Hi again, You don't usually use both the fn key and the window-eyes laptop layout together (that's my understanding anyway); the point of using the laptop keyboard layout is to give you a set of hotkey commands which don't require you to use the numeric pad, and so, don't require you to use the fn key.
I prefer using the fn key and the standard layout myself, so I don't have to try and remember an entirely different set of hotkey commands from that being used by everyone else. You don't have to do anything to activate your fn key, you just hold it down and press some other key, when you want to use it (just like a shift key). try this experiment: press insert-1 to put yourself into "key describer mode". it should say "key describer on", and from now on, any key you press won't actually do anything, window-eyes will just tell you the name of the key, and what it does. now, hold down the fn key and pres u, then i, then o, and then p. you should hear it describe these keys as "left arrow: mouse character left", "center: mouse line", "right arrow: mouse character next", and so on (and not u, i, o, and p as you might think). You can explor the four keys above these, and the two rows of four keys below these, to get some idea of how the numeric pad is created from this block of keys when you hold down the fn key. when you're done exploring, press insert-1 again, and you'll exit out of key describer mode. If you bought your copy of window-eyes from a dealer, I would hope you could call up this person, and get them to give you a few minutes of instruction on using the numeric keypad like this on a laptop. it would probably be easier for you than trying to follow my instructions via email. The only other consideration I can think of for laptop users is the special key used as a modifier for many window-eyes commands. this is usually the insert key, but on a laptop keyboard, insert keys can be hard to get to. So, you'll find in the window-eyes control panel, in the "keyboard" topic, when you open it up, arrow down a few and you'll find it has a group of settings called "special keys". in here, when you tab across them, you find one which is a radio button, which can be set to allow your capslock key to also be used as this special key, in addition to using the insert key. when you've set it's radio button setting here to "allow capslock key to act as insert key", and saved the settings, then you're all set. you can hold down the capslock key anywhere you hear that it calls for the insert key (such as the key describer mode I mentioned, you can get into it with capslock-1). hth, Chip -----Original Message----- From: J. Landrum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 3:11 PM To: gw-info Subject: Help with key board Good afternoon, I am having a problem with my lap top key board I am having trouble with the FN key I think i probally need to convert to the laptop layout but i am having a problem activating it i am following the manual directions. I am using window-eyes 7.5.1. I would be so grateful for any suggestions you might have . Thank you in advance. 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.
