Hi Rachel, Are you writing or reading when pressing command up or down? I think that only while writing, and having a text cursor, the command up down left right stuff will work. If I'm wrong, please chime in listers. Best, Paull On Sep 9, 2011, at 10:23 AM, Rachel magario wrote:
> I wonder why command up and down errors never work for me? > > On Sep 8, 2011, at 4:20 PM, Kestrell wrote: > >> Those are the basic Mac commands, but there are also the VoiceOver commands, >> which I find to often be more intuitive, such as >> VO-l read line >> VO-S read sentence >> VO-w read word >> VO-P read paragraph >> >> etc. >> >> Kes >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: erik burggraaf >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 5:14 PM >> Subject: Re: commands for editing and reviewing text? >> >> Move left one character: left arrow, >> move right one character: right arrow, >> Move left one word: option left arrow, >> Move right one word: option right arrow, >> Move to the beginning of the line: control left arrow, >> Move to the end of the line: control right arrow, >> Note that sometimes this is flakey but command left and right arrows also do >> this function. >> Move to the previous paragraph option uparrow, >> Move to the next paragraph: option down arrow, >> Note that a paragraph is marked by a singal hard return, >> Move to top of document: command up arrow, >> Move to end of document: command down arrow, >> >> To select by any of the above increments add shift. For example to move >> right one word press option right arrow. To select one word to the right >> press option shift uparrow. >> Select all: command A, >> Undo: command Z, >> Cut: command X, >> Copy: command C, >> Paste: command V, >> Backspace: backspace, >> Delete: fn Backspace, >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Erik Burggraaf >> This month in Ebony Promos: Two new gps systems for demo. Mac OS Lion When >> will it be supported? Ebony Consulting at accessibility Unconference >> Toronto. To read more and subscribe, Visit: >> http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/mailman/listinfo/ebony-promos_erik-burggraaf.com >> Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 >> or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >> >> On 2011-09-08, at 4:48 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I know this has been covered before, but commands I thought were supposed >>> to work do not. How do I move by character, word, sentence, line, and >>> paragraph? Currently, I have to hope to not make a mistake while writing on >>> my mac because I know I can't go back and fix it, and emails with articles >>> in them (such as those from PC World) are not >>> easy to navigate because I can't just move by paragraphs. I have not even >>> tried anything like scripting or writing documents because I can't move >>> around text at all. At least the suggestion I got a couple days ago has >>> stopped the dashboard from constantly popping up when I try to review >>> text... >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from BrailleNote >>> mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > -- > 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.
