Hi Mark, M. Taylor wrote:
> I have not installed Jaws 10.x but with Jaws 11.x beta, the CapsLock > key > does not appear to engage or function as the Jaws key. That is to > say, when > I press it, nothing really happens. If I tap it twice, it will > toggle the > Capslock just as it should but only tapping it once doesn't do > anything. > > So, does anyone have any suggestions? Also, there does not seem to > be an > Insert key on my MacBook Pro keyboard. Is this correct or must I > use some > fancy key combination to simulate the Insert key. The problem with the CapsLock key is associated with the current Mac laptop keyboards and does not depend (I think) on the version of JAWS. The standard solution is to configure JAWS to use the insert key in the Configuration manager, and then remap the insert key to another key on your keyboard (like Right-Shift, Right-Option, Right- Command, or one of the F keys that you disabled for Exposé use). There are two ways to remap keys in Fusion. One is to get SharpKeys from: http://www.randyrants.com/sharpkeys/ You select the key you want to remap and the new target keys from two listviews under Windows, then save the changes to your Windows registry file. The other way is to use your keyboard preferences settings under Fusion and requires a one-time setup connection to a Windows USB keyboard, since you have to press a key instead instead of choosing from a listview to re-assign the functions. Fusion then stores the remapped information under its preferences. (This last method works for remapping keys under Fusion works for any virtual machine -- you could use it for a linux setup under Fusion, for example.) I don't run Fusion on my MacBook, so I'm going to paste in an excerpt from a post by Everett (E.J. Zufelt): <begin quote> I solved the JAWS caps lock key problem. 1. Make sure that you have access to an insert key (I remapped right shift to insert using SharpKeys). 2. Make sure that JAWS is using Laptop layout. 3. Open the Configuration manager for the default configuration. 4. Goto Set Options > Keyboard 5. Select Insert for the key that JAWS uses as the JAWS key. <end quote> Maybe Søren or other Fusion users can comment with more helpful tips. Incidentally, since the problem emerged with the disappearance of the embedded numeric keypad in newer laptop keyboards it would be really interesting to learn if there is a better way to handle this under Snow Leopard. Cheers, Esther --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
