Mac OS X Leopard - ARCAism

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CHAPTER 3 USING SPOTLIGHT, EXPOSÉ, SPACES, AND DASHBOARD
The final Exposé view, triggered by the F11 key by default, is Desktop view (Figure 3-10).
This “slides” all the currently open windows off the screen, making the entire desktop visible so
you can access any Finder items located on it that may be blocked by the current windows. This
is especially nice for people who tend to collect a large number of items on their desktops.
Figure 3-10. Exposé’s Desktop view moves all the open windows to the side to reveal the entire
desktop. The edges of the open windows remain slightly in view along the darkened edge.
NOTE The F-key defaults to control Exposé, Spaces, and Dashboard can all be changed in the
Exposé & Spaces preference pane. Additionally, if you have a mouse with many buttons, you
can easily map these features to mouse buttons.
Spaces
Spaces is a new feature in Leopard (though there have been third-party applications available for
a while that provide a similar experience) that allows you to set up multiple working environments,
or desktops, and switch between
them. This is commonly referred to as
creating and managing virtual desktops.
By default, Spaces isn’t enabled, but
its icon is on the Dock. Clicking the icon
on the Dock the first time will prompt you
to set up Spaces in the Exposé & Spaces
preference pane (Figure 3-11). Clicking
Set Up Spaces will open System Preferences
to configure Spaces (Figure 3-12).
Figure 3-11. If you attempt to use Spaces before it’s
set up, you will be presented with a dialog box
asking you to do so.