There are two things you should do here: 1) In keyboard preferences, check to be sure the box is checked to make function keys act as normal. They're set not to by default, at least, on my Macbook. It won't hurt anything to check nor to change the state of this check box.
2) In system preferences/Expose and spaces preferences, you'll want to remap F9 through F12 to something else. Doing so is slightly tricky. Here's what I did: 1) On the popup menu for, for instance, the function mapped to F9, press VO+spacebar to open the menu. 2) Hold down the option key. VO will say "Option F9". 3) Not releasing the option key, press the control key and space. The popup menu will now say "Option F9". 4) Lather, rinse, and repeat for the mappings of F10 through F12. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Aug 31, 2009, at 11:35 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a Mac Mini with a full keyboard, complete with numpad. If > VoiceOver is off, pressing Command-F5 turns it on, so I apparently > have it set so the software actions of the function keys are activated > by default. If I'm running Windows XP in Fusion, the function keys > work as expected if VoiceOver is on. However, if it's off, the > function keys only work as expected if I hold down the FN key. Is > there any way I can make them perform as I would expect without the FN > key on the Windows side without changing how they perform on the Mac > side? > > Thanks, > Anna > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
