Information Technology Reference
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The solution is simple: click and drag the small magnifying glass symbol at
the very left of the address bar to where you want to insert the link within
your document or email. This will insert the URL for the search straight into
your document.
Tip 63
Master Notification Center
In a default installation of OS X, Notification Center can be activated in two
ways, as follows:
• Swiping from right to left with two fingers on a trackpad, if your computer
has one; start the swipe gesture from the very right edge of the trackpad.
This can take some practice to get right!
• Clicking the Notification Center icon at the top right of the screen.
However, you can add two quicker and substantially more intuitive ways to
activate Notification Center, as follows.
Using Hot Corners to Activate Notification Center
OS X lets you configure
hot corners
to activate certain desktop functions,
which is to say you can push the mouse cursor into any of the four corners
of the screen to activate things like Mission Control or Notification Center.
Because the Notification Center icon is at the top right, it makes significant
sense to configure the top-right Hot Corner to activate it.
To do so, open System Preferences (Apple menu→System Preferences), click
the Mission Control icon, and then click the Hot Corners button at the bottom
left of the program window. In the drop-down dialog box that appears, click
the drop-down list at the top right—the one relating to the top right of the
screen preview—and select Notification Center. Then click OK and close
System Preferences.
The changes take effect immediately, so give it a try—push the mouse cursor
into the top-right corner, and the Notification Center will appear. Click any-
where outside of Notification Center to dismiss it.
