MacMost Newsletter Issue #597 for June 11, 2020

How To Draw Attention To Text In Keynote

In Keynote most transition and animation effects involve whole text boxes and other objects. If you want to emphasize a single word or phrase inside a text box, you need to get creative. Here are some techniques that you can use to draw attention to pieces of text during your presentation.
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Using Voice Control To Click and Drag With Speech Commands

Voice Control can do more than just activate menu items and buttons. You can also use grids to pick a specific spot on the screen and click it, or even drag from one spot to another. Other commands allow you to add modifier keys or move the cusor by precise amounts.
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Get Organized By Cleaning Up Your Mac

Let's face it, most of us have mess hard drives with files in all sorts of places. It is time to get organized by coming up with your own system of where files should go. Here are some suggestions to get you thinking about the best way to clean up your Mac.
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Create Customizable Text Inserts Using Automator

While you can use text replacements to insert reusable blocks of text, it is sometimes necessary to customize the text for various situations. You can build an Automator service to trigger a series of prompts and then create a block of text based on your responses. In this example, we'll build a way to quickly respond to support email messages.
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Tips and Tricks To Master the Mac Save Dialog

As a Mac user, you'll often have to use the Save Dialog to save documents and contents in applications. With the Save Dialog you can enter a file name and choose a location for the file. But there is a lot of functionality hidden in this simple tool to help you.
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The Tech Enthusiast Hour Podcast: Cool Rockets and TV Shows

SpaceX live was awesome! Out to dinner in the parking lot. What to watch on TV. Should we wipe a computer? And don't steal a phone. Subscribe at iTunes...

Quick Tip: Open Recent Documents Using Spotlight

You can use Command+Space and search for an app name in Spotlight, like Pages, Numbers, TextEdit, and so on. You'll not only get the app as a result that you can launch right from Spotlight, but also a list on the right of recently opened documents from that app. Click on any to open it, or press Tab, then down arrow, then Return to open with the keyboard.

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