How do you tell whether the file is using plain text or rich text?
-----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of May McDonald Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 12:40 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: double spacing Ah, thank you very much. I didn't know that part, smile. On 16-Oct-09, at 8:40 AM, Esther wrote: > > Hi May, > > TextEdit has two formatting modes: plain text and rich text format, > and you can switch between them from the Format menu on the menu bar, > or by using the shortcut key combination, Command-Shift-T, to toggle > between plain text and rich text or vice versa. Automatic double > spacing is only supported in rich text format, which is where the > ruler appears that has the paragraph and line spacing button, and > which is also the only mode that supports style file selections. Your > file is using plain text formatting. > > HTH > > Cheers, > > Esther > > May McDonald wrote: > >> >> Hi there. This doesn't work. When I select the text I want and then >> do vo up it says close button. Nothing about the ruler. On >> 13-Oct-09, at 10:11 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: >> >>> Select the text you want set to double-space (Command-A if you want >>> all of the document). Then VO up to move to the Ruler and interact >>> with that. VO-right about 5 times to reach the paragraph and line >>> spacing menu button. VO-space to pull down the menu and then VO-down >>> to navigate to double or Other if you want something else and then >>> space to pick it. I did have some problems when I had the mouse >>> pointer tracking the VO cursor. Turning that off in the Voiceover >>> utility (VO-F8) seemed to clear that up. Without that change, just >>> about the time I got to the menu and went to pick double space my >>> focus would get yanked back to the text area. Weird. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> May McDonald wrote: >>>> >>>> What about in text edit? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> May, sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On 2009-10-13, at 9:32 AM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hello May, >>>>> >>>>> In Pages, as long as you already have text in the document, show >>>>> Inspector (Command-Option-I). Then make sure you're not >>>>> interacting >>>>> with anything and go to the top left corner of the window (VO-FN- >>>>> Left >>>>> arrow). You'll hear "Document Radio Button". Navigate right to the >>>>> fourth button, Text, and select it. Keep navigating right until >>>>> you >>>>> hear Line, then twice to the right and you can type in the >>>>> figure 2 >>>>> for double spacing. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Anne >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Oct 13, 2009, at 5:40 PM, May McDonald wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Good morning everyone. I need some help. I have a paper that I >>>>>> need to finish but can not find any place to change the layout to >>>>>> double >>>>>> spacing either in text edit or pages. Can someone please help, >>>>>> thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
