just got my first mac, quick simple question

[brsboarder]

I notice there is no backspace key, and the delete key does the job of the backspace, so is there a way to delete the letter in front of the curson like on a pc? thanks

 

[brsboarder]

one more thing, i am using microsoft office, and it says that in order to do grammar check, on say one word, i need to press 3 different keys, the apple key, the L key, and one more key, but i cant figure out what or where that key is, thanks for helping out a noobie

 

[Cindy]

Re: just got my first mac, quick simple question

Originally posted by brsboarder
I notice there is no backspace key, and the delete key does the job of the backspace, so is there a way to delete the letter in front of the curson like on a pc? thanks

Hi:
I've always just gone in front of it and deleted the letter that way.
If I want to delete any more than one letter, I might even just highlight what I want deleted and hit "delete".
Cindy

 

[rdowns]

Re: just got my first mac, quick simple question

Originally posted by brsboarder
I notice there is no backspace key, and the delete key does the job of the backspace, so is there a way to delete the letter in front of the curson like on a pc? thanks

There is another delete key located with the cursor control keys (home, page up...). That will delete the letter in front of the cursor.

Congrats on joining the club.

 

[rdowns]

Originally posted by brsboarder
one more thing, i am using microsoft office, and it says that in order to do grammar check, on say one word, i need to press 3 different keys, the apple key, the L key, and one more key, but i cant figure out what or where that key is, thanks for helping out a noobie

You should find this helpful


Print a list of shortcut keys
1. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Macros.
2. On the Macros in pop-up menu, click Word commands.
3. In the Macro name box, click ListCommands.
4. Click Run.
5. In the List Commands dialog box, click Current menu and keyboard settings, and then click OK.
6. On the File menu, click Print.
Note If you made changes to shortcut key assignments, the changes are included in the printed list of shortcut keys. Shortcut keys you assigned to macros are not included.

 

[brsboarder]

on the cursor, i only see pg up, eng pg down home, am i i missing something?, also, if i use those keys, what key in addition do i use, thanks for all your help

 

[varmit]

the keys for spelling grammer

its the apple, option (which is right next to it) and L

 

[rdowns]

Originally posted by brsboarder
on the cursor, i only see pg up, eng pg down home, am i i missing something?, also, if i use those keys, what key in addition do i use, thanks for all your help

Sorry, I have their BT KB and it has tha delete key and a help key in addition to the others mentioned.

Apple-Option-L key for that shortcut.

 

[ftaok]

It sounds like you have a laptop.

If you want to "forward-delete", hold the "fn" button and press delete. That will delete the character to the right of the cursor.

Hope that helps.

 

[dukemeiser]

Hmmm, I didn't know fn+delete did that, but thanks.

If you are using an Apple Pro Keyboard it should be called the "Del" key with an arrow pointing right with an "x" in it.

As for keyboard shortcuts the "up arrow" is "Shift"
And the ">" (but pointing up) is "Ctrl" or "Control"
If you need some special charecters, try using the option key while pressing a button. For instance pressing Option+2 yields ™. Go nuts.