Depending on your System Preferences and/or Mac model (or type of keyboard) you may need to press fn F5 to bring up suggestions.Mactracker, PDF Expert, 1Password, Evernote, etc). However, other 3rd party apps do support it (e.g. For example, many Microsoft apps already use F5 to bring up the Find and Replace window, so F5 won't work to bring up suggestions. Support by 3rd party apps depends on the developer and/or whether the F5 key is already allocated to something else.For example, within Safari it works in the Address/Search bar, but probably won't work within forms/fields on web pages. TextEdit, Notes, Mail, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, etc) although there are some instances where it won't. In the Mac, Apple decided not to keep the Ins key, and Word was created for the Mac first I remember reading Rick Shauts blog about how this was something added under consumer demand somewhere around Word 6 but I cannot find the post.-Juan de Dios Santander Vela Electronics Engineer Astronomy Software Developer Ph.D. The F5 key should work in all Apple apps (e.g.it only appears when you want it to appear). You can then use the arrow keys (or mouse) to select the word you want (or just hit enter to accept the first word).Īnd, because this only appears when you press F5, it's not getting in your way (i.e. To use your example, below is a screenshot showing how this works when I type envir and press the F5 key: Yes, you certainly can! Just start typing your word and press F5 to reveal up to 20 possible words.
