Thanks so much for taking the time to give me these excellent directions. Another list member, David, pointed me to the HWSETUP option yesterday and I was able to change the settings so my function keys work as I like. Again thanks so much. Greg Washington
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 8:27 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Problems using function keys on a new computer Hi Greg, With luck, it will be possible for you to configure things yourself, in much the following way. First, though, you need to locate something called HWSETUP. (that is, HW Setup.) This has a number of control dialogues that let you configure stuff on the Toshiba. I have a windows7 Toshiba Satellite laptop, so the directions i have would apply to Windows7. Accessing HW Setup To run the HW Setup program, click Start -> All Programs -> TOSHIBA -> Tools & Utilities -> HWSETUP. The HW Setup window contains a number of tabs (General, Password, Display, Boot Setting, Keyboard, USB, LAN and SATA) to allow specific functions of the computer to be configured. In addition there are also three buttons : OK, Cancel and Apply. OK Accepts your changes and closes the HW Setup window. Cancel Closes the window without accepting your changes. Apply Accepts all your changes without closing the HW Setup window. Some options shown in grey are possible to confirm their status. Now, on my Toshiba, there are a number of tab controls, one of which is Keybpoard which is what we're interested in here. So you get to that dialogue by right-arrow or ctrl+tab about three times. Then, tab into the dialogue, and change the radiobutton (1 of 2) SPECIAL MODE) up to radiobutton 2 of 2, (STANDARD F10F12 MODE. Also do the same in the next part of the dialogue, go from radiobutton 1 of 2 up to 2 of 2, or make sure you have that radiobutton highlighted,and OK your changes. That's basically the procedure which I did myself to undo the Fn key interaction with other function keys, so that they function instead in the standard F1-F12 manner. (You will lose some of the special functionalities. But you can undo these changes by doing the same again, should the need arise.) I hope this may help. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Washington" <gregw...@comcast.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 4:23 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Problems using function keys on a new computer >I just bought a Toshiba Satellite C55-A5355 Windows 7 15.6-Inch Laptop. >I > discovered to my dismay that in order to use the function keys on the > top > row of the keyboard you have to press the "function" key which is > located > left of the spacebar between the control key and the windows key. > Needless > to say it is quite awkward if not impossible to hold down that > key+jaws > key+a function key to use many jaws specific keystrokes. Before I > investigate returning the computer does anyone have any suggestions on > how > to make the function key always be set so that the keys on the > function key > row at the top of the keyboard always work as function keys so I just > have > to press the Jaws key plus the function key I need, for example > Jawskey+f10 > to bring up the list of running programs? Any help would be greatly > appreciated. > > Thanks, > Greg Washington > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
