Mac OS X Pocket Reference

Window Tips

The following are some tips for working with windows:

Open a new window?

File → Open (

-O)

Close a window?

File → Close (

-W)

Close all open windows for an application?

Option-click on the close window button.

Note

If there are changes that need to be saved in any of the windows being closed, you will be prompted to save the changes. Either hit Return to save the changes, or enter

-D to invoke the Don’t Save button.

Minimize a window?

Window → Minimize Window (

-M)

Double-click on the window’s titlebar.

Minimize all open windows for a single application?

Option-

-M

Note

Issuing Option-

-M in Microsoft Word (Office v.X) will open the Paragraph format window (Format → Paragraph).

Quickly create an alias of an open file, or move it, depending on the app (e.g., Word)?

Click on the file’s icon in the window’s titlebar, and drag the icon to a new location (i.e., the Desktop, Dock, Finder, ...