Hi again folks. Tim, I sort of got it to work. VoiceOver said Edit Text, but on a complicated form like the IRS form 1040, I can't tell where I am and which field I am choosing. I can type in text like you said, but who knows what field it went in. I did do the VO shift space like you suggested. I suspect that a fairly simple form would work ok. However, one like this with many fields gets confusing. I have filled out some really horrible IRS forms in Windows. However, unless you think up something else I haven't done, I guess I'll have to wait for those smart folks in California to figure it out. After all, they figured out what yours truly thought was the impossible, a blind person using a touch screen.
Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Feb 12, 2013, at 9:21 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I did have to use VO-shift-space to activate the text area within the pdf > document. Sorry, I forgot to mention that part in my first post. VO-space > wouldn't do anything but the simulated mouse-click VO-shift-space activated > the text area for me. > > Hope it works for you. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2013-02-12, at 12:04 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: > >> Hi again Tim. >> After your post, I tried to edit a copy of a 1040 form that I filed for >> 2011. It should work since as I know, I didn't do something that would make >> it read only. I did the edit toolbar which I din't know about until you >> said. I interacted with it, and found the text toolbar, finally, and checked >> it. Then I had done command 2 like you said. I interacted with the text >> thinking I needed to if I was going to make it work. Nothing. I still can't >> do it. Can you figure out what I'm doing wrong? >> >> Regards, >> Gigi >> >> On Feb 12, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Actually, I was reading some documentation the other day and it mentioned >>> that Preview works for editable PDFs. Open your document in Preview, >>> select Edit from within the ToolBar, then select the TextTool from within >>> the Edit ToolBar and you should be able to fill out pdf forms. I tried it >>> on a form I had here and it appeared to work fine. I have heard others on >>> this list complain loudly about Preview but it works fine for me. I >>> usually press cmd-2 to put it into "Single Page" mode and it works much >>> better for me that way. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On 2013-02-12, at 9:36 AM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Pam >>>> I have some unfortunate news here. This issue of editing good old PDF >>>> forms is an issue we have talked about before and will no doubt talk again >>>> until it is resolved. Unless you put Windows on your Mac and download >>>> Adobe Acrobat Reader to your computer, there is not yet a good way to do >>>> this on the Mac if you're blind. >>>> >>>> At someone's suggestion, I put PDFpen on my Mac, but it's partially >>>> inaccessible. You might as well join some of the rest of us in squawking >>>> about this. >>>> Regards, >>>> Gigi who still hates PDF files >>>> >>>> On Feb 12, 2013, at 9:50 AM, ppowell...@aol.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi folks, >>>>> I receive forms from my state periodically to re- determine my >>>>> eligibility for state funds. Does anyone know of an accessible means to >>>>> reliably fill out the paperwork on the computer, printed, and sign it? I >>>>> can print it, I can sign it. However filling out the forms is a major >>>>> issue. I cannot read snail mail. To my knowledge, Microsoft office, is >>>>> not accessible on the Mac. Not sure if their version of PDF, will work >>>>> with the forms. 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