Hi, Perhaps you don't know about this, but most modern laptops have an extra key labeled "fn". On my Dell Inspiron laptop, it's on the bottom row, second from the left. It's used as a modifier (like control or shift), and one of the things it does is to make the keys centered around the u, i, o, and p to act like a numeric pad when you hold down the fn key and press one of these keys. You can use the window-eyes "key describer" mode (insert-1) to help you work out where all the numeric pad keys are when using the fn key.
With just a little practice, you can use the standard keyboard layout this way. Your other choice is to use the "laptop" keyboard layout of window-eyes; which changes a lot of the keyboard commands you use so that they don't require numeric pad keys. The disadvantage here is that if someone gives you a key combination to use to solve some problem, or you look something up in the manual, you may not be able to use that combination because you're using laptop keyboard layout. Dell has also assigned some functions to key combinations involving the fn key; you should try googling on your model of laptop and variations of "fn keys" to see if you can find a list of these. I believe just as an example, fn-downarrow dims the screen, and fn-uparrow brightens it (one saves you battery life, and the other allows sighted people to see your screen). There's nothing at all I can think of that would stop you from downloading files (if you're getting on the internet that is). If this is your first exposure to windows 7, I believe you may want to get the free textbook published by access technology institute on using windows 7 with window-eyes. You can get it from the web site: http://www.blindtraining.com/free/Windows7.html hth, Chip -----Original Message----- From: J. Landrum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 6:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Help with laptop Happy Thanksgiving, You are all such a great group will you please help me? I have just bught a Dell XPS15 laptop running windows 7 I am using window-eyes-7.5.1 I can't figure how to use the keyboard correctly, and i can't download any programs. I am now using a Dell desk top using windows XP that i love so i decided i wanted a laptop maybe bad decision? Please you may e-mail me off list if you like. Any help you can give will be greatefully appreciated. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
