For a laptop, by far the best way to navigate in my opinion is to use the track 
pad.
On Oct 5, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:

> Actually you can use the number commander with a laptop keyboard. Just hold 
> down one of the arrow keys, actually I think it's the right arrow and use the 
> number row.
> 
> S
> On Oct 5, 2010, at 5:56 AM, Anne Robertson wrote:
> 
>> Hello Linda,
>> 
>> I've never been a Windows user but I might be able to help with some answers.
>> On 5 Oct 2010, at 00:25, Linda Adams wrote:
>>> 
>>> On a more specific note, is there anything that I can set in System 
>>> Preferences or VoiceOver Utility to get rid of the table view in Mail and 
>>> switch it
>>> to a list view so that there aren't as many navigation steps to go through 
>>> to read messages?
>> There are basically two ways of reading mail, either with the preview pane 
>> (the default setting), or without it. I prefer the second where the 
>> righthand part of the screen contains a list of messages and the lefthand 
>> part, a list of mailboxes. The messages on the right are in the mailbox 
>> selected on the left.
>> 
>> You can arrow down the messages and either press Return to read one, or 
>> press Delete to get rid of one. You can also press Command-a to select all 
>> and delete the whole lot at once if you like.
>> 
>>> Are there settings that I can do to allow me to read a website line by line 
>>> from the top of the page to the bottom in Safari?  I like to go to catalog 
>>> websites
>>> such as LL Bean or The Vermont Country Store where there are plain text 
>>> descriptions of every product below that product link.  I want to see the 
>>> web pages
>>> as they really are rather than just being shown links, headers, or other 
>>> such element groups.
>> It sounds as though you would prefer to navigate websites in Groups mode.
>> 
>>> My hands are quite small.  Is it possible to change settings so that not as 
>>> many keys need to be pressed at a time to perform functions?  I know about 
>>> Quick Nav and locking the VoiceOver keys, but the VoiceOver keys often need 
>>> to be unlocked to perform other commands.  
>>> 
>> You could always configure Keyboard Commander to take care of those commands 
>> that require too many key presses. Also, the Trackpad Commander allows you 
>> to do most things one-handed. Also, if you have an extended keyboard or a 
>> USB or BlueTooth number pad, you could use the Numpad Commander.
>> 
>> VoiceOver is highly configurable to suit your needs.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Anne
>> 
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