| Now that you know where Spotlight lives (in the upper right-hand corner of your screen), let's give it a whirl. Click on the blue Spotlight icon and the Spotlight Search field will pop down. If you were looking for that party invitation list you created a few days ago (let's say you named that file "Party People" or "Party List" or "Invite List"), you'd just start typing in the word "party," and as soon as you type just the "pa" in "party," Spotlight starts bringing up results. It's amazingly fast and complete; it instantly displays everything on your computer that contains the word "party." Not just files named "party"we're talking everything. It searches your email (both your email inbox and emails you've sent), it searches your Address Book, it searches your iCal calendarseverythingand displays it in a window just below the Search field. ERASING YOUR LAST SEARCH TIP Let's say you searched for the word "party" earlier, and now you want to search for the word "Apple." The word "party" will still appear in the Spotlight Search field, but you can instantly clear it by clicking on the little X on the far-right side of the Search field. |
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