Thanks Greg. this seems to be my problem none of the keystrokes involving the function keys appear to be working. Later, Col. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Kearney" <gkearney@xxxxxxxxx> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 3:58 PM Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: My new MAC The very first thing you should do is to work through the VoiceOver tutorial several times to bring up the tutorial press the control- option-command and the F8 key. That would be the three keys to the left of the spacebar and the F8 key. The F-keys are at the top or your keyboard remember that the left most key on the top row is the escape key so F1 is the second key on that row. Greg Kearney 535 S. Jackson St. Casper, Wyoming 82601 307-224-4022 gkearney@xxxxxxxxx On Nov 18, 2007, at 9:23 PM, Col Shawx wrote: > G'day people. > > My name is Col Shawcross, I'm from Australia, and have been watching > this > list for a little while now. > I received my new IMac today, and am having problems accessing the > menus > etc. as described in the voiceover manuals from "Icanworkthisthing". > I have absolutely no idea what I am doing wrong. > looking for some simple advice. > the computer came with MAC Leopard installed. > I seemed to have worked through the welcome screen OK. but have no > idea what > is happening now. > when I press VO keys f8. for example to open the utilities menu > nothing > happens. > likewise with other option keys. > voiceover seems to be working at all times, so I must have that right. > > hope to hear from you with good advice. > Later, Regards. Col. > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link >> below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >