- #THE EQUIVALENT OF THE WINDOWS DELETE KEY ON MAC HOW TO#
- #THE EQUIVALENT OF THE WINDOWS DELETE KEY ON MAC PRO#
The trick is to remember that fn+Delete is really a keyboard shortcut to the Delete key on a Mac.
#THE EQUIVALENT OF THE WINDOWS DELETE KEY ON MAC HOW TO#
How to Delete Cell and Range Contents in Excel for Mac Not the kind of behavior that occurs in Excel for Windows. The range contents are still there, with the exception of the active cell. You have to hit the Enter key, which does nothing but take you to the next cell. You have to hit the enter key to finish deleting the contents, but this act also moves the active cell to the next cell down.Īnd if you’ve selected a range and hit the Delete key, the active cell contents are deleted and the cursor is stuck inside the cell in edit mode. In Excel for Mac it does that, but the cursor also gets stuck inside the cell in edit mode. Hitting the Delete key is supposed to delete the contents of the active cell, for cryin’ out loud. I mean, this is Excel we’re talking about here. So there’s a tendency to forget about how the Delete key works on a Mac. Excel for MacĪnyway, when using Excel on a Mac - I’ve got versions 20 - you run into a learning curve with all the unusual shortcut keys, function keys ( 1, 2), and menu and ribbon things that are different from the Windows version of Excel. I’m not the only one who’s decided to start using a Mac after a lifetime of Windows abuse use.
But hey, this is my blog, think what you like. Of course if you’re a long time Mac user you probably think I’m cuckoo. ( Skip to video)Īfter a while, you get used to the idea that the Delete key on a Mac is really a backspace key and using fn+Delete gives you the real Delete key action. To press the delete button on Mac computers you have to hold down the fn key and the Delete key at the same time when you want to delete something on a Mac.
Where Is the Excel Delete Button on MacĪfter some consternation, I learned where is the delete button on a Mac. Ingrained, I tell you.īut all of that knowledge was shattered upon getting a Mac. I mean, since my background is with Windows, I have ingrained knowledge on how the Delete Key works on a computer.
#THE EQUIVALENT OF THE WINDOWS DELETE KEY ON MAC PRO#
Ever since I bought my MacBook Pro I’ve known the Delete key on a Mac isn’t really a Delete key. I have no earthy idea why it took me so long to figure out how to delete the contents of a cell or range in Excel for Mac.
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