Ricardo:
You're my hero again!:)  I thought I was really missing the boat. But, btw, I 
have set up right option key as a modifier and that plus S opens safari and 
puts me in my search field.  Can't get much quicker than that.:)

Carolyn
On Jan 7, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:

> Quicker?
> 
> How so.  Lets say I want to get to safari.  You need a key stroke to get to 
> the dock as well as the apps folder.  Then in both cases I can type the 
> letters to get to the app.
> 
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> On Jan 7, 2011, at 1:22 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> 
>> It's a quicker way to get to things you use frequently. Think of it like a 
>> task bar wherein you can access apps and documents and folders you use lot.!
>> On Jan 7, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Carolyn Haas wrote:
>> 
>>> Colin and others:
>>> This is strange, listening to this conversation.  I never use the doc at 
>>> all.  Is there a primary advantage to doing so?
>>> 
>>> Carolyn
>>> On Jan 7, 2011, at 11:07 AM, Colin M wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Sarah!
>>>> Have you had a look how yours is set in the downloads on your doc?
>>>> It would be interesting to see how yours is, and any differences! :]
>>>> Colin
>>>> I'm far too bad for Heaven!
>>>> The Devil is afraid I'll take his place!
>>>> 
>>>> On 7 Jan 2011, at 17:55, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Really I have to hit vo shift m and arrow to open and only then will it 
>>>>> open in the finder.
>>>>> 
>>>>> S
>>>>> On Jan 7, 2011, at 9:43 AM, Colin M wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi John!
>>>>>> No I'm looking at the right place!
>>>>>> I forgot to put date added as well!
>>>>>> But all the display as and things buttons are all dimmed!
>>>>>> So I've got date added stack and automatic!
>>>>>> And it works ok!
>>>>>> Colin
>>>>>> I'm far too bad for Heaven!
>>>>>> The Devil is afraid I'll take his place!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 7 Jan 2011, at 17:28, Jon Cohn wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> You are looking at the wrong item  then... There are three checked 
>>>>>>> items in the menu.
>>>>>>> 1. Sort Order
>>>>>>> 2. How the Folder  icon shows in the Doc (Folder or Stack)
>>>>>>> 3. What the folder displays as when activated from the Doc.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Jon
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Jan 7, 2011, at 11:56 AM, Colin M wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi there!
>>>>>>>> I had a look how mine was set up I've never changed it!
>>>>>>>> Mine is set as stack and automatic and mine has always worked!
>>>>>>>> Colin
>>>>>>>> I'm far too bad for Heaven!
>>>>>>>> The Devil is afraid I'll take his place!
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 7 Jan 2011, at 16:41, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> VO SHFT m then arrow to open. Good luck. 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 07/01/2011, at 6:55 AM, Jon Cohn <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On a completely unrelated issue, how do I open the various folders
>>>>>>>>>>>> which are on my Dock?
>>>>>>>>>>>> Cmd+o, enter, and VO+space have all failed to do the expected 
>>>>>>>>>>>> thing.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Any information on these two initial questions would be greatly
>>>>>>>>>>>> appreciated.
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm starting to like the system already and will probably have 
>>>>>>>>>>>> more as
>>>>>>>>>>>> I go along.
>>>>>>>>>> To make the folders in the Dock more friendly to VO, change the 
>>>>>>>>>> "View Contents As" item in the contextual menu for the folder.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 1. Open the Dock (control-F3 or VO-D) 
>>>>>>>>>> 2. Type "Down" and you should then have the Downloads folder 
>>>>>>>>>> selected.
>>>>>>>>>> 3. VO-Shift-M to bring up the contextual menu.
>>>>>>>>>> 4. Find the grouping near the bottom for contents display. There are 
>>>>>>>>>> 4 Options:
>>>>>>>>>> a) Fan
>>>>>>>>>> b) Grid
>>>>>>>>>> c) List
>>>>>>>>>> d) Automatic
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Select The List option, and then command space or space will show 
>>>>>>>>>> you the contents of that folder.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> If you are often going to a specific item in the Dock, you can set 
>>>>>>>>>> up a hotspot for that item  this should work.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Best wishes,
>>>>>>>>>> Best wishes,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Jon
>>>>>>>>>> 
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