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In-depth guide · 18 min
A guide with prompts: steering translation with your own samples, translation versus localization, back-translation checks, and glossary workflows.
In-depth guide · 19 min
A complete guide with prompts: phrases for sharpening, narrowing, and shifting tone, variants instead of guessing, and when to scrap a chat and restart.
Select objects and let PowerPoint align and space them evenly. The difference between an amateur slide and a clean one.
View → Slide Master controls the look of the whole presentation from one place — fonts, colors, logos.
Ctrl+Shift+C
The format painter has a keyboard version — copy the look of one element and stamp it onto the next.
Ctrl+Shift+V
In Docs, Gmail, and most web apps, it pastes plain text without foreign fonts and colors.
Don't email files between Apple devices. AirDrop is faster, doesn't compress anything, and has no size limits.
Universal Clipboard works between Apple devices automatically — text, photos, and links travel over without emailing yourself.
Cmd+Option+Shift+V
Cmd+Option+Shift+V pastes text clean — no foreign fonts, colors, or sizes. Saves the look of every document.
Ctrl+Cmd+Space
The 🌐 (fn) key or Ctrl+Cmd+Space opens a panel of emoji and special characters — with built-in search.
Space
Select a file in Finder and press Space. PDFs, photos, video, and spreadsheets appear instantly — no waiting for an app to launch.
Cmd+Shift+4
Cmd+Shift+4 turns your cursor into a crosshair. Select an area and the shot lands on the desktop — or straight in the clipboard.