Hi May, You don't need to add the FN-key when using a Macbook type. Here's how to change that so you don't.
1) Go into System Preferences 2) Go into Keyboard 3) Find the tab called "Keyboard" and select it. 4) Find the checkbox named something similar to "Use all F1, F2 etc. keys as standard function keys" and select it. This makes it so that you don't need to hold down the FN-key to perform software functions. This only applies to hardware functions when changing this. What this essentially does, is to change it so it works differently. If this option isn't set, you will have to hold down the FN-key to perform software functions, because when it is not set, the keys are set to perform hardware tasks. If you check the box, you will set it so that it is not necessary to hold down said key to perform any software functions, but it will be necessary to hold down FN when performing a hardware function. In short, All the FN-key does is to make the keystroke work the opposite of how you set it. Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Oct 21, 2009, at 5:13 AM, Ryan Mann wrote: > > Hello. You usually can open the VoiceOver utility by hitting control > +option+f8. You may have to add the FN key, so in that case it would > be fn+control+option+f8. You can also change some speach settings on > the fly by holding down the control+option+command with the arrows. > For example, if You wanted to change the rate, you would hold down > control+option+command with rightarrow until you heard rate. Then you > would hold down the control+option+command with up or downarrows to > change the rate. > > On Oct 20, 2009, at 10:46 PM, May McDonald wrote: > >> >> Ok, after a few wrong starts I now have sl installed. Heheheeh, now >> ho in the heck do I find the voice over utility so I can slow down >> the >> speech, lol. It's talking faster than how I had it set. I'm only a >> tiny bit lost, smile. >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
