Hi Ann. Thanks for your support.
Although it may be possible that I am activating Trackpad Commander commands without being aware of it, I doubt that this is my problem, as I believe I would need first, to turn my Tracpad Commander on. My problem just seemes to be like I simply timed out as it was taking me too long to make the changes I wanted to make. Here is the text that I'm trying to follow: Configuring Your Mac to Work Well with VoiceOver Changing some factory default settings will enable your computer to work better with VoiceOver. Plus, making these changes gives you some practice with frequently used VoiceOver commands. The first two adjustments involve the keyboard. Keyboard Changes By default, the function keys are set to control hardware (such as changing the volume and screen brightness) rather than to work with software. If you use this setting, you'll have to add the FN key to any function key (F1 through F12) that is part of a VO command. Fortunately, you can reverse this behavior, so that you use only the FN key when you want to control the hardware. Here's how: * From anywhere on the Mac, press VO-M to get to the menu bar. You will be in the Apple menu. * Press VO-Down Arrow until you reach System Preferences, and press VO-Spacebar to open that item. * Press Tab until you find Keyboard, and press VO-Spacebar to open its menu. * Find the keyboard tab by using VO-Right Arrow, and press VO-Spacebar to select it. * Press VO-Right Arrow until you get to a checkbox that says, “Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys,” and press VO-Spacebar to check it. The next change will allow the Tab key to go through all controls in a dialogue box: * While still in the keyboard section in System Preferences, press VO-Left Arrow until you hear "Keyboard Shortcuts,” and select it with VO-Spacebar. * Now press VO-Right Arrow until you hear "Full Keyboard Access: In windows and dialogs, press Tab to move keyboard focus between.” * There are two radio buttons from which to choose. VO-Right Arrow twice to the button that says, "All controls," and check it with VO-Spacebar. * Close the Preferences window with Command-W. List View For many people, VoiceOver is easier to use when items are displayed in a list view. To do this, type Command-2. This will put you in List View in any application that supports it. Column View Another option is to use Column view. This option will display files in a manner similar to the Windows Tree view. Press Command-3. Depending on what information I need, I will sometimes switch between views. You can set the view globally for all Finder windows, including Documents and Downloads. Here’s how to do it: * Go to the Desktop with Shift-VO-D. * Open one of the Finder windows. We’ll open the Documents window with Command-Shift-O. * Press Command-J to go to View Options. * Use the tab key to find the checkbox that says “Always open in column view” and the checkbox labeled “Browse in column view.” If these boxes are not checked, check them with VO-Spacebar. Making VoiceOver Keep Your Place By default, when you switch between windows in an application, such as TextEdit (Apple's word processor), the VoiceOver cursor jumps to the top of the active window. To have the cursor remain where you left off in each window, do this: * Open the VoiceOver Utility with VO-F8. * Interact with the Categories table with Shift-VO-Down Arrow and VO-Down Arrow to Navigation. * Stop interacting with categories by pressing Shift-VO-Up Arrow. * Press VO-Right Arrow to the initial position of VoiceOver cursor pop-up button. Pop-up buttons are very much like combo boxes in Windows. * If the menu button doesn’t say, “Keyboard focused item,” open it with VO-Spacebar. Use the arrow keys to find “Keyboard focused item,” and select it with VO-Spacebar. * Close the window with Command-W. Making Web Pages Easier to Navigate Here's how to make VoiceOver read all controls on a web page, so you can just press Tab and Shift-Tab to move through the page. This is similar to the setting you changed earlier, enabling you to tab through all items in a dialog box. * Go to the Dock by pressing VO-D. * Type the letter S, for Safari, and press VO-Spacebar to open it. * Press Command-, to open Safari preferences. You will land on a Toolbar. Interact with Shift-VO-Down Arrow. * Tab to the Advanced tab and select it with VO-Spacebar. * Tab till you hear “Press tab to highlight each item on a web page." Check that option with VO-Spacebar. * Close the window with Command-W. Another way to get to the Advanced button is to use the Item Chooser by pressing VO-I. This will bring up all the elements on the page. Type the first few letters of the word “advanced” and you will land on the word. The Item Chooser is a useful tool for locating information. Try it on websites and in documents. This is rather a lot for an old Windows dog to follow Ann, yet the instructions seem quite simple to follow. I think I need to stay calm and just keep trying to get through these recomended setting cahanges. Thanks again for your help. Very best wishes. Andy. >From Scotland with Love. ----- Original Message ----- From: Anne Robertson To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2017 4:58 PM Subject: Re: Can I get my mackbook to be a little more patience when waiting for a command Hello Andy, Your Mac shouldn’t be going back to the desktop all the time. Where are you trying to make the changes? Perhaps you’re touching something such as the trackpad without realising it. Cheers, Anne On 9 Apr 2017, at 15:11, Andy <[email protected]> wrote: Hi all. I've purchased the book Janet Ingber - Everything You Need to Know to Use the Mac and this is in txt format on my computer and JAWS is reading out the chapters for me. I'm at a section titled Configuring Your Mac to Work Well with VoiceOver. This highlights several changes that I should make to help using the Mac more fun. Trouble is that when I hold down the VO keys and M and then turn to my JAWS computer for the next bit and return, it's too late, my Mac has gone to the desktop, rather than wait for my response. Is there a way to ask my Mac to give me a little more time when it's waiting for a command from me? Any advice would be very welcome. Very best wishes. Andy. From Scotland with Love. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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