Hi
The numpad is available by using the fn key in combination with the
right half of the keyboard, the layout is similar to what you'd find
on most PC laptops. I don't know if the greek keyboard has a latin
modifier, it probably doesn't but it was just an idea.
On Mar 31, 2008, at 3:58 AM, Tiffany D wrote:
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
