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The "§" character will be pasted into your word processor document.

On the Mac, open a word processor and type Option-6 to get the "§" character.Ĭlick on the Microsoft Remote Desktop Client window, click in a word processor on the Windows computer you are connecting to, and Paste. You can copy and paste characters and text between the Mac and the remote Windows session. To achieve that using a MacBook keyboard inside a Remote Desktop session, press Fn+Deleteĭo you want to master Batch Files programming? Look no further, the Batchography is the right book for you.Īvailable in print or e-book editions from Amazon.Here is the easiest way to do this. The “Delete” key on a PC keyboard lets you delete the character in front of the cursor. In the Mac keyboard, there is only the “delete” key which is the equivalent of the BackSpace key on a PC keyboard. The “Fn + Up/Down” equivalent on the Mac keyboard lets you do the same. PageUp or PageDown keys let you scroll one page up or down in a document. Pressing Ctrl+Home or Ctrl+End will take you to the top or the bottom of a document or file. Pressing the Fn key with the left / right arrow keys will emulate the HOME and END keys on a full PC keyboard. Press for instance: “Command+R” to trigger the Windows Run dialog, etc… The “Command” key is like the “Win” key, it triggers the Windows Start Menu. The following table will tell you what keys combination you can use on a MacBook keyboard to get the same behavior as if you were using a regular PC keyboard: PC keyboard hotkey Make sure your global keyboard hotkeys are unassigned (from the System Preferences / Keyboard / Shortcuts) before you proceed. Very Important: Some of the hotkeys below conflict with your macOS’s default global hotkeys. Make sure you use the RDP Client to remote into the Windows Machine in order for the following keyboard shortcuts to work.

This is different from the MacBook’s “Delete” key (which is equivalent to the “Backspace” key). What is important to know is that when using a MacBook’s keyboard, you don’t have all the keys that you usually have on a PC keyboard.Įssentially, you are missing the following keys: In this blog post, I am going to share with you how to get the missing keyboard keys that let you work in MS Windows via the remote desktop client under Mac OS X with the MacBook’s keyboard.