Love my Mac Pro, keyboard question

musicvortex · musicvortex #1 (**permalink**)

10-30-2007, 02:38 AM

I'm not sure where to post this, sry.

I just switched from Windows to Mac (got a Mac Pro), and OMFG! I love it.

I do have a question, though. In Windows, I'm used to pressing the "home" key on the keyboard to make the cursor move to the beginning of a text box (eg. address bar in Safari), or the "end" key to make the cursor move to the end of a line, etc.

But this doesn't seem to work on Mac. I've looked under keyboard settings, but can't seem to locate the problem (if it is, indeed a problem).

Even as I'm typing in this text box, it's not working.

Similarly, I'm used to being able to selecting a whole line of text by going to the end of it end key, pressing and holding down shift, and pressing the home key.

Is there any way I can activate these features?

Thanks!

Supox · Supox #2 (**permalink**)

10-30-2007, 07:26 AM

Hi, here's a link that I found via google, there seems to be a whole bunch of key-combinations: http://davespicks.com/writing/programming/mackeys.html

End = command key + right arrow
Home = command key + left arrow

Those same shortcuts with shift key will allow you to select text...

At least thats how things work with my iMac

musicvortex · musicvortex #3 (**permalink**)

10-30-2007, 09:39 AM

Thank you! so much!

It's been really frustrating when I'm trying to type, so I really appreciate this!

Supox · Supox #4 (**permalink**)

10-30-2007, 09:55 AM

No problem, I'm happy I could help!

Supox #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 22, 2007 Location: Finland Posts: 65 Mac Specs: iMac 20" C2D 2.4 GHz 2GB + iPod shuffle	10-30-2007, 07:26 AM Hi, here's a link that I found via google, there seems to be a whole bunch of key-combinations: http://davespicks.com/writing/programming/mackeys.html End = command key + right arrow Home = command key + left arrow Those same shortcuts with shift key will allow you to select text... At least thats how things work with my iMac I know everything about nothing, so my knowledge is limitless. Last edited by Supox; 10-30-2007 at 09:30 AM. Reason: Corrections
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Supox #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 22, 2007 Location: Finland Posts: 65 Mac Specs: iMac 20" C2D 2.4 GHz 2GB + iPod shuffle	10-30-2007, 09:55 AM No problem, I'm happy I could help! I know everything about nothing, so my knowledge is limitless.
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musicvortex #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 02, 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 105 Mac Specs: Mac Pro 1,1 / 2x2.66 GHz Dual Core Xeon / 5 GB RAM / OS 10.6	10-30-2007, 02:38 AM I'm not sure where to post this, sry. I just switched from Windows to Mac (got a Mac Pro), and OMFG! I love it. I do have a question, though. In Windows, I'm used to pressing the "home" key on the keyboard to make the cursor move to the beginning of a text box (eg. address bar in Safari), or the "end" key to make the cursor move to the end of a line, etc. But this doesn't seem to work on Mac. I've looked under keyboard settings, but can't seem to locate the problem (if it is, indeed a problem). Even as I'm typing in this text box, it's not working. Similarly, I'm used to being able to selecting a whole line of text by going to the end of it end key, pressing and holding down shift, and pressing the home key. Is there any way I can activate these features? Thanks!
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