Dear Christina, you shouldn't feel embarrassed about not knowing these things. It took me an inordinate amount of time to work the navigation in text shortcut keys. Somehow they didn't seem to register in my mind. I came to mac from Windows and Jaws two years ago but it took me a long time to learn the key combinations you are asking for. Here is what I can do and remember. Others will surely chip in.
1. To jump to the beginning and end of line, press control + left arrow and right arrow respectively. Voiceover will helpfully say the word which is at the beginning or end of line and remember that when voiceover has said the word, it has just passed it. It's very reliable and with time you will learn to trust it. 2. To jump to the top row and bottom row of a table once you are interacting with it, press vo+shift+left or right arrow respectively. I hope I'm not getting it wrong. I don't do it that often but I remember Esther had helped me with that one. So try it and if it is wrong, please ask the list again. 3. To jump to the beginning or end of a document either in TextEdit or in the body of a mail message with which you need to interact, press command+up arrow or down arrow. I've never successfully managed to find and execute a way of jumping up and down the document by page although others on the list have suggested key strokes for that. So I hope that someone else will provide those. Hope this helps. Best wishes, Simon On 16 Sep 2009, at 20:53, Christina wrote: > > Hi List, > > I've had my macbook for a year and a half. However there are a few > things I have not been able to figure out how to do. I'm kind of > embarrassed because I'm sure they're simple. :) I would love it if > someone can help me out. I've read the help pages but somehow I still > cannot figure out a few navigations as my keyboard does not have home > and end keys. I believe I'm supposed to use the arrows in > conjunction with the fn key but still have not been able to figure out > how to do the following. > > 1. How do I jump to the beginning and end of a line? > 2. While in a table how do I jump to the top row and the bottom row? > 3. How do I jump to the beginning of a document, such as a mail > message, or how do I jump to the end of a document? > 4. How do I go up or down a page? > > Thanks so much and I greatly appreciate it, > > Christina > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
