I have to route the mouse cursor to the VoicOver cursor by pressing VO+command+f5. After that, I hold down the control key and actually click the mouse. I hope this helps:) Robert Hooper On Oct 1, 2010, at 5:29 AM, Paul Erkens wrote:
> Hi Robert, > > How do you perform a control click? I've been looking for the answer this > week. I now have ways to get around it but the actual control click using > voice over still is a little mystery. How do you do it? > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Hooper" > <hooper...@buckeyemail.osu.edu> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 7:48 AM > Subject: some general question > > > I realize that some or even all of these questions may have been covered on > this list already, but as I am the recent recipient of a Macbook Pro, I have > come across a few things to which I would like some answers conveniently > placed in one message: > 1. How do context menus work on the mac? So far, I have been routing mouse to > VO cursor and pressing CTRL+click. Is there a shortcut for this? > 2. How do I get Voiceover to read the entire row of a table without first > navigating to it and pressing VO+r? The reason for this is I would like all > Mail message information spoken rather than just the date or subject line; > and I would like it to do so without excessive arrowing. > 3. DOes there exist a way to quickly check status items such as the date/time > without first pressing ctrl+F8 and arrowing around the "extras"? This isn't > really a huge deal, I'm just wondering. > So far this computer is working out great and I am very satisfied. I have my > Ohio State University mail set up and it uses Exchange (which is awesome). > Could someone explain the process of "mounting" a hardware device? I know > this refers to connecting and making available a hardware device, but what > exactly is going on when such is happening? > Finally, as I am new to the Mac OsX platform, what are some suggested > programs in which I may consider investing time/money (word processors, > spreadsheets, general computer maintenance programs, archivers, audio > converters, anything of interest)? > So far I have had one day with my Mac and, although I still must rely on my > dell for important work while I learn the platform, I can easily envision > myself straying further and further from WIndows as time progresses. I am > glad this list exists, as it is a definitive and helpful community regarding > Apple accessibility in general and contains a wealth of information on such. > I appreciate every one of you willing to contribute and I hope to one day do > the same:) > Sincerely, > RObert Hooper > hooper...@buckeyemail.osu.edu > > P.S. This is being sent from my Mac's Mail program:) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
