Good evening Richie,
Thanks for the detailed response.
Stupid question, I assume that VO is the voiceover key, would that be the
function key on this macbook?
Thanks,
Everett
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richie Gardenhire" <[email protected]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: Installing Leopard
There is a VoiceOver Quick Start guide, should you want to use it, and
you just press the spacebar if you want to use it. Second, if you don't
want to fill out the registration forms, simply bypass them; having said
that, I personally, would recommend filling them out so that if you need
information directly from the company, they can better serve you with
answers to your questions. The other option is to go to your Mac store
and fill out the forms there and the store will have a record of your
transactions, which they will send to Apple, anyway. Either way, it's
better to be safe than sorry. As far as installation, simply follow the
prompts you hear; it's fairly straightforward, if you are familiar with
how other screenreaders prompts you to install their programs. You can
also uninstall the operating system just as easily, but would you really
want to, once you get comfortable with it? There is context-sensitive
help throughout the operating system, and pressing VO+cammand+f8 will
bring up the VoiceOver Quick Start guide. VO+K brings up Keyboard
Practice, and this is useful if you're not yet comfortable with your
keyboard layout. This list is a great source of information which will
help you to enjoy your Mac experience. And feel comfortable to ask
questions, if you're not sure of something. Take care. Richie
Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska.
On Dec 30, 2008, at 3:05 PM, E.J. Zufelt wrote:
Good evening,
* Disclaimer, I have never used a Mac *
I have a MacBook here that is about a year and a half old Core Duo
2.0ghz. I have the Leopard install CD and would like to completely
reload the operating system.
A few questions:
1. Is there a partition manager on the Leopard CD, or in OS X itself?
2. Once the CD has finished running is there a way to get past all of
the registration screens without completing them?
3. Is there an Installing Leopard with Voiceover tutorial somewhere?
4. Is there a quick reference to get me started with Voiceover and OS X?
Not looking for a long guide here, just a couple of pages to give me the
basics.
I'm sure there will be many more questions to follow.
Thanks in advance,
Everett
