Re: Does cursor tracking work in Open Office using OSX 10.5 Leapoard? NOT Snow Leapoard.

2009-12-10 Thread Declan
This is good to know. Thank you very much. -- 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 group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googl

Does cursor tracking work in Open Office using OSX 10.5 Leapoard? NOT Snow Leapoard.

2009-12-10 Thread Declan
work under Leapoard. Thank you very much in advance. Declan. -- 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 group, send email to macv

Re: Blank PDF filePlease Help

2009-12-10 Thread Declan
The file is a scanned docunet I am in no doubt. The file info says Author: Hewlett Packard MFP. This Tells me that it is HP Multi- Function Printer. So it is a Printer/Scanner/Coppier that was used to create the PDF. You will need an OCR program to read the PDF. -- You received this message

Re: questions about NVDA

2009-12-10 Thread Declan
I don't normally use screen readers. I tried NVDA just to see what it was like. Word: It works OK in Word. Excel: I have just now tried it in Excel. It worked ok in Excel just now. Winamp: I have tried in in Winamp. It does not read the tool tips in Windamp. The menu headings are not read.

Re: Mac Useless for low vision users?

2009-12-03 Thread Declan
Interesting about the insertion point. I have had an email from Archie Robertson on this subject that wasn't posted to the group. Apparently the problem with tracking the cursor in Pages (iWork 09) and Word is a bug in Snow Leapoard. It is not present in Leapoard (the cursor tracks OK in Leapoa

Re: Mac Useless for low vision users?

2009-12-02 Thread Declan
sion users, I > hoped this would be corrected in SLbut from what I have heard things are the > same there as for Leopard.Best Wishes,Claire > > On Dec 1, 12:23 pm, Declan wrote: > > > > - Hide quoted text - > Clair, I had tried it on Snow Leopard, it was a new iMac 27&quo

Mac Useless for low vision users?

2009-12-01 Thread Declan
I am wondering if the mac is realy useful for low vision users I was unable to find any mainstream office programs that would track the cursor with the built in zoom function. This is a re-post of an earlier message that had no responses. Are there any Office Programs on the Mac that track the cu

Are there any office programs on the mac that track the cursor in Zoom?

2009-11-27 Thread Declan
Are there any Office Programs on the Mac that track the cursor when using the Zoom option? I like the mac very much. I was already to get a 24" mac that was being sold off cheaply. However examining the Zoom feature and cursor tracking more thouroughly I discovered that the only program that tra