Many of you have probably spent a fair amount of time each day poking through open windows and documents just to get to that one you need at that moment. Well, here's a tip that will help you find that window in less than 5 seconds! GUARANTEED!

Exposé is a great feature with OS X (10.3 and higher). Basically, your F9, F10, and F11 keys on your keyboard will become your best friends!

Press F9. Exposé instantly tiles all of your open windows, scales them down and neatly arranges them, so you can see what's in every single window. Now move your mouse from one tiled window to the next and you'll see its title displayed right in the center of the window. When you find the window you need, just click on it. Magically, every window will return to full size and the window you clicked becomes the active window. How cool is that?!

Now wait, there's more! Let's say you are working with multiple emails in First Class and you have a dozen open at a time. Press the F10 key and Exposé instantly titles all of your open First Class windows while causing all windows of other applications to fade to a lovely shade of grey. The clutter cleared, you can now easily find the document you need. And you can use the tab key to switch between open applications and associated tiled windows! Simply mouse click on the window you want to become active or press F10 again to go back to how you were.

Wait, there's more!! Press the F11 key and Exposé hides all open windows, giving you instant access to your desktop! Want to open a document you just downloaded? Want to locate and drag a file into First Class as an attachment? This makes it very easy to do!

Remember the three keys: F9, F10, F11

F9 tiles all windows open on your desktop

F10 tiles all windows open within the active application