Opening & Closing Dashboard
The main purpose of Dashboard is to make widgets easily accessible without interfering with your work. Apple achieves this by making Dashboard quick and easy to open and close.
To open Dashboard
Click the Dashboard icon in the Dock.
Or
Press 
.
Your screen dims and the last widgets you accessed appear (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Dashboard with four widgets displayed: Calculator, World Clock, Calendar, and Weather.
To close Dashboard
Click anywhere on the screen other than on a widget.
Or
Press .
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