Using the Mac Keyboard: Basics

Escape key:
Often helps you escape from something (like full screen mode).
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Using the Mac Keyboard: Basics

Delete:
Escape key:
Deletes backwards.
Often helps you escape from something (like full screen mode).
Hold <fn> + delete to delete forwards.
Using the Mac Keyboard: Basics

Number keys Escape

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Escape
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Escape
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Using the Mac Keyboard: Basics

Shift keys:
Escape key:
For one or two capital letters.
Often helps you escape from something (like full screen mode).
Hold it down.
Using the Mac Keyboard: Basics

Space bar:
Escape key:
For making a space between letters.
Often helps you escape from something (like full screen mode).
Usually only one space between words.
Using the Mac Keyboard: Basics

Punctuation keys:
Escape key:
Full stop, comma, slash etc.
Often helps you escape from something (like full screen mode).
Hold <Shift> for upper symbol.
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Escape
Arrow keys:
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Enter or Return:
Escape key:
Move to the next line or submit selected button or text (in a dialogue box or
Often helps you escape from something (like full screen mode).
webpage).
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F keys:
Escape key:
Provide various shortcuts, such as F5 which refreshes a webpage or shows a
Often helps you escape from something (like full screen mode).
presentation.
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Escape
Tab key:
key:
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Using the Apple Command Key Shortcuts
Hold down with any of these keys:

Key Function Key Function

Q quit program G find next

W close front window A select all

desktop folder in save/open

D dialogues or don’t save S save

F find window R reload or refresh

Using the Apple Command Key Shortcuts
Hold down with any of these keys:

Key Function Key Function

show desktop Y redo (or <shift> + <⌘> + Z

B bold T front window

U underline H hide program

I italic P print
 Using the Apple Command Key Shortcuts
Hold down with any of these keys:

Key Function Key Function

increase or decrease size of selected

item or webpage X cut

L E text alignment: L = left,

R J E = centre, R = right, J = justify text C copy

(space bar)
spotlight search V paste

Z undo M minimise window

Using the Apple Command Key Shortcuts
Hold down with any of these keys:

Key Function Key Function

move to the beginning or end of : = spelling and grammar,

document ; = finds misspelled words

move to the beginning and end of a switch windows

line (<Shift> +<?> + Tab switch)

previous and next webpage in a

N new document [ ]
browser

O open dialogue hold when dragging to move

 Using the Option Key Shortcuts
Hold down <⌥> with any of these keys:

The options <⌥> key is often used with the Apple command <⌘> key.
You can search to find these commands.

Key Function Key Function

display system preference new line, not a new paragraph

move to the beginning of previous

mission control
word

sound preferences move to the end of the next word

delete previous word Hold <⌥> when dragging to copy

 Using the Control Key Shortcuts
Hold down <⌥> with any of these keys:

The control <ctrl> key is often used with the Apple command <⌘> key.
You can search to find these commands.

Key Function Key Function

move to beginning of line or

A paragraph A move one character forward

delete the character behind the

B move one character backward B cursor

delete the character in front of the delete from the character in front of
D cursor D the cursor to the end of the line

move to the beginning of a line or centre the cursor or selection in the

E paragraph E visible area
 Using the Control Key Shortcuts
Hold down <⌥> with any of these keys:

The control <ctrl> key is often used with the Apple command <⌘> key.
You can search to find these commands.

Key Function

N move one line down

O insert a new line after the cursor

P move one line up

transpose the character behind the

T cursor and the character in front of
the cursor

V move down
 Using the Tab Key

The tab key is a really useful timesaving key, which takes

you from box to box in a web browser or dialogue box,
avoiding having to keep moving the hand to the mouse and
back to the keyboard. Username

When logging onto a Windows domain, you don’t need to touch

the mouse: Password

1. Type username <Tab>

2. Type password <Enter>
 Using the F Keys

On a Mac, the F keys perform the following functions on their own:

less refresh/reload page, open find, start slideshow

F1 brightness F5 or less keyboard light brightness
F11 less volume

more number lock or more keyboard light F1

F2 brightness F6 brightness 2
more volume

mission F1
F3 control F7 previous track F9 next track fn +
1 less volume

pause/play F1
F4 launchpad F8 track F8 mute volume fn + 2 more volume

Different Mac keyboards will work different ways with the F keys and there are ways to change
their settings. Lots of information can be found online.