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From: englund@snoopy.Colorado.EDU (ENGLUND TODD CHARLES)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Standard vs. Extended Keyboard
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Date: 31 Aug 90 21:11:02 GMT
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In article <3005@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes:
>Are the function keys really of much use?  What programs use
>them?

     Whether the function keys are useful or not really depends upon how much
use you can make of command macros.  Most software which will support Undo, Cut
Copy, or Paste will allow function keys F1 - F4 to be used instead.
     The real value of function keys is that they give you more keys that you
can assign commands (or series of commands) to using programs such as Quickeys,
Tempo II, or MacroMaker.  Although these programs can assign macros to non   
function keys also, in many cases other keyboard combinations are already taken
by software.  With any of these macro programs commands can be assigned to any
program.  They can be global or limited to a certain application, and can often
save much time and effort.

-Todd

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