Hi Harry How big do you anticipate that your files will be in numbers? Right now, there is a problem if it is a very large numbers file. I have reported this, and presumably Apple will get it fixed ASAP. In the meantime, text edit is great for putting large amounts of text into numbers. I do it all the time.
Regards Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Jul 28, 2012, at 7:32 PM, Harry Hogue <harryhog...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've occasionally heard it say that a particular cell is dimmed as I've been > playing around, but that hasn't stopped me from entering text. > > I am really wanting to learn Numbers and become proficient. I do get tired > of having to fight with things that should be simple, but at the same time I > can't forget how useful Voiceover is, and the fact that it comes built right > into the OS is wonderful. > > Harry > > On Jul 28, 2012, at 4:33 PM, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> I have been using numbers for awhile and just started using this >> group. Does anyone else have a problem with numbers completely stop >> allowing you to input text in to any cells? The document isn't locked, >> and from time to time I will be working on a document and it just >> stops allowing me to enter text and I have to quit numbers and restart >> than it works fine, but it does happen enough to be annoying. >> >> Also, if anyone is using numbers on the Iphone, why does it not allow >> you to scroll by using rows? I would think numbers would be one of the >> most important apps to make use of the scrolling by rows. When I want >> to read down a row on the Iphone I have to use Vertical navigation and >> most of the time this skips a row. Any help would be greatly >> appreciated. Thanks >> >> On Jul 27, 1:44 pm, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Harry, >>> >>> Try using VO-cmd-t to go to the Sheets Table. this command takes you >>> between tables within the given document. >>> >>> I also haven't yet been able to have VO read the contents of a cell with a >>> pop-up within. It allows me to select but does not read what has been >>> selected when navigating through at a later time. >>> >>> I'll play some more to see if I can get anywhere. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On 2012-07-27, at 10:55 AM, Harry Hogue <harryhog...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi Anne, >>> >>>> I've been going to the layout area and interacting with it, where I can >>>> see the tables I've added there. When that didn't seem to work, however, >>>> I went to the item chooser, to the sheets table, interacted, and brought >>>> the mouse over so I could move about. That worked. Is there a quicker >>>> way to get to the sheets table, however? >>> >>>> With regards to the menus, it's strange. I'm able to put items in the >>>> menus, but it never tells me which is selected; it only says "menu cell," >>>> or something like that. That was back in Lion when I tried it, so I >>>> didn't know if anyone knew if accessibility had improved or not. >>> >>>> And it really does seem when things aren't working with Voiceover that the >>>> solution is more often than not to move the mouse to a particular spot and >>>> manipulate it that way. >>> >>>> Thanks, >>> >>>> Harry >>> >>>> On Jul 27, 2012, at 8:5tson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: >>> >>>>> Hello Harry, >>> >>>>> To edit the contents of a cell, press the space bar. In the case of >>>>> menus, this will bring up the menu. >>> >>>>> To rename the table, go to the Sheets table, interact with it and >>>>> navigate to the one you want to rename. Bring the mouse and double click >>>>> using the trackpad, then type the new name and press Return. >>> >>>>> Cheers, >>> >>>>> Anne >>> >>>>> On 27 Jul 2012, at 03:06, Harry Hogue wrote: >>> >>>>>> Is anyone familiar with Numbers and using the menus, checkboxes, etc. >>>>>> features? I would like to create an attendance tracker to practice >>>>>> skills in Numbers, but I just now looked at the template for an employee >>>>>> schedule, and the menu options that are placed into the cells are all >>>>>> dimmed, and although it gives times inside of those menus (times the >>>>>> employee signed in/out, for example), VoiceOver does not read this >>>>>> information. Should I be going about this type of thing another way? I >>>>>> want to be able to create professional presentations using Numbers that >>>>>> will give me the information I need about my budget, or my upcoming >>>>>> internship schedule, and that kind of thing, but I want to have it be in >>>>>> a way that is accessible when using VoiceOver, obviously. Right now I'm >>>>>> trying to create the attendance tracker with information modeled off the >>>>>> office.com website using Excel 2003. I want to learn how to do these >>>>>> various things because Numbers/Excel has always been a weak area of >>>>>> mine. How, for example, do you rename a table? >>> >>>>>> I would appreciate any thoughts from a confident Numbers user. >>> >>>>>> Best regards, >>> >>>>>> Harry >>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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 >>>>>> athttp://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 >>>>> athttp://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 >>>> athttp://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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