Thanks for this Ester. It really helps! :) On Sep 29, 2010, at 2:44 PM, Esther wrote:
> Hi Justin, Tim, Kimberly, and Others, > > I'd just like to add that after setting up fonts and line spacing in TextEdit > you can simply save this setup as you own style file. Interact with the > "Styles" pop up button in the ruler and select "Other". Then press the "Add > to favorites" button and supply a name for the style. You can check the boxes > for "Include the ruler as part of the style" and "include the font as part of > the style". To use one of your saved style files when you open a new > TextEdit window, first ensure that your window is set to rich text format > (you can switch to this from the "View" menu), then choose the template from > the pop up "Styles" button in the ruler. This will automatically set your > page to the line spacing, font type, and alignment options that you set up > for this style. > > Actually, I think that another simple way to set up a style file would be to > simply import something like a Word document in the format you want (double > spaced, and with a particular font) into TextEdit in rich text format, then > save it as a specified style. I haven't done much with this lately, but I > looked up a set of December 2008 posts I made in the old macvisionaries list > archives that specified how to do this for someone who wanted to set up a > letter template in TextEdit. > > Low vision users who use TextEdit in rich text mode can set quite large fonts > as their default font style. > > Also, in response to Sarah's question in this thread about when a ruler > appears in TextEdit, she's correct that the ruler is a feature of the rich > text format documents and does not appear in plain text documents. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Sep 28, 2010, at 18:32, Justin Ekis wrote: > >> Hi tim, >> >> This is helpful to me as well. I have one question about the VO-t command >> for hearing the current text attributes. For some reason, this command works >> fine for me when I open existing documents but all I get is one of the >> voiceover sounds when I use it in a newly created document. This is the same >> whether I use textedit, bean, or my trial version of pages. Any ideas what I >> might be missing >> On Sep 28, 2010, at 8:08 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> >> Hi Kimberly, >> >> 1. To set the line spacing in TextEdit: >> >> • Stop Interacting with the Edit field. >> • Navigate to the Ruler and Interact With it. >> • Navigate to the Paragraph and Line Spacing menu and press it with >> VO-space. >> • choose your desired line spacing. >> >> 2. To choose a font: >> >> • Either highlight what you wish in a specific font or this font will >> begin from where the cursor is. >> • Press cmd-t to bring up the Font window. >> • Ignore most of the stuff but navigate to the Family Table. >> • Interact With it. >> • Navigate to your desired Font through the alphabetically ordered >> Table. >> • Once you have found it, bring the mouse cursor to it using VO-cmd-f5. >> (Add the fn key if on a laptop) >> • Press VO-shift-space for the mouse-click as focus doesn't really go >> there without the mouse-click. >> • Press cmd-w to close the Font window. >> • Start typing and your font will be in your desired font. >> >> Remember that you can press VO-t to confirm the font and style of your text. >> Just play around some more, it will come to you. >> >> HTH. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On 2010-09-28, at 8:27 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: >> >>> Hello folks: >>> >>> I would really love to use text edit to write essays for school, but most >>> instructors like Times New Roman font and double spacing. I've checked the >>> fonts out in text edit, but it seems very confusing. Does anyone have >>> experience with this? If so, could you give me a pointer or two? I would >>> really appreciate it. I had to drag out the windows machine and really >>> hated every minute of it! :) >>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
