{"id":410,"date":"2007-11-30T15:33:25","date_gmt":"2007-11-30T21:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.codedread.com\/archives\/2007\/11\/30\/windows-on-a-macbook-pro-keyboard-differences\/"},"modified":"2007-11-30T15:33:25","modified_gmt":"2007-11-30T21:33:25","slug":"windows-on-a-macbook-pro-keyboard-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/11\/30\/windows-on-a-macbook-pro-keyboard-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows on a MacBook Pro: Keyboard Differences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object type=\"image\/svg+xml\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"10\" data=\"http:\/\/codedread.com\/clipart\/windows.svgz\"><span\/><\/object>I recently got ahold of a nice MacBook Pro and I'm using it as my primary Windows box at work.  It's nice and snappy and I like it, but I'm having trouble getting used to the keyboard, let alone the one-button mousepad.  I thought I'd use this post to collapse several google searches into one location.  I'll likely add to this list as I learn more tricks.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ads\"><object type=\"text\/html\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" data=\"http:\/\/www.codedread.com\/gads.php\"><\/object><\/div>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<th>Windows Shortcut<\/th>\n<th>MacBook Pro Equivalent<\/th>\n<th>Function+Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alt+PrintScreen<\/td>\n<td>fn+F11<\/td>\n<td>copy screen capture of entire desktop to clipboard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ctrl+PrintScreen<\/td>\n<td>fn+option+F11<\/td>\n<td>copy screen capture of current window to clipboard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Insert<\/td>\n<td>fn+bottom enter key (next to arrows)<\/td>\n<td>overstrike mode<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Shift+Insert<\/td>\n<td>ctrl+v<\/td>\n<td>paste clipboard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Shift+Delete<\/td>\n<td>ctrl+x<\/td>\n<td>cut selected<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Backspace<\/td>\n<td>Delete<\/td>\n<td>delete character to left of caret<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Delete<\/td>\n<td>fn+Delete<\/td>\n<td>not backspace, but delete character to right of caret<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Home<\/td>\n<td>fn+left arrow<\/td>\n<td>put caret at beginning of line<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>End<\/td>\n<td>fn+right arrow<\/td>\n<td>put caret at end of line<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PgUp<\/td>\n<td>fn+up arrow<\/td>\n<td>page up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PgDn<\/td>\n<td>fn+down arrow<\/td>\n<td>page down<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ctrl+PgUp<\/td>\n<td>no equivalent<\/td>\n<td>Go to top of document<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ctrl+PgDn<\/td>\n<td>no equivalent<\/td>\n<td>Go to bottom of document<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Function keys<\/td>\n<td>fn+Function key<\/td>\n<td>Various things. You can switch this behavior in Control Panel > Boot Camp if you want, I recommend this<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Right-click Mouse<\/td>\n<td>put two fingers on mousepad and press button<\/td>\n<td>Bring Up Context Menu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>And finally, some flamebait questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why in God's name are there duplicate enter and Apple keys?!?<\/li>\n<li>Does anyone REALLY think the MacBook right-click equivalent is simpler than putting two #@!$ buttons on the pad?!?  That button is huge-ass!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ads\"><object type=\"text\/html\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" data=\"http:\/\/www.codedread.com\/gads.php\"><\/object><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently got ahold of a nice MacBook Pro and I&#8217;m using it as my primary Windows box at work. It&#8217;s nice and snappy and I like it, but I&#8217;m having trouble getting used to the keyboard, let alone the one-button mousepad. 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