Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Peachpit Learning Series

Lesson 14. Working between Mac OS X Applications

Goals

Switch between open applications with a keyboard shortcut

Quit or hide applications with keyboard shortcuts

Discover Spaces to organize lots of open windows

Drag-and-drop text or files between applications

Take advantage of the page proxy

Use Services to work quickly and efficiently

Now that you’ve had an overview of the main applications that come with Mac OS X and how they are all integrated, let’s carry it one step further and work between all the applications—pop between windows, drag-and-drop content and files, take advantage of the Spaces feature, use the Services, and more.

Once you realize how easy it is to move data between applications and windows, you’ll find more and more uses ...