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progree

(11,463 posts) Sat Dec 9, 2023, 02:03 PM Dec 2023

What those F1 - F12 keys do - a definitive list (almost)

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/finally-a-definitive-list-of-what-those-f1-f12-keys-do/ar-AA1kZxAH

They missed Control F6 which pages from one open Word window to the next

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What those F1 - F12 keys do - a definitive list (almost) (Original Post) progree Dec 2023 OP

Almost definitive for Windows, perhaps, but Mac has a different set, 4dog Dec 2023 #1

Thank you! And one note, the function keys could be assigned other functions too, depending upon prior SWBTATTReg Dec 2023 #2

4dog

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1. Almost definitive for Windows, perhaps, but Mac has a different set,

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Sat Dec 9, 2023, 02:39 PM

Dec 2023

with some correspondences. Here's a start:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236

SWBTATTReg

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2. Thank you! And one note, the function keys could be assigned other functions too, depending upon prior

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Sat Dec 9, 2023, 04:05 PM

Dec 2023

functions etc. in the prior life of the cpu system. Most people don't know how to assign values to the function keys so this is not probably really an issue. I'll use this though, for I've always wanted this list to post on my wall in my office, sometimes I'm in a particular program that I want to look at see the assigned function (F) keys.

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