Using the Apple MacBook Pro

I am new to Apple, having been a PC user for the past 20 years! To be honest I should have moved to Apple years ago! However, I have a couple of fairly basic questions that I could do on PC but dont appear to be able to do so easily on a Mac.... Can anyone help???
a. To delete I can only delete backwards, is there a way of deleting text in front of the cursor? (i.e on a pc there is a delete key)
b. To got to the front or end of a line of text - Is this possible (On a pc there is home and end keys)
c. When you have multiple windows open, how can i see them all and then point to the one I want? (On a PC these were all minimized onto the bottom system bar) On the Mac, it doesn't seem to do this?

a. Fn+Delete = forward delete.
b. Option+PageUp = go to front of line. Option+PageDn = go to end of line.
c. Several options for this. Expose is one (System Preferences > Dashboard & Expose). There are commands (or hot corners) to Show All Windows, Show Application Windows, and Show Desktop. For the F keys (top row) that normally control hardware, Fn+Fkey will activate Expose. Another option is ⌘-Tab, which is similar (but not the same as) Alt-Tab in Windows. ⌘-Tab cycles between open applications; ⌘-` (the key above tab) cycles between open documents within an application. You can also use ⌘-H to hide most applications (some have a different key command, but it will be in the Application menu (the one next to the Apple menu). Hide does just that, hides the app including all it's open documents. You can get back to it with ⌘-Tab, or by clicking on it's dock icon (active apps have a little triangle under/next to them.
Hope this helps...

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