Delete Button

imme · imme #1 (**permalink**)

04-10-2008, 07:51 AM

IM writting this on behalf of my girlfrind who is finding using the macbook inconvenient because there is no "delete" button on the keyboard.

I know it is possible to delete backwards from the cursor by using the backspace key, but is there any way to get the same function as the "delete" key which comes on a normal PC keyboard so that the charicters are deleted infront of the curson instead?

Thanks

goobimama · goobimama #2 (**permalink**)

04-10-2008, 08:03 AM

Pressing the Fn key at the bottom left of the keyboard + Delete will toggle the delete function as it was on the PC.

yogi · yogi #3 (**permalink**)

04-10-2008, 08:58 AM

goobimama's right. just to clarify, it's Fn + backspace to get the delete functionality like a PC.

skaheadpunk · skaheadpunk #4 (**permalink**)

04-10-2008, 08:57 PM

Wow, I never knew that!

mac57 · mac57 #5 (**permalink**)

04-11-2008, 11:01 AM

I am pretty sure that it is in the little white manual that came with my MBP. I suspect that the same is true of the MacBook? Certainly I learned this by reading the manual. Small as it was, it was helpful. Check it out, if you have not done so already. You may find some other gems in there.

mac57 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,547 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, 120 GB SSD, 500 GB HDD	04-11-2008, 11:01 AM I am pretty sure that it is in the little white manual that came with my MBP. I suspect that the same is true of the MacBook? Certainly I learned this by reading the manual. Small as it was, it was helpful. Check it out, if you have not done so already. You may find some other gems in there. My Macs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, Power Macintosh 7500/100 My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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imme #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 04, 2008 Posts: 256	04-10-2008, 07:51 AM IM writting this on behalf of my girlfrind who is finding using the macbook inconvenient because there is no "delete" button on the keyboard. I know it is possible to delete backwards from the cursor by using the backspace key, but is there any way to get the same function as the "delete" key which comes on a normal PC keyboard so that the charicters are deleted infront of the curson instead? Thanks
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goobimama #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 28, 2006 Posts: 2,542 Mac Specs: iMac Core Duo 20", iBook G4, iPhone 8GB :)	04-10-2008, 08:03 AM Pressing the Fn key at the bottom left of the keyboard + Delete will toggle the delete function as it was on the PC.
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skaheadpunk #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 12, 2008 Location: Leicester, England Posts: 1,760 Mac Specs: MacBook, iPod Classic, 8GB 3G iPhone, Time Capsule	04-10-2008, 08:57 PM Wow, I never knew that!
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