Erick, I did go into Utilities and find that option but no where to turn it on. however I'll try it again. Thanks so much for your help. I always read your posts with interest on all the lists you participate in.
Kawal. On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:10 -0400, "erik burggraaf" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I suggest you press vo f8 for the voiceover utility. > Go down to commanders or press c. > Tab to trackpad and press space bar. > Tab to enable trackpad commander and press space bar to check. > > This is quite the long way of doing it, but if you aren't used to the > trackpad on your macbook, now you have a point of reference. IE, you > know for sure that the trackpad is on. > > Then I suggest you right away turn on the keyboard help control option k, > and practice the gestures a little bit. > > You can also flick around this commanders window without doing any damage > as far as I know. > > It takes longer, but I really think this is the most reliable way to get > up and running with trackpad. > > Best, > > Erik Burggraaf > User support consultant, > Website: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > Toll-free: 888-255-5194 > > On 2010-06-04, at 8:55 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > > I've tried that several times and at times Voice Over gets muted so have > > to unmute it. Sometimes I don't let my fingers touch the screen because > > I end up in a different menu or sometimes I might be looking for the > > track pad as I can't see where it is so am busy feeling for it and my > > fingers have touched something and I've activated a different menu! I > > even had a friend try to help me and I could not do it whereas when I > > had the Ipod before sending it back I did it perfectly! So what next? > > > > On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:12 -0700, "Sarah Alawami" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> rotate your fingers in a clockwise motion like a nob snd at th same time > >> hold the vo keys down. > >> > >> Take care. > >> > >> S > >> On Jun 4, 2010, at 1:22 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Mark. > >>> > >>> I still can't turn my Track Pad on and not for the case of trying! If > >>> anyone has a technique that works to turn the darn thing on, please pass > >>> it along. > >>> > >>> Kawal. > >>> > >>> On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:36 -0700, "M. Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> Hello, > >>>> > >>>> On my MacBookPro, I've been using various areas of the TrackPad to bring > >>>> up > >>>> various applications; for example, 2-finger double-tapping the bottom of > >>>> the > >>>> TrackPad to launch the Dock or tapping the upper part of the TrackPad to > >>>> bring up the Apple Menu. > >>>> > >>>> Saves a lot of time. > >>>> > >>>> Mark > >>>> > >>>> Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The Secret Life of Mark > >>>> Marcus > >>>> Live Talk Show > >>>> http://candleshore.com/secrets > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: [email protected] > >>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson > >>>> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 1:43 PM > >>>> To: [email protected] > >>>> Subject: Re: Getting Out of the Box on the Mac > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Jun 3, 2010, at 10:29 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> and anothe rkeystroke you can use is control f2. thats the one I've been > >>>> using. > >>>> > >>>> That is the key stroke to take you to the Apple menu. Control-F3 takes > >>>> you > >>>> to the Dock. > >>>> Control-F8 takes you to the Status menus. > >>>> Command-Shift-D takes you to the Desktop. > >>>> > >>>> All these shortcuts are documented against their corresponding menu > >>>> items. > >>>> > >>>> VoiceOver does not "Teach" us to do anything in particular. It simply > >>>> gives > >>>> us options we can use. The specific VO commands are useful when we work > >>>> with > >>>> the VO keys locked, which was a common thing to do before Snow Leopard > >>>> and > >>>> Quick Nav. > >>>> > >>>> The standard Mac shortcuts are second nature to me because I've been > >>>> using a > >>>> Mac for 14 years, and many shortcuts go back a long way. Others are very > >>>> recent, such as Command-Shift-O to go to your Documents folder. > >>>> > >>>> I always teach people the standard Mac shortcuts because you never know > >>>> when > >>>> you'll need them. > >>>> > >>>> It's worth taking the time to look closely at menus to see just how many > >>>> useful shortcuts there are. > >>>> > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> > >>>> Anne > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> 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. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> 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. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> ____________ > >>> Kawal Gucukoglu > >>> [email protected] > >>> > >>> (MSN): > >>> [email protected] > >>> > >>> (Skype User ID): > >>> kawalgucukoglu > >>> > >>> (Mobile/Text): > >>> > >>> +447905618396 > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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. > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > >> > >> > > ____________ > > Kawal Gucukoglu > > [email protected] > > > > (MSN): > > [email protected] > > > > (Skype User ID): > > kawalgucukoglu > > > > (Mobile/Text): > > > > +447905618396 > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > -- > 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. > > ____________ Kawal Gucukoglu [email protected] (MSN): [email protected] (Skype User ID): kawalgucukoglu (Mobile/Text): +447905618396 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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