Hi Gordon!
A old post here from Eric Caron about getting a Num pad on a Macbook or
bluetooth keyboard and a link to a podcast showing how to install!
Other benefits for people using Windows in a virtual machine as well!
Its all there to hear!
Maybe something to look at! Colin
I'm pasting the text below from my old message to the list. I cleaned
it up a little.
This is the information used to change your caps lock key to the VO or Control
and Option keys held down together.
I also use the added bonus of the caps lock working as the insert key in VM
Fusion Running the Jaws screen reader.
And, the KeyRemap4Macbook application also creates a built in number pad on
the mac laptop and bluetooth keyboard making the num pad commander now more
available.
This has been one of the best changes I have ever made to my mac. I hope you
and others are finding it helpful.
Eric Caron
info follows:
>>
>> Below I've written out the steps needed to have the Voice Over Keys, Control
>> and Option, mapped to the caps lock key. This allows a Voice over user to
>> use caps lock with keys that might be difficult to reach with the standard
>> Control Option VO keys. In addition this new setting now automatically
>> creates Caps Lock as the modifier in a VM machine. Finally the application
>> creates a number pad on the standard keyboard centred around the letter i.
>>
>> This is a update to my earlier podcast. Takayama Fumihiko, the developer of
>> these applications has changed KeyRemapper4Macbook, making it much easier to
>> set up the computer to use the caps lock as the VO keys.
>>
>> Below I will write out the steps to complete the set up.
>> I will also include a link to a recently completed podcast that walks
>> through the new set up. this is much shorter then the previous podcast as
>> it is much easier to complete the steps. The podcast is 25 minutes long but
>> the last 4 minutes is for those who all ready use the applications and want
>> to update.
>>
>> -
>> Here are the steps needed to have a number pad added to your keyboard, have
>> caps lock work as a Voice Over Key, and have the Caps lock work as the Jaws
>> key or similar modifier in other screen readers used in VM Fusion.
>> Go to the developer web site and download and install both KeyRemap4MacBook
>> and PCKeyboardHack.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/pckeyboardhack-usage.html.en
>>
>> Be sure you restart your computer at the end of the install.
>>
>> Now go to System Preferences and to Keyboard. Change the behaviour of the
>> Caps lock key to no action.
>> Now also in System Preferences under Other you will find both PCKeyboardhack
>> and Keyremap4Macbook. go to PCKeyboardhack and in the settings tab in the
>> first table check the box for change caps lock behaviour then interact on
>> the field that currently reads 51. Press enter after interacting, then
>> change the number to 110. This changes the caps lock key to the windows
>> Application key. then close the application
>>
>> Still in System Preferences and in the Other category go to
>> KeyRemap4Macbook. In the Change Key tab move over to the search field and
>> type in "blind voice over" without the quotes. then arrow right over to the
>> table. Interact and you should be on the correct setting. arrow to the
>> check box and select it. Close the application.
>>
>>>>> The new setting name is "Use Caps Lock as Voice Over key."
>> Now if you press the caps lock key it will act as if you are pressing the
>> Control and Option keys. You have the original VO keys to use. as this
>> only changes the caps lock key. Also If you press the FN key and letter i
>> you will find it is a 5 and the rest of the number pad is there. If you
>> turn on num pad commander you can now use the Voice Over controls with this
>> number pad.
>>
>> For VM Fusion users you have another bonus. The caps lock key will now act
>> as the Jaws key if you are using a VM Fusion machine with windows.
>> The Keyremap4macbook application can be used instead of sharp keys or the VM
>> fusion key settings. they should not be used to try to control the same
>> keys at the same time.
>>
>> The Keyremap4macbook needs to be version
>>>>> 7.8.17, or later.
>>>>>
>>>>> In VMware Fusion, the Help key will be interpreted as Insert Key. As
>>>>> this is often the screen reader modifier in Windows screen readers it
>>>>> will now work as the caps lock key.
>> for more information here is a helpful link.
>>>>> http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=1001675
>>>>>
>> Here are the steps to update KeyRemap4Macbook if you followed the original
>> podcast and used the Private XML. this is only for those who
>> Please remember this is donation supported. You will find the donation link
>> at the same location you downloaded the applications.
>>
>> Below is the link to the new podcast. that walks through these steps.
>>
>>
> http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/new-updated-remapping-keys-your-macs-keyboard-enhance-voiceover-experience
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