How do I get the preview pane back?

2010-10-05 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I tried setting up my mail with no preview pane. I don't like it. lol. I'm trying to get the preview pane back and can't. Can someone please tell me how to get the preview pane back in mail? tia -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionar

re: formatting envelopes in pages

2010-10-05 Thread Amber Pearcy
HI Anne, Collin, and other listers, I have actually already thought of selecting the text, but this still does not help the situation. I type in the selected font size, and voice over reads the new number in the edit field; however, when I hide the font dialog and return to my template

Re: Bookmarks issues

2010-10-05 Thread Eric Oyen
did you try to just right arrow into it? thats what always works for me on all menus, including bookmarks. -Eric On Oct 5, 2010, at 8:21 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > Hi: > I have two tables, the one that has the history, imported October 5, top > sites, etc folder. I go to the October 5 impor

Re: Bookmarks issues

2010-10-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Here's an example which may help you. IN my book marks, I have a folder called "accounts sites". This folder, which occurs as an entry at the table on the left, is whast I arrow to. Then, I use VO+command+t to go to the table on the right; because, that's the place where the account book mark

Re: Bookmarks issues

2010-10-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I have two tables, the one that has the history, imported October 5, top sites, etc folder. I go to the October 5 imported. The next table has the 50+ folders. I arrow to the news folder. It says it is collapsed, and has 55 items. I cannot open it to go to the bookmarks inside. I've vo backs

Re: bookshare, Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual,

2010-10-05 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yeah I might grab that too. but too bad it is not in a password protected epub if such a thing exists. *grins* S On Oct 5, 2010, at 5:43 PM, Linda Adams wrote: > Hi Heather. I have Bookshare until November 11, so I will look there for > you. Let me know if you usually prefer braille or Daisy,

Re: Bookmarks issues

2010-10-05 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. you need to vo right to the list which is the second table. good luck. Oh and do this from safari itself. S On Oct 5, 2010, at 6:50 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > Hi: > I have no clue why the Safari bookmarks get me in trouble! Okay, here is the > issue. At first, I could only see 1 fold

Bookmarks issues

2010-10-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I have no clue why the Safari bookmarks get me in trouble! Okay, here is the issue. At first, I could only see 1 folder of bookmarks, and every time I'd attempt to open I'd hear VO say open file. So, I figured my MobleMe syncing went aray. So, I reset sync preferences, and sank again. No luc

Re: Switching To The Mac

2010-10-05 Thread heather kd5cbl
Oh, thank you so much! I get my mac on Friday so I am trying to read everything on it! I usually use the BRF format and read it with my notetaker! Thank you again! Heather -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this g

Switching To The Mac

2010-10-05 Thread Linda Adams
Hi, Heather. I found three books with this title on Bookshare: A Snow Leopard 2009 edition, a Leopard edition, and a Tiger edition. If you want to let me know what format you prefer, I will look for your specific edition elsewhere. Linda Adams -- You received this message because you are

Re: bookshare, Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual,

2010-10-05 Thread Linda Adams
Hi Heather. I have Bookshare until November 11, so I will look there for you. Let me know if you usually prefer braille or Daisy, and I will scout around and see if that book is obtainable anywhere in an accessible format. That sounds like it would be helpful for me, too. Linda Adams -

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

2010-10-05 Thread Sarah Alawami
For some reason I don't feel confertable using eh track pad buI can use it comfertable on the iphone. Hmm I wonder why? maybe it's just me. On Oct 5, 2010, at 5:08 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > For a laptop, by far the best way to navigate in my opinion is to use the > track pad. > On Oct 5, 2010, at

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

2010-10-05 Thread Mike Arrigo
For a laptop, by far the best way to navigate in my opinion is to use the track pad. On Oct 5, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Actually you can use the number commander with a laptop keyboard. Just hold > down one of the arrow keys, actually I think it's the right arrow and use the >

bookshare, Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual,

2010-10-05 Thread heather kd5cbl
Hello, I am looking for Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual because my bookshare just ended. Please does anyone know if you can obtain it in electronic format somewhere else? thank you Heather -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries"

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

2010-10-05 Thread Laura Bratton
Geof, Could you give details about using the track pad? Thanks, Laura GEOFF WAALER wrote: > Hi Linda, > > What flavor of Mac do you have? Does it have a trackpad? If so would you be > willing to consider that interface as an alternative to the keyboard? > > Personally I became extremely disgust

Voiceover dictionary in Apple Script.

2010-10-05 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Greetings, When I open the Apple Script editor and select file -> open dictionary -> voiceover.app, the resulting dialog makes absolutely no sense. There seems to be a view group consisting of three unlabeled check boxes that behave like radio buttons since checking one causes the other two to

RE: using track changes and comments in pages

2010-10-05 Thread Paul Hunt
So we learn about IWork but do our work in Microsoft Office products until Apple gets serious and steps up to the plate in IWork. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Braille Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 12:10 AM

RE: using track changes and comments in pages

2010-10-05 Thread Paul Hunt
Hello Scott. I wish I could be confident that Apple is really listening especially to the IWork feedback. Gaming and music are very nice and could help some people make a living but IWork is essential for the masses. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvis

Location of the time of day script.

2010-10-05 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Greetings, In keyboard commander, option-t is attached to a script called "time of day", though I could not ascertain the path. I also tried setting up a search in finder and spotlight search, but have not yet located this script. The fact that option-t does indeed output the time when keybo

Re: voiceover manual for IOS4?

2010-10-05 Thread cathyk
Thanks Esther - this is a big help, and what I was looking for! I'm heartened to learn that someone is compiling a guide, and I was pleased to see Hadley jumping in with a course. And somehow I missed your wonderful post from a couple of months ago, so I appreciate you sending it again. Finally,

Re: facebook chat

2010-10-05 Thread Ian McNamara
just get adium and create a facebook logg in on there thats the way to get around facebook chat. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this gr

Navigating Mail and Safari

2010-10-05 Thread Linda Adams
Thank you so much for your help and suggestions for making navigation easier. Sometimes just learning from people what to enable and disable for things makes all the difference. Yes, I tried the trackpad, although I don't know if my Snow Leopard has a Magic Trackpad. I think it is called a

Re: voiceover manual for IOS4?

2010-10-05 Thread Esther
Hi Erik, Cathy, Isaac, and Others, First a correction to the link I gave Erik. The accessible HTML version of the iPhone 4 manual is at: http://help.apple.com/iphone/4/voiceover/en The accessible HTML version of the iPhone 3 manual (for those who did not upgrade to iOS 4) is at: http://

Re: another dlink issue, this time Iphone related

2010-10-05 Thread Donna Goodin
See other message, all working now. Thanks, Donna On Oct 5, 2010, at 2:09 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > Right that sounds like a cryptography problem. > > Set the securiy to wpa/wpa2 and encryption to both aes and tkip. > > Try that. I have Dell hardware that shows the exact same problems and tha

Re: another dlink issue, this time Iphone related

2010-10-05 Thread Scott Granados
Right that sounds like a cryptography problem. Set the securiy to wpa/wpa2 and encryption to both aes and tkip. Try that. I have Dell hardware that shows the exact same problems and that fixed it. On Oct 5, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi all, > > Since installing the DLink rout

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

2010-10-05 Thread Eric Oyen
its not that old. about 2 years is all. On Oct 5, 2010, at 4:22 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hmm, > > I'm not sure if it will work on a mac that old. I guess you can always > return it if it doesn't work though. > On Oct 5, 2010, at 6:44 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> I am using a used iMac core 2

RE: exchange account

2010-10-05 Thread Robert Hooper
On my PC, my phone contacts also synchronized to Outlook. Since I was using Outlook with exchange, everyone in my phone is also in my email contacts on the server. I was hoping that all of that would be synchronized. I'll look further into it, though. Thanks, Robert Hooper From: macvisionaries@

Re: Recommendations for FTP blient for the mac?

2010-10-05 Thread Sarah Alawami
I've used ftp via the terminal but me beeing more of a gui fan switched to transmit. Take care. S On Oct 5, 2010, at 3:07 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > The mac already comes with sftp which is part of openssh package and if > you're at all concerned about on line security, you'll do well to get

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

2010-10-05 Thread Sarah Alawami
Actually you can use the number commander with a laptop keyboard. Just hold down one of the arrow keys, actually I think it's the right arrow and use the number row. S On Oct 5, 2010, at 5:56 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Linda, > > I've never been a Windows user but I might be able to hel

Re: another dlink issue, this time Iphone related

2010-10-05 Thread Sarah Alawami
sometimes it will pretend to enter another char. It takes me at least 3 or 4 tries before I can do it. S On Oct 5, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi all, > > Since installing the DLink router, I am unable to connect my iphone to our > network. To the best of my knowledge I'm using t

another dlink issue, this time Iphone related

2010-10-05 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, Since installing the DLink router, I am unable to connect my iphone to our network. To the best of my knowledge I'm using the same settings I was using before, wireless N, WPA2 personal, AES encryption, 2.4 mhz is enabled. The iphone sees the network, but says it cannot connect when I

Re: diagnosing an intermittent hardware problem

2010-10-05 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
I read a lot of articles at support.apple.com and, according to them, it was either RAM or a brain problem. The repair guy here in town looked at the RAM and pronounced it okay, but he admits he doesn't know Apples. I just paid Apple $330 to have it shipped to their store and diagnosed. I rea

Re: diagnosing an intermittent hardware problem

2010-10-05 Thread Scott Granados
Google what 3 beeps means. THe number and pitch of the beeps frequently details what's wrong. Sounds like memory to me. On Oct 5, 2010, at 8:17 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > Several weeks ago, my Macbook crashed and wouldn't recover. When I tried to > boot, I didn't get the "bong," su

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

2010-10-05 Thread Teresa Cochran
Use the physical mouse to double-click on the splitter in order to toggle preview pane on and off. Teresa On Oct 5, 2010, at 7:36 AM, GEOFF WAALER wrote: > Greetings, > > Different strokes for different folks I suppose; I couldn't live without the > preview pane. For grins I tried to figure o

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

2010-10-05 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, Linda, In the VO utility, you can go to the navigation tab, and choose the item that says, "interact with items when using tab key". That way, you can tab between your messages and mailbox list. Teresa On Oct 5, 2010, at 5:56 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Linda, > > I've never been a

Re: voiceover manual for IOS4?

2010-10-05 Thread Isaac Obie
Hi all, Bookshare has many of David Pogue's books, but I am not finding any of them useful at all. I see no mention of voiceOver in them at all. I find them boring and really useless. the best I've found thus far is that voiceOver getting started manual or user guide and that's really a feferen

Re: voiceover manual for IOS4?

2010-10-05 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, Applevis.com fits the bill. It's not as full as I'd like it to be, but I got at least one of my newbie questions answered right away and thus have quite an accomplishment buzz kicking at the moment. Hooray for applevis! Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, One on one access technology s

Re: voiceover manual for IOS4?

2010-10-05 Thread cathyk
Dear All, I agree with Erik: where is David Pogue's blind twin brother who could write us a "missing manual" for vo? Is there a way to create a macvisionaries wiki where people could contribute to a set of how- to's, maybe by beginning with a list of FAQs? I realize that macvisionaries archives p

Re: a formatting question in Pages

2010-10-05 Thread Colin M
Hi Amber! If you know this already sorry! To highlight all text use command+a or command+shift +down arrow if it is just a few lines! Which I suppose it is for a envelope! :] Colin On 5 Oct 2010, at 15:22, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Amber, > > In Pages, when you want to change a font or the la

Using Rogue Amoeba's Radio Shift Software

2010-10-05 Thread Robert Carter
Hi, I have been playing with the trial version of Rogue Amoeba's Radio Shift. I have no problem searching for and playing a station but don't see how to schedule recordings and read the program guide for a station. These options are discussed in the manual but I am wondering whether or not they

diagnosing an intermittent hardware problem

2010-10-05 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Several weeks ago, my Macbook crashed and wouldn't recover. When I tried to boot, I didn't get the "bong," successful power-up noise, but instead for three beeps repeatedly. After replacing the hard drive and installing 10.6.3 from the D D, I am still experiencing the problem intermittently.

Re: voiceover manual for IOS4?

2010-10-05 Thread erik burggraaf
Thanks Esther, You wrote: The more useful accessible HTML version of the iPhone User Guide (that you can access from anywhere) is at: http://help.apple.com/iphone/4/voiceover/ This seems to be what I'm after, but it renders a page not found error. I did some googling and found a snippit of docu

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

2010-10-05 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Geoff, Doesn't it annoy you that just navigating to a message causes it to open? I like to be able to decide whether to open a message now or leave it until later, then go back and find the unread messages. I just use the down arrow to skim through the messages, sometimes reading the who

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

2010-10-05 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Greetings, Different strokes for different folks I suppose; I couldn't live without the preview pane. For grins I tried to figure out how to disable it. There does not appear to be an applicable option in the view pull down menu, preferences or clicking on the splitter. I looked in this list

Re: a formatting question in Pages

2010-10-05 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Amber, In Pages, when you want to change a font or the language or whatever, you have to select the text to be changed before doing the change. Cheers, Anne On 5 Oct 2010, at 16:04, Amber Pearcy wrote: > HI list, > > I have been trying to format an envelope from the template list of e

a formatting question in Pages

2010-10-05 Thread Amber Pearcy
HI list, I have been trying to format an envelope from the template list of envelopes in Pages. However, I can not make the font change once I have entered all of my information into the template. When I press "command t" to show the font dialog, I am able to enter a new size. HOwever, when

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

2010-10-05 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Linda, I've never been a Windows user but I might be able to help with some answers. On 5 Oct 2010, at 00:25, Linda Adams wrote: > > On a more specific note, is there anything that I can set in System > Preferences or VoiceOver Utility to get rid of the table view in Mail and > switch it

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

2010-10-05 Thread Anne Robertson
The Magic Trackpad will work on any machine running Snow Leopard. I use one with a three-year-old MacBook. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To

Mantis seems to be fixed.

2010-10-05 Thread Peggy Fleischer
Hi: For those using the Mantis bible program for iphone and ipad, the scrolling screen problem appears to be fixed with the latest update. Peggy Fleischer peggyfleisc...@bellsouth.net Jude 1:24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

2010-10-05 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hmm, I'm not sure if it will work on a mac that old. I guess you can always return it if it doesn't work though. On Oct 5, 2010, at 6:44 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > I am using a used iMac core 2 duo. it was a very basic unit when I first > acquired it. > I have a plug in bluetooth device to interfa

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

2010-10-05 Thread Eric Oyen
I am using a used iMac core 2 duo. it was a very basic unit when I first acquired it. I have a plug in bluetooth device to interface with my phone 9and bluetooth headset). -Eric On Oct 5, 2010, at 3:21 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > No, > > It uses bluetooth. What mac are you using? > On Oct 5,

Re: java in safari on or off for different sites

2010-10-05 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Claus, I can read those pages you posted just fine. I have Java and Javascript enabled and pop up windows blocked. I'd be happy to go through my Safari settings with you if you like. Just e-mail me off list. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Go

Re: track pads

2010-10-05 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, have you tried practicing gestures? Most of the gestures, if not all, are the same as on the iPhone/iPod touch. Starting keyboard help and practicing gestures might help. On Oct 4, 2010, at 9:44 PM, carlene knight wrote: > How do you click and double tap with a track pad? I have the Ma

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

2010-10-05 Thread Ricardo Walker
No, It uses bluetooth. What mac are you using? On Oct 5, 2010, at 4:31 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > is that a usb device? > if so, I can plug it right into the keyboard. > > -Eric > > On Oct 5, 2010, at 12:56 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> You might consider a magic trackpad maybe? Not sure if it wi

Re: mac mini server with no keyboard but the bluetooth one

2010-10-05 Thread Vaughn Bennison
When you start the machine for the first time, it should automatically after some time, give you the start voiceover thing. If this doesn't happen, booting from the snowleopard dvd should start voiceover, again wait a few minutes for it to start talking. I could be wrong but that should happen

Re: Recommendations for FTP blient for the mac?

2010-10-05 Thread Jude DaShiell
The mac already comes with sftp which is part of openssh package and if you're at all concerned about on line security, you'll do well to get acquainted.On Sat, 2 Oct 2010, Jenny Wood wrote: Greetings again! So basically, I am wondering what recommendations, if any, might be out there for FTP

Re: mac mini server with no keyboard but the bluetooth one

2010-10-05 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi, Yes that wasn't an option until a few hours ago. I just ordered the us b one as i found out the process for the bluetooth kb required a manipulation within the os which is impossible for me. So the bluetooth sticks to my macbook pro for comfort and range while the mac mini stays static in

Re: #ot configuring network settings with D-Link Extreme?

2010-10-05 Thread Scott Howell
Yeah, I forget the name of the one open firmware, but the version was WHite RUssian and it was very slick for what it did as compared to the stock Linksys firmware. On Oct 5, 2010, at 1:19 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > Linksys is a subsiddery of cisco. > Linksys is the name that cisco put on thei

Re: using track changes and comments in pages

2010-10-05 Thread Scott Howell
This is something we need to ping APple about and repeatedly. On Oct 5, 2010, at 1:09 AM, Braille wrote: > Track change requires that the focus can be monitored real time. If you click > on edit, track change, track change bar appears under the regular menu bar. > While you can accept, reject,

Re: mac mini server with no keyboard but the bluetooth one

2010-10-05 Thread Scott Howell
Perhaps if you have a USB keyboard handy you could just plug that in for the minute. Seems to me that you would have to pair the keyboard and after that it would be recognized in the future. On Oct 5, 2010, at 1:33 AM, Yuma Decaux wrote: > Hi list, > > In preparation for my IT pro certification

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

2010-10-05 Thread Eric Oyen
is that a usb device? if so, I can plug it right into the keyboard. -Eric On Oct 5, 2010, at 12:56 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > You might consider a magic trackpad maybe? Not sure if it will run on your > mac. > > S > On Oct 5, 2010, at 12:46 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> h, >> I am intrigued.

Re: ntfs 3g

2010-10-05 Thread Sarah Alawami
> Just follow the directions in the pkg file. I if you already installed > macfuse don't worry about the check box when you customize. if you didn't you > can install when you hit the customize button at one of the prompts. S On Oct 4, 2010, at 9:35 PM, Robert Hooper wrote: > Hello once again:

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

2010-10-05 Thread Sarah Alawami
You might consider a magic trackpad maybe? Not sure if it will run on your mac. S On Oct 5, 2010, at 12:46 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > h, > I am intrigued. my machine is a desktop equipped to handle a mouse. I am not > sure that this would work in the same way as a trackpad (gestures would > cer

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

2010-10-05 Thread Eric Oyen
h, I am intrigued. my machine is a desktop equipped to handle a mouse. I am not sure that this would work in the same way as a trackpad (gestures would certainly vary). I happen to also find some of the key combinations to be irritatingly non-relevant to their functions. about the only thin