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Thread ID: 120674	2011-09-20 05:48:00	Ergonomic keyboard but Apple commands not the same...	Beemer (6956)	Press F1

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1232379	2011-09-20 05:48:00	I remember reading a thread on here recently about what controls on a non-Apple keyboard do the same thing but I can't find it for the life of me. I have an iMac and installed a Microsoft ergonomic keyboard on the weekend, but I can't figure out how to copy and paste, save, etc! No problem on the wireless keyboard that came with the iMac but I can't type well on that so replaced it with the ergonomic one. Can someone please tell me how I can get it to do all those things that I need it to be able to do! Copy and paste is a pain to be without!	Beemer (6956)
1232380	2011-09-20 05:56:00	The keyboard should have come with MAC software. That's meant to allow remaping / changing the keys to a MAC layout. Edited: Go HERE (www.microsoft.com) -- Click on Keyboards - select your keyboard, select the MAC version of software - and it should allow you to do what you want.	wainuitech (129)
1232381	2011-09-20 05:58:00	Did you just plug the keyboard in? or did you install a driver for it as well as there used to be MS keyboard drivers for OSX, that came with a key mapping utility that allows you to change the mappings and told you what they were	Morgenmuffel (187)
1232382	2011-09-20 06:01:00	On mac its Command+C,V,X so you need to know what command maps to (probably the windows key)	Alex B (15479)
1232383	2011-09-20 06:04:00	It came with a disk and I am pretty sure I used that when installing it - I think it only gave me options for the layout (US or UK). I've just put the disk back in and it's doing something so maybe I *thought* I had installed it properly! It's been working as a keyboard, just perhaps not as well as it should - I'll restart now and see what happens.	Beemer (6956)
1232384	2011-09-20 06:08:00	The apple key is the equivalent to the windows key. copy and paste should be windows + c and windows + p	icow (15313)
1232385	2011-09-20 06:21:00	I tried that - I've gone into the menu of the keyboard I've installed (which was in the settings menu) and under options I've ticked 'swap Windows and Alt keys' as it says that swaps the Windows and Alt keys to match the physical layout of the Command and Option keys on standard Mac keyboards, but when I press the Windows key and the C key, I get a c with a grave (or whatever it's called) underneath it! And when I try Windows and V, it gives me a tick! But it is working with Alt+Tab, which it wasn't before. Just the Windows key. I tried using Control+C but that didn't do anything.	Beemer (6956)
1232386	2011-09-20 06:31:00	Have you installed any drivers or similar software?	icow (15313)
1232387	2011-09-20 06:59:00	That link to drivers didn't do anything as when I opened it I was prompted to check for new versions and it said that was the latest - and it was what I already had installed. I'd do a print screen to show you the keyboard dialogue box but of course I can't paste!	Beemer (6956)
1232388	2011-09-20 07:03:00	The apple key is the equivalent to the windows key. copy and paste should be windows + c and windows + p SHOULD be, but when I hold down the Windows key (just checking, it's the one with the little flag-like icon on it?) and the C key, I just get a lower case c with a bit off the bottom, and when I hold down the Windows key and the V key, it replaces it with a tick. Tried doing it with the Control key instead, but nothing at all happens then. I just realised you said Windows + p but even when I tried that, I got a Greek symbol that looks like TT!	Beemer (6956)
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