Hi Laura, No it's not just a leopard thing.
I think you may have misunderstood the command thing. You don't have to "type the Command symbol" just press the command key. So when I say ⌘tab or Command-tab it means to hold down the command/⌘ key while you press the tab key (or the ~/tilde key for window cycling) The command/⌘ key is the key immediately to the left of the space bar (at least on my keyboard) and is the key used for most menu shortcuts in the mac eg: ⌘C (command-C) is copy ⌘V (command-V) is paste ⌘O (command-O) is open ⌘P (command-P) is print Or are you saying that this doesn't work for you? Hope that makes sense. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/6/09 12:51 PM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: > Thanks Neil. I envy you having been able for so long to enjoy being > a Mac user. Some of us take a bit longer to learn about the finer > things in life :) > > Perhaps your tip only applies to Leopard, I am still with Tiger. > Command-tab for me just brings up the dock while Command-tilde does > nothing at all. The same applies to Eugene's tip, it brings up the dock. > > I know that Shift+Option+K = but how do I type the Command symbol? > I've had a look at the Keyboard Viewer but not sure how it works. > > Regards > Laura > > > On 15/06/2009, at 11:22 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: > > Hi Laura, > > > Congratulations on your successful publication! > > One of the things I love about the Mac is how it allows you to be > creative > and even makes it fun :) > > I have been using Macs now for at least 20 years but I'm still > constantly > amazed at finding new tips/tricks/features (and many from this list). > > My latest: > > Although I'd known for many years that ⌘tab cycled through your open > applications, it was only recently that I learnt that ⌘~ cycled > through the > open windows of your current application - now I use it all the time! > > (in case your mail browser doesn't display the symbol properly that's > Command-tab to cycle applications and Command-tilde to cycle windows) > > > Have fun! > > > Cheers > > > > Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
