Hi Anne! I did see the date but forgot to mention it. So you think that template will only allow for 7 lines or can it be expanded? I feel really dense when it comes to this stuff. Thanks, Jim
> On Jan 25, 2016, at 9:30 AM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: > > Hello Jim, > > Our book should be out during February. We cover analysing the provided > templates. > > Where you have placeholder text, you have to place the keyboard focus just > before the first character of the placeholder text, turn VoiceOver off, then > press just the right arrow key. Turn VoiceOver back on and VO-F6 will read > the selected placeholder text. You just have to type and the placeholder text > will disappear. Your own text will have the same attributes as the > placeholder. VO-t will tell you what they are. > > The Latin is not real Latin. It’s what they call boilerplate text and has > been used since the early days of printing to show the layout of a document. > Since this particular template is for note taking, the boilerplate text shows > 7 bulleted lines for a list. Since they’re each only one line long, you can > position the keyboard focus at the beginning of each line and do > Cmd-Shift-Right arrow to highlight the placeholder text and type over it. > By the way, you didn’t look at the Header fields. One of them contains the > date. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > >> On 25 Jan 2016, at 14:01, Jim Gatteys <jgatt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Anne! >> Thanks for your response. When will your book be out? >> So are the correct steps to use a template: >> use vo-left or right arrow to select the placeholder text and then delete >> the placeholder? And then can I just enter text right in that same spot? >> Will deleting the placeholder text leave the formatting as it was designed >> in the template? >> I just went to the first template that is not blank which is the note taking >> template on my computer. I've interacted with the layout area and I see >> header, the body and the footer areas. So when I go to the body area I see >> subject, title and some other stuff beneath that which I assume is latin. >> It would be nice if they would make it somewhat understandable to those of >> us who are not Latin scholars. the text below subject seems like it would be >> a list of some sort. How do I find this out? I would like to have some >> idea of how things will look before I print them. >> I appreciate any help you can give. >> Jim >> >> >>> On Jan 24, 2016, at 9:35 AM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Jim, >>> >>> I almost didn’t read your message because the subject line did not >>> reference Pages. >>> >>> If your needs aren’t very urgent, my husband and I have a book coming out >>> fairly soon on Pages with VoiceOver and it will answer all your questions. >>> >>> There are problems currently with placeholder text and VoiceOver. Just >>> using the right or left arrows should highlight placeholder text but this >>> is not working properly with the current version of Pages and El Capitan. >>> You need to turn VoiceOver off before selecting the placeholder text and >>> then turn VoiceOver back on again. Obviously, I’ve reported this to Apple >>> Accessibility. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>>> On 24 Jan 2016, at 14:20, Jim Gatteys <jgatt...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all! >>>> I know I've discussed this previously but I need help with pages templates. >>>> I have not really pursued this till now but I am going to need to create >>>> and use templates in pages to get some work done. >>>> If I go to pages and open a template, let's say business envelope, I see >>>> things that say place holder and other text that seems to be part of the >>>> template. How can I tell where to type in relation to the place holder? >>>> What would be the easiest way to tell if the formatting is as I think it >>>> should be? Will that place holder info print as part of my envelope or >>>> will it not be printable? I realize this is basic information but I can't >>>> seem to grasp using templates. I like other aspects of using pages but >>>> this seems to be beyond me. >>>> Also, does anybody know of any info on using tables in pages or is it just >>>> trial and error? 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