Re: word processing beyond MS Word

2022-06-22 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Andrew, to be honnest: Using Pages and exporting to Word works but I’d never rely on it fully. I’d use Pages and asked a sighted assistant afterwards. You could ask your own assistant or you could use a service like Aira for iPhone to check whether the layout looks well. But all in all expor

word processing beyond MS Word

2022-06-22 Thread Andrew Leland
Here’s another question for the group: One of the main reasons I’m considering abandoning MacOS for Windows is that I have to send and receive MS Word docs, often with track changes and comments. I primarily work in Scrivener and export to Word, but I can’t give up word entirely because I need

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-08 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
> On Apr 7, 2018, at 15:21, Devin Prater wrote: > > Wow. How do you use it on Windows, with eSpeak? eSpeak doesn’t support > voice-lock. Or do you not use Emacspeak with it? I simply run it from a terminal (it invokes a separate window) and use it with my screen reader of choice. Since I most

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-07 Thread Andrew Lamanche
@googlegroups.com On >> Behalf Of Devin Prater >> Sent: Friday, April 6, 2018 12:41 PM >> To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >> Subject: Re: Word Processing on the mac >> >> Yes, I’ve used Markdown. LaTex seems like a powerful tool to me, and many

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-07 Thread Devin Prater
Wow. How do you use it on Windows, with eSpeak? eSpeak doesn’t support voice-lock. Or do you not use Emacspeak with it? > On Apr 7, 2018, at 9:31 AM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Emacs remains my preferred text editor, but I mostly use it under Linux or > Microsoft Windows. >

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-07 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
Emacs remains my preferred text editor, but I mostly use it under Linux or Microsoft Windows. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inap

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-07 Thread Devin Prater
Nope, they still used a patched version of screen. I do wish some one could get BRLTTY into Homebrew, and Emacspeak for that matter, but ah well. This is what freedom gives us. > On Apr 6, 2018, at 7:29 PM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > > >> On Apr 5, 2018, at 06:17, Devin P

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-07 Thread james . londonsw15
> -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Devin Prater > Sent: Friday, April 6, 2018 12:41 PM > To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > Subject: Re: Word Processing on the mac > > Yes, I’ve used Markdown. LaTex seems lik

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-06 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
> On Apr 5, 2018, at 06:17, Devin Prater wrote: > > Well, yes. You’d have to go through the steps to get BRLTTY working, but > yeah, then you’d have Braille in the terminal. Are they still using a patched version of GNU Screen for this on the Mac, or is there a better solution now? I’m on the

RE: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-06 Thread Jim Noseworthy
ubject: Re: Word Processing on the mac Yes, I’ve used Markdown. LaTex seems like a powerful tool to me, and many things use it. Moodle, Emacs, and even the Braille Note Touch can use it for document production. > On Apr 6, 2018, at 10:21 AM, James wrote: > > There is also: > >

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-06 Thread Devin Prater
Yes, I’ve used Markdown. LaTex seems like a powerful tool to me, and many things use it. Moodle, Emacs, and even the Braille Note Touch can use it for document production. > On Apr 6, 2018, at 10:21 AM, James wrote: > > There is also: > > https://cs.sharelatex.com/learn > > You are probably

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-06 Thread James
There is also: https://cs.sharelatex.com/learn You are probably aware of this, but LaTeX is not a word processor in the Pages or Nisus Writer Pro sense of the term. It is not a case of CMD + B and your text will be bold etc. I am more than happy to help offlist if that would be useful. Have

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-06 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
> On Apr 5, 2018, at 11:35, Devin Prater wrote: > > What is a good way to learn LaTex? Thanks There are various books and tutorials available. A good starting point is http://latex.silmaril.ie/formattinginformation/index.html -- The following information is important for all members of the M

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-05 Thread Devin Prater
What is a good way to learn LaTex? Thanks > On Apr 5, 2018, at 10:07 AM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Ryan Mann wrote: >> You say that you convert Latex into other formats. I thought about learning >> Latex but I couldn’t find a way to convert into Word format. Every thing I

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-05 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
Ryan Mann wrote: > You say that you convert Latex into other formats. I thought about learning > Latex but I couldn’t find a way to convert into Word format. Every thing I > read when I googled seemed to emply that there was not a reliable way to > convert to Word and keep the formatting. Do yo

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-05 Thread Devin Prater
Well, yes. You’d have to go through the steps to get BRLTTY working, but yeah, then you’d have Braille in the terminal. > On Apr 4, 2018, at 7:29 PM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > > >> On Apr 4, 2018, at 09:58, Devin Prater wrote: >> >> You can also use Emacs, with Emacspea

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-05 Thread Leo Bado
yes, is me, Leo. Thank you Jonathan, I think I'm going to make a new thread asking and specifying my question. Leo Bado El 4/4/2018 a las 16:04, Jonathan Cohn escribió: Hello Leo, I believe you are the one who just introduced yourself? The Macintosh has several commands in the file menu,

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-04 Thread Eric Oyen
Textedit can do most of that quite easily. However, you might also try the Mac version of Libre Office. Also, Microsoft Office is mostly accessible on their Mac version, but costs a pretty penny to purchase. -Eric > On Apr 4, 2018, at 4:32 AM, Brian Howerton wrote: > > Hello folks, > What ac

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-04 Thread Ryan Mann
You say that you convert Latex into other formats. I thought about learning Latex but I couldn’t find a way to convert into Word format. Every thing I read when I googled seemed to emply that there was not a reliable way to convert to Word and keep the formatting. Do you ever convert from Lat

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-04 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
Just responding to another aspect of this, Microsoft Word for Mac now identifies heading and paragraph styles correctly when you use the Ctrl-Option-T VoiceOver command. Pages has supported this for a while; Microsoft seem to have caught up. > On Apr 4, 2018, at 07:32, Brian Howerton wrote: >

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-04 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
> On Apr 4, 2018, at 09:58, Devin Prater wrote: > > You can also use Emacs, with Emacspeak, for writing. I’d recommend getting > the latest Emacs from Homebrew, though. If anyone needs further details, I > can give them. Is there a way to get braille working with Emacs under Mac OS? It’s fine

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-04 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello Leo, I believe you are the one who just introduced yourself? The Macintosh has several commands in the file menu, but it does get a little confusing with Apple applications because documents are often automatically saved every few minutes or so by default. There should be an export opti

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-04 Thread Leo Bado
hi, this topic interests me, I really want to know how to use pages and for this matter I want to create a document and then export it to .doc but I can’t find the file tab to do this, most likely I’m going on the wrong way and need some help here. Leo Bado El 4/4/2018 a las 06:36, Caitlyn

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-04 Thread Devin Prater
You can also use Emacs, with Emacspeak, for writing. I’d recommend getting the latest Emacs from Homebrew, though. If anyone needs further details, I can give them. > On Apr 4, 2018, at 8:56 AM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > It's worth noting that the user interface of Microso

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-04 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
It's worth noting that the user interface of Microsoft Word for Mac (which seems to be quite accessible with VoiceOver) is different from that of the Windows version. So, having used the Windows version before won't provide much of an advantage in working with the Mac version. I generally write in

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-04 Thread Steve Matzura
Nothing wrong with TextEdit, and you already have it. On 4/4/2018 7:32 AM, Brian Howerton wrote: Hello folks, What accessible word processors do you recommend for the mac? This is particularly for writing papers with paragraph styles, headings, footnotes, etc. Trying to find an accessible s

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-04 Thread Brian Howerton
Hi Anne, I believe I have your book on pages. Would there be a way that you could send me your lessons on pages? Do you have those as documents? In reading the chapter on footnotes in pages, I’m a little confused as to how that works, but if I had practical examples on how to practice some of

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-04 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Brian, You should have Pages already on your Mac and it does everything you need for writing papers. I find it easier to use than MS Word but that may be because I’m not used to using Word, not having been a Windows user. In Pages, you can set up to 8 shortcuts for applying styles, be they

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-04 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Hi, I use pages, i text express, and scrivener.. Cait > On Apr 4, 2018, at 7:32 AM, Brian Howerton wrote: > > Hello folks, > What accessible word processors do you recommend for the mac? This is > particularly for writing papers with paragraph styles, headings, footnotes, > etc. Trying to

Re: Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-04 Thread Scott Berry
Hello there, There are a couple of good ones. You of course have your Microsoft products which are now very accessible. You also have Nisus Writer which can be found at: www.nisus.com . They are great people and very responsive if one needs help. > On Apr 4, 2018,

Word Processing on the mac

2018-04-04 Thread Brian Howerton
Hello folks, What accessible word processors do you recommend for the mac? This is particularly for writing papers with paragraph styles, headings, footnotes, etc. Trying to find an accessible straightforward easy to use word processor. Thanks, Brian -- The following information is importan

Re: Making sure of accessibility before I buy a Mac Word processing app

2016-07-29 Thread Kimber Gardner
ow to use it. It does look pretty accessible. It is also now available for the iOS platform. It's also my understanding that Scrivener will not replace the need for a full-featured word processing program like Pages or Word. So I guess if you want to draft in Scrivener that would be an entirel

Making sure of accessibility before I buy a Mac Word processing app

2016-07-28 Thread Sharon Hooley
Hi, Does anyone use Scribner on the mac? If so, do you still find it accessible with VoiceOver OS 10 and above? I'm writing my autobiography, which will definitely be a long document. Or is Pages better and more accessible? Thanks, Sharon H. -- The following information is important fo

RE: word processing question

2016-07-01 Thread Simon Fogarty
AM To: mac4thebl...@freelists.org Cc: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries Subject: word processing question Hello folks, Just want to get people’s opinions on what word processor is best for the mac. Trying to learn pages, but am familiar with word a little more, and I need to write papers

Re: word processing question

2016-06-30 Thread Paul Mimms
; need to write papers for a class in grad school. How is the current state of > accessibility for microsoft office on the mac? Just curious to see what > others are using for word processing. > Brian > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visio

Re: word processing question

2016-06-30 Thread Kimber Gardner
nd I > need to write papers for a class in grad school. How is the current state of > accessibility for microsoft office on the mac? Just curious to see what > others are using for word processing. > Brian > > -- > The following information is important for all members o

word processing question

2016-06-30 Thread Brian Howerton
curious to see what others are using for word processing. Brian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contac

Word Processing Options, (was Reading a PDF in Preview)

2015-02-14 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Angus, I have started to use it to just write, then I bring in the file into desktop word for serious formatting and editing. I wouldn't like to do the process from beginning to end on iOS but it's pretty cool during the writing stage. I actually very much like Voice Dream Writer in IOS. The

Re: other word processing options

2014-04-11 Thread Devin Prater
eOffice to complete them. LibreOffice has as much overkill as Word, >>> though much easier to find what you need. >>> >>>> On Friday, April 11, 2014 10:51:14 AM UTC-4, Jim Gatteys wrote: >>>> Hi all! >>>> has anyone tried other word processing o

Re: other word processing options

2014-04-11 Thread Krister Ekstrom
ages for part of the writing process. Then switch documents to >> LibreOffice to complete them. LibreOffice has as much overkill as Word, >> though much easier to find what you need. >> >> On Friday, April 11, 2014 10:51:14 AM UTC-4, Jim Gatteys wrote: >> Hi all! >&g

Re: other word processing options

2014-04-11 Thread Devin Prater
t;>> I use Pages for part of the writing process. Then switch documents to >>>>> LibreOffice to complete them. LibreOffice has as much overkill as Word, >>>>> though much easier to find what you need. >>>>> >>>>>> On Frida

Re: other word processing options

2014-04-11 Thread April
> I use Pages for part of the writing process. Then switch documents to > LibreOffice to complete them. LibreOffice has as much overkill as Word, > though much easier to find what you need. > > On Friday, April 11, 2014 10:51:14 AM UTC-4, Jim Gatteys wrote: >> >> Hi a

Re: other word processing options

2014-04-11 Thread Jessica
> On Apr 11, 2014, at 10:17, April wrote: >>> >>>> I use Pages for part of the writing process. Then switch documents to >>>> LibreOffice to complete them. LibreOffice has as much overkill as Word, >>>> though much easier to find what you ne

Re: other word processing options

2014-04-11 Thread Devin Prater
s as much overkill as Word, >>> though much easier to find what you need. >>> >>>> On Friday, April 11, 2014 10:51:14 AM UTC-4, Jim Gatteys wrote: >>>> Hi all! >>>> has anyone tried other word processing options such as Nisus Write

Re: other word processing options

2014-04-11 Thread April
much overkill as Word, > though much easier to find what you need. > > On Friday, April 11, 2014 10:51:14 AM UTC-4, Jim Gatteys wrote: >> >> Hi all! >> has anyone tried other word processing options such as Nisus Writer for >> the mac? I was so spoiled with my word

Re: other word processing options

2014-04-11 Thread Jessica
Pages for part of the writing process. Then switch documents to >> LibreOffice to complete them. LibreOffice has as much overkill as Word, >> though much easier to find what you need. >> >>> On Friday, April 11, 2014 10:51:14 AM UTC-4, Jim Gatteys wrote: >>>

Re: other word processing options

2014-04-11 Thread Devin Prater
hough much easier to find what you need. > >> On Friday, April 11, 2014 10:51:14 AM UTC-4, Jim Gatteys wrote: >> Hi all! >> has anyone tried other word processing options such as Nisus Writer for the >> mac? I was so spoiled with my word processor for windows but

Re: other word processing options

2014-04-11 Thread Daniel Hawkins
Hi all! > has anyone tried other word processing options such as Nisus Writer for the > mac? I was so spoiled with my word processor for windows but I now only have > an old xp machine that I no longer want to use. I've seen reference to Nisus > Writer and just wondered how e

Re: other word processing options

2014-04-11 Thread April
I use Pages for part of the writing process. Then switch documents to LibreOffice to complete them. LibreOffice has as much overkill as Word, though much easier to find what you need. On Friday, April 11, 2014 10:51:14 AM UTC-4, Jim Gatteys wrote: > > Hi all! > has anyone tried o

Re: other word processing options

2014-04-11 Thread Jim Gatteys
it doesn't do everything I need it to do. On Apr 11, 2014, at 10:03 AM, Jessica wrote: > How about text edit? I he's pages & text edit. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 11, 2014, at 10:51 AM, Jim Gatteys wrote: >> >> Hi all! >> has anyone

Re: other word processing options

2014-04-11 Thread Jessica
How about text edit? I he's pages & text edit. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 11, 2014, at 10:51 AM, Jim Gatteys wrote: > > Hi all! > has anyone tried other word processing options such as Nisus Writer for the > mac? I was so spoiled with my word processor for windows b

other word processing options

2014-04-11 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hi all! has anyone tried other word processing options such as Nisus Writer for the mac? I was so spoiled with my word processor for windows but I now only have an old xp machine that I no longer want to use. I've seen reference to Nisus Writer and just wondered how easy it is to use a

Re: spreadsheeting and word-processing are broken under ml

2012-09-29 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
I'm in the same boat. I personal ally use I text pro. I think tables works as well as keynote. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 29, 2012, at 8:17 PM, Steve Holmes wrote: > I really like Open Office in Linux (Libre to be exact) in Linux it is a > bloody shame that a11y has been broken since Lion.

Re: spreadsheeting and word-processing are broken under ml

2012-09-29 Thread Steve Holmes
I really like Open Office in Linux (Libre to be exact) in Linux it is a bloody shame that a11y has been broken since Lion. I had actually hoped we might have gotten closer with Mountain Lion but I think the people at Oracle or whoever took over for the LibreOffice fork are at fault here. On Se

spreadsheeting and word-processing are broken under ml

2012-09-29 Thread erik burggraaf
hi all, i'm frustrating myself no end here. i relied on open office under sl to run my whole business. i have spreadsheets up the ass going back years tracking clients, resellers, billing, expenses, the works. i was relying on it to fill in reports with complex tables that text edit wouldn't

Re: Word processing on the mac

2012-06-30 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hello: You are in a list where you can find very good advice of expert mac users, but I can tell you that there are a lot of work arounds on what you are saying. I use iWork with no trouble each day more. The more you use it, the more comfortable you will feel with it. It is just about learning

Word processing on the mac

2012-06-29 Thread Khafsa Ghulam
Hi First time mailing on here so please excuse any stray messages. I know a lot of visually impaired people use macs, but my question is how do u get around accessibility issues surrounding iWork? To my kknowledge u cant access tables and move between pages of documents. Please can you give me an

Re: Question about setting status in mail and accessible word processing programs for the Mac

2012-01-15 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, this problem was fixed in SL as well. It was there at one point and fixed somewhere along the way but I'm not sure whether it was an SL fix or a Mail fix at this point. Later... On 2012-01-15, at 1:49 PM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > Hi Anne and Shai, > > oh yes, you are right. I've forgotten

Re: Question about setting status in mail and accessible word processing programs for the Mac

2012-01-15 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Anne and Shai, oh yes, you are right. I've forgotten that possibility. Thanks for reminding me. But the disadvantedge of eliminating the preview window was - at least in Snow Leopard - that VO didn't start to read the message automatically by using this methode. Using CTRL + Option + j inste

Re: Question about setting status in mail and accessible word processing programs for the Mac

2012-01-15 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Shai and Jürgen, You certainly can check the status of a message in Mail using classic view. First, You have to move the horizontal splitter that divides the message headers from the body to the bottom of the window. You do this by moving the VO cursor to it, bringing the mouse and then d

Re: Question about setting status in mail and accessible word processing programs for the Mac

2012-01-14 Thread Jürgen Fleger
on. In Mail, I am >> using the classic layout and was wondering whether there is a way to have >> messages have their status announced by Voiceover as being unread or having >> an attachment. >> Also, I have heard of two word processing programs for the Mac Pages and >>

Re: Question about setting status in mail and accessible word processing programs for the Mac

2012-01-14 Thread Ricardo Walker
tachment. > Also, I have heard of two word processing programs for the Mac Pages and > Nisus Writer Pro. I wanted to get peoples' opinion on which program has > better accessibility with Voiceover for writing and reading of documents, > reading word comments, changing the font, savi

Question about setting status in mail and accessible word processing programs for the Mac

2012-01-14 Thread Shai
Hi list, My name is Shai and I am a new user to the Mac running Lion. In Mail, I am using the classic layout and was wondering whether there is a way to have messages have their status announced by Voiceover as being unread or having an attachment. Also, I have heard of two word processing

word processing on the IPad,

2011-09-02 Thread Joe Paton
Good afternoon all. Is their a workable word processing app for the IPad? Basic paragraph styles, numbered lists, headings bulletted lists headers footers that type of functionality. Many thanks, and have a fine week end won't you. JP -- You received this message because yo

Re: Word processing Q and intro

2011-07-26 Thread Anne Robertson
arry Wanger wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I used to be on this list and with the release of Lion and some issues I'm >>> having I decided to begin participating once again. I've been using a Mac >>> since at least 2006. >>> >&g

Re: Word processing Q and intro

2011-07-26 Thread Larry Wanger
te: > >> Hi, >> >> I used to be on this list and with the release of Lion and some issues I'm >> having I decided to begin participating once again. I've been using a Mac >> since at least 2006. >> >> My question relates to finding a good wo

Re: Word processing Q and intro

2011-07-25 Thread Anne Robertson
gin participating once again. I've been using a Mac > since at least 2006. > > My question relates to finding a good word processing program. I'm starting > graduate school in a few weeks and a big part of that will be research and > writing. I currently have Pages a

Word processing Q and intro

2011-07-25 Thread Larry Wanger
Hi, I used to be on this list and with the release of Lion and some issues I'm having I decided to begin participating once again. I've been using a Mac since at least 2006. My question relates to finding a good word processing program. I'm starting graduate school in a few

Re: word processing on the mac

2011-05-27 Thread carolyn Haas
> HTH >> >> On May 27, 2011, at 7:55 AM, richard watson wrote: >> >>> Good morning listers, >>> I have recently purchased an imac. Thus far I have moved my email to >>> it, used it for my itunes to manage media, and browse the internet. I >>

Re: word processing on the mac

2011-05-27 Thread richard watson
Hi Carolyn, what do you know about pages with respect to tables and columns? thanks rick On 5/27/11, carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi Richard: > For word processing, the recommended apps are in the iWork suite, that > includes pages, numbers and keynote. The simplest app to work with is te

Re: word processing on the mac

2011-05-27 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi Richard: For word processing, the recommended apps are in the iWork suite, that includes pages, numbers and keynote. The simplest app to work with is text edit. But, I'm not sure how well it would handle columns or tables. Finally, while you can't use MS Office for Mac, there is

word processing on the mac

2011-05-27 Thread richard watson
Good morning listers, I have recently purchased an imac. Thus far I have moved my email to it, used it for my itunes to manage media, and browse the internet. I will move my pc over to it using vmware fusion. the question is this: what are the most accessible word processing programs out there. I

Re: VO and word processing

2011-03-22 Thread Anne Robertson
Pages document where it once again turns into a highlighted space as far as VoiceOver is concerned. I did a podcast with Kevin Chao on Pages and KeyNote in Kevin's "VoiceOver On series. Cheers, Anne On 22 Mar 2011, at 17:28, Kimberly wrote: > Hi, > > I do some pretty he

VO and word processing

2011-03-22 Thread Kimberly
Hi, I do some pretty heavy duty word processing including using track changes etc. Does anyone have any thoughts or observations on what word processing programs work best on the Mac and with VO? I was considering Open Office and Word for Mac, but I'm open to other suggestions. Any he

RE: Word Service, an excellent addition to any word processing application (was Re: Microsoft Office 2011 and VoiceOver)

2010-09-27 Thread M. Taylor
[mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rose Morales Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 10:24 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Word Service, an excellent addition to any word processing application (was Re: Microsoft Office 2011 and VoiceOver) Hi all, In the Office 2011 thread, we

Re: Word Service, an excellent addition to any word processing application (was Re: Microsoft Office 2011 and VoiceOver)

2010-09-27 Thread Rose Morales
gt;>> For those interested in iwork, amazon.com is selling it for $49.99 which is >>> about $30 less than retail and you get free shipping. >>> >>> Hope someone finds this information helpful. >>> >>> Justin >>> >>> >&

Re: Word Service, an excellent addition to any word processing application (was Re: Microsoft Office 2011 and VoiceOver)

2010-09-27 Thread Esther
. This is fine if you're just looking to jot down a note or ten. Hence the name notepad, :). MS Word is designed to let you format your text. Now, one could use Wordpad, but that doesn't have a spellchecker. Furthermore, MS Word is able to handle some pretty advanced word processin

Re: word processing and spred sheets on ipad

2010-08-01 Thread Chris Moore
esses of paying for, and installing software, down to the > point where a complete tecnophobe could do it. iTunes and the iPod simplify > the tasks of organizing and working with a music library. However, I find it > very funny that, due to their choices, something as fundamental to a com

RE: word processing and spred sheets on ipad

2010-07-31 Thread Bryan Smart
point where a complete tecnophobe could do it. iTunes and the iPod simplify the tasks of organizing and working with a music library. However, I find it very funny that, due to their choices, something as fundamental to a computer as word processing, requires all sorts of explanations regarding how to

Re: word processing and spred sheets on ipad

2010-07-31 Thread Chris Moore
undertake large projects on one of these devices is a frustrating activity > that I'd never recommend. These devices just are not made for producing > content. They're meant to be very nice Internet terminals. > > Bryan > > -----Original Message- > From: macvi

RE: word processing and spred sheets on ipad

2010-07-30 Thread Bryan Smart
On Behalf Of Simon Fogarty Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 5:16 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: word processing and spred sheets on ipad And it's useable with VO on the iPad? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegr

RE: word processing and spred sheets on ipad

2010-07-29 Thread Simon Fogarty
7 p.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: word processing and spred sheets on ipad Hi simon, It's been said on list that numbers is the exquivalent to excell or something to that affect. so yes, numbers works with VO. I wonder if any of those Apple dealers have any kind of setup like

Re: word processing and spred sheets on ipad

2010-07-28 Thread Isaac Obie
n it's an American company.. Isaac - Original Message - From: Simon Fogarty To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 5:13 AM Subject: RE: word processing and spred sheets on ipad Apple store, wow, that would be a great Idea. I think the clos

RE: word processing and spred sheets on ipad

2010-07-28 Thread Simon Fogarty
And it's useable with VO on the iPad? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Shaw Sent: Tuesday, 27 July 2010 1:26 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: word processing and spred sheets on

RE: word processing and spred sheets on ipad

2010-07-28 Thread Simon Fogarty
have been using it for everything else, but I'd like to have acces to word processing and spred sheets if possible. I wondered how accessible numbers was with vo? Has anyone tried it? And thanks for the thought, but it's just not possible. From: macvisionaries@google

Re: word processing and spred sheets on ipad

2010-07-26 Thread Kevin Shaw
The full iWorks suite is available specifically; for iPad. This includes Pages, Numbers and Keynote. Good luck, Kevin -- 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 u

Re: word processing and spred sheets on ipad

2010-07-26 Thread Isaac Obie
one. Isaac - Original Message - From: Simon Fogarty To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 6:41 AM Subject: word processing and spred sheets on ipad Hi team, What word processors and spredsheet programs are available for the iPad? An

word processing and spred sheets on ipad

2010-07-26 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi team, What word processors and spredsheet programs are available for the iPad? And are they usable with voice over? Cheers Simon f -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send em

Re: Word Processing

2010-02-12 Thread Orin
Open Office seems to be feature ritch, seem to be having a problem right now though where it says edit box when it's supposed to say new line and backspacing is kinda weird. On Feb 9, 2010, at 9:57 PM, E.J. Zufelt wrote: > Good evening, > > It's been a long time since I've been subscribed to

Re: Word Processing

2010-02-12 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi, The manuals for all 3 products are on the Apple website. I believe it's apple.com/iwork. All manuals are in pdf format, so you'll need either Preview or Skim to read them. Les -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post t

Re: Word Processing

2010-02-12 Thread constantlyvaria...@gmail.com
Hi, On 10 Feb., 12:58, Les Kriegler wrote: > I purchased iWork 09 for around $60 and am happy with its functionality. That sounds promising. I did some basic testing but for example couldn't figure out how to create and read tables. Can you recommend some documentation on iWork accessibility? Best

Re: Word Processing

2010-02-10 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Everett, If you're looking for a free application, OpenOffice is a program you can try. I've had no experience with that application, so I cannot comment on its functionality. I purchased iWork 09 for around $60 and am happy with its functionality. Les -- You received this message becau

Word Processing

2010-02-09 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good evening, It's been a long time since I've been subscribed to this list. I just upgraded to Snow Leopard and I am wondering what the most accessible free full featured word processor is for Snow Leopard? Thanks, Everett Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/ezufelt View my LinkedIn

RE: Word Processing/Spreadsheet software

2009-10-22 Thread Jude DaShiell
. wrote: > Hello, > > For word processing, text edit will work, if you aren't trying to create very > complexly formatted documents. I use Tables as my spreadsheet application. > It's easy to use, but again, if you have to do complex graphing, it may not > be as powerful

Re: A basic word processing question

2009-09-28 Thread Chris Blouch
o you can switch it from single to 1.5 or double spacing (along with a few others). Hope this helps. CB Lindsay Yazzolino wrote: > Hi, > > i am sorry if I am asking a very basic question, but I am wondering if > someone could tell me how to count the number of pages in a word >

A basic word processing question

2009-09-21 Thread Lindsay Yazzolino
Hi, i am sorry if I am asking a very basic question, but I am wondering if someone could tell me how to count the number of pages in a word processing document using either OpenOffice or TextEdit. Also, how do I set double-spacing in OpenOffice? Thanks. Lindsay

Re: Word processing on Mac OS X

2009-09-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
ynote > or do i need to instal all of them? > - Original Message - > From: "Dane Trethowan" > To: > Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 2:26 PM > Subject: Re: Word processing on Mac OS X > > >> >> You expect me to summaries the features of Pages

Re: Word processing on Mac OS X

2009-09-04 Thread James & Nash
2009 2:26 PM Subject: Re: Word processing on Mac OS X > > You expect me to summaries the features of Pages in one email message? > We'll be here all night , what I've discovered so far is some > very excellent auto-correct features, we've discussed the "Auto > N

Re: Word processing on Mac OS X

2009-09-04 Thread Jeffrey Shockley
OK, Will do. Thanks, Jeffrey - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" To: Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 9:31 AM Subject: Re: Word processing on Mac OS X > > As I said earlier, many things I haven't even explored yet so have fun > and please let us

Re: Word processing on Mac OS X

2009-09-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
From: "Dane Trethowan" > To: > Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 9:26 AM > Subject: Re: Word processing on Mac OS X > > >> >> You expect me to summaries the features of Pages in one email >> message? >> We'll be here all night , what I've

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