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From: Ian Leyton <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, 4 August, 2011 22:47:03
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Repeating Chapters
On 5/08/11 7:34 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
>
> ________________________________
> From: Ian Leyton<[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thu, 4 August, 2011 22:18:46
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Repeating Chapters
>
> On 4/08/11 10:26 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
>> Hi :)
>> That's nice but i think it's a good idea to keep the note about right-click.
>It
>> might be good to expand on that little table if possible. Perhaps adding the
>> info about how to redefine the new right-click is worth adding to that note?
>> Regards from
>> Tom :)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Jean Hollis Weber<[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Sent: Thu, 4 August, 2011 11:59:18
>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Repeating Chapters
>>
>> On Thu, 2011-08-04 at 19:54 +1000, Ian Leyton wrote:
>>> On 4/08/11 6:37 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 2011-08-04 at 09:05 +0100, Tom Davies wrote:
>>>>> ... it might also be good for the Mac's quick little table at the start
>>>>> of all guides to show key combination equivalents of right-click and
stuff.
>>>> Yes, definitely on the list for those chapters and books that don't
>>>> already have that info. Thanks for the reminder.
>>>>
>>>> --Jean
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Just remember that the newer Mac's do actually have a right-click and so
>>> does the Mac Magic mouse. The default is just set to the same one as the
>>> left. They just need to change the "secondary click" in System
>>> Preferences to right from left. Then it is almost the same as other
>>> systems with what it does.
>> Thanks, Ian! I didn't know that. The Mac I'm (occasionally) using isn't
>> new, and anyway I use a Microsoft mouse on it because switching mouse
>> types between the Windows, Linux, and Mac computers drives me nuts...
>> and the MS mouse gives me the right-click capability.
>>
>> --Jean
>>
>>
>>
>
> It also works on the trackpad as well Jean.
>
> Tom,
>
> If you are going to update the table relating to Mac commands be aware
> that the Mac Books and some of the other Apple keyboards have fewer keys
> than other PC brands. They use the fn key with them. For example the
> "delete" key deletes from right to left-- the "fn + delete" from left to
> right. Some of the ones in the existing list give different results to
> what is shown.
>
> I am in the process of trying to find time to create a bit better intro
> list (guide) for the Mac users. I may have got it done by the time the
> 3.5 documentation is being done.
>
> Ian
>
>
> Hi :)
> I wasn't going to update the table. I last used a mac about 15 years ago so i
> am a 'little' hazy about it. You know on a PC keyboard the delete above the
> enter key is sometimes called a "backspace" key to distinguish it from the
>"Del"
> key? I take it the Mac delete key is a backspace key?
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
Hi
That's what I meant. I use a PC at work and if some of them had words on
them rather than arrow symbols it would make it easier to remember the
names!.
I did think you personally were updating the table. Just that I was
trying to improve on the current version and when I might have it done by.
Regards
Ian
Hi :)
Lol, i thought we were just discussing ideas about possible ways things might
be
developed in the future. Real action is usually out of my reach.
Regards from
Tom :)
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