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<blockquote data-quote="technologist" data-source="post: 867874" data-attributes="member: 4134"><p>The Delete key does what it says it does. It Deletes whatever you have selected, or whatever you'd most recently typed.</p><p></p><p>If you have a full keyboard, there is another key that deletes whatever is ahead of the insertion point; if you have a laptop or a mini keyboard, you can do this by pressing fn+delete.</p><p></p><p>For some reason, Microsoft perefers to call the key iin that position "Backspace." Does it go back a space? Does it insert a space back...behind...something? No, it...Deletes. Go figure.</p><p></p><p>Command is for keyboard shortcuts.</p><p>Option is for typing special characters. Control has several functions. Both Option and Control also expand on other keyboard shortcuts.</p><p></p><p>Fn is there to remind you what a tiny keyboard you have. See above.</p><p></p><p>There's a manual for the hardware. The software has a Help file, which is pretty darned good. There are also video tutorials on Apple's site.</p><p></p><p> In Pages? Just like with Word, you have to change the default template. Set up a blank document with the font, size, and margins you would like, save it somewhere, and set it as the template for new documents in Preferences.</p><p></p><p>I think you want the Check Spelling As You Type option. It's kind of hard to tell; Word has several spelling modes too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="technologist, post: 867874, member: 4134"] The Delete key does what it says it does. It Deletes whatever you have selected, or whatever you'd most recently typed. If you have a full keyboard, there is another key that deletes whatever is ahead of the insertion point; if you have a laptop or a mini keyboard, you can do this by pressing fn+delete. For some reason, Microsoft perefers to call the key iin that position "Backspace." Does it go back a space? Does it insert a space back...behind...something? No, it...Deletes. Go figure. Command is for keyboard shortcuts. Option is for typing special characters. Control has several functions. Both Option and Control also expand on other keyboard shortcuts. Fn is there to remind you what a tiny keyboard you have. See above. There's a manual for the hardware. The software has a Help file, which is pretty darned good. There are also video tutorials on Apple's site. In Pages? Just like with Word, you have to change the default template. Set up a blank document with the font, size, and margins you would like, save it somewhere, and set it as the template for new documents in Preferences. I think you want the Check Spelling As You Type option. It's kind of hard to tell; Word has several spelling modes too. [/QUOTE]
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