The many methods of opening a file
Jul 20, '06 07:30:00AM
Contributed by: Anonymous
Opening files by double-clicking is classic. So, is control-clicking and choosing 'Open With...' But there are other ways to open files:
- Drag files onto application icons -- even if they're in the dock. This spares that few seconds of pause when choosing 'Open With...' from above.
- Mac users often use the File -> Open dialog box as a method to open files. You can drag a file directly into this dialog box from the Finder, and the Open dialog box will automatically snap to the file's location, and highlight the file to be opened.
- Advanced users can also drag the proxy icons, often found in the top of an open file's window -- left of the filename -- into an Open dialog box or application icon as described above.
- You can drag-and-drop to applications in the Sidebar or the Toolbar.
- Finally, the keyboard shortcut to open a file is Command-Down Arrow.
[robg adds: I believe we've published many of these in various spots over the years, but thought it might be nice to have them all collected in one hint. Anything missing from the list?]
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Mac OS X Hints
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060718131643737