The Tips - Mac Kung Fu - page 119

Tip 112
Turn a Small Keyboard into a Big One
Modern Mac portables and the Apple wireless keyboard have a DELETE key,
which will delete characters behind the cursor. However, by holding down
the FN key (bottom left of the keyboard), you can turn the DELETE key into a
forward delete key, which, just like on a full-sized keyboard, will delete char-
acters in front of the cursor.
While we're on the subject, pressing the FN key at the same time as the
Up/Down cursor keys will turn them into PAGEUP / PAGEDOWN keys. Holding FN
while hitting the Left/Right cursor keys transforms them into HOME and END
keys, respectively, which will either scroll to the beginning/end of the docu-
ment or move the cursor to the beginning/end of the line, depending on which
application you're using.
Tip 113
Fix Ugly Fonts
If you attach a non-Apple external display, you might find fonts look a little
faint or gritty because the font antialiasing hasn't been correctly set. The fix
is easy—open a Terminal window (open Finder, select the Applications list,
and then in the list of applications double-click Terminal within the UTILITIES
folder), and type the following, logging out and back in afterward for the
changes to take effect:
DEFAULTS -CURRENTHOST WRITE -G APPLEFONTSMOOTHING -INT 2
Should this method not work for you or if you're unhappy with the results,
open a Terminal window, and type the following, logging out and back in
again for the changes to take effect:
DEFAULTS -CURRENTHOST DELETE -G APPLEFONTSMOOTHING