On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #30

Post #30 by Commodus

Source Forum	MacNN
Category	Troubleshooting
Post Date	Thu, 28 Apr 2005 - 20:33
Original URL	https://web.archive.org/web/20050622073946/https://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=250298

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Originally Posted by csi95

Unless I missed it, no one addressed this issue.

I also got my first Mac recently. I bought a mini two weeks ago. Overall I like it, but this is one of the more annoying things for me. I use these keys constantly in Windows, as well and pressing CTRL + Left Arrow to be able to move back one word in a sentence while I'm typing. The Mac doesn't react the same way.

Are there equivelant keys combinations in OS X? What about a way to map my keystrokes to match what I expect them to do?

There are - I'm not on my Mac right now to test, but I believe Option-left/right moves back and forth per word, while Cmd-left/right moves to the start or end of a line.