Could you set this up in a Voiceover activity for numbers only? Teresa
On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Mar 23, 2014, at 3:38 PM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: > Hello Gigi, > > If, in VoiceOver Utility, Category Navigation, you have the checkbox > Automatically interact when using tab key unchecked, you can use the tab key > to go to the next cell without it interacting. This is what I have, but many > people prefer the automatic interaction. This could explain the difference. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 23 Mar 2014, at 23:04, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: > >> Forgot to say that I have never used the VO keys to do the navigation at >> all. I have also so far not had any focus issues doing that. >> Gigi >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Mar 22, 2014, at 10:13 PM, Nicholas Parsons >>> <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, but glad to see you're getting into >>> it and Gigi is helping. >>> The help documentation with Numbers is great. Their formulas and functions >>> help, and the view functions by categories tables, should be all you really >>> need. The Apple Support forums also contain lots of useful stuff. >>> To Gigi's basics, I'll just add these tips. When entering a formula or >>> function, once you start typing, Apple will offer you suggestions. You can >>> just use the left and right arrow keys to hear the different suggestions, >>> and then press return to select the one you want. This is often useful when >>> selecting ranges in other sheets, as it saves a lot of typing and colons. :) >>> Also, to adjust the cell's format data type you just navigate to the cell, >>> press VO-j to jump to the format inspector, select the Cell radio button, >>> navigate to the end of the inspector with VO-Shift-End, interact with the >>> scroll area, and you have lots of great options. I find the popup menus and >>> checkbox formats really useful. I never used to use these with Excell. >>> Also, one last tip. I tend to navigate cell by cell with VO keys plus arrow >>> keys. Not sure if this is strictly necessary, but seems to help avoid any >>> focus issues. When focus is on a cell, you can just type to enter data or a >>> formula in the cell. To stop editing the cell, just stop interacting with >>> it and move on. >>> Good luck, and before long I'll probably be learning from you! >>> P.S. 6x100 doesn't sound too huge. I was thinking of people who seem to >>> have thousands of rows. I tend to use separate sheets pretty extensively, >>> with one sheet for data entry and another sheet to display summaries and >>> other info relating to the data. The data entries tables regularly get up >>> to 60-70 rows, but don't usually get over one hundred. But I tend not to >>> need to read back through those rows. I just jump straight to the end to >>> add a new row, and look at the summary sheets to get the result of the >>> data. Plus the sort and filter options to sort and filter your data works >>> pretty well and helps avoid the need to plough through rows and rows of >>> data. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- 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.
