Hi Donna, Congratulations on your getting a Mac. Chris and Keith put it better than I could; I just want to say, in addition to their comments, that the manual is organized in such a way, you can go back and forth between sections when reading; once you get comfortable with the exercises in the manual, and you familiarize yourself with how the command structure is set up on the Mac, it will become almost second nature to you. Good luck and have a good time with your Mac experience, and remember, we are here for you. Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska.
On Jul 21, 2008, at 9:37 AM, Chris Gilland wrote:
Hey, no problem! We're glad to help. Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: Donna Goodin To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 1:31 PM Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: arrow keys on Mac? Thanks, Chris and Keith. Best, DonnaFrom: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ] On Behalf Of Chris GillandSent: Monday, July 21, 2008 12:56 PM To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: arrow keys on Mac? You need to go to http://www.apple.com/accessibility Click on seeing.Then go down to the voice over getting started manual. They have it either in pdf format, or in mp3 format. Not trying to steer myself away from helping you. It's just if you do not know the fundimentals like what the vo keys are even, it's gonna be very difficult trying to explains things. To interact with an item, asswuming it is a type item that you can interact with like a table, a list, an outline, etc. you need to do vo+shift+down arrow to interact, then vo shift up arrow to stop interacting. remember by vo, also known as vo keys, you hold down control and option.Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: Donna Goodin To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 11:22 AM Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: arrow keys on Mac?Thanks, Chris. No I wasn’t, I didn’t know any of this. So, then to interact with an item, do I press enter, or use the mousepad?TIA, DonnaFrom: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ] On Behalf Of Chris GillandSent: Monday, July 21, 2008 10:55 AM To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: arrow keys on Mac? Donna,For one, were you using the voice over keys with the arrow keys? You need to hit control+option while moving around with the arrow keys.Then do vo+space, or in other words control+option+space to select an item.Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: Donna Goodin To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 10:51 AM Subject: [macvoiceover] arrow keys on Mac? Hello all, This is Donna Goodin, I was on the list a few weeks back.I had a chance to go into an Apple store on Friday, and played around a bit with a Mac. One thing I noticed was that the arrow keys don’t seem to do anything, i.e. you can’t use them to navigate around the screen. Is this normal? If yes, how do you navigate the screen? Using Tab kind of worked, but it didn’t seem to get you everywhere on the screen. I did play around a bit with trying to use the mouse pad, it was OK, but not very precise. If the arrow keys are supposed to work, what should I have done to enable them?TIA, Donna
