Other Button For Control On Mac

I wrote a stating that I could not find the Windows Ctrl+Home keyboard shortcut equivalent on a Mac. Well I’m here to tell you that I found the keyboard shortcut combination that does the same thing on a Mac.

The Excel Gods are with me. Finding My Way Home The key to finding this elusive keyboard shortcut is in the Keyboard Viewer. On your Mac select the Apple icon () and click System Preferences Select Keyboard, and then make sure to click the Keyboard tab. Outlook for mac opens but can't press any buttons pc. Check the box for: Show Keyboard & Character Viewers in menu bar. Click the Keyboard Viewer icon in your Mac menu bar and a nice replica of your Mac keyboard will appear. You will notice that this viewer reflects the keys you tap on your keyboard. The screen shot above shows the Command and Shift keys are depressed.

How to Switch the Command and Control Key Functions in Mac OS X. Keyboard tab and click the button. In OS X will make the experience of using a Mac alongside your other PCs much more. Conversely, the other mouse button (the one you didn’t choose) becomes your secondary (Control or right) click. This is a setting many lefties like to change. Set the primary button as the right button, and you can click with the index finger of your left hand.

The Keyboard Viewer will also show different symbols when you press various keys, like fn, Control, Option, Command, etc. This is where I noticed something interesting. While depressing the fn key, the left arrow button changes its angle to point up about 30 degrees. Knowing that allowed me to do a little testing in Microsoft Excel 2011 for the Mac. Excel Control+Home Key on Mac What I found is that the Windows Control+Home keyboard combination can be replicated on a Mac by either of the following keyboard shortcut combinations.

This is the home key on Mac: fn+Command+Left Arrow fn+Control+Left Arrow Another mystery solved. Keyboard Shortcuts Another aid in finding keyboard shortcuts comes in the form of an overlay for your Mac keyboard. The kind folks over at Excel Skin™ gave me an overlay that slips over the Mac keyboard and shows, via color coding, a wide array of shortcuts that work in Excel for Mac. Here is why you might want an.