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Keyboard shortcuts in the finder and in directory, Dialog boxes 238 – Apple Macintosh PowerBook 145 User Manual

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2. Drag to the menu item so that the submenu appears.

3. Drag sideways to the submenu, drag to the submenu

item you want to choose so that it’s highlighted, and
then release the trackball or mouse button.

Keyboard shortcuts in the Finder and in
directory dialog boxes

Key

Action

Up, Down, Left,

Selects the next item in the direction of the

or Right Arrow key

arrow

Tab key

Selects the next item alphabetically (except in a
directory dialog box and the Chooser)

Character

Selects the first item whose name begins with

key (a, b, c . . .)

that character (or the character following
closest to it in the alphabet)

x

–Down Arrow

Opens the selected icon

x

Option–Down Arrow

Opens the selected icon and closes the current
folder

x

Up Arrow

Opens the folder that contains the current folder

x

Option–Up Arrow

Opens the folder that contains the current
folder and closes the current folder

Return or Enter

In the Finder: Selects the selected icon’s name
for editing or saves the edited name

In a dialog box: the same as clicking the button
with the bold outline around it

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