Useful Keyboard Shortcuts

Quickly Launch Apps or Open files using this handy short cut-

Use the keyboard combination of command + spacebar to quickly access spotlight search (also accessed from the small "Q" or magnifying glass looking icon at the top right of the menu bar).

Now type whatever it is you'd like to find or open quickly. I use it as a quick "application launcher." Once I invoke Spotlight, I just need to type the first few letters of the app I want to use or switch to, say "saf" for Safari, tap the return/enter key, and up pops Safari. It's much quicker than using a mouse.