Beginners Keyboard Question

[picnic]

I've recently got an iMac, been using PCs since the DOS days & then Windows since Windows for Playgroups was around.

I have a small problem, this iMac came with the little ali wireless keyboard. Now several hot keys things show an icon I can't see. It's an almost complete circle with an arrow pointing at 10 O'clock ish. One of its default uses is in forcefully quitting an application used along side the alt and cmd keys.

Can some kind sole tell me what the special key is and where I can find it on my keyboard.

Ta muchly

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Not sure what you mean?

http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/07/mackeyboards_compared.jpg

Are you talking about the icon on the F4 key? I map that to Dashboard, never used it for anything else.

 

[picnic]

No it's not the Dashbord one, here is a screen shot for the Front Row Hide/Show default key mapping.

I can't see it on any of the keyboards you've posted.

 

[Skully]

It's the command button.

 

[picnic]

The left hand icon is the command button but what's the right hand icon?

 

[Skully]

Ok I see.

Just took this off a google.

Option-Command-esc Force Quit

 

[picnic]

Ah ha - thanks. Shame they couldn't write it out like they do the space

Pictures don't always make a 1000 words.

 

[Skully]

For future note as well, because I still have to look up print screen nearly six years down the line...

http://www.digitalmindcomputers.com/mac-keyboard-shortcuts/

 

[picnic]

That's rather useful, thanks