Hi Sean, There are a number of ways to do this.
1. From the Dock. If you've not changed anything since getting your Mac, all of the most common apps on the mac will be in the Doc, which is a area of the screen populated by icon that represent applications. It's analogous to the Start Menu/Task Bar/System Tray. You can get to it in two ways; either by pressing VO keys *Control and Option held down) with D or by pressing Control + F3. The latter is an OS X shortcut but both do the same thing.¬ You can then use your arrow keys to move along the Dock. Press Enter/Return to open the app. You'll also notice that when an app opens, an icon representing it will appear in the Dock. It will stay there while the app is running and disappear when you quit it. There are ways to keep it in the Dock if it is something you use frequently, if that is your preferred way of accessing apps, but that's for another post. 2. Spotlight Spotlight is an integrated search tool within OS X. It is very powerful, and also serves as an app launcher. I think the default shortcut for opening the Spotlight search field is Control + Space. I've changed mine to Command+Space. You can then type the name of the app or a few letters of the app. Spotlight is context-sensitive and so will try to goes. For example, "Saf" will give you Safari. You can then arrow up and down the available choices, pressing Enter to select your choice. 3. The Applications folder In Finder, press Command+Shift+A This will bring up a window with all of your currently installed applications. Press Command+O to open your choice. That should eli you on your way for now, but remember also that you've got the VoiceOver help Available to you. Pressing VO keys + H will bring this menu up. You can also access VO help by pressing VO+Question Mark, but for now I think the menu will suit you just fine. Please feel free to write me off-list if you have questions about anything I've written here or alternatively, to contact me on Skype. My details will be at the end of this message. Best wishes TC :) James E-Mail: [email protected] SKYPE: saulky1984 - if you want to add me to Skpe, please could you tell me who you are and where you obtained my details. I will not add anyone who leaves the generic message in tact <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
