Menu Keyboard Shortcut

Hi. I'm just starting with an iMac and having some trouble figuring out how to use the keyboard shortcut for the menu.
When I hit CTRL + F2, nothing seems to happen (from what I can tell) that would allow me to select one of the menu items. I checked the keyboard preferences and this shortcut is enabled. What should I do after hitting CTRL + F2?
Thanks!

bobfet1 wrote:
Thanks! I was able to get it to work by pressing FN + CTRL + F2. It's weird that the keyboard shortcut settings does not display the FN key as something to press - it looks the same as the other shortcuts that don't need it.
as i said, this depends on how your F-keys are set up. go to system preferences->keyboard->keyboard and check the box to use F-keys as standard keys. then you won't need to fn and control+F2 will work. but on the other hand this will mean that to get the hardware preset functions of the F-keys you'll need to press fn+F-key.

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