Starting Dashboard
The Dashboard program starts and manages miniature programs called widgets. A widget performs a single function, such as displaying a calendar or calculator on the screen. Every time you want to use a widget, you have to start Dashboard.
You can start Dashboard in four ways:
Press F12.
Click the Dashboard icon on the Dock.
Slide three fingers horizontally to the right on a trackpad.
Click the Dashboard while looking at Mission Control (see Chapter 7).
Double-click the Dashboard icon stored in the Applications folder.
As soon as you start Dashboard, every widget currently loaded into Dashboard will appear on the screen, as shown in Figure 18-1.
Figure 18-1. Every time you start Dashboard, widgets appear on the screen.
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