or you could pick up an extra keypad. I think they make bluetooth ones now.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaun Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 10:44 AM Subject: Re: Apple Keyboard I just called Apple and because I need the number pad I will have to go with the wired aluminum keyboard. At least it saves me $30 bucks but I have to deal with a cord. Thanks for your input. On Jan 4, 2008, at 10:37 AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > I have the new aluminum bluetooth keyboard. I like it very much but > there are a couple of things I should probably mention. > > 1. It does not have function keys 13-16 so if you have anything > you've assigned to those keys you will have to reassign. I spent > forever on the phone with Apple about this yesterday because they > kept trying to tell me how to adjust brightness, which apparently > was a function of the f13-14 keys on the old keyboards, when what I > wanted to know was whether there was a way to use those function > keys not whether there was a work-around for certain functions Apple > had assigned to them. We finally determined that f13-16 just plain > aren't doable on these keyboards. > > 2. There is no numeric keypad so you have to use the fn key. I'm > trying to decide whether this means one shouldn't bother programming > the numerickeypad for voiceover, since you end up having to use both > hands just as you would with vokeys. Of course the keyboard is a lot > smaller so maybe you could do more with one hand but I haven't tried > to develop this yet. I'd be interested in what other people with the > aluminum keyboard are doing about this. > > 3. I had initial trouble pairing and I don't know why. It seems > there must be some kind of trick as to where you are with the > cursors on the original keyboard when you do your entry with the > bluetooth keyboard; I just know it took me a lot more trials to pair > with the aluminum than with the older bluetooth keyboards. > > All that having been said, I like the touch and I like the size and > I like the lighter weight and i like not having that huge battery > compartment. > > >
