Hi Yolanda and Phil,
Let's not make this more complicated than it is.
1. After having started fusion, you can start windows by opening the normal
menubar with vo plus m, m for menu as a mnemonic. Then, vo arrow right until
you find the item called virtual machines. Hit vo space to open this menu, and
then vo arrow down. You will either find a dimmed text item that says: windows
is running, or windows is off. If you find that windows is off, vo down arrow
some more, and you'll ind the option that reads: start windows. Easy, isn't it?
2. If you are inside windows and you are still using the default settings in
fusion, then you may run into several strange issues. One of them is, that the
key next to your spacebar, is functioning as the windows start key, and the mac
option key, which you would love to have as your windows key, instead functions
as an alt key in windows. That can be confusing. If you are used to the layout
of a windows keyboard, then the way fusion has it is not what you want, because
by default, on a fusion virtual windows, your alt is windows key, and the
windows key does alt.
To change, or swap this, you need to go into fusion's preferences. When fusion
is up, and windows is off, hit command comma to get to tfusion preferences.
Once in there, there are many settings, devided into different screens. You can
switch among these different screens, using the toolbar at the top of the
screen. Interact with it, and hit vo space on keyboard and mouse shortcuts. The
screen for that will open.
Stop interacting and look at the screen. Now, I think you will find out how to
handle the interface here, but let me tell you this in advance. You have a
listbox here, that tells fusion what to do when a certain mac key is pressed.
For example, here you have the command key, defined to perform the windows logo
key function, which is what you want to get rid of. Further more, fusion also
assigns command c to do what control c does in windows, which is copy, but you
don't want alt c to be the same as control c in windows, do you? So, clear out
all definitions in this listbox and start over with what you want yourself.
Next to the listbox with key definitions, you will find 2 unlabled buttons,
button, button. The first is add, the second is delete. Put the vo cursor on
the second one, and hit vo space until the listbox is empty. Now, all key
definitions are gone and you must create some of your own.
Hit the add button, being the first unlabeled button next to the list box. The
add key definitions dialog appears, and here, you have a from, and a to, field.
In the from field, to defind command to be alt in windows, in the from section
for this key, check the checkbox that says: command. For the rest, leave the
entire from section for what it is. You only need to check this command key
box. Now in the to field, find the checkbox that says alt, check it, and hit
okay. There you have your command key, the one next to spacebar, defined as alt
in windows. All you did was hit add, check command key in the from section, and
make that key do alt, in the to section.
Now, go on with the option key, to do the windows logo key function. In other
words, when you are inside windows later on, and you then hit option, the
second key to the left of the spacebar, you want that key to become the windows
key, that opens the start menu and search field. To do this, hit add again,
check option in the from section, and in the to section for this definition,
find the unlabeled checkbox. That very unlabeled checkbox, holds the windows
logo key. Hit okay. So now, alt and windows key feel natural.
Your next question, Yolanda and Phil, was what to do to prevent you from
falling out of windows into the mac side, i.e. into fusion, thereby loosing
track of what you are doing. If you hit alt tab, for example, what happens by
default, is that you are switching away from fusion, and you will likely land
in finder, the applications window, the mac desktop or any other place. This is
because by default, the command or alt tab key combination, if you don't do
anything about it, will be sent to the mac, and not to windows.
To correct this, look in the fusion preferences, the third tab sheet, which is
reachable via the toolbar, is called mac os shortcuts. In other words, when you
fire up fusion and windows is still off, hit command comma to open fusion's
preferences, find the toolbar, interact, find mac os shortcuts, hit vo space,
stop interact.
In this window, there's a simple checkbox that you can turn off, labeled enable
mac os keyboard shortcuts. . This will turn off Exposé keys, as well as command
tab. Hit command w to close the fusion preferences window and save your new key
mappings. From now on, if you alt tab while you are in windows, then windows
will obey, instead of os 10 sending you into the woods, unintentionally.
Another thing you will want to do in windows, assuming you want a screen reader
that relies on the insert key, is make sure you have insert present in windows.
please note that you don't have an insert key in fusion, but you can define one
yourself. What I do is, take the accent key, which is just below escape on a US
keyboardc, and define that rarely used key to become the insert key inside
windows. Just go into the keyboard and mouse preference screen in fusion as you
did above, and then add a new definition. In from, go to the combobox, and then
hit the accent key. The combobox will now show the accent key as the key to be
remapped. Then in the to field, Go to the combobox and choose insert. To do
this, vo space on the combobox, vo arrow down to insert, stop interacting and
hit okay. Then command w to close fusion preferences. From now on, if you are
inside windows and you need insert, just press or hold accent, and you'll be
good to go.
Finally, capslock is a different matter. As long as you run windows 7 inside
fusion, there is a good solution. Fusion will let you assign capslock to a
given other key, but what it does not do, is let you use capslock as a modifier
instead of just a toggle. In other words, if you assign capslock to whichever
other key you choose, then you can toggle the state of capslock on and back
off, but you cannot use that key holding it down and hitting another key, like
you can indeed do if you remap insert in fusion. To overcome this limitation,
for which I have not found a solution myself yet, just find sharp keys. A small
but very useful utility, done by a guy called Randy. Google will give it to
you. Sharpkeys is something you run, that also remaps keys. With this little
program, you can indeed assign a new key to capslock, and make it a key you can
hold down, while hitting other keys. For example, capslock plus n will open the
nvda menu, if you use that screen reader. Only if you think you need capslock,
go for this aproach. Otherwise, tell your screen reader to use insert instead.
Read the short documentation for sharp keys, then add a definition, restart
windows and you'll also have a capslock key that you can also use to command
your screen reader.
As for your last question, I don't understand what you're asking. What do you
mean by: how does every one learn the keystrokes for mac apps? Are you a mac
beginner, or is it something in fusion that you think you are still missing?
Please let us know, and be specific.
Hth,
Paul.
On Apr 21, 2013, at 2:03 AM, Yolanda Thompson <ylt...@gmail.com> wrote:
Ok, I got it installed--vmware that is--and I cannot figure out how to
launch the
window below the toolbar that brings me into windows. Then, when I
hit alt-f4 in
the windows it throws me out to the mac screen and I cannot get back.
And, how on earth dos everyone find out the keystrokes for mac apps? I have not
had luck.
HELP! LOL
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