Perfect - I had the keyboard setting for caps lock turned off…  With it turned 
on, both triple tap of shift, and split double tap of shift enable caps lock.

Thanks!

On Feb 20, 2012, at 8:00 AM, Garth Humphreys wrote:

> Do a triple tap on the shift. If this doesn't work for you, go into settings, 
> General and Keyboard and make sure you have the Caps Lock feature enabled.
> 
> Garth 
> @BlindTechMusing    
> On 20/02/2012, at 3:18 PM, Jeffrey Wheatley wrote:
> 
>> This sounds very useful, but I have been unsuccessful getting it to work.
>> I want to get a caps-lock effect so I can tap multiple capital letters in a 
>> row.
>> 
>> When I am in touch typing mode, I touch the Shift key with one finger, keep 
>> my finger in place, and then use another finger to tap twice.  My taps only 
>> toggle the shift on/off and does not cause a caps-lock result.  I tried 
>> various speeds for the double tap with the second finger, with no change in 
>> results.
>> 
>> I did the same in standard typing mode, and got the same result.  I also 
>> tried double-tap & hold on the shift, and then tapping with a second finger. 
>>  No good.
>> 
>> What am I missing?
>> 
>> Much thanks and regards, Jeff
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 17, 2012, at 10:13 AM, Jean-Claude Provost wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Ann (& y'all),
>>> 
>>> Yeh thanks, it finally worked.  I tried triple-tapping & quad-tapping:-) to 
>>> no avail.  The split-tapping was indeed the ticket…
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the info…  On the subject of IPhone-related questions appearing 
>>> on this list, maybe it's a trend that will continue, given the foreseen 
>>> symbiosis between Mountain Lion & IOS.
>>> 
>>> Thanks again for extricating me from my ignorance .
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Jean-Claude Provost
>>> jc.prov...@dansmacave.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2012-02-15, at 10:23 AM, Anne Robertson wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello Jean-Claude,
>>>> 
>>>> To put the shift lock on, place one finger on Shift and tap twice with 
>>>> another finger. To take the shift lock off again, place one finger on 
>>>> Shift and tap once with another finger. I'm in touchtyping mode.
>>>> 
>>>> A un de ces quatre,
>>>> 
>>>> Anne
>>>> 
>>>> On 15 Feb 2012, at 15:58, Jean-Claude Provost wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I hope the moderators will forgive my slightly off-topic question on this 
>>>>> list…  In my defence, I don't do this often:-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> How does one toggle the caps-lock function.  The user guide says to tap 
>>>>> shift twice but, obviously, this can't work when using VoiceOver.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks in advance for your answer…
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers to y'all!
>>>>> 
>>>>> JC
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jean-Claude Provost
>>>>> jc.prov...@dansmacave.com
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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