Dictionary Mac Tip

A few people I know have recently switched to using Macs, so I thought I would try to put up Mac related tips for them here on my blog. I'll try to do one each week, but... we'll see :).

One cool feature of Mac OS is the ability to use the dictionary to lookup words in many applications (any that use the basic mac text rendering - so not office for example). I find this useful when reading web sites and when writing documents. Try hovering the mouse over any word and pressing Command + Control + D. You should get a drop down that shows you the words details from the dictionary. The drop down also lets you look the word up in the thesaurus.