let us know after you've tried it if it works with voiceover. best
joseph On 12 Aug 2011, at 18:06, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > Excellent! This will definitely be something I'll be trying. Thank you for > the tip. > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: M. Taylor > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 12:37 AM > Subject: How To View Only Upcoming or Active Appointments In Mac OS X Lion's > Calendar Application > > The following was just posted to the Candle Shore BLOG: > > How To View Only Upcoming or Active Appointments In Mac OS X Lion’s Calendar > Application > > Hello Everyone, > > One of my favorite features in Microsoft Outlook is the ability to view only > upcoming (active) appointments in the calendar. > > Apparently, Apple does not think I need this feature in the latest version of > iCal. (grimace) > > While there are certainly some very fine third-party applications that will > allow me to see only upcoming appointments, I am of the opinion that less is > better; therefore, I resist installing such applications unless absolutely > necessary. Besides, there is no guaranty that said third-party applications, > for which I may have to pay a premium, will be VoiceOver (Apple’s software > screen reading solution for the blind and low vision) accessible. > > Enter the Mac OS X Lion Dashboard of which I am growing quite fond, and all > its marvelous, and for the most part free, widgets. > > It is with such a widget that we can view only upcoming or active > appointments. > > Oh, keep in mind that iCal refers to appointments as events. > > Let’s get started. > > 1. > Download and install a free Mac OS Dashboard widget called iCal Events. Its > description is as follows: > iCal Events... Face the day! Always know what's next on your schedule using > iCal Events. iCal Events displays upcoming events from multiple iCal > calendars in a beautiful, resizable widget for Dashboard. You can see up to > two weeks of upcoming events in the same widget without needing to open iCal. > > 2. > After installing the widget, I suggest that you close the web browser used to > download the widget. > > 3. > Now go to the Dashboard and see the widget in action. I suggest using the > key combination [Option+LeftArrow] to quickly jump to the Dashboard. Please > note that you can change the number of days shown in the widget by clicking > on the Info button. > > Enjoy, > > Mark > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
