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 * Tips and Tricks for Mac Users: Getting the Most from your Mac **

toc =From the Finder...= =Your Dock...= > =System Preferences...=
 * Session Type:** Monday AM, Tuesday AM
 * Difficulty Level:** Novice
 * Date(s):** Jul 9, 2012 10:00 AM, Jul 10, 2012 10:00 AM
 * Description:** If you’ve ever wondered, “How did you do that??” this is the session for you. Geared toward beginners, participants will learn about little shortcuts and handy built-in features that will help you make the most of your Mac. Learn how to search for files, take a screenshot, use keyboard shortcuts, organize files, and navigate the fun features available only to Mac users.
 * Search Using Spotlight [[image:Screen Shot 2012-07-09 at 2.55.30 AM.png width="367" height="41"]]
 * Resize Your Icons
 * Check Your Airport
 * Battery & Energy Saving Preferences
 * Apple Menu
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2012-07-09 at 2.53.52 AM.png width="182" height="259"]]
 * View: Show Path Bar (to show where files are located when a window is open)
 * [[image:Path.png width="147" height="325"]][[image:Path2.png width="505" height="332"]]
 * Move it where you want it!
 * Drag application or files into the dock for a quick shortcut
 * Drag unwanted applications out of your dock to clean up (they don't disappear from your computer, only from the dock)
 * Dot shows open applications
 * Click and hold for menu options (like "Keep in Dock" and "Quit")
 * Stacks are a new feature of the dock in Leopard. They enable you to add folders to the dock and view their contents. To add a Stack simply drag a folder from Finder to the right hand side of the Dock. When you right click on the stack you change the Stack settings.
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2012-07-09 at 3.17.41 AM.png width="537" height="464"]]
 * Universal Access Features–Zoom in and Out (Shift-Command-Plus or Minus)
 * Language & Text–Add Keyboard and Character viewer to menu bar
 * Displays–Check off "Show displays in menu bar", Mirroring (computer & projector screen show same thing)
 * Most of the time you want 1280 x 800
 * Energy Saver–Adjust settings to conserve battery and choose sleep times
 * Trackpad–Set guestures (Snow Leopard & Above...Newer Macs)
 * Sound–Important when connecting microphone, headset, or special speakers

=What's In a Window?=
 * Highlight and click the space bar to see a "quick preview" of a file
 * Click on columns to sort/organize files differently
 * Jump from one place to another by clicking options on your left
 * Use arrows to move back and forth from one folder to the next/previous
 * Find photos and music quickly on left side of window under "Media"
 * Hold the **Command** key down to select multiple files (not beside each other)
 * Control-Click on a file or folder to get info, compress/zip files, duplicate, make an alias/shortcut

=Working with Files (Word, PPT, Excel)=
 * **Save**: Command-S is the keyboard shortcut (use it often!)
 * "Save As..." to choose location, type of file, special settings
 * **Command-D** (changes your location to Desktop)
 * **Save as PDF**: Choose "Print" from the File menu...click the "Save as PDF" button
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2012-07-09 at 3.44.05 AM.png width="433" height="493"]]
 * To highlight...
 * a word...double click
 * a paragraph...triple click
 * a section...Click at the starting point, hold the shift key, click at the ending point (let go of shift)

=Get Info...=
 * **Keyboard Shortcut:**Command-I
 * How big is your file?
 * Is your document opening in the wrong program?
 * Tell it to open all files of this type with the same program
 * Check permissions (Who can read/write this file?)

=Screenshots=
 * Make sure to start in one corner and drag diagonally to the opposite corner to get the whole image
 * Taking a picture of a specific window or menu gives your image a nice border/shadow
 * Use Skitch to spice up your screenshots

=Keyboard Shortcuts=
 * Dan Rodney's Complete List
 * Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Word
 * Some of my favorites:
 * **Get Info:** Command-I (Get Info about a highlighted file)
 * **Show Desktop:** Fn-F11 (Older Macs just used F11)
 * **Copy & Paste:** Command-C then Command-V
 * **Where Is this Saved?**: Control-Click title of file in the title bar
 * **Move Between Apps:** Command-Tab
 * **Move Between Windows:** Command-Tilde (~)
 * **Force Quit**: Command-Option-Escape
 * **Invert the Screen**: Option-Control-Command-8 (Your kids will do this and you'll want to fix it!)
 * **Change Save to/Open from to Desktop:** Command-D
 * **Right Click:** Hold down the option key when clicking, this will bring up menu choices
 * **Division Symbol:** Option-/
 * **Degree Symbol**: Option-K
 * **Cent Symbol**: Option-4
 * **Bullet**: Option-8
 * (To see more Option key shortcuts, choose Show Keyboard Viewer from menu bar and hold down option key)

=Safari=
 * What's New in Safari?
 * Save image right to iPhoto
 * Show/Create Top Sites Page
 * **New Tab**: Command-T
 * Highlight text and select Edit/Speech/Start Speaking Text

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