Geek Posted April 21, 2011 Posted April 21, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p>In many <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os-x/">Mac OS X</a> apps, you can activate word completion by starting to type a word and then hitting either the <strong>F5 key or the Escape key</strong>. This will bring up a large menu of every word starting with the letter prefix you entered:</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/word-completion-mac-f5.jpg" alt="" title="word-completion-mac-f5" width="580" height="495" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-14928" /></p> <p>Word completion seems to only work in Apple crafted cocoa apps, so you’ll be able to use the feature in Safari, Pages, Keynote, TextEdit, iCal, etc, but in a browser like Chrome you’re out of luck.</p> <p>This is really useful when you’re trying to remember how to spell a word, or if you’re trying to think of words that start with a particular prefix or letter (scrabble anyone?). If you’re wondering where the word list is coming from, it’s tied to your <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2006/11/27/instant-dictionary-in-safari-control-command-d/">Mac OS X dictionary</a>, which is also readily available via a keyboard shortcut.</p> <p>I knew you could do this <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/26/little-known-mac-os-x-feature-word-completion/">with the Escape key</a>, but I just learned of F5. Thanks for the tip Ian!</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5y82I7dKajimOv9-4zf46QfCZWc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5y82I7dKajimOv9-4zf46QfCZWc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5y82I7dKajimOv9-4zf46QfCZWc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5y82I7dKajimOv9-4zf46QfCZWc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=LOSf4uha-PE:-f2EkvolbDI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=LOSf4uha-PE:-f2EkvolbDI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=LOSf4uha-PE:-f2EkvolbDI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=LOSf4uha-PE:-f2EkvolbDI:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=LOSf4uha-PE:-f2EkvolbDI:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=LOSf4uha-PE:-f2EkvolbDI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=LOSf4uha-PE:-f2EkvolbDI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/LOSf4uha-PE" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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