Need basic help with my new iMac

Can someone please assist me with these questions?
When I click on F3 (wireless keyboard), I can see all my windows that are open (I think this feature is called expose?), but it just shows the windows for about a second and then I see my desktop. I'm not able to select the window I want to activate. It used to show me all the windows open and then I could just click on the one I want to activate. I don't know what I did to change this.
Also, I added some stuff (widgets?) on my dashboard and I don't know how to remove them. How do I do this?
Thanks in advance for your help.

It sounds like you have Expose set to "Desktop" rather than "All windows" or "Application windows". Check your settings in System Preferences....
cheers
mrtotes

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For this particular string, ordSplit.length = 24 and commas = 26.
PERFECT! That is exactly what it should be!
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