In addition to what others have said, I'd add the following. * In Windows, you press alt, optionally with a letter, to access menus or ribbons. On the Mac, you press vo-m to get to the menu bar. There is no option to add a letter to open a specific menu, but you can arrow through menus just like on Windows as well as start typing the name of the menu you want to jump to it. As in Windows, right arrow opens submenus, down opens primary menus, left/right when not in a submenu moves between menus, escape leaves menus, and so on. Note again that you can simply begin typing the menu option you want once in a menu. Also remember that holding down the VO key during all this is optional. I never do it.
* In Windows, you'd get to the system try with win-b. On the Mac, press vo-m twice (you can simply hold down the VO key and tap m twice). This moves you to the status menus, the equivalent of the Windows task tray for the most part. Unlike regular menus, you must hold down the VO key while arrowing left and right between menus, and typing to jump to a menu doesn't work. It will once you open a menu with vo-space. Here you have access to bluetooth, wifi, notifications, time/date, battery, and so on. Apps will also sometimes add themselves here, like Dropbox. * On Windows, you open the Control Panel to change most system settings. On the Mac, you press vo-m, down arrow immediately to open the Apple menu, choose System Preferences, and press enter. You can interact with the scroll area, or simply tab, to get to all the buttons of options. Type the option you want to jump to it, or vo-arrow through all of them. Space or vo-space on an option to open it, cmd-left bracket to close it and get back to the main preferences screen, or just cmd-q to close everything. There are rarely "apply" or "OK" buttons; preferences change as you change them, with no need to spend extra time saving things. * In Windows, you press the Windows key or ctrl-escape to open the Start Menu, where you can type text to search for it. On the Mac, press cmd-space to bring up Spotlight, which fulfills the same role. For example, press cmd-space, start typing "system preferences", and after a few letters VO will announce the top match. When that match is what you want, press enter. * A few quick equivalents: * alt-f4: cmd-q * ctrl-f4 (close window): cmd-w * move to next window, such as between open documents in a text editor: cmd-accent (add shift to move backward) * alt-tab: cmd-tab (add shift to move backward) * alt-left/right in a web browser: cmd-left bracket/right bracket * Win-m or Win-d: vo-shift-d * Jump to Dock, closer to what Windows calls the desktop: vo-d * There is a great deal more to say, but that should get you started. Let us know if you have specific questions about anything. -- Alex Hall > On Sep 19, 2017, at 00:58, Michelle's Home Emails <m1stev...@wideband.net.au> > wrote: > > Hi list > > Michelle stevens here, again, > > Sorry my last message was a bit jumbled. > Is there a list of mac equivalents a person can use transitioning from > windows to mac. E.g. Control c cmd c to copy and select all control a > command ^a. > > Michelle > > > Sent from Michelle's iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
