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Re: Shifting to Macs- how to manage to help win users



On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 14:00:12 +0100, Simon Slavin wrote
> On 8 Sep 2005, at 1:44pm, Thomas Waters wrote:
> 
> > the hardest thing for Win users is the key commands.  Apple-C  
> > instead of Control-C for copy.. that type of thing.  I looked at  
> > the Keyboard Shortcuts pane of the prefs, but don't see any way to  
> > make it use the control key instead of the Apple key.  Can it be done?
> 
> Macs are not windows machines.  If you're going to spend all your  
> time trying to make a Mac look like a Windows computer you might as  
> well have got a Windows computer to start with.
> 
> If they are to use Mac they'll have to be prepared to do things the  
> Mac way instead of the Windows way.  However, all menus actually 
> show  what keys to use to get the same result.  So if someone wants 
> to know  what keys to press to do the things in the 'Edit' menu all 
> they have  to do is click on that menu and look at it.  Next to each 
> item it  shows what keys to press.
> 
> Simon.

Gosh, are people really that childish that they can't move their fingers 
over to a new key?  That's just pitiful.

Simon's right.  No - in fact, take the computer away from them and give them 
a big fat pencil with no eraser (so they don't eat it).

Chris
(in a huff)

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