Yes please I'd like to know as well. -----Original Message----- From: Pat Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 28 February 2009 17:31 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: netbooks
How does one go about doing that? <smile> Thanks. Pat Ferguson At 09:06 AM 2/28/2009, you wrote: >Hello Pat. All of the computers with an Intel video card do this. >When you press control-alt-arrow keys, they rotate your screen. You >will have to disable the intel graphic card hot keys from its >options. Once you do this, they will work to adjust the speech on the fly. > >Many thanks. > >Pat Ferguson wrote the following on 2/27/2009 12:00 PM: >>Hi Everyone, >>I'm loving my Acer Aspire 1 Netbook, because the numpad is just like >>this: FN key: J, K, L. FN Key: U, I, O. >>FN Key: 7, 8, and 9. >>Now, I haven't figured out where the numpad slash for the left >>click of the Window-Eyes Mouse, and the right click keys would be. >>This Blue Netbook has two back slashes. One is down by the left >>shift key, and that is weird, because I often hit it, when reaching >>for the left shift key. The other backslash key is up by the enter key. >>I love the battery life. >>There is one weird thing, that is happening, however with Window-Eyes. >>I can not use the control-alt down arrow or control-alt left arrow, >>and right arrows. It turns the screen upside down. lol. >>However, FN key, and Up arrow does raise the volume, and FN key and >>the down arrow lowers the volume. >>Another strange thing that is happening, is when I open up Windows >>Explorer, to copy things from a thumb drive to my hard drive, it >>opens several windows of Explorer with my C. drive. That is very >>weird. Then, I end up having to close up a bunch of windows. lol. >>If anyone has any ideas, I would appreciate knowing them. <smile> >>Thanks. >>Pat Ferguson >> >>At 11:07 PM 2/25/2009, you wrote: >>>1. fn-key together with the embedded number pad keys are disabled. >>>So pressing fn-key together with j k l u i o 7 8 9 does not give >>>me the number pad equivelements. This means that I cannot use the >>>default keyboard layout and the mouse movement hot keys. This >>>means I can't read the current line with control-number pad-5 >>>because it would use the embedded number pad. >>> >>>2. Keys such as comma, period, and slash are too narrow which >>>means more typos for my fingers. >>> >>>3. fn-key and control-key are switched around. On most laptops >>>I've used and gotten used to, the control key comes first. Then as >>>you ggo to the right, it goes fn-key, windows, alt, and space. >>> >>>Other than those issues, it is a good machine. If you don't care >>>about using the number pad, or you are ok with switching keyboard >>>layouts, or you are ok with remapping hot keys to your likes, then >>>number 1 is a non-issue. If your fingers are shaped such that the >>>comma, period, and slash keys are not pressed wrongly quite a bit, >>>then number 2 is a non-issue. Lastly, there is a bios hack which >>>allows you to switch the fn-key and the control key so they are >>>the "right way". So that too can be a non-issue. >>> >>>Hope this helps. >>> >>>Andy Baracco wrote the following on 2/25/2009 11:35 PM: >>>>What are the other strikes? >>>>At 12:22 PM 2/25/2009, you wrote: >>>>>fn-key-f3 will disable the mouse. However you will have to do >>>>>this each time you reboot. One of the many strikes I have >>>>>against this netbook *smile*. >>>>> >>>>>John Gallagher wrote the following on 2/24/2009 8:09 AM: >>>>>>Hi Jim >>>>>>I personally use the mswind u100 which is very good indeed and >>>>>>works with window eyes very well. >>>>>>the only thing is I am trying to disable the mouse. >>>>>>cheers. >>>>>>If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >>>>>>sender only. 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