MATLAB: Do some of the keyboard shortcuts not work in MATLAB 7.6 (R2008a) on a Mac OS

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Several of my keyboard shortcuts do not work, such as the shortcut to evaluate a selection of code in the MATLAB Editor (Shift-F7).

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This change has been incorporated into the documentation in Release 2009b (R2009b). For previous releases, read below for any additional information:
If your keyboard shortcuts containg the F1 through F12 buttons do not work with MATLAB running on a Mac OS, there are two possible solutions:
1. Under your Mac system's Settings -> Keyboard & Mouse Preferences -> Keyboard tab, check if "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" is selected.
2. Try using the function key in the shortcut. For example, press Shift-Function-F7 instead of Shift-F7 to evaluate a selection of code.
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