Hi all I have the new mouse with the button in the centre. If I hold down the control key and rotate the button forward and back the screen zooms.
One query _ Occasionally the icon of a program in the dock is replaced with a question mark. I have no idea why. Anyone enlighten me? On 11/9/08 6:27 AM, "Rob Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Morning All, > > Thanks Ronnie as always helpful, but the f-keys have changed somewhat > as the F7 through to F12 are Audio and Video on new Aluminium > Keyboards. With the show all open at F3, Dashboard at F4, Brightness > at F1 and F2. These F keys can be reprogrammed also toggled via a fn > key, as on Mac/Powerbook laptops. > > fn key basically turns of Apples preferred use of key function hence > acronym fn, returning it to a neutral situation for programs to > utilise like F7 for spellchecker. This control can be reversed so > hitting f-key will function as programmed and Apple functions need fn > depressed. > > Check box in System Preferences / Keyboard Mouse. > > This is where it gets confusing as some Apple and 3rd party programs > do use these f-keys as above and others still use old ways. But, all > are programmable, some programs allowing more control than others > through their preferences or system preferences - keyboard and mouse. > > A question mark arises over the F13, F14, and F15 keys as they seem to > be untouchable without some severe reprogramming of keyboard. Strange > since F16 too F19 are programmable through keyboard preferences. > > Cheers! > `Rob... > > On 10Sep2008, at 8:58 pm, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> >> On 10/09/2008, at 1:21 PM, Martin Sulkowski wrote: >> >>> I h've got someone using excel on my mac.He is used to the f-keys >>> from the PC.Does anyone know the"conversion fron PC to mac F- >>> keys"?...as well as shortcutstrokes on Pc to Mac? >> >> Hello Martin, >> >> Nearly all of the Windows shortcuts for which you used the Control >> key are still there, except that instead of Control, use Command, >> sometimes called the Apple key. >> For example, bolding text in a word processor is now Command-B >> rather than Control-B, bookmarking a webpage in your internet >> browser is Command-D rather than Control-D, etc. >> >> To move the Windows cursor through text word-by-word‹rather than >> character-by-character‹the shortcut was Control-Arrow Key, instead >> the command is now Option-Arrow Key. >> >> To move quickly between open programs, many Windows users relied >> upon the Alt-Tab command, which is instead Command-Tab. >> >> To manually shut down a program in Windows, the command was Control- >> Alt-Delete (a command with which all Windows users should be >> intimately familiar), but in Mac you can "Force Quit" a program by >> pressing Command-Option-Escape. >> >> To eject a CD, press and hold the Eject button at the top right of >> your keyboard, above the delete key. >> >> To toggle a function that lets you magnify portions of your screen, >> press Command-Option-8, then press Command-Option-+ or - to zoom in >> or out. >> >> F9 to F12 are programmed to provide a few helpful tools for managing >> your screen space: >> Press F9 to fit all open windows on the screen at once. >> Press F10 to fit all open windows in the selected program at once. >> Press F11 to push aside all open windows and show your desktop. >> Press F12 to pull up the Dashboard. >> >> <http://www.danrodney.com/mac/index.html> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
