F10, F11 & F12 keys no longer control sound

Hello everyone,
Our MacBook's FN keys no longer control the sound. F12 was turning on the Dashboard and F11 & F10.
I thought I'd fixed that using Expose, but I don't know how to restore sound control to the keyboard.
Help!
And thank you!
Eri

I think I fixed it in Keyboard and de-selecting the Function thing.
I think it's fixed.

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Stirling Dad wrote:
Is there any way to either:
1. make the F10, F11 and F12 keys provide the mute, sound lower and sound higher functions?
that's the default isn't it? if it doesn't work for you uncheck the box "use F1..." in system preferences->keybaord&mouse->keyboard.
2. have the sound functions assigned to other keys and leave the F10, F11 and F12 keys with their display application windows, display dock and dashboard functions?
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1. Is System Preferences -> Keyboard & Mouse the right place to be looking?
2. If so, how should I set the preferences to accomplish what I'm trying to do?
3. If not, what is the correct application, and what should I specifically do?
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From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
From the View menu, choose Speech.
Click the Text to Speech tab.
If "Speak selected text when the key is pressed" is enabled, the key or key combination set to speak text cannot be used for other purposes or used to type text--click Set Key and change it to a less-commonly used key combination (try to use modifier keys such as Shift, Command, Option, and Control). Or, disable the "Speak selected text when the key is pressed" option.
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If the function keys on the top row of the keyboard are not working as expected, see Mac OS X: How to change the behavior of function keys.
If the issue persists, use Keyboard Viewer to help isolate the issue:
Click the Language & Text pane (Mac OS X v10.6) or International pane (Mac OS X v10.5.8 or earlier) in System Preferences.
Click the Input Sources tab (or Input Menu tab in Mac OS X 10.5.8 or earlier).
Click the Keyboard & Character Viewer "On" checkbox to select it (click the Keyboard Viewer "On" checkbox in Mac OS X 10.5.8 or earlier).
From the Input (flag) menu, choose Show Keyboard Viewer.
If the keyboard is connected and detected by Mac OS X, the keys you type will highlight in the Keyboard Viewer window. Open TextEdit (or any text application), and try to type something using the keys that were previously not responding to see if they highlight in Keyboard Viewer.
Start from the Mac OS X Install Disc, choose Terminal from the Utilities menu and test the keys which were previously not working. If the keys work while started from the Install disc, then the keyboard itself is working correctly. Use Mac OS X: How to troubleshoot a software issue to isolate the software issue that may be causing the keys to not respond.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1381

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http://support.apple.com/en-us/ht3399
Takre care,
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Dear Barney-15E,
Your answer got me on the right track. I followed the suggestions as well as I could. Finally I ended up holding down the fn key as I pressed f10, f11& f12. Each one now works as it had before something happened.
chas
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You might also have a look at have a look at ac'tivAid http://www.heise.de/ct/activaid/default_en.shtml a script collection published by the german computer magazine c't.
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Regards
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