Newbie Mac user: Selecting block of text via the keyboard only?

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Newbie Mac user: Selecting block of text via the keyboard only?

Hi,

I'm switching over to a Mac from a PC and haven't been able to find an answer to this question. How do I select a block of text only by using the keyboard?

As an example, on the PC from wherever the cursor is in a document, if I then hit Ctrl-Shift-end, the entire rest of the document from the cursor down is selected. Another similar task would be to select all of the text from the cursor to the end of the line, which on the PC can be done with Shift-end.

Are there Mac equivalents?

Thanks.

Les

MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.10)

MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Jul 5, 2007 4:01 PM

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Kappy

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Jul 5, 2007 4:53 PM in response to lhartzman

COMMAND-SHIFT-end to select from the cursor to the end of the line. COMMAND-SHIFT-pagedown selects from cursor to end of document, use pageup to select entire document.

Other alternatives:

Press SHIFT and use the right arrow key to select characters. Use OPTION-SHIFT and right arrow to select words. COMMAND-right arrow key moves cursor to end of line and OPTION-right arrow moves cursor to next word.

See also: Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts.

In many instances wherever Windows uses CTRL in a shortcut the Mac uses COMMAND (Apple Key - ⌘)

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Answer 2

Jul 5, 2007 4:34 PM in response to lhartzman

Hello and welcome to Apple Discussions...

Aside from the text issue here is a link that you might find handy for "switchers" ..... http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/

Carolyn 🙂

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Answer 3

Jul 5, 2007 4:07 PM in response to lhartzman

You can do that. The first is achieved by holding shift and then end. The second is shift ctrlright.

Björn

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No Alibi

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Jul 5, 2007 4:25 PM in response to lhartzman

Les,

I use shift – command (Apple logo) – a – pg dn

and

shift – command – a – pg up

No Alibi.

 Back up what you can't afford to lose. Mac OS X (10.4.10)

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lhartzman Author

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Jul 5, 2007 5:18 PM in response to Kappy

Thank you to everyone that replied. Definitely a user-friendly community!

Les

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No Alibi

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Jul 5, 2007 5:49 PM in response to Kappy

Thank you for correcting my error.

 Back up what you can't afford to lose. Mac OS X (10.4.10)

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