You wrote:
Hi all, many of you probably know this, but I was listening to Mike
Arrigo's excellent ddemo of the mac, and he gave a handy command for
navigating a web site which locks voice over on, and it is command
option simi colon, just remember to turn it off when you leave a web
page or close safari.
Actually, Martie, it's ctrl+option simi colon, not command option.
Remember, control optin is the voice modifier keys.
You wrote:
Incidently, are there quick navigation keys to
get to things like forms, tables, and such in safari, and if not
safari, in voice over,
That depends on if you get Tiger, or if you get Leopard, however, if you're
getting a new Mac, face it, it'll have Leopard.
In Tiger, no there is not.
In Leopard which again, is most likely what you'd get, you can do
option+Tab, to move to the next form field, and optino shift tab to move
back. That won't work though until you set it in Safari preferences.
To get to the preferences, just open safari, and hit command+comma.
Also, control+option+command+H will jump you heading by heading, and control
option shift command h, will go to previous heading.
control+option+F will search for any text on the screen.
Tab and shift tab in safari will move you from link to link.
control+option+U will bring up a links chooser list kind of like the jaws
insert F7, or the Window eyes insert+Tab.
control+option+i will bring up the item chooser list, which you then can
use to locate an item on the screen.
command+tab will move you from running application to running application
control+option+F1 pressed twice will bring up the application chooser, which
is basicly the jaws equivalent of insert+F10.
control+option+J will jump you to another area of the screen. I don't uase
that command much, so someone else'll have to comment more on vo+J.
control+option+F2 twice in a row will bring the window chooser up, letting
you focus to different opened windows within an application. Say for
example, you have a document up, then in that same app, you have the save
window up, this will let you select which window of those two to focus on.
In safari, command+L will take you to the location bar, to type in a web
address then hit return.
When in the finder,
control+option+shift+D will take you to the desktop.
command+shift+A will take you to the applications folder.
command+shift+H will take you to your home directory
Command+shift+C will take you to your computer
and finally, command+shift+U will take you to your Utilities folder.
You wrote:
also, when you get your mac, is it set to go
to apple's page, or a similar page,
I haven't had it set to default in so long. I know that yes you are taken
to a apple based page, but a corse that can be easily enough changed under
general in the Safari preferences.
You wrote:
and how do you tell it not to go to
any page when you open safari?
Aah, Again: real easy. When you go into preferences,
Then, go to general.
There is an option under there you can vo+space on to select. I think it
says use blank, or something to that effect. It'll be obvious.
When done changing the preferences, just hit command+W, which basicly is the
Windows equivalent of hitting control+F34. Not alt=F4, but control+F4.
Basicly, command+W closes the current window of an application, without
qjitting the whole application. If you wanna quit! an application, as I am
sure by now you know, when you're on the application, hit command+Q to quit.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Hey, it's my pleasure.
Don't worry about it, that's what we're here for!
Chris.
