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<blockquote data-quote="KuruMonkey" data-source="post: 109209"><p>That, I believe is called the "option" key, and it... "does stuff".</p><p></p><p>(I don't know exactly what!) I've just seen it in some of the more obscure keyboard combinations I've run into. I think of it as the ALT key, since it also says alt on that key on my powerbook.</p><p></p><p>Other interesting apple keyboard questions are:</p><p></p><p>Why are there sideways Ks on the enter key and on another (otherwise blank) key on my powerbook? What does the sideways K represent? What does the sideways K only key do?</p><p></p><p>What on earth do the diagonal arrow keys on my full-size mac keyboard do?</p><p></p><p>Why are the "UK" keyboards apple supplies not actually UK spec keyboards?</p><p>(the " is where @ should be, and vice versa, and there is no # key)</p><p></p><p>Why is there no "delete" key on the powerbook?</p><p></p><p>In the apple menu, the "force quit" option has a nice circle with a up-left diagonal arrow symbol in its keyboard shortcut. This is nowhere on the keyboard at ALL (the shortcut is actually ALT-COMMAND-ESCAPE, so why invent a totally unique and unexplained icon for the menu??)</p><p></p><p>Mac keyboards are, basically, odd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KuruMonkey, post: 109209"] That, I believe is called the "option" key, and it... "does stuff". (I don't know exactly what!) I've just seen it in some of the more obscure keyboard combinations I've run into. I think of it as the ALT key, since it also says alt on that key on my powerbook. Other interesting apple keyboard questions are: Why are there sideways Ks on the enter key and on another (otherwise blank) key on my powerbook? What does the sideways K represent? What does the sideways K only key do? What on earth do the diagonal arrow keys on my full-size mac keyboard do? Why are the "UK" keyboards apple supplies not actually UK spec keyboards? (the " is where @ should be, and vice versa, and there is no # key) Why is there no "delete" key on the powerbook? In the apple menu, the "force quit" option has a nice circle with a up-left diagonal arrow symbol in its keyboard shortcut. This is nowhere on the keyboard at ALL (the shortcut is actually ALT-COMMAND-ESCAPE, so why invent a totally unique and unexplained icon for the menu??) Mac keyboards are, basically, odd. [/QUOTE]
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