Refresher needed please

2013-04-11 Thread Johnny Angel!
Hi all, Would someone please remind me how I find a dmg file I downloaded to my mbp? Then, please also remind me how I go about installing that downloaded dmg program. Thank you, John Not of this world, I am born of The forty-second generation A new, powerful race, never seen before. Wish

Re: Couple iWorks Questions

2013-04-11 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello, In Pages, you can read tables if you go to the Inspector and, using the Wrap Inspector, select Floating. Tables wil now appear as separate objects from the main body of the text. They are also completely editable. Cheers, Anne On 12 Apr 2013, at 05:34, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > I ha

Re: iTunes odd way of organizing music?

2013-04-11 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Hello, There should be a flag in iTunes that marks the song as a collaboration This is how Chicago was inserted into the system for me when I bought the soundtrack. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 10, 2013, at 11:53 PM, "Kliphton" wrote: > Okay, windows media got this right. When iTunes see’s th

Re: Couple iWorks Questions

2013-04-11 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I have herd that table are not usable. Try using textedit to view the tables you created in pages. Also is there a two column mode that does not use tables. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 11, 2013, at 6:21 PM, des delgadillo wrote: > Hello, all: > Few questions for you guys regarding accessibilit

Re: Convincing rehab services to purchase a Mac

2013-04-11 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, Des. Great points. Best, Donna On Apr 11, 2013, at 4:59 PM, Des Delgadillo wrote: > Hi: > An argument I presented in my proposal to California Rehab was the > added accessibility for Mac as compared to a machine running Windows > and Jaws. I'm a broadcast journalism major, so a Mac just

Re: Becoming a qualified Apple technical support agent/p trainer

2013-04-11 Thread Joanne Chua
Hi there, I'm seriously looking in to doing the Apple professional qualification corse. Why? First at all, if nothing, it will be for my personal development purposes. Of course, i believe that will also allow more opportunities my way, and have a better understanding of Apple products and framewo

Re: Mail messages not being announced as read or unread

2013-04-11 Thread Kerri
I am experiencing the same issue, On 2013-04-11, at 10:53 AM, Steve Vandecar wrote: > Hello, > > A friend asked me why their mail messages weren't being marked as read or > unread and I haven't been able to find an answer. The status field is blank > in the messages table. Any help would be

Couple iWorks Questions

2013-04-11 Thread des delgadillo
Hello, all: Few questions for you guys regarding accessibility and whatnot. First, concerning Pages: As a broadcast journalism student we're required to start writing our news scripts in a two-column format, meaning I'll have to create a table and write certain information in each column. Thankfu

Re: Advice on live streaming a podcast

2013-04-11 Thread Des Delgadillo
BTR is a good option, but as I recall, it got pretty pricey if you wanted a longer show, which is why I ultimately decided against it. I'm not sure how accessible with VO the online switchboard would be, but it allows you to see who's calling and basically screen your own calls. If you manage to ge

Re: Convincing rehab services to purchase a Mac

2013-04-11 Thread Des Delgadillo
Hi: An argument I presented in my proposal to California Rehab was the added accessibility for Mac as compared to a machine running Windows and Jaws. I'm a broadcast journalism major, so a Mac just made sense in my case, because I'd need to do a lot of audio editing and occasional video and photo w

Re: Becoming a qualified Apple technical support agent/p trainer

2013-04-11 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
hi Brand. Yes being able too work outside the house is a good option, but sometimes we gotta make compromises. Tell me again, because it is not totally clear too me why you need too be a professional too help others? Okay so as you said your self SA's blind organization may be 10 years set back, th

Re: Using the Mac for doing legal work

2013-04-11 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Hi Harry, That was an extremely detailed post; thanks a million. :) That is exactly what I was looking for. Right now, I'm able to use the internet pretty well. Or that is at least what I think. I also use Preview for reading novels; TextEdit for writing essays and assignments; Mail for correspond

RE: Convincing rehab services to purchase a Mac

2013-04-11 Thread David Tanner
Donna, I am an assistive technology specialist for Minnesota State Services for the Blind and have been with them for 17 years. Over the past two to three years we have purchased a number of MacBook Pros and a few iMaccs. And, none of our counselors object to purchasing Macs so long as they

Re: Reading List

2013-04-11 Thread Harry Hogue
Thank you; I will give this a try. Harry On Apr 10, 2013, at 8:07 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > THere is a button in the bookmarks bar, you might need to enable it in > preferences first. Also your reading list should be synchronized between all > iCloud systems except those running Lion. >

Re: Using the Mac for doing legal work

2013-04-11 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello, If I may ask, how are you doing your work at present? Pages will be important, together with creating relevant templates for drafts, motions, billable hours perhaps, etc. Numbers would be useful for basic tracking of financial information, although you would probably really want to use

Re: getting braillant braille display working with vmware win8?

2013-04-11 Thread anouk radix
Hi Erik, One strange thingm, when i try to put through the braillant to windows, i often accidentally suspend the machine while i am quite sure i only het vo space on the relevant device in the usb menu and not again when i got back in the window. I am quite sure that the display is connected to

Re: Accessibility of iWork

2013-04-11 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello, The main limitation with TextEdit is that it does not support the use of headers and footers (for example for use with resumes, cover letters, academic papers, memos, etc). TextEdit also does not allow for the use of templates as far as I know, so you could not create your own template

Mail messages not being announced as read or unread

2013-04-11 Thread Steve Vandecar
Hello, A friend asked me why their mail messages weren't being marked as read or unread and I haven't been able to find an answer. The status field is blank in the messages table. Any help would be appreciated. Steve -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou

Re: Accessibility of iWork

2013-04-11 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Hi Michael, I know this is a foolish question, but what is the difference between Text Edit and Pages? On 11/04/2013, Michael Babcock wrote: > Good afternoon; > I work used to be a $70 product, however I do stand to be corrected, but I > believe you can purchase both of the referenced applicat

Using the Mac for doing legal work

2013-04-11 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Hi all, I'm a first-year law student and intend to work as an associate in a law firm after completing my education. I'm not very proficient in the use of computers; I only know the basics. Which applications will I have to use more frequently for doing my work? What should I do to prepare

Re: Accessibility of iWork

2013-04-11 Thread Michael Babcock
Good afternoon; I work used to be a $70 product, however I do stand to be corrected, but I believe you can purchase both of the referenced applications below, for $40. On the App Store, each product in the iWork suite is $19.99 I believe. From what I remember, numbers was a very accessible, and

Accessibility of iWork

2013-04-11 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Hello everyone, This may have been discussed before, but I want to know if iWork is completely accessible with VoiceOver on the Mac or not. Does it work well on the iPhone as well? The 2 main applications that I'll be using are Pages and Numbers. So, do they work well with VoiceOver? It's actual

problems with braillant and os x

2013-04-11 Thread anouk radix
Hi, I posted yesterday about my issues whentrying to get my braillant running within a vm with win8 (still not sure if that is because of win8 incompatibility or something to do with vmware, will have to try to get my old display working in win8). Tody however i also found some strange things wh

Re: How do I get rid of the toolbar in Quicktime?

2013-04-11 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, Chris, that must be what happened. Cheers, Donna On Apr 11, 2013, at 9:41 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > In the quicktime player you can turn on full screen mode with control command > F. After that as long as you leave things alone the controls should just go > away after a few seconds. >

Re: How do I get rid of the toolbar in Quicktime?

2013-04-11 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Teresa, Not sure why, but when I got into my presentation it went away automatically. It hadn't done that earlier this morning. thanks for the tip. Cheers, Donna On Apr 11, 2013, at 9:28 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Hi, Donna. Did you try fullscreen mode? (command-control-f) > > HtH, > Ter

apps to talk using google voice and iPod touch?

2013-04-11 Thread Kliphton A M
had to create a new thread since I wasn't clear in my first one. I am looking for an app to call and receive calls with my google voice number on my iPod touch 5th gen. I know talkatone does this, but the sound quality really ain't that great. So if anyone knows, please let me know. Also, do

Re: A couple of questions

2013-04-11 Thread Maxwell Ivey
when you are in your finder and have selected the file type you want use command i to open the inspector. Then tab or arrow right until you get near the bottom or end. You will find a place to select what program to use when opening that file type. for example i have mp3's now set to open wit

Re: How do I get rid of the toolbar in Quicktime?

2013-04-11 Thread Chris Blouch
In the quicktime player you can turn on full screen mode with control command F. After that as long as you leave things alone the controls should just go away after a few seconds. CB On 4/11/13 9:55 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, I need to show a movie in Quicktime and the QuickTime toolbar

Re: A couple of questions

2013-04-11 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, To assign specific apps to specific file types, locate the file you wish to assign an app to, in your case, an rtf file. Once selected, press cmd-i to Get Info, navigate to the "open With" area and find the Application pop-up menu. choose TextEdit from that pop-up then press on the Change

A couple of questions

2013-04-11 Thread Craig J Dunlop
Sent from my iPhone Is there a way to a sign programs to open certain file types? Four instance we would like RTF files to open in text edit instead of pages. We just cannot find a spot to assign particular programs to file types! Also does anyone know of a way to create envelopes and print t

Re: How do I get rid of the toolbar in Quicktime?

2013-04-11 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, Donna. Did you try fullscreen mode? (command-control-f) HtH, Teresa On Apr 11, 2013, at 6:55 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi all, > > I need to show a movie in Quicktime and the QuickTime toolbar is blocking the > movie. How do I make the toolbar go away? > thanks, > Donna > > -- > You rec

How do I get rid of the toolbar in Quicktime?

2013-04-11 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I need to show a movie in Quicktime and the QuickTime toolbar is blocking the movie. How do I make the toolbar go away? thanks, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

Re: getting braillant braille display working with vmware win8?

2013-04-11 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi anouk, Only one environment can have access to the display at a time. So, check to make sure that the brailliant is connected to windows. You can do that in the USB menu under virtual machine. Then don't forget that the classic brailliant is a serial device. There's a usb to serial adapt

Re: keyboard focus with vmware 5/win8

2013-04-11 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Anouk Control command F is the obscure hockey that will set focus to your virtual machine in VMWAre 5. Hope this helps. Erik Burggraaf Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog Ebony Con

Re: Convincing rehab services to purchase a Mac

2013-04-11 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I haven't had time to respond to everyone's individual messages on this topic, but I want to thank all who have posted. You all have raised some great points, and given me a lot to proceed with. Thanks for taking the time to pass along your thoughts and experiences. Best, Donna On Apr