try cmd F for the find dialog and see if that works if not try VO keys and F type in search and press enter HTH
Becky and C my clever guide On Feb 9, 2012, at 7:33 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: > Dear listers, > When attempting to find and replace, I'm having a focus problem with > voiceover. Does that sound familiar? What happens is: when I select a > character that landed in my pdf converted to plain text, I either want to get > rid of it, or I want to replace it with what it should have been, like an > apostrophe. I first select the character using shift arrows, I then copy it > to the clipboard using command c, I then call up the find replace dialog > using vo m for menu, e for edit, enter to open the edit menu, f for the find > menu. I hit enter on the find menu to open it, arrow down to find and replace > and press enter there. The dialog came up the first time, but no more. > Instead I seem to be returning to the text, where I came from. What am I > doing wrong here? > > Paul. > > -- > 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.
