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Keyboard Shortcuts in Mac OS 8 & 9

Below are the most frequently used keyboard shortcuts in Mac OS 8 and 9.

Top ten shortcuts
Mac key convention: 'Ctrl' is used for 'Control', 'Apple' is used for 'Command' and 'Alt' is used for the 'Option' key.

  1. 'Apple' + 'letter' - Activates menu items where the letter and Apple key is shown next to the item in a menu for example in Word a new document would be 'Apple' + 'N'.
  2. 'Apple' + 'Z' - Undo the last action.
  3. 'Apple' + 'Tab' - Quickly switch between current running programs.
  4. 'Tab' - Select the next icon or file alphabetically on the desktop or in a folder .
  5. 'Apple' + 'O' - Open a highlighted folder, document or application icon
  6. 'Apple' + 'W' - Closes current window .
  7. 'Apple' + 'C' - Copies selected text\graphics to the clipboard.
  8. 'Apple' + 'V' - Pastes text\graphics from the clipboard.
  9. 'Apple' + 'X' - -Cuts selected text\graphics to the clipboard.
  10. 'Ctrl' + 'Mouse click' - Right button mouse click.

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