Mac 101: Shift + F5 Autocomplete

dont forget on those 'books u need to hold the [fn] key to do this!

Nice tip, but as a manager, I'm in Word, Entourage and (unfortunately) Filemaker 95% of the time, and this tip doesn't work for any of those.

I've been using Macs for 12+ years now, and I still can't remember what the silly difference is between a Coco and Carbon app is. As TUAW gets more users who aren't programmers and/or who are new to the Mac, I wonder if there's a way you guys can help people understand if a tip like this will be useful to them without having to try it out. For instance instead of saying "all coco apps" say something like "it works for coco apps (such as safari, apple mail, and text edit), but not on carbon apps (such as Microsoft Office)."

Just an idea... :)

You don't need to press shift f5, or on laptops fn shift f5. All you need to press is f5 or on laptops~ fn f5.

Woohoo! I finally made it to TUAW after years and years of trying! Now I'm famous!

Option + esc, Mmmh thats good :)

Thanks Richard.

You can also Option + esc

I've been using that since Tiger was released.

Ho! and don't mistake with Command+F5 which start Voiceover and will read every window title or text field, spell each letter you enter and tell every thing you do (try it if you never did, it's freaking !!!!). - Press again Command+F5 to turn it Off.

Well, Shift+F5 (or Shift+Fn+F5) works better : for example, in text fields like the Safari's Google search at the top right window, if you hit Esc to complete a word, it will automatically reset the field, but Shift+F5 works ;)

This is the best thing ever...I love you TUAW!!! HOLY CRAP!!!!!!

What about this: http://www.tuaw.com/2005/05/26/autocomplete-in-cocoa-applications/ ? :)