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At work I normally use a Windows laptop. My group recently bought a Mac mini to start playing with mobile. A monitor was not purchased. Instead it was deemed that we would access the mini with ultraVNC viewer.

This works for most things, but I am a heavy keyboard shortcut person. Trying to use cut and paste shortcuts just jumps my editor all around. It is very frustrating and slows down my productivity. Is there a way when I hit ^-c on my PC, in the viewer that it emulates ⌘-C?

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You may be able to make use of keyboard combinations by using the ALT or possibly the Windows Key.

Example to Copy: Use ALT C or Windows Key C.

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Alt C worked. Not awful since it's about where command would be. – Rick May 12 '12 at 19:58
That's great! But how about the other modifier keys? How can I emulate the remote Mac's Alt key from a Windows PC? – Kkkev Sep 6 '12 at 11:58
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Try hitting Windows-C when in the VNC viewer.

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That didn't work for me. – Rick May 11 '12 at 13:31
You'll have to look around at different VNC viewers to see which have Mac support. – CajunLuke May 11 '12 at 14:08

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