stupid question (shortcut keys)

[quigleybc]

Hi
I've been wanting to ask this, but feared humiliation for the dumbness of the question.

On windows, the "end, and home" keys take you to the end of the sentance and the beginning of the sentance respectively. on OSX the end and home keys don't seem to do anything, and to get to the end of a sentance, sometimes hitting the "up" arrow button works, and the down arrow for the beginning of the sentance. But I like the Windows way better.

Thoughts?

yes, I know it's a noob question....so What!

 

[wrldwzrd89]

I have no idea why Apple did that, I would also find it counterintuitive if I actually used any of those keys in that group. Of the 6 keys in that group (help, forward delete, home, end, page up, and page down) the only one I ever use is forward delete, and even that is used rarely.

I'm the same way on Windows - never got used to using those keys, and use them just as infrequently. Don't worry about thinking your question is stupid - as it turns out, many other users here are curious about the exact same thing.

 

[ahunter3]

End of line, not sentence (in most apps): Command-rightarrow

Start of line, not sentence (in most apps): Command-leftarrow


Does Windows really take you to the start or end of a sentence? Based on what? (If you use periods for things other than full stops, e.g., abbreviations or things like IP addresses (192.168.15.05), does that bollix it up mightily? Does it know sentences can end in question marks? And exclamation points! etc...

 

[20rogersc]

Does Windows really take you to the start or end of a sentence? Based on what? (If you use periods for things other than full stops, e.g., abbreviations or things like IP addresses (192.168.15.05), does that bollix it up mightily? Does it know sentences can end in question marks? And exclamation points! etc...

I'm sure it doesn't, it does exactly the same thing as Command-Right/Left.

::20ROGERSC::

 

[wattage]

Here is a link...it is a sticky under Mac Basics...I would just print it off and use at your convenience..:http://guides.macrumors.com/Keyboard_shortcuts