Keyboard Shortcut Access Text Invitation Window??

Howdy,
Nothing major but curious if there is a way to access the window via a keyboard shortcut that appears when another buddy starts a text conversation with you? I'm talking about the window you normally have to click which then shows the block, decline, accept buttons.
I'm used to being able to access any part of the GUI via the keyboard and would have thought I could access this window. However I've tried control-F4, control-F6, and command-` without any success.
Ideally I should be able to switch to this window with command-` and then hit enter to accept, command-period to decline and something else to block.
I can't find anything about this window that's different to other windows. So why can't we use the keyboard to access it. What if i had no hands (and no I dont want to have to use mouse keys).
So anybody know of a solution.
Thanks in advance.
Ben
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captfred wrote:
To get to the menubar hold CNTL-FN hit F2. Press spacebar to expand the menu and use the arrow keys to navigate.
or just start typing the names of the items and it will find the first match.
Same for when you activate the menu-- type the name of the items and it will start to match immediately.

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From: Dave Dixson (Ext. 513)[SMTP:[email protected]]
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From: Dave Dixson (Ext. 513)[SMTP:[email protected]]
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Subject: Re: Access Keys / Keyboard Shortcuts / Mnemonics
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From: Van Vuong <[email protected]>
To: "'Forte Users Discussion'" <[email protected]>
Subject: Access Keys / Keyboard Shortcuts / Mnemonics
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I am trying to use the SetAsFunctionKey method and FunctionKeyPress
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