Hi there: In addition to what Esther so wisely suggested, while in Spotlight, if you think you might not want the top hit generated by your search, you can use down arrow to see the top hits and press enter on the correct one.
On Feb 7, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Linda Adams wrote: > muchas gracias > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Esther > Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 3:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Status and Spotlight Menus > > Hi Linda, > > The quick answer is that in order to get to these menus you need to press > VO-M twice (for the Status menu) or three times (for the Spotlight menu). > Alternatively, you can use the Mac OS X shortcuts for each of these options > in place of the VoiceOver shortcuts: > > Apple menu and application menu items: press VO-M or press Control-F2 > Status menu: press VO-M twice or press Control-F8 > Spotlight menu: press VO-M three times or press Command-space > > As an example of using Spotlight to navigate to an application and launch it, > you can press Command-Space, then type in the name of an application and > press return to go to that file. Since it is an application file, the > default open action is to launch it. If it were a text file, it would open > up in TextEdit or Pages. A PDF file would open in Preview, etc. > > HTH > > Cheers, > > Esther > > Linda Adams wrote: > >> I'm working through the Getting Started Guide, trying to find my way around >> my Mac Book. I have been looking at the menus and what is in them like the >> Apple menu and system preferences. >> >> the Guide says that the menu bar has a Status menu and Spotlight menu at the >> end and also says the Spotlight menu is very helpful for VO users to search >> for a file or other items. >> >> I pressed VO M from the Dock and also from the Finder window but neither has >> the Status or Spotlight in the menu. >> >> Can someone shed a little light on this for me? I'm interested in seeing >> how the Spotlight works. > > > -- > 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. > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2673 - Release Date: 02/07/10 > 07:22:00 > > > -- > 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. carlene knight http://carleneknight.blogspot.com [email protected] -- 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.
