Re: Support for word processor styles in VoiceOver under Mac OS

2017-04-09 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Can you get the style from the ribbon? We were talking last week about pages and it was mentioned that putting a hotspot on the style area could have pages speak the style as it gets updated. I would expect that the same could be done in Word, though I don't have my system around to test my theo

Re: Support for word processor styles in VoiceOver under Mac OS

2017-04-08 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
I can confirm that Pages now presents the style information and that Microsoft Word 2016 for Mac does not. I encountered other issues with Pages, but at least this one isn't among them. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any quest

Re: Support for word processor styles in VoiceOver under Mac OS

2017-04-07 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
John Panarese wrote: > VO-t in Pages will give you the style used I believe if you are interacted > with the specific part of the text. Thanks - I'll try that tonight or tomorrow and report findings. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If

Re: Support for word processor styles in VoiceOver under Mac OS

2017-04-07 Thread John Panarese
VO-t in Pages will give you the style used I believe if you are interacted with the specific part of the text. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL

Support for word processor styles in VoiceOver under Mac OS

2017-04-07 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
For any of the word processors available under Mac OS that support VoiceOver, is there a way to obtain the style of the current paragraph, and the character style of the text under the cursor? When last I tested Apple's Pages and Microsoft's Word 2016 for Mac, I was able to get the font, but not t