What's the default behavior of the F7-F12 keys on Leopard OS? Function keys or Audio keys?

I have a Mac OS 10.5.8 (Leopard). I'd like to know the default behavior of the F7-F12 keys. I'd like to use it preferably to control volume, pause, next and prior the musics on iTunes without bother with any fn key combination.

Thanks in advance.

• Asked by Marcio C from Aracaju
• Jan 23, 2010
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Are Apple keyboards, with only a delete key, less efficient in making deletions than conventional keyboards with both a backspace and a delete key?

I have been using a Windows desktop at home and my office. Although I have never had a laptop, I have been planning to buy an Apple laptop for use when I travel. However, I recently used an Apple and found its keyboard, in one particular way, to be inferior to the standard keyboards that I have been accustomed to using. Do you agree?

A conventional keyboard has two keys to make deletions. The backspace key deletes characters to the left of the cursor. The delete key deletes characters to the right of the cursor. In contrast, the Apple keyboard has only one key to make deletions. It is the delete key and it deletes characters to the left of the cursor. It appears that if I want to delete characters to the right of the cursor, there is no way to do that directly and simply. Am I correct about that? I must either use a second key or I must first highlight the text and then delete it.

Using a non-Apple conventional keyboard, it is also possible to delete an entire word and one adjacent space in only two strokes by using a combination of the control key and the delete key. The same can be done in the other direction using the control key and the backspace key. How would these two types of deletion most efficiently be done with an Apple keyboard?

The reality seems to be that two keys to delete can operate more efficiently, in more directions, than only one (Apple). Do you agree that the Apple keyboard is less efficient in making deletions than the conventional keyboard when using Word software? What is the best way to get around that inefficiency in a MacBookPro? If there is no way around it, should this discourage me from getting an Apple since I do lots of word processing and deletions?

Does the Apple keyboard have any advantages over the conventional keyboard that I should be aware of?

• Asked by Robert J from Granger
• Feb 29, 2012
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where is the hash key

can not find hash key on alphanumeric keyboatd

• Asked by Paul H
• Apr 18, 2011
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what is the fn key for?

• Asked by Art B from Orlando
• Dec 16, 2009
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where is the Options key?

• Asked by John C
• Apr 23, 2012
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Is the delete key with the "x" in effect the backspace key on this keyboard? If not, is there a backspace key?

Need a backspace key.

• Asked by Ted F from Chatsworth
• Feb 19, 2010
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Which key functions as the equivalent to the PC "insert" key?

• Asked by Kristina N from Huntersville
• Jan 14, 2010
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diagram of keyboard with explanation of each key

Is there a diagram of key board available with an explanation of each key available

• Asked by Con M from Dublin
• Feb 18, 2010
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Is there a table giving function key uses?

Can I look up default uses of the function keys?

• Asked by Joseph M from Naples
• Dec 23, 2009
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Will shortcuts like volume up and down work on pc (windows 7).

• Asked by Dusan S from Manhattan
• Nov 9, 2009
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