Different ways to do the same thing

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Torley's dashing down some quick ideas...

There are often "different ways to do the same thing" in Second Life, or in other words, various paths to one goal. For example, a newcomer may prefer using the mouse to click menu options, but when you know there are keyboard shortcuts, you can graduate to those. Here are some quick examples and links to more info:

Movement and camera controls

"Special" keys "Letter" keys (when chat bar doesn't have focus)
Move forward w
Move backward s
Turn left (strafe left in mouselook) a
Turn right (strafe left in mouselook) d


Jump tap Page Up tap e
Fly up hold Page Up hold e
Fly down (or crouch, when on the ground) hold Page Down hold c

You can move your avatar using the arrow keys or the W A S {k|D}} keys (click inworld to give it focus instead of the chat bar). Similarly, you can fly using {{

On the Viewer's bottom bar, there are Move and View controls you can click on.

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