Hello Paul and all:
If you use control plus option plus M and arrow down to the system preferences
option and press enter, you get an area that has a scroll area, a back and
forward button and some other things. If you can land on the scroll area, you
want to interact with it by using the VO keys plus shift plus down arrow. Once
you interact with this scroll area you will see buttons ... appearance,
dashboard and expose, doc, international, and more. If you keep using the VO
keys plus right arrow, you will eventually find the system preferences button.
Use VO keys plus spacebar on the system preferences button and you will be
there. You may need to interact with certain areas in the preferences using VO
keys plus shift plus down arrow.
Now, if you do not want to do it this way, you can use VO keys plus the letter
D to bring up your doc. If you use the left arrow, you will find something
called system preferences. Use VO keys plus spacebar to open it. Again, once
inside you may have to use VO keys plus shift plus down arrow to interact with
some things.
I hope that is of some use. Oh yes, VO keys are the control and option keys.
You probably already know that though I would hate for jargon to keep you from
getting your task done.
Good luck.
Patrick ----- Start Original Message -----
From: "Paul Traynor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby the
blind'" <[email protected]>
Subject: Can't open System Preferences!
> Hi All,
>
> Whenever I go to the menu with "Control, options, M" and arrow down to
> System Preferences it seems to want to open the hard drive icon on the
> desktop so I can't get access to this area on my Mac. I have tried different
> things even checking to see if it was correctly highlighted but no joy. It
> looks like the system preferences icon has somehow pointed itself to the mac
> hard drive icon on the desktop, is there any solution to this problem so I
> can get access to items within the system preferences section.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
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