Well, my last tip on putting your Mac to sleep faster was such a huge hit as you can see below that I thought I’d post another Mac tip up here. Don’t worry virtualization people, I’ll get back to that in a minute.
I stumbled across this tip when I hit the wrong key one day. If you’re typing along and you hit the “esc” key in the middle of a word then a list of possible words pops up. Use the arrow keys to get to the one you want and hit tab and the word completes. This works in any normally behaving Mac app. I say normally behaving because Microsoft Office doesn’t support this for some reason. Leave it to Redmond to screw that up.
What’s even neater is that it works with any word that it sees in the current document or page as well as dictionary words. This comes in real handy if you’re coding and need to complete some long entry. It also comes in handy for all the times you need to type in Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Enjoy the tip!
December 26th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
People use MACS? Joking, but I couldn't resit the jab. I already get complaints at my typing speed, when gaming,
December 29th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
You might want to check out TextExpander as well for the next level of this kind of thing.
http://www.smileonmymac.com/TextExpander/
(No connection to the company, etc.)
December 30th, 2008 at 7:29 am
I use TextExpander every day. It's awesome. The only thing is you have to preload it with stuff you want it to expand. The escape key trick is more like auto-complete on the iPhone.
January 8th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Great tip! Thanks!
April 1st, 2009 at 10:53 pm
this is gay i need something that actually helps me sorry….bad for my comp….bad for me bye bye
April 1st, 2009 at 10:54 pm
sorry i said gay i am a mean person…sorry