Re: a few new mac questions

2010-09-04 Thread Cheree Heppe
ds, Cheree Heppe - Original Message - From: "Teresa Cochran" To: Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 8:32 AM Subject: Re: a few new mac questions Just out of curiosity, what do you do if you don't have an fn key? Do you use the volume, etc. keys on the keyboard? Teresa O

Re: a few new mac questions

2010-09-04 Thread Scott Howell
You can use the hardware keys, but unless your using a keyboard that does not have a fn key, you won't have this problem. Keep in mind if you do not have a fn key, your going to have to either reach to the machine to perform this task (i.e. if you have an external keyboard with a notebook) or co

Re: a few new mac questions

2010-09-04 Thread Teresa Cochran
Just out of curiosity, what do you do if you don't have an fn key? Do you use the volume, etc. keys on the keyboard? Teresa On Sep 4, 2010, at 3:26 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > MJ, > > I am going to assume that you are referring to switching the function keys to > perform software functions inste

Re: a few new mac questions

2010-09-04 Thread Scott Howell
MJ, I am going to assume that you are referring to switching the function keys to perform software functions instead of hardware functions. If that is the case, you will find this setting in System Preferences, keyboard, and look for the following: "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard functio

Re: a few new mac questions

2010-09-03 Thread Sarah Alawami
If I remember correctly, the fn thing is under keyboard under system prefs. I don't exactly remember where as I made the change about 6 months ago. lol! On Sep 3, 2010, at 21:55, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Ok, I can definitely answer your first two questions. > > 1. I don't remember T¬bird in det

Re: a few new mac questions

2010-09-03 Thread Teresa Cochran
Ok, I can definitely answer your first two questions. 1. I don't remember T¬bird in detail, but you should be able to go to an export option and save the address book as a .csv (comma separated values text file). That option should be in the file menu. If it isn't there, it may be in the option

a few new mac questions

2010-09-03 Thread Matthew Johnson
hay all: ok, allow me to demonstrate my being a newby once again with a few questions, going to the mac store tomorrow! 1: I have like 200 contacts, all in thunderbird, how on earth do I get those over the mac? I'll google for this if need be but if any of you have a quick way to do it let m