But you can also open the menu itself, and move to others, using the arrow keys. The key to this trick is turning on the initial controls in the Keyboard Shortcuts pane of Keyboard preferences.

I prefer to press the Ctrl, Shift, and arrow keys to make my text selections. Throw in a couple of function keys, and I can use my keyboard to select text faster than any mouser can.

Q: Help! My laptop has half-size keys, and this keyboard is almost impossible to use with my large fingers. What can I do? (The image at right shows two normal size left and right arrow keys, and two ...