Donate SIGN UP

Deleting letters/ characters in front of the cursor on a Mac.

Avatar Image
thearchitect | 23:13 Thu 03rd Apr 2008 | Technology
4 Answers
If you're on "Word" or other document writing applications on a Mac running office, how would you get rid of text IN FRONT OF the flashing line thing which shows you where to write stuff. It would replace the "delete" button on any normal keyboard. Backspace removes the characters behind the flashy thing.

For all those that can understand me and are willing to try and answer.....thanks!!!
Gravatar

Answers

1 to 4 of 4rss feed

Best Answer

No best answer has yet been selected by thearchitect. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.

For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
the flashy thing is called a curser

hold down the function key and use delete should do what you want
Fn-Backspace.

(This is assuming you're on a laptop keyboard; full mac keyboards come with the regular delete key, in the position you're used to.)
Question Author
Ok thanks guys. Yeh that works! I was going to say cursor but I thought that was the arrow projected with the use of the mouse.
It's a name for both really; mouse cursor is more popular though I guess now.

One other name, still used in Emacs circles, etc., is 'point' for the cursor in a text document.

1 to 4 of 4rss feed

Do you know the answer?

Deleting letters/ characters in front of the cursor on a Mac.

Answer Question >>

Related Questions

Sorry, we can't find any related questions. Try using the search bar at the top of the page to search for some keywords, or choose a topic and submit your own question.