EXPOSÉ SHOW-OFF TRICK #2

EXPOSÉ SHOW-OFF TRICK #2

After you show your friends Expose, give them the “instant replay” to really seal the deal. Hold the Shift key, press F9 and it  gives you a slow motion version of the Expose effect which reminds your friend again of how cool you’ve become. (This hold the Shift key slo-mo effect works in other places. Try minimizing a window to the Dock holding the Shift key. Again, totally for show, but “the show must go on.”)

GETTING A CLEAN SHOT AT YOUR DESKTOP WITH EXPOSÉ

Besides miniaturizing your Finder and application windows, Exposé has another feature that you may find even more useful- - when you press F11, all of your open windows (in every application and the Finder) instantly “get out of the way” giving you a clean view of your desktop. A perfect example of when to use this is when you’re working in your e-mail program, and you want to attach a file that’s on your desktop. Instead of leaving your Mail app and going to the desktop, just press F11. With everything moved out of the way (as long as you hold F11), click-and-hold on the file you want, then release F11. You’re now back in your Mail app, you can just drop the file in your Mail window as an attachment. Try it once. Love it forever!

USING EXPOSÉ WITHOUT PRESSING A BUTTON

You don’t have to use F9,F10, or F11 to invoke Exposé. Instead, many people prefer to simply move their cursor to the corner of their screen to have Exposé “do its thing.” So, which corner of the screen does which Exposé feat of magic? That’s up to you. You set your “hot corners” for each of Exposé’s modes by going under the Apple menu, under System Preferences, and choosing Exposé. In the Active Screen Corners area, you’ll see a small preview of your screen with a pop-down menu beside each corner. Just choose which Exposé mode you want assigned to each corner from these different Exposé keyboard shortcuts (rather than the standard F9,F10,or F11 variety).