pdouglas

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Q: Keyboard shortcut for key not on keyboard

How do I assign a keyboard shortcut or a function key to a key that is not on my laptop keyboard, such as the END key?

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Aug 5, 2015 1:26 PM

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Jeff Shenk

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Aug 5, 2015 1:41 PM in response to pdouglas

On a Mac laptop,

Fn–Up Arrow	Page Up: Scroll up one page.
Fn–Down Arrow	Page Down: Scroll down one page.
Fn–Left Arrow	Home: Scroll to the beginning of a document.
Fn–Right Arrow	End: Scroll to the end of a document.

You might find this page which lists Mac keyboard shortcuts helpful.

by pdouglas,

pdouglas Aug 5, 2015 1:59 PM in response to Jeff Shenk
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Mac OS X

Aug 5, 2015 1:59 PM in response to Jeff Shenk

Thanks, but only the fn-up arrow and fn-down arrow work for me in Excel. The left and right do not work. In Numbers, they do work that way, so maybe this is an Excel problem.
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by Barney-15E,Helpful

Barney-15E Aug 5, 2015 3:54 PM in response to pdouglas
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Aug 5, 2015 3:54 PM in response to pdouglas

Office uses some other combinations, I think.
Try adding ing the control key

https://support.office.com/en-nz/article/Excel-keyboard-shortcuts-ef213435-a57e- 4ce1-bac6-2b39f16cb121

Office also has its own method for adding shortcuts.
https://support.office.com/en-nz/article/Create-or-delete-a-keyboard-shortcut-17 96e9a2-3748-4cf0-b163-24a65479caa6
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