No, keyboard shortcuts work just as well on a Mac, except navigating menus
via keyboard is a little different. The main difference is that macs mostly
use the command (aka apple) key in place of the control key. WinWord also
uses Function keys more, while the Mac OS uses the function keys, so
sometimes you have to work around that by reassigning keys (very easy).
I'm told that in the Windows version of Word, one can use a keyboard shortcut
to place/paste a headding (pre-formatted text, usually just a couple of words
at most, preferably an actual pre-set heading). I don't mean copy/paste; I
mean to define some text and arbitrarily insert it via keyboard command no
matter what's in the clipboard.
On both Mac and Win Word, you could use either AutoText or AutoCorrect for
this. AutoCorrect works better for unformatted and has inherent shortcut
keys, AutoText works better for long and formatted text but you have to
create the shortcut key (more below). See these links for how to set those
up, written for WinWord but easily convertible to Mac (see below for more
info).
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm
http://members.verizon.net/~vze27sds/autotext.htm
The second question I have is again based on the Windows version of Word one
can select text and use a keyboard command to make it all uppercase.
The best thing to do to learn and use keyboard shortcuts is to go into Tools
| Customize, click on Keyboard, and explore the options. It will list all
the commands, show you if there is an existing shortcut, and let you change
or assign a new one. Menus on the left, commands on the right.
ChangeCase is under Format, but I'm not sure whether you can create a
shortcut key for UpperCase or if the existing one simply toggles through
three cases. From sentence case, however, UpperCase is usually the next
option. (I can't give you the defaults b/c I can never remember what I've
changed myself--best to see what is already setup on your systems).
This is also where you would assign a keyboard shortcut for the AutoText you
just created, scroll down in the left column to find the AutoText menu.
As far as I can tell, all the commands available via Tools | Customize are
the same for Mac and WinWord. Obviously, that same menu lets you customize
toolbars.
For the most part, Word on the Mac is very similar to WinWord. Internal
manipulations might be on different menus, but are all there. MacWord menus
are most similar to WinWord 2000. Macros are at VBA5, equivalent to Word 97,
and the main difference seems to be no active-x. Also, Tools | Options in
WinWord is the Preferences menu in MacWord (under the Word menu). See here
for more info (might not work in Safari, sorry):
A note on the differences between Mac and WinWord:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/Differences.htm
This page should help you understand the pages above which are written for
WinWord. See below for a bit more.
Hope that helps,
DM
PS. For Mac-specific problems that involve glitches with Word, or
software/hardware interactions or installation issues rather than
manipulating Word itself to produce a document, you are probably better off
posting in a Mac newsgroup:
microsoft.public.mac.office.word
microsoft.public.mac.office
microsoft.public.mac.office.excel
microsoft.public.mac.office.powerpoint
microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
You can access these through the MS site, via Google Groups, or by setting
up a newsreader.
For direct links to the Google interface for Mac NGs:
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http://www.microsoft.com/mac/community/community.aspx?pid=newsgroups>
Newsreaders are usually most efficient--here's a link on how to configure a
newsreader (e.g. Entourage or Outlook Express)
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http://www.microsoft.com/mac/community/community.aspx?pid=newsgroups&page=n
ewsgroupsetup>
Here's a link on how to spamproof your address to protect it if using
Entourage:
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http://www.entourage.mvps.org/help/nospam.html>
If using Outlook Express
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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/techie.grim/macfaq/articles/046.html>
