlight
✤ Invoke Spotlight (Cmd-spacebar)
✤ Type in word you want defined
✤ Hover over the word to see the
full definition
✤ Enter Cmd-L to go to definition
without mousing over
✤ Select word and press Return +
(or Cmd-D) to see full definition
and Wikipedia
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10. Dictionary: Speak to Me
✤ System Preferences > Dictation
and Speech
✤ Text to Speech tab; choose
voice
✤ Select a word
✤ Control-click (right-click),
choose Speech > Start speaking
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11. Dictionary: Changing Sources
✤ Select Dictionary > Preferences to
see list of references
✤ Change at will …
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12. ✤ Finder Help Menu (Shift-
Cmd-?)
✤ New, improved Google Maps
http://tinyurl.com/c7njuco
(Request an invite)
✤ Macworld Video http://
tinyurl.com/dy9ulab
Resources
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