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From: Bruce Horrocks on 29 May 2010 10:11 On 28/05/2010 19:57, Chris Ridd wrote: > On 2010-05-28 19:11:59 +0100, Peter Ceresole said: > >> Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: >> >>> paste Values >> >> Woo-hoo! Is *that* why it's Cmd/Ctrl-V? > > I don't think so. Apple chose Command-X for cut, because X looked a bit > like scissors, Command-C for copy (mnemonically), and the next key along > on the keyboard became paste. Surely X as a mnemonic for cross-out, not scissors? -- Bruce Horrocks Surrey England (bruce at scorecrow dot com)
From: zoara on 30 May 2010 07:56
Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >>> I used to love the Lotus 123 menus, where the shortcut was the same > > > as >>> the menu access so once you'd navigated the menus once to find the >>> command, you'd already discovered the fast menu access. >> >> I don't understand this. Is there a video somewhere? It sounds >> interesting. > > I think most Windows applications use this system, or something > similar. > Or am I thinking of DOS? > > Alt (or \ in Lotus) to get menu access, then the keyboard shortcut for > each menu is underlined. Hit that key, the corresponding menu drops > down, and the commands in that menu have their key shortcuts > underlined. > For example, in the Worksheet menu there is Insert, in the Insert menu > there is Column. To insert a column, you hit \wic. Done. Ah, gotcha. Yeah, I know what you mean now - my brain was having an off-day, evidently. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm |