Hi Kirsten,
First, welcome to the Mac world. My name is Ray; well, that's what they call
me anyhow.
First, let me deal with your Skype question. You will find the Mac version of
Skype over at:
www.skype.com
not the app store. Kind of a bummer but that's how it works for now.
2. You can delete an app you don't wish to have anymore by simply going in to
your apps folder, (just press shift+command+a to get there quickly) then, arrow
up or down till you find the app you want, (first letter navigation works well
here) and when you focus on the app you wish to delete, all you do is just
press the delete key and then it's in your trash.
As an aside, empty your trash quickly by pressing command+shift+delete.
3. To quickly move to the end and beginning of a document, just use VO+home to
go to the beginnign and VO+end to go to the botom. Note that on a Mac book
pro, as doubtless you have already found out, you'll need to press the FN key
directly to the left of the control key to do this. FN+left = home.
FN+right=end.
FN+up=page up
FN+down=page down.
Now, here's another tip.
To access Voice over help at any time, jus press VO+h. From this point, you
can access many things; including a list of every VO command you can use. Note
that in order to make it faster to use, VO commands are catigorized.
As to your mail questions, others who use mail might be better at helping you
then I; particularly when it comes to such things as mail box organization.
HTH.
PS. you're gonna love it here.
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
Skype name:
barefootedray
Facebook:
facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1
On Oct 27, 2011, at 10:23 AM, Kirsten Edmondson wrote:
> Dear all,
> Yesterday I joined the world of the Mac! I bought a new Mac Book Pro from my
> local Apple store and have been happily playing with it ever since instead of
> doing the things I should be.
> I'm sorry that below are so many questions, but as usual with these things,
> it's the little niggly things which are annoying. I've decided to include
> them in my one message rather than sending a raft of messages. Sorry if this
> in any way contravenes the rules of the list.
> I am also sorry if these seem simple and obvious!
> 1. Email:
> A. Is there an easier way of navigating the inbox? Currently I can hear
> everything, all headers or I can arrow down in one section only either
> getting the name or subject etc but not the rest.
> B. When it's downloading it says 'Busy' and I can't seem to get it to do
> anything, is there a way round this?
> C. Can I create separate folders for different lots of messages?
> D. is there a quicker way of reading the message than letting it read the
> whole thing? Can I read line b line?
> E. Is there a quicker way of closing the message than going to the toolbar
> and close?
> F. When I was writing this message earlier, I inadvertently managed to move
> out of the message and I couldn't find it anywhere, only getting it back when
> I closed and then reopened the mail appp, where might I be able to find the
> message in future if this happens to me again? I looked in drafts but it
> wasn't in there.
> 2. Apps:
> A. The Facebook I downloaded seems to be inaccessible, it says 'button'
> rather than the labels so is difficult to navigate. Is there an accessible
> version?
> B. Is there a version of Skype for the Mac? I can't seem to find anything
> when I type Skype into the app store.
> C. How do you delete/remove apps if you find they are not useful?
>
> 3. VO keystrokes:
> I went through the VO start up tutorial but I seem to be missing some
> commands, how do you:
> A. move to top or bottom of a document of screen?
> B. How can I get the cursor to go quickly to the start of oend of the line?
> C. How do you move the insertion point?
> D. If I end up somewhere I don't want to be is there a quick keystroke or
> swipe motion I can use to get out of it and back to where I was?
> I am using the trackpad with gestures and am trying to learn the VO keys,
> though the trackpad is easy to use as it's similar to an IPhone.
>
> 4. Edit fields:
> Is there a way to get it to give you a character count so when you're in a
> password field it might say 'password edit, 7 characters'
> 5. Calendar:
> I have synced my IPhone calendar with Ical, but though I know there are
> events there, I can't seem to get it to read them. I've tried interacting but
> I'm not having any luck. Also, I can't seem to get beyond the end of this
> week. Does anyone have any tips for making the best use of Ical?
>
> 6. Voices:
> I have it set to Alex currently, but I would like to try Sarena. I can access
> it in the preferences, but if I click on download, do I have to pay for it?
> Is this done through my iTunes or Apple account? If I download Serena and
> decide I don't like it, can I revert to Alex?
> Thank you all, I'm sure this won't be the last message I send! I'm also going
> to look in the archives to see what useful tips I can find.
> Kirsten.
>
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