Re: Turning off the Trackpad

2010-06-13 Thread clarence griffin
how can that be simple if you need a device that isn't even connected to the computer? I don't have an apple mouse. so I found that the easier way is to again. press VO and while holding that down, take 2 fingers and twist to the left on the track pad, like turning a knob. I am not trying to be

Re: Turning off the Trackpad

2010-06-13 Thread Marshall Scott
Hi Anna, The simplest way to disable the trackpad is to plug in a USB mouse and then go to the Universal Access pane in System Preferences, click on the Mouse & Trackpad tab and then check the "Ignore Trackpad when Mouse is present" checkbox. HTH Marshall On Jun 12, 2010, at 3:25 PM, Ana G wrot

Re: Turning off the Trackpad

2010-06-13 Thread clarence griffin
or you could press your VO keys and do a left or right 2-fingered-twist on your track pad. lol. that's the easy way. Twist is like turning a knob on a radio or something. Hope that helped. GF On Jun 13, 2010, at 8:35 PM, Ana G wrote: > Thanks to both of you for these instructions. > > Alliso

Re: Turning off the Trackpad

2010-06-13 Thread Ana G
MessageThanks to both of you for these instructions. Allison writes: Here's how to disable the Trackpad commander. Press VO F8 which will open VoiceOver utilities. VoiceOver keys are control option. Then arrow down to where it says commanders. VO space on that and you will come across three tab

RE: Turning off the Trackpad

2010-06-13 Thread Linda Adams
Ana, When the trackpad is on, you can hold down the VO keys and rotate 2 fingers counter-clockwise to turn it off. When you want to turn it back on, hold down the VO keys and rotate 2 fingers clockwise. Linda -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisio

Re: Turning off the Trackpad

2010-06-12 Thread Allison Manzino
Hello, Here's how to disable the Trackpad commander. Press VO F8 which will open VoiceOver utilities. VoiceOver keys are control option. Then arrow down to where it says commanders. VO space on that and you will come across three tabs, keyboard grackpad and I forget what the other one is. I