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From: Rowland McDonnell on 22 Jan 2010 08:43 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > Jim said: > > > Trevor Wright <newstrap(a)thewrights.uk.com> wrote: > >> I have bought an imac after 20 years with pcs. I like it very much, and > >> did some research on borrowed machines beforehand. > >> > >> I have and may continue to have some very basic questions. For example, > >> i don't understand what to do with no delete key on the keyboard. > >> > >> Is this the place to ask such questions? Apologies if not. Grateful > >> for any advice. > > > > Absolutely, and welcome. And to answer your first question, the > > forwards-delete can be simulated by pressing the 'fn' key and the backspace. > > > > I think. > > Also, if you click on the desktop and choose Help > Mac Help from the > menus, you should find some useful hints. In "Learn the basics about > your Mac" there's a section for Windows escapees, for example. Good thinking - for all that I find Mac help is mostly annoying for me these days, I do recall that when I changed over to Macs from Macs, I found the basic stuff for new years in Mac Help was very useful. > If you prefer books over online help, David Pogue's "Missing Manuals" > are well regarded. Not by me, they're not - every one of them that I've looked at is so badly organized I've found I've had to do heavy research and basically write my own manual on each thing I've wanted to learn about. Major pain. I even bought a `missing manual', once - waste of money if you ask me. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Jim on 22 Jan 2010 08:47 On 2010-01-22, Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > There's no fn key on either the small or large current Mac keyboards. > > I've just looked at one example of each. I've just gone to the Applestore UK and pulled up an image of the fullsize keyboard - the 'fn' key is to the right of the backspace key (marked <--). On the mini-keyboard it's slightly harder to make out but it's the extreme bottom-left key. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: Woody on 22 Jan 2010 08:47 On 22/01/2010 13:47, Jim wrote: > On 2010-01-22, Rowland McDonnell<real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >> >> There's no fn key on either the small or large current Mac keyboards. >> >> I've just looked at one example of each. > > I've just gone to the Applestore UK and pulled up an image of the fullsize > keyboard - the 'fn' key is to the right of the backspace key (marked<--). > > On the mini-keyboard it's slightly harder to make out but it's the extreme > bottom-left key. <http://www.apple.com/keyboard/> pretty easy to make out -- Woody
From: D.M. Procida on 22 Jan 2010 08:48 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Good thinking - for all that I find Mac help is mostly annoying for me > these days, I do recall that when I changed over to Macs from Macs, I > found the basic stuff for new years in Mac Help was very useful. I was doing some stuff in System 7.0 last night in HyperCard - and I'd forgotten how nifty Balloon Help was. Daniele
From: Jim on 22 Jan 2010 08:51
On 2010-01-22, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > On 22/01/2010 13:47, Jim wrote: >> On 2010-01-22, Rowland McDonnell<real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >>> >>> There's no fn key on either the small or large current Mac keyboards. >>> >>> I've just looked at one example of each. >> >> I've just gone to the Applestore UK and pulled up an image of the fullsize >> keyboard - the 'fn' key is to the right of the backspace key (marked<--). >> >> On the mini-keyboard it's slightly harder to make out but it's the extreme >> bottom-left key. > ><http://www.apple.com/keyboard/> > > pretty easy to make out I was looking at the Applestore, not the Apple site. Some of the Store pictures don't zoom in as much as they could. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It" |