Ya know, I think I may have hit f6, but I will try that tonight. Thank you so much!
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Esther Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 1:11 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind Subject: RE: can't get voiceover utility to come up HI Jed, If you accidentally pressed the F6 key just to the right of the F5 key, you put your keyboard into numeric keypad mode. Try pressing the F6 key once to toggle this behavior off, and then press control-option F8 again. (And even on a laptop you don't need to press a function key before F8, or currently for any of the function keys F8 through F12). Another warning: if you've turned VoiceOver off and have toggled the F6 num lock key, when you reboot you may not be able to hear VoiceOver start up when you start your computer. You may have to toggle the F6 key first before you can start up VoiceOver with command-F5 or function command-F5 if you're on a laptop. If the num lock key (F6 on a Mac) is toggled on, you should also hear numbers "1 2 3" when you press the "j k l" keys. Numeric keypad entry mode is used to make entering numbers very fast -- all the numbers and math operation symbols can be quickly accessed with your right hand as though you were using a separate number pad. On a U.S. keyboard, "u i o" is "4 5 6" and "7 8 9" is just the same keys you type with num lock off. The "0" key is typed with "m". Oddly enough, this issue came up in an offlist email exchange last month, where pressing the F6 key allowed the user to restart VoiceOver after his machine had been shut down with VoiceOver turned off. >>> On 18 Sep 2007, at 06:24, Jed Barton wrote: >>> >>>> hey guys, >>>> any ideas why i can't get the voiceover utility to configure it to >>>> come up? I tried command option f8, but nothing. >>>> I even tried control option f8, and nothing. Cheers, Esther
