Aa, thank Hermes, that worked. You're a genius! I wish I could learn all these quick shortcuts. it would save me a lot of headaches. As for the numpad commander, I'm using a Macbook. So would that even be available? As for a Latin modifier, I've never heard of one.
On 3/30/08, Jacob Schmude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > Well, we just can't win. The reason VO commands won't work is that > they adapt themselves to the keyboard layout. However, if I understand > things correctly, the greek keyboard layout doesn't have any latin > letters on it. Is there a modifier or something that will temporarily > revert to the Latin alphabet, as that's what voiceover is expecting? > To switch back, go to the status menu with ctrl+f8 (built-in os x > shortcut) and use the same text input menu again. > Back on 10.4 a lot of users complained that VO did not map itself onto > new keyboard layouts. Now that it does, we're seeing the other side of > the coin, I guess. > My suggestion would be to map the keys you need to the numpad > commander, as I don't believe that is affected by the keyboard change. > Pretty much all the VO commands can be mapped this way, and you'd be > able to use them then. Not the ideal solution, but as Apple has not > internationalized Voiceover at this point I'm not sure what else to > suggest. The only non-latin keyboard layouts I've ever worked with > were Japanese, and they have a very quick way to switch back to the > Latin alphabet when needed. > > > > On Mar 30, 2008, at 5:49 PM, Tiffany D wrote: > > It definitely helped, but now, I can't get it back to english! I'm > > using a windows machine and am seriously considering switching back to > > windows if I can't solve this problem by creating a macros or > > something. I need a multilingual machine and this isn't cutting it. > > I can't use any of the VO commands because they won't work with the > > Greek keyboard layout. I tried hitting the off button and then > > turning it on again, hoping that it wouldn't save my settings, but it > > did. So how do I fix this? Microsoft got this one right with alt > > shift as a default to change this, no matter where you are. Btw, I > > actually can use command w and command q, jut not anything else. > > > > On 3/30/08, Jacob Schmude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi > >> The status menu is vo+m twice, it's where your battery, clock, and > >> other things show up. Pressing vo+space on the checkbox for me says > >> checked, but doesn't actually check the box. You need to use vo+cmd > >> +f5, then vo+shift+space to click the box. > >> hth > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mar 30, 2008, at 2:13 PM, Tiffany D wrote: > >>> Ok, I'm not sure what you meant about the mouse and when I tried vo > >>> shift space, it didn't work. I just looked at the options and hit vo > >>> space and it said the box was checked. But where do I find this > >>> status menu? Also, is there a quick hotkey to do this? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Tiffanitsa > >>> > >>> > >>> On 3/30/08, Jacob Schmude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> Hi > >>>> To add any keyboard, go to system preferences, then international. > >>>> Select the input menu tab, and check the keyboards you want > >>>> (there's a > >>>> lot of them). Note that I had to route the mouse to the "on" > >>>> checkbox > >>>> immediately to the left of each keyboard name and do vo+shift+space > >>>> to > >>>> actually click on the checkbox. > >>>> Once you've got more than one keyboard enabled, an icon will appear > >>>> on > >>>> your status menu called "text input." This is a pulldown menu from > >>>> which you can select any of the keyboards you have enabled. > >>>> hth > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Mar 30, 2008, at 10:38 AM, Tiffany D wrote: > >>>>> Geia sas, > >>>>> > >>>>> Can anyone please tell me how to add the Greek keyboard to the > >>>>> Macbook? I know how to do this in Windows, but have never > >>>>> attempted > >>>>> it in Leopard and don't want to wind up changing the whole > >>>>> system to > >>>>> Greek. *smile* Also, how to I switch between keyboard languages? > >>>>> > >>>>> thanks, > >>>>> Tiffanitsa > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > >
