How to delete characters to the right of the cursor position

On a PC, the <Delete> key deletes characters to the right of the cursor, while
<Bkspace> does the same for characters on the left.

On the MAC, <Delete> removes only characters to the left of where the cursor is.

This leads to situations where, for example:

• the cursor is at the beginning of a line;
• I want to delete some characters in the first word on the same line;
• I have to first reposition cursor to the right of the characters I want to delete in order to remove them

Is there a way to emulate the PC's <Delete> function -- i.e., so that characters to the
right of the cursor position can be deleted?

Thanks. Replies appreciated.