One of the neatest new features in Apple OS 10.5 (aka Leopard), is Quick Look. The feature enables you to take a peek at most files from within the Finder window, including images, text files, PDF documents, movies, Keynote presentations, email attachments, Microsoft Word and Excel documents. Just select the item and tap the space bar to see a file in Quick Look or press Command-Option-Y to launch Quick Look in full screen mode.
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Apple OS 10.5, aka Leopard, was released last Friday and is full of new features. The best review we have seen is from John Siracusa, it is very deep and covers pretty much everything there is to know. For a higher level quick and slick overview, check out Apple’s guided tour. As with any software, particularly operating systems, there are some bugs. One or two of them are significant including a Windows-esque blue screen of death in some upgrade circumstances. Unless you are in a position to do a clean erase and install, our advice is to wait until Apple has had time to offer patches or verified procedures to correct these problems. REMEMBER: When attempting any kind of upgrade or fresh installation, mirror your startup disk to an external drive before doing anything!
To capture a screen image in Apple OS X, you have two options. Firstly, to capture an image of your entire screen, select Command-Shift-3. You will hear a camera click sound and a PNG file will be created on your desktop containing the image. To capture a particular section of your screen, select Command-Shift-4. Your cursor turns in to a crosshair, now just click and drag your mouse to select the part of the screen you want to capture. When you let go of the mouse button, you will hear the same camera click sound and, as above, a PNG file will be created on your desktop containing the captured image.