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Resize the Font Panel - Mac Tips Daily! #297

Submitted by jcost on Tue, 07/31/2007 - 05:42.

If you don't have the 30" Apple Cinema Display and you find yourself in need of some extra space when working with text, try Resizing the Font Panel.

In most applications, you can bring up the Font panel by pressing COMMAND-T, or going to the menu and choosing FONT->Show Fonts.

Once you see it, simply grab the window by the lower right hand corner and diagonally drag it towards the top left corner. READ MORE »


Copy Text Formatting - Mac Tips Daily! #296

Submitted by jcost on Mon, 07/30/2007 - 06:08.

Did you know with Mac OS X tiger, you can take some formatted text in a Cocoa application, like TextEdit, and copy the formatting attributes from one section of a document to another?

It's very useful if you need to copy the formatting quickly.

Let's get to it:

1. First, open a Cocoa based application with some text that you want to edit.

2. Select the text with the attributes you want to copy. READ MORE »