Missy, there's probably a key on the numpad that you have to press to make it work with Numpad Commander. I seem to remember having to do this with mine. In fact, I no longer use the numpad as I prefer Keyboard Commander and I don't use Windows on my Mac.
Cheers, Anne On Jul 6, 2011, at 11:40 AM, Missy Hoppe wrote: > I bought a separate USB-powered num pad for my macbook, thinking mostly of > if/when I get VM fusion up and running. I'm hoping > it might let me do standard jaws commands, but so far, the num pad doesn't > seem to work as expected, and what's frustrating > is that I specifically bought an apple brand numpad to insure maximum > compatibility. Either the numpad commander in VO isn't > as neat as I've been lead to believe, or it just doesn't like the num pad for > whatever reason. Thankfully, I'm only out about > $8, but I, for 1, would prefer a keyboard with all the buttons, even if they > had to be a bit smaller. Just my $0.2. > Missy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Neil Barnfather - > TalkNav > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 3:42 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: a macbook pro question? > > Mary, > > the reason for the loss of the number pad on iMac's and things, is that a lot > of folk now have such machines in their living > rooms and other locations, and as such, they move the keyboard from location > to location, I for example might sit with my > blue tooth keyboard on my lap, in these instances, the overriding majority of > users do not want a number pad, don't miss it, > and in fact, to have it there, is just taking up unnecessary space. > > todays world is all about maximising space and foot print. > > this does not mean I agree, I do a lot of accountancy, and would rather have > a number pad for this. > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > > Talks List Administrator > Twitter @neilbarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your > accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - [email protected] > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > > > On 6 Jul 2011, at 04:29, Mary Otten wrote: > > I too like the Apple BT keyboard compared with other possibilities. But I > don't think they should tout it as full sized when > it is not. I wish Apple had bucked the unhappy trend of cutting out certain > keys on these keyboards. They get a lot of things > right, but not this time, IMHO. It reminds me of what happened with num pad > commander, which was introduced, and then shortly > there after, Apple decided to quit making keyboard with numpads on them, even > for the desktop line. What possible sense is it > to make a dinky keyboard for an IMac? Surely desktop real estate is not in > such short supply in that instance? > Mary > > Mary Otten > [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. > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
