Quick Look
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 Quick Look screenshot |
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| Developed by | Apple Inc. |
| OS | Mac OS X |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Quick Look |
Quick Look is a quick preview feature developed by Apple which is included in their current operating system, Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard". It was announced and demonstrated at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2007.
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[edit] Overview
While OS X's Finder has always had icon previews, Quick Look allows users to look at the contents of a file in the Finder at full size. It can view files including, but not limited to: PDFs, HTML, QuickTime readable media, ASCII and RTF text documents, Apple Keynote, Pages and Numbers, ODF documents, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files (including OOXML), RAW camera images.
[edit] Activation
To activate Quick Look, select the document and press the space bar (or choose File > Quick Look) and the file will be viewable in a separate window.
[edit] Implementation
Quick Look technology is implemented throughout Mac OS X v10.5. Some examples are iChat Theater, Time Machine and the Cover Flow view on the Finder.
[edit] 3rd Party Plugins
Quick Look can be expanded by 3rd party plug ins, which will allow Quick Look to preview more files in the future.[1]
On the 30th October 2007, four days after the public release of Leopard, a plugin to view FrameForge 3D Studio files was released,[2] and a plugin for QuarkXPress documents was released by Quark in January 2008.[3]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Apple - Mac OS X Leopard - Features - Quick Look
- A directory of Quick Look Plugins for Apple’s OS X 10.5 Leopard
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