F1 Help for Commands

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F1 Help for Commands

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I am leaning PureBasic on an iMac. A friend who has PureBasic running on a PC told me how to get an explanation of commands highlighted or in color in the source code by pressing F1 and clicking on the highlighted command. It does not work on my computer.

Is there an analogous help procedure for the Mac?

Thank you for your help.

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Re: F1 Help for Commands

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On a iMac, the F1 key is used to decrease the brightness of the screen.
To let PB think you pressed the F1 key, keep the [ fn ] key pressed while you press [ F1 ] .
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Re: F1 Help for Commands

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wilbert wrote:On a iMac, the F1 key is used to decrease the brightness of the screen.
To let PB think you pressed the F1 key, keep the [ fn ] key pressed while you press [ F1 ] .
wilbert,

What is the [fn] key?

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Re: F1 Help for Commands

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It's a key with fn on it.
If you have a keyboard with a numeric Keypad, it's located in the block of keys above the cursor keys. If you have a wireless keyboard without numeric keypad, it's at the bottom left.
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Re: F1 Help for Commands

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wilbert wrote:It's a key with fn on it.
If you have a keyboard with a numeric Keypad, it's located in the block of keys above the cursor keys. If you have a wireless keyboard without numeric keypad, it's at the bottom left.
wilbert,

I'm sorry that I was so unobservant. I tried it and it works wonderfully.

Thank you for your help.

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