One of the really nice features of Mac OS X is the
system-wide dictionary that is available in all
applications that are written in Cocoa, Apple Inc.'s
programming environment for programming.
For you, the end user it means that when you make a
spelling error, the same database is used to check
the spelling of a word. This means when you add a
word to your user dictionary in an application such
as Mail, that same user dictionary is used to check
the spelling of the same word in TextEdit, Pages,
Keynote and a wide variety of third party
applications.
For example, each time I type my last name, Fauquet,
it is underlined with red dots as shown in the
illustration below.
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After I installed Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, I spent some
time learning my way around the new operating system
and assessing its features. One thing that really did
not impress me is Quick Look. My daily working
computer is a 17" MacBook Pro.
I make use of every inch of my screen real estate. I
keep several application windows open and position
them carefully so that I have instant access to the
tools I need. While some users enlarge every window
to fill their screen, I keep windows large enough to
be useful, but small enough that I can move between
applications by simply clicking in their window.
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