Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion
JAWS functions essential for full JAWS usability. I need full access to JAWS with Fusion or none at all at this point. I really really hate to resort to Bootcamp because the attractiveness of using the Mac hinges upon use of a virtual machine for Windows for me. I need both and full access to both with the Macbook Air keyboard. I do not want to have to connect an external keyboard each time I need to use Windows. Does anyone have any suggestions? On Aug 20, 2014, at 9:35 PM, Eric Caron ecar...@comcast.net wrote: Also, You may want to consider using Keyremap4macbook and its PC counter part. I use this to turn my capslock key on the Mac into VO keys and on the virtual machine it turns my caps lock into a insert key for PC screen readers. Just another option to consider. Eric Caron On Aug 20, 2014, at 4:44 AM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@icloud.com wrote: That is correct. You can download it on the mac, but it will have to be installed on windows. On Aug 20, 2014, at 2:36 AM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona hank.smith...@gmail.com wrote: if memory serves it is a windows app hth Hank On 8/19/2014 9:47 AM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Is sharp keys a mac app, or something you download once in the vm? Thanks! Cait On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:00 PM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: That's why I prefer the sharp keys way. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? Then come join a list where questions are always answered, and we are always patient with you. Subscribe here: apple4beginners-subscr...@yahoogroups.com All are welcome! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Taylor Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 4:15 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion Hi, Couple of points here. Firstly, if you delete all the built in keystrokes, you have to do a lot of finger contortions that you don't actually need to do, given that the mac keystrokes are much easier to reach than the windows ones. I would advise people to keep them, they can actually come in really handy. Secondly, and more importantly, if you swap the windows and alt keys round in Windows, how can you command-tab away from Fusion, as command is now alt, so would give you the alt-tab keystroke in Windows? Yes, it takes a little getting used to the fusion arrangement, but it gives you far more flexibility than doing this remapping does. Cheers Dave On 17 Aug 2014, at 11:57, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: Below is what I found in my collection of mac tutorials. Mapping keys in fusion First off, it is true that you have no insert key on the mac, while you often do need one in windows. You can create a key mapping for yourself in 1 of 2 ways. Either using fusion itself, and there is no real down side as far as I'm aware, but it is a little tricky to set up because of an interface issue in fusion. The other way to get an insert key is to use the sharp keys program. Sharp keys lets you remap a few more keys than fusion will allow. For example, using sharp keys, you can even remap your right command, or your right option key, to the windows insert. If you do it via fusion, then all your virtual machines will get an insert key. If you have windows 7 and xp like I do, creating the insert key using the fusion keyboard remapper creates it for all virtual machines because fusion only allows you to do it inside its global preferences, command comma, and not on a per machine basis, command e. If you create your insert key using sharp keys, then it is going to be a local setting for that windows installation only, because sharp keys modifies the windows registry to do the trick. Both methods will give you the same result: an insert key that is not just insert, but that can be held down as if it were a modifier key for other keys. This answers your other issue, where caps lock cannot be used inside the virtual machine as a modifier. It works as a caps lock, but you can't hold it down and press a letter inside the virtual machine, in order to give commands to your screen reader. Sharp keys and fusion itself though, will give you an insert key like the one on a normal windows computer. This lets you use insert rather than caps lock for your screen reader's commands, so let's concentrate on insert, and I will leave caps lock for someone else. Now, let's look at the way you can do it inside fusion. I'm using fusion 3.1.3, which is the latest version as of today. To update, go to the menu bar in fusion, vo m, then once right, then down to check for updates, and then follow the instructions. First, fire up fusion and, just to be certain
Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion
Hi, I don't use jaw, but have you tried going into the preferences of fusion and turning off the Os 10 shortcuts? This will make the computer send all your key strokes to the fusion side.. hth, Caitlyn On Aug 22, 2014, at 7:31 PM, gs geoffsli...@gmail.com wrote: I'm thinking about abandoning Fusion and using Bootcamp because I have not found a way around the conflicts with OS X and JAWS laptop keyboard layout. Is there anyone who has found a solution for Fusion that allows *all* the JAWS keys to be sent to JAWS and not captured by OS X? Sure, you can use Capslock + T to read the windows title. However, I cannot use many of the keys on the right side of the keyboard in conjunction with capslock to perform many JAWS functions essential for full JAWS usability. I need full access to JAWS with Fusion or none at all at this point. I really really hate to resort to Bootcamp because the attractiveness of using the Mac hinges upon use of a virtual machine for Windows for me. I need both and full access to both with the Macbook Air keyboard. I do not want to have to connect an external keyboard each time I need to use Windows. Does anyone have any suggestions? On Aug 20, 2014, at 9:35 PM, Eric Caron ecar...@comcast.net wrote: Also, You may want to consider using Keyremap4macbook and its PC counter part. I use this to turn my capslock key on the Mac into VO keys and on the virtual machine it turns my caps lock into a insert key for PC screen readers. Just another option to consider. Eric Caron On Aug 20, 2014, at 4:44 AM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@icloud.com wrote: That is correct. You can download it on the mac, but it will have to be installed on windows. On Aug 20, 2014, at 2:36 AM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona hank.smith...@gmail.com wrote: if memory serves it is a windows app hth Hank On 8/19/2014 9:47 AM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Is sharp keys a mac app, or something you download once in the vm? Thanks! Cait On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:00 PM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: That's why I prefer the sharp keys way. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? Then come join a list where questions are always answered, and we are always patient with you. Subscribe here: apple4beginners-subscr...@yahoogroups.com All are welcome! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Taylor Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 4:15 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion Hi, Couple of points here. Firstly, if you delete all the built in keystrokes, you have to do a lot of finger contortions that you don't actually need to do, given that the mac keystrokes are much easier to reach than the windows ones. I would advise people to keep them, they can actually come in really handy. Secondly, and more importantly, if you swap the windows and alt keys round in Windows, how can you command-tab away from Fusion, as command is now alt, so would give you the alt-tab keystroke in Windows? Yes, it takes a little getting used to the fusion arrangement, but it gives you far more flexibility than doing this remapping does. Cheers Dave On 17 Aug 2014, at 11:57, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: Below is what I found in my collection of mac tutorials. Mapping keys in fusion First off, it is true that you have no insert key on the mac, while you often do need one in windows. You can create a key mapping for yourself in 1 of 2 ways. Either using fusion itself, and there is no real down side as far as I'm aware, but it is a little tricky to set up because of an interface issue in fusion. The other way to get an insert key is to use the sharp keys program. Sharp keys lets you remap a few more keys than fusion will allow. For example, using sharp keys, you can even remap your right command, or your right option key, to the windows insert. If you do it via fusion, then all your virtual machines will get an insert key. If you have windows 7 and xp like I do, creating the insert key using the fusion keyboard remapper creates it for all virtual machines because fusion only allows you to do it inside its global preferences, command comma, and not on a per machine basis, command e. If you create your insert key using sharp keys, then it is going to be a local setting for that windows installation only, because sharp keys modifies the windows registry to do the trick. Both methods will give you the same result: an insert key that is not just insert, but that can be held down as if it were a modifier key for other keys. This answers your other issue, where caps lock cannot be used inside the virtual machine
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, then you should be able to clear that up without any difficulty. Don't give up on fusion just yet. Once you get it working you'll be glad you stuck with it. I wish I could help you more but I just can't. Sent from my IPhone On Aug 22, 2014, at 7:31 PM, gs geoffsli...@gmail.com wrote: I'm thinking about abandoning Fusion and using Bootcamp because I have not found a way around the conflicts with OS X and JAWS laptop keyboard layout. Is there anyone who has found a solution for Fusion that allows *all* the JAWS keys to be sent to JAWS and not captured by OS X? Sure, you can use Capslock + T to read the windows title. However, I cannot use many of the keys on the right side of the keyboard in conjunction with capslock to perform many JAWS functions essential for full JAWS usability. I need full access to JAWS with Fusion or none at all at this point. I really really hate to resort to Bootcamp because the attractiveness of using the Mac hinges upon use of a virtual machine for Windows for me. I need both and full access to both with the Macbook Air keyboard. I do not want to have to connect an external keyboard each time I need to use Windows. Does anyone have any suggestions? On Aug 20, 2014, at 9:35 PM, Eric Caron ecar...@comcast.net wrote: Also, You may want to consider using Keyremap4macbook and its PC counter part. I use this to turn my capslock key on the Mac into VO keys and on the virtual machine it turns my caps lock into a insert key for PC screen readers. Just another option to consider. Eric Caron On Aug 20, 2014, at 4:44 AM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@icloud.com wrote: That is correct. You can download it on the mac, but it will have to be installed on windows. On Aug 20, 2014, at 2:36 AM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona hank.smith...@gmail.com wrote: if memory serves it is a windows app hth Hank On 8/19/2014 9:47 AM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Is sharp keys a mac app, or something you download once in the vm? Thanks! Cait On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:00 PM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: That's why I prefer the sharp keys way. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? Then come join a list where questions are always answered, and we are always patient with you. Subscribe here: apple4beginners-subscr...@yahoogroups.com All are welcome! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Taylor Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 4:15 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion Hi, Couple of points here. Firstly, if you delete all the built in keystrokes, you have to do a lot of finger contortions that you don't actually need to do, given that the mac keystrokes are much easier to reach than the windows ones. I would advise people to keep them, they can actually come in really handy. Secondly, and more importantly, if you swap the windows and alt keys round in Windows, how can you command-tab away from Fusion, as command is now alt, so would give you the alt-tab keystroke in Windows? Yes, it takes a little getting used to the fusion arrangement, but it gives you far more flexibility than doing this remapping does. Cheers Dave On 17 Aug 2014, at 11:57, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: Below is what I found in my collection of mac tutorials. Mapping keys in fusion First off, it is true that you have no insert key on the mac, while you often do need one in windows. You can create a key mapping for yourself in 1 of 2 ways. Either using fusion itself, and there is no real down side as far as I'm aware, but it is a little tricky to set up because of an interface issue in fusion. The other way to get an insert key is to use the sharp keys program. Sharp keys lets you remap a few more keys than fusion will allow. For example, using sharp keys, you can even remap your right command, or your right option key, to the windows insert. If you do it via fusion, then all your virtual machines will get an insert key. If you have windows 7 and xp like I do, creating the insert key using the fusion keyboard remapper creates it for all virtual machines because fusion only allows you to do it inside its global preferences, command comma, and not on a per machine basis, command e. If you create your insert key using sharp keys, then it is going to be a local setting for that windows installation only, because sharp keys modifies the windows registry to do the trick. Both methods will give you the same result: an insert key that is not just insert, but that can be held down as if it were a modifier key for other keys. This answers your other issue, where caps lock cannot be used inside
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to use the answer key. I've done that as well. I hope I understand correctly you're having trouble with certain keys not being passed to Jaws that seem to be getting grabbed by Mac or vice a versa. That would be a problem within the global key Settings of fusion. If you look around in those settings, and truly understand what how they work, then you should be able to clear that up without any difficulty. Don't give up on fusion just yet. Once you get it working you'll be glad you stuck with it. I wish I could help you more but I just can't. Sent from my IPhone On Aug 22, 2014, at 7:31 PM, gs geoffsli...@gmail.com wrote: I'm thinking about abandoning Fusion and using Bootcamp because I have not found a way around the conflicts with OS X and JAWS laptop keyboard layout. Is there anyone who has found a solution for Fusion that allows *all* the JAWS keys to be sent to JAWS and not captured by OS X? Sure, you can use Capslock + T to read the windows title. However, I cannot use many of the keys on the right side of the keyboard in conjunction with capslock to perform many JAWS functions essential for full JAWS usability. I need full access to JAWS with Fusion or none at all at this point. I really really hate to resort to Bootcamp because the attractiveness of using the Mac hinges upon use of a virtual machine for Windows for me. I need both and full access to both with the Macbook Air keyboard. I do not want to have to connect an external keyboard each time I need to use Windows. Does anyone have any suggestions? On Aug 20, 2014, at 9:35 PM, Eric Caron ecar...@comcast.net wrote: Also, You may want to consider using Keyremap4macbook and its PC counter part. I use this to turn my capslock key on the Mac into VO keys and on the virtual machine it turns my caps lock into a insert key for PC screen readers. Just another option to consider. Eric Caron On Aug 20, 2014, at 4:44 AM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@icloud.com wrote: That is correct. You can download it on the mac, but it will have to be installed on windows. On Aug 20, 2014, at 2:36 AM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona hank.smith...@gmail.com wrote: if memory serves it is a windows app hth Hank On 8/19/2014 9:47 AM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Is sharp keys a mac app, or something you download once in the vm? Thanks! Cait On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:00 PM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: That's why I prefer the sharp keys way. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? Then come join a list where questions are always answered, and we are always patient with you. Subscribe here: apple4beginners-subscr...@yahoogroups.com All are welcome! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Taylor Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 4:15 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion Hi, Couple of points here. Firstly, if you delete all the built in keystrokes, you have to do a lot of finger contortions that you don't actually need to do, given that the mac keystrokes are much easier to reach than the windows ones. I would advise people to keep them, they can actually come in really handy. Secondly, and more importantly, if you swap the windows and alt keys round in Windows, how can you command-tab away from Fusion, as command is now alt, so would give you the alt-tab keystroke in Windows? Yes, it takes a little getting used to the fusion arrangement, but it gives you far more flexibility than doing this remapping does. Cheers Dave On 17 Aug 2014, at 11:57, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: Below is what I found in my collection of mac tutorials. Mapping keys in fusion First off, it is true that you have no insert key on the mac, while you often do need one in windows. You can create a key mapping for yourself in 1 of 2 ways. Either using fusion itself, and there is no real down side as far as I'm aware, but it is a little tricky to set up because of an interface issue in fusion. The other way to get an insert key is to use the sharp keys program. Sharp keys lets you remap a few more keys than fusion will allow. For example, using sharp keys, you can even remap your right command, or your right option key, to the windows insert. If you do it via fusion, then all your virtual machines will get an insert key. If you have windows 7 and xp like I do, creating the insert key using the fusion keyboard remapper creates it for all virtual machines because fusion only allows you to do it inside its global preferences, command comma, and not on a per machine basis, command e. If you create your insert key using sharp keys, then it is going
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I'm thinking about abandoning Fusion and using Bootcamp because I have not found a way around the conflicts with OS X and JAWS laptop keyboard layout. Is there anyone who has found a solution for Fusion that allows *all* the JAWS keys to be sent to JAWS and not captured by OS X? Sure, you can use Capslock + T to read the windows title. However, I cannot use many of the keys on the right side of the keyboard in conjunction with capslock to perform many JAWS functions essential for full JAWS usability. I need full access to JAWS with Fusion or none at all at this point. I really really hate to resort to Bootcamp because the attractiveness of using the Mac hinges upon use of a virtual machine for Windows for me. I need both and full access to both with the Macbook Air keyboard. I do not want to have to connect an external keyboard each time I need to use Windows. Does anyone have any suggestions? On Aug 20, 2014, at 9:35 PM, Eric Caron ecar...@comcast.net wrote: Also, You may want to consider using Keyremap4macbook and its PC counter part. I use this to turn my capslock key on the Mac into VO keys and on the virtual machine it turns my caps lock into a insert key for PC screen readers. Just another option to consider. Eric Caron On Aug 20, 2014, at 4:44 AM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@icloud.com wrote: That is correct. You can download it on the mac, but it will have to be installed on windows. On Aug 20, 2014, at 2:36 AM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona hank.smith...@gmail.com wrote: if memory serves it is a windows app hth Hank On 8/19/2014 9:47 AM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Is sharp keys a mac app, or something you download once in the vm? Thanks! Cait On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:00 PM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: That's why I prefer the sharp keys way. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? Then come join a list where questions are always answered, and we are always patient with you. Subscribe here: apple4beginners-subscr...@yahoogroups.com All are welcome! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Taylor Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 4:15 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion Hi, Couple of points here. Firstly, if you delete all the built in keystrokes, you have to do a lot of finger contortions that you don't actually need to do, given that the mac keystrokes are much easier to reach than the windows ones. I would advise people to keep them, they can actually come in really handy. Secondly, and more importantly, if you swap the windows and alt keys round in Windows, how can you command-tab away from Fusion, as command is now alt, so would give you the alt-tab keystroke in Windows? Yes, it takes a little getting used to the fusion arrangement, but it gives you far more flexibility than doing this remapping does. Cheers Dave On 17 Aug 2014, at 11:57, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: Below is what I found in my collection of mac tutorials. Mapping keys in fusion First off, it is true that you have no insert key on the mac, while you often do need one in windows. You can create a key mapping for yourself in 1 of 2 ways. Either using fusion itself, and there is no real down side as far as I'm aware, but it is a little tricky to set up because of an interface issue in fusion. The other way to get an insert key is to use the sharp keys program. Sharp keys lets you remap a few more keys than fusion will allow. For example, using sharp keys, you can even remap your right command, or your right option key, to the windows insert. If you do it via fusion, then all your virtual machines will get an insert key. If you have windows 7 and xp like I do, creating the insert key using the fusion keyboard remapper creates it for all virtual machines because fusion only allows you to do it inside its global preferences, command comma, and not on a per machine basis, command e. If you create your insert key using sharp keys, then it is going to be a local setting for that windows installation only, because sharp keys modifies the windows registry to do the trick. Both methods will give you the same result: an insert key that is not just insert, but that can be held down as if it were a modifier key for other keys. This answers your other issue, where caps lock cannot be used inside the virtual machine as a modifier. It works as a caps lock, but you can't hold it down and press a letter inside the virtual machine, in order to give commands to your screen reader. Sharp keys and fusion itself though, will give you an insert key like the one on a normal windows computer. This lets you use insert
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I honestly don't know what you're doing that's giving you all this trouble, but I can tell you that I use fusion Windows 7 and Mac without any trouble. I have remapped my grads accent key to be the Jaws modifier key, or the NVDA modifier key if that's what you use. I used the windows application called sharp keys to do the remapping. Sharkeys is a little funky and a little confusing at first, but it works fine once you do it. Other than this there is no reason why fusion shouldn't be working for you. Many dozens of people at least on this list are using windows with fusion and they don't report any problems same as you were having. I wish I could help you more, but I just don't know what to tell you. If you're using a standard install a fusion and you've installed windows, then you need only to remap a key for a modifier key for your screen reader and then you should be fine. You can also with infusion settings set some key to be an insert key and then tell your screen reader to use the answer key. I've done that as well. I hope I understand correctly you're having trouble with certain keys not being passed to Jaws that seem to be getting grabbed by Mac or vice a versa. That would be a problem within the global key Settings of fusion. If you look around in those settings, and truly understand what how they work, then you should be able to clear that up without any difficulty. Don't give up on fusion just yet. Once you get it working you'll be glad you stuck with it. I wish I could help you more but I just can't. Sent from my IPhone On Aug 22, 2014, at 7:31 PM, gs geoffsli...@gmail.com wrote: I'm thinking about abandoning Fusion and using Bootcamp because I have not found a way around the conflicts with OS X and JAWS laptop keyboard layout. Is there anyone who has found a solution for Fusion that allows *all* the JAWS keys to be sent to JAWS and not captured by OS X? Sure, you can use Capslock + T to read the windows title. However, I cannot use many of the keys on the right side of the keyboard in conjunction with capslock to perform many JAWS functions essential for full JAWS usability. I need full access to JAWS with Fusion or none at all at this point. I really really hate to resort to Bootcamp because the attractiveness of using the Mac hinges upon use of a virtual machine for Windows for me. I need both and full access to both with the Macbook Air keyboard. I do not want to have to connect an external keyboard each time I need to use Windows. Does anyone have any suggestions? On Aug 20, 2014, at 9:35 PM, Eric Caron ecar...@comcast.net wrote: Also, You may want to consider using Keyremap4macbook and its PC counter part. I use this to turn my capslock key on the Mac into VO keys and on the virtual machine it turns my caps lock into a insert key for PC screen readers. Just another option to consider. Eric Caron On Aug 20, 2014, at 4:44 AM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@icloud.com wrote: That is correct. You can download it on the mac, but it will have to be installed on windows. On Aug 20, 2014, at 2:36 AM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona hank.smith...@gmail.com wrote: if memory serves it is a windows app hth Hank On 8/19/2014 9:47 AM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Is sharp keys a mac app, or something you download once in the vm? Thanks! Cait On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:00 PM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: That's why I prefer the sharp keys way. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? Then come join a list where questions are always answered, and we are always patient with you. Subscribe here: apple4beginners-subscr...@yahoogroups.com All are welcome! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Taylor Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 4:15 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion Hi, Couple of points here. Firstly, if you delete all the built in keystrokes, you have to do a lot of finger contortions that you don't actually need to do, given that the mac keystrokes are much easier to reach than the windows ones. I would advise people to keep them, they can actually come in really handy. Secondly, and more importantly, if you swap the windows and alt keys round in Windows, how can you command-tab away from Fusion, as command is now alt, so would give you the alt-tab keystroke in Windows? Yes, it takes a little getting used to the fusion arrangement, but it gives you far more flexibility than doing this remapping does. Cheers Dave On 17 Aug 2014, at 11:57, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: Below is what I found in my collection of mac tutorials. Mapping keys in fusion First off, it is true
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Taylor Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 4:15 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion Hi, Couple of points here. Firstly, if you delete all the built in keystrokes, you have to do a lot of finger contortions that you don't actually need to do, given that the mac keystrokes are much easier to reach than the windows ones. I would advise people to keep them, they can actually come in really handy. Secondly, and more importantly, if you swap the windows and alt keys round in Windows, how can you command-tab away from Fusion, as command is now alt, so would give you the alt-tab keystroke in Windows? Yes, it takes a little getting used to the fusion arrangement, but it gives you far more flexibility than doing this remapping does. Cheers Dave On 17 Aug 2014, at 11:57, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: Below is what I found in my collection of mac tutorials. Mapping keys in fusion First off, it is true that you have no insert key on the mac, while you often do need one in windows. You can create a key mapping for yourself in 1 of 2 ways. Either using fusion itself, and there is no real down side as far as I'm aware, but it is a little tricky to set up because of an interface issue in fusion. The other way to get an insert key is to use the sharp keys program. Sharp keys lets you remap a few more keys than fusion will allow. For example, using sharp keys, you can even remap your right command, or your right option key, to the windows insert. If you do it via fusion, then all your virtual machines will get an insert key. If you have windows 7 and xp like I do, creating the insert key using the fusion keyboard remapper creates it for all virtual machines because fusion only allows you to do it inside its global preferences, command comma, and not on a per machine basis, command e. If you create your insert key using sharp keys, then it is going to be a local setting for that windows installation only, because sharp keys modifies the windows registry to do the trick. Both methods will give you the same result: an insert key that is not just insert, but that can be held down as if it were a modifier key for other keys. This answers your other issue, where caps lock cannot be used inside the virtual machine as a modifier. It works as a caps lock, but you can't hold it down and press a letter inside the virtual machine, in order to give commands to your screen reader. Sharp keys and fusion itself though, will give you an insert key like the one on a normal windows computer. This lets you use insert rather than caps lock for your screen reader's commands, so let's concentrate on insert, and I will leave caps lock for someone else. Now, let's look at the way you can do it inside fusion. I'm using fusion 3.1.3, which is the latest version as of today. To update, go to the menu bar in fusion, vo m, then once right, then down to check for updates, and then follow the instructions. First, fire up fusion and, just to be certain, have your virtual machines shut down. Then press command comma to open fusion's global preferences. At the top of this window is a toolbar. Interact with it and click keyboard and mouse. A new window will appear. The first thing you will encounter is a pop up button where you choose your keyboard and mouse profile. The window itself consists of 4 tab sheets, and all those settings together are stored in a keyboard and mouse profile. I don't think we will ever need a second profile, but that's what the button allows. Leave it at its default. The first tab sheet of this dialog, named, key mappings, is where you can swap your windows logo and alt keys. By default, fusion will map your command key to the windows logo key, and your option key to the windows alt key. This is not very intuitive for those of us who are used to windows and its keyboard layout, but it's easy to swap them. See below. In this window, you will also be able to create your insert key inside fusion, and if you want, give yourself a numb lock toggle as well. If you look at this table, then many mac keys are mapped to some windows counterparts. Personally, I don't think that is necessary at all. For example, in windows, you use control plus c to copy an item to the clipboard. On the mac, we're used to pressing command plus c to copy. In fusion, there is a default key mapping that makes command c the equivalent of control c. In other words, pressing control c or command c in windows will do the same thing. This is non-standard windows tweaking I don't like, so what I did to begin with, is clear this entire list. To the right of this table, you have 2 unlabeled buttons. The left one is add, and the right one is delete and entry in this table. Just focus on the right button of the 2, and hit vo space until the list is empty. You
Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 4:15 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion Hi, Couple of points here. Firstly, if you delete all the built in keystrokes, you have to do a lot of finger contortions that you don't actually need to do, given that the mac keystrokes are much easier to reach than the windows ones. I would advise people to keep them, they can actually come in really handy. Secondly, and more importantly, if you swap the windows and alt keys round in Windows, how can you command-tab away from Fusion, as command is now alt, so would give you the alt-tab keystroke in Windows? Yes, it takes a little getting used to the fusion arrangement, but it gives you far more flexibility than doing this remapping does. Cheers Dave On 17 Aug 2014, at 11:57, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: Below is what I found in my collection of mac tutorials. Mapping keys in fusion First off, it is true that you have no insert key on the mac, while you often do need one in windows. You can create a key mapping for yourself in 1 of 2 ways. Either using fusion itself, and there is no real down side as far as I'm aware, but it is a little tricky to set up because of an interface issue in fusion. The other way to get an insert key is to use the sharp keys program. Sharp keys lets you remap a few more keys than fusion will allow. For example, using sharp keys, you can even remap your right command, or your right option key, to the windows insert. If you do it via fusion, then all your virtual machines will get an insert key. If you have windows 7 and xp like I do, creating the insert key using the fusion keyboard remapper creates it for all virtual machines because fusion only allows you to do it inside its global preferences, command comma, and not on a per machine basis, command e. If you create your insert key using sharp keys, then it is going to be a local setting for that windows installation only, because sharp keys modifies the windows registry to do the trick. Both methods will give you the same result: an insert key that is not just insert, but that can be held down as if it were a modifier key for other keys. This answers your other issue, where caps lock cannot be used inside the virtual machine as a modifier. It works as a caps lock, but you can't hold it down and press a letter inside the virtual machine, in order to give commands to your screen reader. Sharp keys and fusion itself though, will give you an insert key like the one on a normal windows computer. This lets you use insert rather than caps lock for your screen reader's commands, so let's concentrate on insert, and I will leave caps lock for someone else. Now, let's look at the way you can do it inside fusion. I'm using fusion 3.1.3, which is the latest version as of today. To update, go to the menu bar in fusion, vo m, then once right, then down to check for updates, and then follow the instructions. First, fire up fusion and, just to be certain, have your virtual machines shut down. Then press command comma to open fusion's global preferences. At the top of this window is a toolbar. Interact with it and click keyboard and mouse. A new window will appear. The first thing you will encounter is a pop up button where you choose your keyboard and mouse profile. The window itself consists of 4 tab sheets, and all those settings together are stored in a keyboard and mouse profile. I don't think we will ever need a second profile, but that's what the button allows. Leave it at its default. The first tab sheet of this dialog, named, key mappings, is where you can swap your windows logo and alt keys. By default, fusion will map your command key to the windows logo key, and your option key to the windows alt key. This is not very intuitive for those of us who are used to windows and its keyboard layout, but it's easy to swap them. See below. In this window, you will also be able to create your insert key inside fusion, and if you want, give yourself a numb lock toggle as well. If you look at this table, then many mac keys are mapped to some windows counterparts. Personally, I don't think that is necessary at all. For example, in windows, you use control plus c to copy an item to the clipboard. On the mac, we're used to pressing command plus c to copy. In fusion, there is a default key mapping that makes command c the equivalent of control c. In other words, pressing control c or command c in windows will do the same thing. This is non-standard windows tweaking I don't like, so what I did to begin with, is clear this entire list. To the right of this table, you have 2 unlabeled buttons. The left one is add, and the right one is delete and entry in this table. Just focus on the right button of the 2, and hit vo space until the list is empty. You will also
RE: Remapping keys with VM fusion
Hi. Are there instructions on how you can use both without conflicts? When I used the Mac version, it always kept the remaps in my VM Window. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Caron Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 9:35 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion Also, You may want to consider using Keyremap4macbook and its PC counter part. I use this to turn my capslock key on the Mac into VO keys and on the virtual machine it turns my caps lock into a insert key for PC screen readers. Just another option to consider. Eric Caron On Aug 20, 2014, at 4:44 AM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@icloud.com wrote: That is correct. You can download it on the mac, but it will have to be installed on windows. On Aug 20, 2014, at 2:36 AM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona hank.smith...@gmail.com wrote: if memory serves it is a windows app hth Hank On 8/19/2014 9:47 AM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Is sharp keys a mac app, or something you download once in the vm? Thanks! Cait On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:00 PM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: That's why I prefer the sharp keys way. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? Then come join a list where questions are always answered, and we are always patient with you. Subscribe here: apple4beginners-subscr...@yahoogroups.com All are welcome! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Taylor Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 4:15 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion Hi, Couple of points here. Firstly, if you delete all the built in keystrokes, you have to do a lot of finger contortions that you don't actually need to do, given that the mac keystrokes are much easier to reach than the windows ones. I would advise people to keep them, they can actually come in really handy. Secondly, and more importantly, if you swap the windows and alt keys round in Windows, how can you command-tab away from Fusion, as command is now alt, so would give you the alt-tab keystroke in Windows? Yes, it takes a little getting used to the fusion arrangement, but it gives you far more flexibility than doing this remapping does. Cheers Dave On 17 Aug 2014, at 11:57, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: Below is what I found in my collection of mac tutorials. Mapping keys in fusion First off, it is true that you have no insert key on the mac, while you often do need one in windows. You can create a key mapping for yourself in 1 of 2 ways. Either using fusion itself, and there is no real down side as far as I'm aware, but it is a little tricky to set up because of an interface issue in fusion. The other way to get an insert key is to use the sharp keys program. Sharp keys lets you remap a few more keys than fusion will allow. For example, using sharp keys, you can even remap your right command, or your right option key, to the windows insert. If you do it via fusion, then all your virtual machines will get an insert key. If you have windows 7 and xp like I do, creating the insert key using the fusion keyboard remapper creates it for all virtual machines because fusion only allows you to do it inside its global preferences, command comma, and not on a per machine basis, command e. If you create your insert key using sharp keys, then it is going to be a local setting for that windows installation only, because sharp keys modifies the windows registry to do the trick. Both methods will give you the same result: an insert key that is not just insert, but that can be held down as if it were a modifier key for other keys. This answers your other issue, where caps lock cannot be used inside the virtual machine as a modifier. It works as a caps lock, but you can't hold it down and press a letter inside the virtual machine, in order to give commands to your screen reader. Sharp keys and fusion itself though, will give you an insert key like the one on a normal windows computer. This lets you use insert rather than caps lock for your screen reader's commands, so let's concentrate on insert, and I will leave caps lock for someone else. Now, let's look at the way you can do it inside fusion. I'm using fusion 3.1.3, which is the latest version as of today. To update, go to the menu bar in fusion, vo m, then once right, then down to check for updates, and then follow the instructions. First, fire up fusion and, just to be certain, have your virtual machines shut down. Then press command comma to open fusion's global preferences. At the top of this window is a toolbar. Interact with it and click
Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion
if memory serves it is a windows app hth Hank On 8/19/2014 9:47 AM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Is sharp keys a mac app, or something you download once in the vm? Thanks! Cait On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:00 PM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: That's why I prefer the sharp keys way. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? Then come join a list where questions are always answered, and we are always patient with you. Subscribe here: apple4beginners-subscr...@yahoogroups.com All are welcome! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Taylor Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 4:15 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion Hi, Couple of points here. Firstly, if you delete all the built in keystrokes, you have to do a lot of finger contortions that you don't actually need to do, given that the mac keystrokes are much easier to reach than the windows ones. I would advise people to keep them, they can actually come in really handy. Secondly, and more importantly, if you swap the windows and alt keys round in Windows, how can you command-tab away from Fusion, as command is now alt, so would give you the alt-tab keystroke in Windows? Yes, it takes a little getting used to the fusion arrangement, but it gives you far more flexibility than doing this remapping does. Cheers Dave On 17 Aug 2014, at 11:57, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: Below is what I found in my collection of mac tutorials. Mapping keys in fusion First off, it is true that you have no insert key on the mac, while you often do need one in windows. You can create a key mapping for yourself in 1 of 2 ways. Either using fusion itself, and there is no real down side as far as I'm aware, but it is a little tricky to set up because of an interface issue in fusion. The other way to get an insert key is to use the sharp keys program. Sharp keys lets you remap a few more keys than fusion will allow. For example, using sharp keys, you can even remap your right command, or your right option key, to the windows insert. If you do it via fusion, then all your virtual machines will get an insert key. If you have windows 7 and xp like I do, creating the insert key using the fusion keyboard remapper creates it for all virtual machines because fusion only allows you to do it inside its global preferences, command comma, and not on a per machine basis, command e. If you create your insert key using sharp keys, then it is going to be a local setting for that windows installation only, because sharp keys modifies the windows registry to do the trick. Both methods will give you the same result: an insert key that is not just insert, but that can be held down as if it were a modifier key for other keys. This answers your other issue, where caps lock cannot be used inside the virtual machine as a modifier. It works as a caps lock, but you can't hold it down and press a letter inside the virtual machine, in order to give commands to your screen reader. Sharp keys and fusion itself though, will give you an insert key like the one on a normal windows computer. This lets you use insert rather than caps lock for your screen reader's commands, so let's concentrate on insert, and I will leave caps lock for someone else. Now, let's look at the way you can do it inside fusion. I'm using fusion 3.1.3, which is the latest version as of today. To update, go to the menu bar in fusion, vo m, then once right, then down to check for updates, and then follow the instructions. First, fire up fusion and, just to be certain, have your virtual machines shut down. Then press command comma to open fusion's global preferences. At the top of this window is a toolbar. Interact with it and click keyboard and mouse. A new window will appear. The first thing you will encounter is a pop up button where you choose your keyboard and mouse profile. The window itself consists of 4 tab sheets, and all those settings together are stored in a keyboard and mouse profile. I don't think we will ever need a second profile, but that's what the button allows. Leave it at its default. The first tab sheet of this dialog, named, key mappings, is where you can swap your windows logo and alt keys. By default, fusion will map your command key to the windows logo key, and your option key to the windows alt key. This is not very intuitive for those of us who are used to windows and its keyboard layout, but it's easy to swap them. See below. In this window, you will also be able to create your insert key inside fusion, and if you want, give yourself a numb lock toggle as well. If you look at this table, then many mac keys are mapped to some windows counterparts. Personally, I don't think that is necessary at all. For example
Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion
That is correct. You can download it on the mac, but it will have to be installed on windows. On Aug 20, 2014, at 2:36 AM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona hank.smith...@gmail.com wrote: if memory serves it is a windows app hth Hank On 8/19/2014 9:47 AM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Is sharp keys a mac app, or something you download once in the vm? Thanks! Cait On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:00 PM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: That's why I prefer the sharp keys way. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? Then come join a list where questions are always answered, and we are always patient with you. Subscribe here: apple4beginners-subscr...@yahoogroups.com All are welcome! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Taylor Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 4:15 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion Hi, Couple of points here. Firstly, if you delete all the built in keystrokes, you have to do a lot of finger contortions that you don't actually need to do, given that the mac keystrokes are much easier to reach than the windows ones. I would advise people to keep them, they can actually come in really handy. Secondly, and more importantly, if you swap the windows and alt keys round in Windows, how can you command-tab away from Fusion, as command is now alt, so would give you the alt-tab keystroke in Windows? Yes, it takes a little getting used to the fusion arrangement, but it gives you far more flexibility than doing this remapping does. Cheers Dave On 17 Aug 2014, at 11:57, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: Below is what I found in my collection of mac tutorials. Mapping keys in fusion First off, it is true that you have no insert key on the mac, while you often do need one in windows. You can create a key mapping for yourself in 1 of 2 ways. Either using fusion itself, and there is no real down side as far as I'm aware, but it is a little tricky to set up because of an interface issue in fusion. The other way to get an insert key is to use the sharp keys program. Sharp keys lets you remap a few more keys than fusion will allow. For example, using sharp keys, you can even remap your right command, or your right option key, to the windows insert. If you do it via fusion, then all your virtual machines will get an insert key. If you have windows 7 and xp like I do, creating the insert key using the fusion keyboard remapper creates it for all virtual machines because fusion only allows you to do it inside its global preferences, command comma, and not on a per machine basis, command e. If you create your insert key using sharp keys, then it is going to be a local setting for that windows installation only, because sharp keys modifies the windows registry to do the trick. Both methods will give you the same result: an insert key that is not just insert, but that can be held down as if it were a modifier key for other keys. This answers your other issue, where caps lock cannot be used inside the virtual machine as a modifier. It works as a caps lock, but you can't hold it down and press a letter inside the virtual machine, in order to give commands to your screen reader. Sharp keys and fusion itself though, will give you an insert key like the one on a normal windows computer. This lets you use insert rather than caps lock for your screen reader's commands, so let's concentrate on insert, and I will leave caps lock for someone else. Now, let's look at the way you can do it inside fusion. I'm using fusion 3.1.3, which is the latest version as of today. To update, go to the menu bar in fusion, vo m, then once right, then down to check for updates, and then follow the instructions. First, fire up fusion and, just to be certain, have your virtual machines shut down. Then press command comma to open fusion's global preferences. At the top of this window is a toolbar. Interact with it and click keyboard and mouse. A new window will appear. The first thing you will encounter is a pop up button where you choose your keyboard and mouse profile. The window itself consists of 4 tab sheets, and all those settings together are stored in a keyboard and mouse profile. I don't think we will ever need a second profile, but that's what the button allows. Leave it at its default. The first tab sheet of this dialog, named, key mappings, is where you can swap your windows logo and alt keys. By default, fusion will map your command key to the windows logo key, and your option key to the windows alt key. This is not very intuitive for those of us who are used to windows and its keyboard layout, but it's easy to swap them. See below
Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion
Also, You may want to consider using Keyremap4macbook and its PC counter part. I use this to turn my capslock key on the Mac into VO keys and on the virtual machine it turns my caps lock into a insert key for PC screen readers. Just another option to consider. Eric Caron On Aug 20, 2014, at 4:44 AM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@icloud.com wrote: That is correct. You can download it on the mac, but it will have to be installed on windows. On Aug 20, 2014, at 2:36 AM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona hank.smith...@gmail.com wrote: if memory serves it is a windows app hth Hank On 8/19/2014 9:47 AM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Is sharp keys a mac app, or something you download once in the vm? Thanks! Cait On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:00 PM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: That's why I prefer the sharp keys way. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? Then come join a list where questions are always answered, and we are always patient with you. Subscribe here: apple4beginners-subscr...@yahoogroups.com All are welcome! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Taylor Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 4:15 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion Hi, Couple of points here. Firstly, if you delete all the built in keystrokes, you have to do a lot of finger contortions that you don't actually need to do, given that the mac keystrokes are much easier to reach than the windows ones. I would advise people to keep them, they can actually come in really handy. Secondly, and more importantly, if you swap the windows and alt keys round in Windows, how can you command-tab away from Fusion, as command is now alt, so would give you the alt-tab keystroke in Windows? Yes, it takes a little getting used to the fusion arrangement, but it gives you far more flexibility than doing this remapping does. Cheers Dave On 17 Aug 2014, at 11:57, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: Below is what I found in my collection of mac tutorials. Mapping keys in fusion First off, it is true that you have no insert key on the mac, while you often do need one in windows. You can create a key mapping for yourself in 1 of 2 ways. Either using fusion itself, and there is no real down side as far as I'm aware, but it is a little tricky to set up because of an interface issue in fusion. The other way to get an insert key is to use the sharp keys program. Sharp keys lets you remap a few more keys than fusion will allow. For example, using sharp keys, you can even remap your right command, or your right option key, to the windows insert. If you do it via fusion, then all your virtual machines will get an insert key. If you have windows 7 and xp like I do, creating the insert key using the fusion keyboard remapper creates it for all virtual machines because fusion only allows you to do it inside its global preferences, command comma, and not on a per machine basis, command e. If you create your insert key using sharp keys, then it is going to be a local setting for that windows installation only, because sharp keys modifies the windows registry to do the trick. Both methods will give you the same result: an insert key that is not just insert, but that can be held down as if it were a modifier key for other keys. This answers your other issue, where caps lock cannot be used inside the virtual machine as a modifier. It works as a caps lock, but you can't hold it down and press a letter inside the virtual machine, in order to give commands to your screen reader. Sharp keys and fusion itself though, will give you an insert key like the one on a normal windows computer. This lets you use insert rather than caps lock for your screen reader's commands, so let's concentrate on insert, and I will leave caps lock for someone else. Now, let's look at the way you can do it inside fusion. I'm using fusion 3.1.3, which is the latest version as of today. To update, go to the menu bar in fusion, vo m, then once right, then down to check for updates, and then follow the instructions. First, fire up fusion and, just to be certain, have your virtual machines shut down. Then press command comma to open fusion's global preferences. At the top of this window is a toolbar. Interact with it and click keyboard and mouse. A new window will appear. The first thing you will encounter is a pop up button where you choose your keyboard and mouse profile. The window itself consists of 4 tab sheets, and all those settings together are stored in a keyboard and mouse profile. I don't think we will ever need a second profile, but that's what the button allows. Leave it at its
Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion
Is sharp keys a mac app, or something you download once in the vm? Thanks! Cait On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:00 PM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: That's why I prefer the sharp keys way. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? Then come join a list where questions are always answered, and we are always patient with you. Subscribe here: apple4beginners-subscr...@yahoogroups.com All are welcome! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Taylor Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 4:15 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion Hi, Couple of points here. Firstly, if you delete all the built in keystrokes, you have to do a lot of finger contortions that you don't actually need to do, given that the mac keystrokes are much easier to reach than the windows ones. I would advise people to keep them, they can actually come in really handy. Secondly, and more importantly, if you swap the windows and alt keys round in Windows, how can you command-tab away from Fusion, as command is now alt, so would give you the alt-tab keystroke in Windows? Yes, it takes a little getting used to the fusion arrangement, but it gives you far more flexibility than doing this remapping does. Cheers Dave On 17 Aug 2014, at 11:57, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: Below is what I found in my collection of mac tutorials. Mapping keys in fusion First off, it is true that you have no insert key on the mac, while you often do need one in windows. You can create a key mapping for yourself in 1 of 2 ways. Either using fusion itself, and there is no real down side as far as I'm aware, but it is a little tricky to set up because of an interface issue in fusion. The other way to get an insert key is to use the sharp keys program. Sharp keys lets you remap a few more keys than fusion will allow. For example, using sharp keys, you can even remap your right command, or your right option key, to the windows insert. If you do it via fusion, then all your virtual machines will get an insert key. If you have windows 7 and xp like I do, creating the insert key using the fusion keyboard remapper creates it for all virtual machines because fusion only allows you to do it inside its global preferences, command comma, and not on a per machine basis, command e. If you create your insert key using sharp keys, then it is going to be a local setting for that windows installation only, because sharp keys modifies the windows registry to do the trick. Both methods will give you the same result: an insert key that is not just insert, but that can be held down as if it were a modifier key for other keys. This answers your other issue, where caps lock cannot be used inside the virtual machine as a modifier. It works as a caps lock, but you can't hold it down and press a letter inside the virtual machine, in order to give commands to your screen reader. Sharp keys and fusion itself though, will give you an insert key like the one on a normal windows computer. This lets you use insert rather than caps lock for your screen reader's commands, so let's concentrate on insert, and I will leave caps lock for someone else. Now, let's look at the way you can do it inside fusion. I'm using fusion 3.1.3, which is the latest version as of today. To update, go to the menu bar in fusion, vo m, then once right, then down to check for updates, and then follow the instructions. First, fire up fusion and, just to be certain, have your virtual machines shut down. Then press command comma to open fusion's global preferences. At the top of this window is a toolbar. Interact with it and click keyboard and mouse. A new window will appear. The first thing you will encounter is a pop up button where you choose your keyboard and mouse profile. The window itself consists of 4 tab sheets, and all those settings together are stored in a keyboard and mouse profile. I don't think we will ever need a second profile, but that's what the button allows. Leave it at its default. The first tab sheet of this dialog, named, key mappings, is where you can swap your windows logo and alt keys. By default, fusion will map your command key to the windows logo key, and your option key to the windows alt key. This is not very intuitive for those of us who are used to windows and its keyboard layout, but it's easy to swap them. See below. In this window, you will also be able to create your insert key inside fusion, and if you want, give yourself a numb lock toggle as well. If you look at this table, then many mac keys are mapped to some windows counterparts. Personally, I don't think
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Its something you download directly in to the vm. Kliphton (iMessageEmail) m.kliph...@gmail.com (TwitterSkype) kliphton72 (Personal blog, read at your own risk!) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com Sent from my iPhone On Aug 19, 2014, at 12:47 PM, Caitlyn Furness caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com wrote: Is sharp keys a mac app, or something you download once in the vm? Thanks! Cait On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:00 PM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: That's why I prefer the sharp keys way. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? Then come join a list where questions are always answered, and we are always patient with you. Subscribe here: apple4beginners-subscr...@yahoogroups.com All are welcome! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Taylor Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 4:15 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion Hi, Couple of points here. Firstly, if you delete all the built in keystrokes, you have to do a lot of finger contortions that you don't actually need to do, given that the mac keystrokes are much easier to reach than the windows ones. I would advise people to keep them, they can actually come in really handy. Secondly, and more importantly, if you swap the windows and alt keys round in Windows, how can you command-tab away from Fusion, as command is now alt, so would give you the alt-tab keystroke in Windows? Yes, it takes a little getting used to the fusion arrangement, but it gives you far more flexibility than doing this remapping does. Cheers Dave On 17 Aug 2014, at 11:57, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: Below is what I found in my collection of mac tutorials. Mapping keys in fusion First off, it is true that you have no insert key on the mac, while you often do need one in windows. You can create a key mapping for yourself in 1 of 2 ways. Either using fusion itself, and there is no real down side as far as I'm aware, but it is a little tricky to set up because of an interface issue in fusion. The other way to get an insert key is to use the sharp keys program. Sharp keys lets you remap a few more keys than fusion will allow. For example, using sharp keys, you can even remap your right command, or your right option key, to the windows insert. If you do it via fusion, then all your virtual machines will get an insert key. If you have windows 7 and xp like I do, creating the insert key using the fusion keyboard remapper creates it for all virtual machines because fusion only allows you to do it inside its global preferences, command comma, and not on a per machine basis, command e. If you create your insert key using sharp keys, then it is going to be a local setting for that windows installation only, because sharp keys modifies the windows registry to do the trick. Both methods will give you the same result: an insert key that is not just insert, but that can be held down as if it were a modifier key for other keys. This answers your other issue, where caps lock cannot be used inside the virtual machine as a modifier. It works as a caps lock, but you can't hold it down and press a letter inside the virtual machine, in order to give commands to your screen reader. Sharp keys and fusion itself though, will give you an insert key like the one on a normal windows computer. This lets you use insert rather than caps lock for your screen reader's commands, so let's concentrate on insert, and I will leave caps lock for someone else. Now, let's look at the way you can do it inside fusion. I'm using fusion 3.1.3, which is the latest version as of today. To update, go to the menu bar in fusion, vo m, then once right, then down to check for updates, and then follow the instructions. First, fire up fusion and, just to be certain, have your virtual machines shut down. Then press command comma to open fusion's global preferences. At the top of this window is a toolbar. Interact with it and click keyboard and mouse. A new window will appear. The first thing you will encounter is a pop up button where you choose your keyboard and mouse profile. The window itself consists of 4 tab sheets, and all those settings together are stored in a keyboard and mouse profile. I don't think we will ever need a second profile, but that's what the button allows. Leave it at its default. The first tab sheet of this dialog, named, key mappings, is where you can swap your windows logo and alt keys. By default, fusion will map your command key to the windows logo key, and your option key to the windows alt key. This is not very intuitive for those of us who are used to windows and its keyboard layout
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HI. If you swap the option and command key, all you have to do is press CTRL-command, jwait a second, then command tab works just as usual. You can also press VO-D to get back to the desktop, the alt-command. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Taylor Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 5:15 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion Hi, Couple of points here. Firstly, if you delete all the built in keystrokes, you have to do a lot of finger contortions that you don't actually need to do, given that the mac keystrokes are much easier to reach than the windows ones. I would advise people to keep them, they can actually come in really handy. Secondly, and more importantly, if you swap the windows and alt keys round in Windows, how can you command-tab away from Fusion, as command is now alt, so would give you the alt-tab keystroke in Windows? Yes, it takes a little getting used to the fusion arrangement, but it gives you far more flexibility than doing this remapping does. Cheers Dave On 17 Aug 2014, at 11:57, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: Below is what I found in my collection of mac tutorials. Mapping keys in fusion First off, it is true that you have no insert key on the mac, while you often do need one in windows. You can create a key mapping for yourself in 1 of 2 ways. Either using fusion itself, and there is no real down side as far as I'm aware, but it is a little tricky to set up because of an interface issue in fusion. The other way to get an insert key is to use the sharp keys program. Sharp keys lets you remap a few more keys than fusion will allow. For example, using sharp keys, you can even remap your right command, or your right option key, to the windows insert. If you do it via fusion, then all your virtual machines will get an insert key. If you have windows 7 and xp like I do, creating the insert key using the fusion keyboard remapper creates it for all virtual machines because fusion only allows you to do it inside its global preferences, command comma, and not on a per machine basis, command e. If you create your insert key using sharp keys, then it is going to be a local setting for that windows installation only, because sharp keys modifies the windows registry to do the trick. Both methods will give you the same result: an insert key that is not just insert, but that can be held down as if it were a modifier key for other keys. This answers your other issue, where caps lock cannot be used inside the virtual machine as a modifier. It works as a caps lock, but you can't hold it down and press a letter inside the virtual machine, in order to give commands to your screen reader. Sharp keys and fusion itself though, will give you an insert key like the one on a normal windows computer. This lets you use insert rather than caps lock for your screen reader's commands, so let's concentrate on insert, and I will leave caps lock for someone else. Now, let's look at the way you can do it inside fusion. I'm using fusion 3.1.3, which is the latest version as of today. To update, go to the menu bar in fusion, vo m, then once right, then down to check for updates, and then follow the instructions. First, fire up fusion and, just to be certain, have your virtual machines shut down. Then press command comma to open fusion's global preferences. At the top of this window is a toolbar. Interact with it and click keyboard and mouse. A new window will appear. The first thing you will encounter is a pop up button where you choose your keyboard and mouse profile. The window itself consists of 4 tab sheets, and all those settings together are stored in a keyboard and mouse profile. I don't think we will ever need a second profile, but that's what the button allows. Leave it at its default. The first tab sheet of this dialog, named, key mappings, is where you can swap your windows logo and alt keys. By default, fusion will map your command key to the windows logo key, and your option key to the windows alt key. This is not very intuitive for those of us who are used to windows and its keyboard layout, but it's easy to swap them. See below. In this window, you will also be able to create your insert key inside fusion, and if you want, give yourself a numb lock toggle as well. If you look at this table, then many mac keys are mapped to some windows counterparts. Personally, I don't think that is necessary at all. For example, in windows, you use control plus c to copy an item to the clipboard. On the mac, we're used to pressing command plus c to copy. In fusion, there is a default key mapping that makes command c the equivalent of control c. In other words, pressing control c or command c in windows will do the same thing. This is non-standard windows tweaking I don't like
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Thanks. That was a big help. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kliphton Senior Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 6:57 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Remapping keys with VM fusion Below is what I found in my collection of mac tutorials. Mapping keys in fusion First off, it is true that you have no insert key on the mac, while you often do need one in windows. You can create a key mapping for yourself in 1 of 2 ways. Either using fusion itself, and there is no real down side as far as I'm aware, but it is a little tricky to set up because of an interface issue in fusion. The other way to get an insert key is to use the sharp keys program. Sharp keys lets you remap a few more keys than fusion will allow. For example, using sharp keys, you can even remap your right command, or your right option key, to the windows insert. If you do it via fusion, then all your virtual machines will get an insert key. If you have windows 7 and xp like I do, creating the insert key using the fusion keyboard remapper creates it for all virtual machines because fusion only allows you to do it inside its global preferences, command comma, and not on a per machine basis, command e. If you create your insert key using sharp keys, then it is going to be a local setting for that windows installation only, because sharp keys modifies the windows registry to do the trick. Both methods will give you the same result: an insert key that is not just insert, but that can be held down as if it were a modifier key for other keys. This answers your other issue, where caps lock cannot be used inside the virtual machine as a modifier. It works as a caps lock, but you can't hold it down and press a letter inside the virtual machine, in order to give commands to your screen reader. Sharp keys and fusion itself though, will give you an insert key like the one on a normal windows computer. This lets you use insert rather than caps lock for your screen reader's commands, so let's concentrate on insert, and I will leave caps lock for someone else. Now, let's look at the way you can do it inside fusion. I'm using fusion 3.1.3, which is the latest version as of today. To update, go to the menu bar in fusion, vo m, then once right, then down to check for updates, and then follow the instructions. First, fire up fusion and, just to be certain, have your virtual machines shut down. Then press command comma to open fusion's global preferences. At the top of this window is a toolbar. Interact with it and click keyboard and mouse. A new window will appear. The first thing you will encounter is a pop up button where you choose your keyboard and mouse profile. The window itself consists of 4 tab sheets, and all those settings together are stored in a keyboard and mouse profile. I don't think we will ever need a second profile, but that's what the button allows. Leave it at its default. The first tab sheet of this dialog, named, key mappings, is where you can swap your windows logo and alt keys. By default, fusion will map your command key to the windows logo key, and your option key to the windows alt key. This is not very intuitive for those of us who are used to windows and its keyboard layout, but it's easy to swap them. See below. In this window, you will also be able to create your insert key inside fusion, and if you want, give yourself a numb lock toggle as well. If you look at this table, then many mac keys are mapped to some windows counterparts. Personally, I don't think that is necessary at all. For example, in windows, you use control plus c to copy an item to the clipboard. On the mac, we're used to pressing command plus c to copy. In fusion, there is a default key mapping that makes command c the equivalent of control c. In other words, pressing control c or command c in windows will do the same thing. This is non-standard windows tweaking I don't like, so what I did to begin with, is clear this entire list. To the right of this table, you have 2 unlabeled buttons. The left one is add, and the right one is delete and entry in this table. Just focus on the right button of the 2, and hit vo space until the list is empty. You will also delete the undesired alt and windows logo key mappings this way. Now, you must create your own mappings, so that your mac command key will become the alt key in windows, and so that your option key can become your windows logo key inside windows. Here's how to do it. First, click add, to add a new mapping to the table. This is the left unlabeled button, to the right of the table. A new window appears, that you will later close with an ok button to return here. In the new window, you see your mac modifier keys with checkboxes, and a combo box for an additional key. For example, you will hear shift unchecked checkbox
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Well I can do it so yes it can be done. I remember I had to vo-space on the combo box so it becomes a list. You then use standard arrow keys to find the key you want then I think you have to press return. Pretty sure I wrote a guide on this over at www.applevis.com and maybe to this list but can't remember as of now. But I know it can be done without apps like Sharp Keys. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 17/08/2014 04:58, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. I am trying to remap the caps lock and insert keys without using sharp keys. I can get to the fusion remapping section, I can interact with the combo box with the additional keys. But when I cursor down to caps lock, or the insert key, no matter how I try to activate it, I get a cap A. Does anyone know if this can in fact be done, and what the trick to doing it with voiceover is? Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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button. Nothing need to be changed here. Of course, you have your windows shift f10 key combination as the keyboard equivalent of the right mouse click. Furthermore, you can also create your own windows applications key, normally near your arrows on a windows keyboard, the same way you created your alt and windows keys above. The third tab sheet, named fusion shortcuts, can make life a lot easier for us, screenless folks. By default, if you're inside the virtual machine and you happen to hit f12, f11 or another magic mac key that does something under os10, then even if you are inside the vm, you will fly out of it, and land somewhere where you will need to turn on voiceover, command tab back into fusion, minimize windows with command control enter, move the voiceover cursor to where it says progress bar because that's where windows shows up minimized, turn off voice over with command f5, and finally enlarge windows back to normal with command control enter, the same keystroke used to minimize windows. A lot of work, and not funny if you discover that windows no longer talks and you don't know which key you hit by accident. So, what you do is, turn the checkbox off here that says: enable mac os keyboard shortcuts. Now, if you accidentally hit f12 or f11, it won't mess up things any longer. These keystrokes will instead be passed to windows, and no longer to os10 disturbing your windows experience. In the fourth tab sheet of this dialog, named fusion shortcuts, you can enable and disable a number of key combinations that you can press when the virtual windows machine is running, that affect fusion itself. You can mess with these because there is a friendly restore to defaults button as well. You will find a table here that you can interact with. On each line, a key combination is listed, along with a checkbox to enable it. Here's a few explained. Full screen. You need this keystroke, to make windows full screen when it is minimized. It is the control command enter to minimize and maximize windows, as already mentioned. Make sure you have this checked. There are nine others, and some of them I have turned off, for reasons explained below. Unity: this makes one space out of the windows desktop and the mac side. So far, I have never used it in daily work, because I can't figure out how it works. If you play with it and find out some benefits, please let us know. I have this off, to avoid accidentally dropping into unity. Also off are cycle through windows, and cycle through windows reverse. This is because we can easily do this with voiceover, and I don't want to loose keystrokes that may otherwise be used for jaws or NVDA commands. Next is hide application. I have this off as well, because if you're in the middle of a windows program and you want help, it is likely that you begin by pressing alt h to open the help menu. But watch out for this one, because if you don't turn off command h for the virtual machine, and remember that alt and command are now the same key, then instead of opening the help menu inside your windows program, you will instead hide fusion completely, and be dropped into os10 where you don't have speech for the moment unless you turn it on. I fell into this pit some 5 times until I realized what might be going on here. Turning this key combination off resolved the issue. Now, pressing alt h will nicely open the help menu in windows, and you will no longer be kicked out. Next, there is hide others. I have this off, because it does something to os10 where I have no speech as long as I'm inside windows, and you want to let windows get your keystrokes as much as possible. The same goes for settings, the next key to turn off, which in fusion is command e. I hear you thinking. Usually command comma is for settings. Correct. However, command comma in fusion opens the general preferences for all virtual machines and fusion, while command e, as in echo, opens the settings for your specific virtual machine. How many processor cores to allocate it, how much ram etc. So, if windows wants you to press alt e, then you don't want to speechlessly land into fusion settings. Rather, you want the alt e command to run in windows. Turn this off. The last key to turn of is command q for quit. Again, we don't have speech outside fusion so we can safely turn this off, so that command q, or alt q for windows, is available to windows and not to fusion or os10. Kliphton ~iMessageEmail~ m.kliph...@gmail.com ~TwitterSkype~ kliphton72 Personal blog-read at your own risk! http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 1:51 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion Well I can do it so yes it can be done. I remember I had to vo-space
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want to speechlessly land into fusion settings. Rather, you want the alt e command to run in windows. Turn this off. The last key to turn of is command q for quit. Again, we don't have speech outside fusion so we can safely turn this off, so that command q, or alt q for windows, is available to windows and not to fusion or os10. Kliphton ~iMessageEmail~ m.kliph...@gmail.com ~TwitterSkype~ kliphton72 Personal blog-read at your own risk! http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 1:51 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion Well I can do it so yes it can be done. I remember I had to vo-space on the combo box so it becomes a list. You then use standard arrow keys to find the key you want then I think you have to press return. Pretty sure I wrote a guide on this over at www.applevis.com and maybe to this list but can't remember as of now. But I know it can be done without apps like Sharp Keys. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 17/08/2014 04:58, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. I am trying to remap the caps lock and insert keys without using sharp keys. I can get to the fusion remapping section, I can interact with the combo box with the additional keys. But when I cursor down to caps lock, or the insert key, no matter how I try to activate it, I get a cap A. Does anyone know if this can in fact be done, and what the trick to doing it with voiceover is? Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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That's why I prefer the sharp keys way. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? Then come join a list where questions are always answered, and we are always patient with you. Subscribe here: apple4beginners-subscr...@yahoogroups.com All are welcome! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Taylor Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 4:15 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion Hi, Couple of points here. Firstly, if you delete all the built in keystrokes, you have to do a lot of finger contortions that you don't actually need to do, given that the mac keystrokes are much easier to reach than the windows ones. I would advise people to keep them, they can actually come in really handy. Secondly, and more importantly, if you swap the windows and alt keys round in Windows, how can you command-tab away from Fusion, as command is now alt, so would give you the alt-tab keystroke in Windows? Yes, it takes a little getting used to the fusion arrangement, but it gives you far more flexibility than doing this remapping does. Cheers Dave On 17 Aug 2014, at 11:57, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: Below is what I found in my collection of mac tutorials. Mapping keys in fusion First off, it is true that you have no insert key on the mac, while you often do need one in windows. You can create a key mapping for yourself in 1 of 2 ways. Either using fusion itself, and there is no real down side as far as I'm aware, but it is a little tricky to set up because of an interface issue in fusion. The other way to get an insert key is to use the sharp keys program. Sharp keys lets you remap a few more keys than fusion will allow. For example, using sharp keys, you can even remap your right command, or your right option key, to the windows insert. If you do it via fusion, then all your virtual machines will get an insert key. If you have windows 7 and xp like I do, creating the insert key using the fusion keyboard remapper creates it for all virtual machines because fusion only allows you to do it inside its global preferences, command comma, and not on a per machine basis, command e. If you create your insert key using sharp keys, then it is going to be a local setting for that windows installation only, because sharp keys modifies the windows registry to do the trick. Both methods will give you the same result: an insert key that is not just insert, but that can be held down as if it were a modifier key for other keys. This answers your other issue, where caps lock cannot be used inside the virtual machine as a modifier. It works as a caps lock, but you can't hold it down and press a letter inside the virtual machine, in order to give commands to your screen reader. Sharp keys and fusion itself though, will give you an insert key like the one on a normal windows computer. This lets you use insert rather than caps lock for your screen reader's commands, so let's concentrate on insert, and I will leave caps lock for someone else. Now, let's look at the way you can do it inside fusion. I'm using fusion 3.1.3, which is the latest version as of today. To update, go to the menu bar in fusion, vo m, then once right, then down to check for updates, and then follow the instructions. First, fire up fusion and, just to be certain, have your virtual machines shut down. Then press command comma to open fusion's global preferences. At the top of this window is a toolbar. Interact with it and click keyboard and mouse. A new window will appear. The first thing you will encounter is a pop up button where you choose your keyboard and mouse profile. The window itself consists of 4 tab sheets, and all those settings together are stored in a keyboard and mouse profile. I don't think we will ever need a second profile, but that's what the button allows. Leave it at its default. The first tab sheet of this dialog, named, key mappings, is where you can swap your windows logo and alt keys. By default, fusion will map your command key to the windows logo key, and your option key to the windows alt key. This is not very intuitive for those of us who are used to windows and its keyboard layout, but it's easy to swap them. See below. In this window, you will also be able to create your insert key inside fusion, and if you want, give yourself a numb lock toggle as well. If you look at this table, then many mac keys are mapped to some windows counterparts. Personally, I don't think that is necessary at all. For example, in windows, you use control plus c to copy an item to the clipboard. On the mac, we're used to pressing command plus c to copy. In fusion
Remapping keys with VM fusion
Hi. I am trying to remap the caps lock and insert keys without using sharp keys. I can get to the fusion remapping section, I can interact with the combo box with the additional keys. But when I cursor down to caps lock, or the insert key, no matter how I try to activate it, I get a cap A. Does anyone know if this can in fact be done, and what the trick to doing it with voiceover is? Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion
I had the same issue. That's why I chose sharp keys. Much easier to use. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? Then come join a list where questions are always answered, and we are always patient with you. Subscribe here: apple4beginners-subscr...@yahoogroups.com mailto:apple4beginners-subscr...@yahoogroups.com All are welcome! On Aug 16, 2014, at 11:58 PM, Bill Holton bill32...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. I am trying to remap the caps lock and insert keys without using sharp keys. I can get to the fusion remapping section, I can interact with the combo box with the additional keys. But when I cursor down to caps lock, or the insert key, no matter how I try to activate it, I get a cap A. Does anyone know if this can in fact be done, and what the trick to doing it with voiceover is? Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
