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0 pointsAnonC1mo ago0 comments

> Apple's office suite is my favorite I've ever used, and it's not close.

I’ve written many comments criticizing this. Do you use a lot of keyboard shortcuts when you use Numbers or Pages or Keynote or do you use the trackpad/mouse a lot? I generally find these apps and others lacking on the keyboard front, by which I mean that it’s almost impossible to use them without a trackpad or a mouse. I can completely live with just a keyboard on Excel or LibreOffice Calc.

BTW, I hate all the MS Office applications (and find them quite buggy and annoying) except for Excel. Maybe I’m just a lot more used to using Excel.

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bt1a1mo ago

You may want to look into Karabiner Elements. Understandable if one doesn't want to have to allow a privileged daemon access to key inputs, but it allows for complex, application-focus-aware shortcuts. In the past I used a "Windows on MacOS" config preset because it allowed for my 60~70 key keyboard to operate similarly across win/linux/macos. Finally killed my last windows boot drive and main linux... but I do have a ritualistic annual step into a windows vm to file taxes on crack err with a crakced turbotax hehehe. In-tooits lobbying malpractice is deserving of petty flippancy

chongli1mo ago

Numbers has a lot of keyboard shortcuts [1]. Are there particular ones you're missing? Or is your issue that Numbers has different keyboard shortcuts from the ones you're used to in Excel?

[1] https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/numbers/tana45192591/m...

AnonCOP1mo ago

Actually both.

A lot of menu options don’t seem to have keyboard shortcuts. I know I can assign them, but defaults should be better.

But the second one hits harder for me: “Or is your issue that Numbers has different keyboard shortcuts from the ones you're used to in Excel?” Considering that Numbers came much later than Excel, some of the common ones could’ve been directly adapted with Mac specific substitutions (like using Cmd instead of Ctrl).

quietsegfault1mo ago

Can’t you set up keyboard shortcuts for basically any action in a MacOS app?

crooked-v1mo ago

As long as it has a menu item (easy) or is exposed to Automator/Shortcuts (more complicated).

cyberge991mo ago

There are apps to assign a key combinations to any menubar dropdown menus.

crooked-v1mo ago

You don't need an app for that, you can do it through through System Settings -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> App Shortcuts.

AnonCOP1mo ago

My issue is with the defaults that are (not) available in comparison to Excel or LibreOffice Calc.

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bt1a1mo ago

chongli1mo ago

Numbers has a lot of keyboard shortcuts [1]. Are there particular ones you're missing? Or is your issue that Numbers has different keyboard shortcuts from the ones you're used to in Excel?

[1] https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/numbers/tana45192591/m...

AnonCOP1mo ago

Actually both.

A lot of menu options don’t seem to have keyboard shortcuts. I know I can assign them, but defaults should be better.

quietsegfault1mo ago

Can’t you set up keyboard shortcuts for basically any action in a MacOS app?

crooked-v1mo ago

As long as it has a menu item (easy) or is exposed to Automator/Shortcuts (more complicated).

cyberge991mo ago

There are apps to assign a key combinations to any menubar dropdown menus.

crooked-v1mo ago

You don't need an app for that, you can do it through through System Settings -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> App Shortcuts.

AnonCOP1mo ago

My issue is with the defaults that are (not) available in comparison to Excel or LibreOffice Calc.

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