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Disable Caps Lock

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Does the Caps Lock key get in your way? You could disable it. This Tip explains how.

Read the full article ↣ 7 July 2009 5 comments

5 PowerTips for Deleting Text

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Delete forwards and backwards, letters, words and lines — all from the keyboard.

Read the full article ↣ 10 June 2009 11 comments

Brighten up the Keyboard

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Some Macs have an ambient light sensor to automatically adjust lights that shine through the keyboard, making the keys visible.

Read the full article ↣ 23 July 2008 2 comments

What to do with the Num Lock Key

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The Num Lock key can make you think your Macs broken: it deactivates most of the standard character keys.

Read the full article ↣ 11 June 2008 14 comments

Fill forms quickly with the Tab key

Tab normally moves the cursor from one form field to another, while Shift Tab moves it back in reverse order.

Read the full article ↣ 26 March 2008 5 comments

Old gold: The Fn key

On a Mac laptop the fn key affects what happens when you use the F keys across the top of your keyboard. Make it control hardware or software — it’s your choice.

Read the full article ↣ 6 February 2008 4 comments

Meet the iPod touch

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The iPod touch is quite different from the iPods that have gone before it.

Read the full article ↣ 17 October 2007 2 comments

Let your keyboard do the working

Built-in autocomplete and third party utilities make typing quicker and easier.

Read the full article ↣ 3 May 2006 1 comment

Word styles key command

Set a keystroke for assigning styles to selected text in Microsoft Word.

Read the full article ↣ 26 April 2006 0 comments

More functions on your keyboard

You can use the fn key to extend the functions on your keyboard.

Read the full article ↣ 29 June 2005 0 comments

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