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Now summon Ubiquity.  Hit the "delete" key to clear out your last command.  You'll see a suggestion list full of different commands that could act upon your selection:
Now summon Ubiquity.  Hit the "delete" key to clear out your last command.  You'll see a suggestion list full of different commands that could act upon your selection:


[Picture of suggestions for the "Mountain View" selection]
http://www.toolness.com/images/20080819155836.jpg


If you see the command you want, you can just use the down-arrow key to get to it.  Otherwise, you can type the first few letters of the command name:
If you see the command you want, you can just use the down-arrow key to get to it.  Otherwise, you can type the first few letters of the command name:


[Picture of suggestions for "we" with "Mountain View" selected]
http://www.toolness.com/images/20080819155845.jpg
 


Let's say you're reading a web page and you find an unfamiliar word:
Let's say you're reading a web page and you find an unfamiliar word:
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Just select the word and issue "define".
Just select the word and issue "define".


You could have achieved the same thing by typing "define aglet" -- or just "def aglet", or even "def this".  (Ubiquity understands "this" to refer to the selection.)
You could have achieved the same thing by typing "define aglet"—or just "def aglet", or even "def this".  (Ubiquity understands "this" to refer to the selection.)


== Emailing ==  
== Emailing ==  
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