The f8 key only works if Browse mode is on, or if you are in a virtualized message, otherwise use the normal selection method.
via Talk <[email protected]> wrote: > Good morning Steve, > > > I haven't tried using the FN key in conjunction with the F8 key > combination, but here's what's going on. If I'm in an open email > message that I'm reading that someone sent me, and Hit the F8 key, it > will say selection start. But if I try composing an email message to > someone and try too correct a mistake that I've made, If I hit the F8 > key by itself, it just sits there and doesn't say anything afterI > press it. > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Jacobson via Talk > Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 10:27 PM > To: via Talk > Subject: Re: Disgussion of problems with keyboards. > > Just to be clear, are you saying that neither your F8 or pressing F8 > with the FN key works? It is a difficult scenario to imagine where F8 > would work normally > except not with Window-Eyes. > > Best regards, > > Steve Jacobson > > On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:40:33 -0400, via Talk wrote: > > > Good evening all, > > > As all of you know after reading a few messages about the problem > > that IG€™m having with my laptop computer , IG€™m still not able to > > use my > keyboards laptop delete key, nor am I able to use my F8 key too begin > the selection process. Perhaps IG€™m wrong too suggest this, but I > think that there > might be a conflict problem between the window eyes program, and > keyboards on HP laptops. I did have a discussion with a tek support > person about this > issue. I first tried disabling the insert key layout, and then > setting the keyboard too laptop key layout, and had no success with > any of these suggestions. It > was suggested, that I try hooking up an external keyboard to the > laptop, and seeing if the two problems disappear. The thing here is, > why should we be > asked too do that when it means having to have to carry an extra peace > of hardware just to be able too use a delete key, when there is a > delete key that is > already on a persons laptop computer.. This is something I believe, > that needs to be looked into so that future problems like this donG€™t > have too happen > for those of us that use and want too use laptops. This is not meant > too be interpreted as a chritizism towards the developers and > programmers of > windoweyes, but I think that this issue needs too be addressed. > >_______________________________________________ > > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of > > the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > > For membership options, visit > > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/steve.jacobson%40visi.com. > > For subscription options, visit > > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > List archives can be found at > > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/albertcutolo%40verizon.net. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/covici%40ccs.covici.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [email protected] _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
