Opening files is so last year. Quick Look is the innovative technology that gives you a sneak peek of entire files — even multiple-page documents and video — without opening them. All you have to do is select a file in the Finder and press the Space bar. An elegant transparent window appears, showing you the contents of the file instantly. Its great when youre looking for something specific but dont have time to open lots of files to find it. | | | | See everything. Quick Look works with nearly every file on your system, including images, text files, PDF documents, movies, Keynote presentations, Mail attachments, and Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. To see a file in Quick Look, you simply tap the Space bar or click the Quick Look icon in the Finder window. You can view the file in full screen, and you can open the application that created it with a double-click. Best of all, Quick Look works even if you dont have the application that created it — perfect when a colleague sends you a document that you couldnt otherwise open. A Quick look back in time. You can use Quick Look to your advantage when youre searching for files to restore in Time Machine. Once you locate the file youre looking for, use Quick Look to verify its contents before restoring it to the desktop. View attachments, no detachment. Quick Look also works in the Mail and iChat applications in Mac OS X. Say you receive a message with a bunch of attachments. Instead of downloading and opening each one, you can use Quick Look to see them with a click. Its great for viewing PDFs, Microsoft Office documents, and other files. You can even view attached photos as a slideshow and add them to your iPhoto library with ease. |