Well, do yourself a huge favor Kirsten. DO NOT; I repeat, DO NOT, try to learn it all at once. It just aint gonna happen. It took me a couple of weeks to get my head around it. Here's a site where you'll find a lot of way cool Mac pod casts done by Mike Arigo.
www.blindcooltech.com and search for "Mac Demo". Do this search using VO+f. Thereafter, VO+g will find every other ocurrance for you. To download a file from the site to your downloads folder, just use Option+return. By return, I mean the key on your keyboard just to the right of the colon key. HTH. 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 11:17 AM, Kirsten Edmondson wrote: > Thank you! thank you Ray! It’s so simple when you know how. That’s what I > love about VO and the Mac already, it all makes sense!. I just have to hope > my memory can stand the combinations and my hands can stretch lol! > Thanks again. > Kirsten. > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr > Sent: 27 October 2011 16:47 > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Lots of questions from a new user of Mac Book Pro > > 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. > > -- > 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. 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