That's really odd. I tried a lot of the commands in mail as I was composing, just to make sure I got all the modifiers right. The fingers remember, but the brain forgets. :) Command up arrow and command down arrow take me to bottom and top of the message when composing. I just checked and it also works when reading a message, which I wasn't aware of before.
Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2010-12-13, at 1:03 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi Marlaina: > I'm not Esther, responding, and I know she will. But, I'll share with you > that these things work differently depending on which app you're in, and > sometimes on the weather.:) > > When I read Erick's post, I tried his way, then tried Nick's suggestion, > Erick's worked then, but does not work in this email. GO figure. > Home and end with the FN keys seem to work best in actual text documents. > One handy thing I'll often employ with some success is shift-fn-vo-keys, with > the arrows. . This command will take you to the top left, and bottom right > of many things, as long as you've interacted. So, I often use it in tables, > but also in documents. I've mostly used it with left and right arrows, as in > home and end. > Hope this helps a little. > > Carolyn Haas On Dec 13, 2010, at 10:47 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > >> Esther, >> >> I have tried this command set on my Air, and it does not work. If I want to >> go to the beginning of a line, control left arrow does that and control >> right takes me to the end of my line. I have been meaning to ask on this >> list what on earth I am not doing, for the fn key doesn't move anything. >> But, I have so many other asks here, I put that down the list a way. But >> now that Denise has asked and you have answered, I thought I'd share my lack >> of success with fn up, down, left and right. Do you have any thoughts? I >> hate all the scrolling I do, especially when the darned document is long and >> I know what I need is at the top or the bottom or near thereto, and I'm in >> the middle, :) >> >> Marlaina >> On Dec 13, 2010, at 6:50 AM, Esther wrote: >> >> Hi Denise, >> >> If you're trying to page up or down in a text application on a Mac >> laptop, press the Fn key together with the arrow keys: >> Page Up = Fn+Up arrow >> Page Down = Fn+Down arrow >> Home = Fn+Left arrow >> End = Fn+Right arrow >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Dec 13, 4:27 am, denise avant wrote: >>> hi all, >>> i was wondering how to do a page up and page down as well as home and end >>> on the macbook pro keyboard. thanks. >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
