Re: Coronavirus impact: Apple moves WWDC to online format, citing 'current health situation' | Fox News

Hello Simon, I live in one of the worst affected departments in France and the hospital where I was recently treated for cancer is where the first local case was diagnosed. My husband is an independent English teacher and already some of his classes have been cancelled. It’s a very weird situat

Re: Coronavirus impact: Apple moves WWDC to online format, citing 'current health situation' | Fox News

looking over their shoulders for > something to happen again. > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Anne Robertson > Sent: Sunday, 15 March 2020 3:40

Re: Bug in new version of Numbers on OS X

Hello Phil, I haven’t much in the way of spreadsheets on my computer so I asked my husband to test the latest Numbers on his, which is a recent MacBook Pro running Catalina. For him, VoiceOver will read column headers for the first 22 columns, and row headers for the first 44 rows. This is true

Re: commands for navigating the web

Hello Shirley, You open the web rotor by pressing VO-u. The rotor is like a series of drop-down menus, each listing all the items of a particular type such as links, headings, form controls etc. To find commands, press VO-h-h and you’ll have the full list of VoiceOver commands. If you want to fi

Re: How do I check the time on the mac?

Hello Shirley, With the keyboard commander turned on, Option-t gives you the time. In VoiceOver Utility, in the Commanders category, you can choose whether to use the right or left Option key. However, on a laptop, the only sensible choice is the righthand Option key since there is no Control k

Re: Pages and custom template

Hello Leo, In Pages Preferences, I think you have to click on Change template and reselect your preferred one then press Choose. Close Preferences and your chosen template should be shown. Close the window and quit Pages, then reopen Pages and all should be well. This works for me under Mojave,

Re: Pages and custom template

t; Best, > Leo > On 5/23/2020 12:50 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: >> Hello Leo, >> In Pages Preferences, I think you have to click on Change template and >> reselect your preferred one then press Choose. Close Preferences and your >> chosen template should be shown. C

Re: whitch Macbook pro

Andy, as far as I know, no Apple computers come with a built-in DVD drive anymore. Cheers, Anne > On 27 Jun 2020, at 11:47, 'andrew' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi Simon. > > I like the idea of having a CD/DVD reader, though I hardly ever use that. -- The following information is i

Re: Safari sweet spot

Hello Ian, After setting the shortcut, did you check that it showed up in the table? When setting a shortcut in the Keyboard Commander, you simply press the appropriate key without the Option key. Cheers, Anne > On 15 Jul 2020, at 13:55, Ian Harrison wrote: > > Hi John, > > I went into th

Re: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

I grew up in England and between the ages of 7 and 17, attended schools for the blind where maths was taught, but the only science was biology, which didn’t interest me at the time. I would have preferred to learn physics. I finished my secondary education in a mainstream school and specialised i

Re: Pages template question

Hello Brian, I assume you meant to write Turabian since you mentioned this format in an earlier message. I haven’t been able to find any ready-made template for Pages in this style, but as I said earlier, you can make your own. It isn’t that difficult, it just takes time. Cheers, Anne > On

Re: safari

Hello Walter, When on the link, press VO-Shift-u and the link will be read. Press VO-Shift-c and it will be copied to the clipboard. Cheers, Anne > On 27 Jul 2016, at 13:06, Walter Harper wrote: > > Hello All, > How would I Copy a link in safari on the mac? > Walter > > -- > The followi

Re: MS Word jumps to the top

Hello Larry, I don’t use Word but this doesn’t happen to me in Pages. Is your mouse following your other cursors? If so, try changing it to Ignore the other cursors. Cheers, Anne > On 28 Jul 2016, at 00:48, Larry Thacker Jr. > wrote: > > When Working in MS Word, if I switch away from the

Re: Is there a keyboard command to bring the mouse?

Hello Donna, I regularly have to bring the mouse to the VoiceOver cursor and haven’t encountered the problems Eric described. However, I am in the habit of hiding any other open applications using the command Cmd-Option-h. This keeps the screen clear for the current application. Cheers, Anne

Re: Copying a table from Safari?

Hello Traci, Just select the table, copy it to the clipboard and paste it into a Numbers spreadsheet. It should work fine. Cheers, Anne > On 3 Aug 2016, at 18:45, Traci Duncan wrote: > > Hi all, > > Is it possible to copy a table from Safari and keep it’s structure? I’m on a > vitamin w

Re: Opelcheck in Pages

Hello Max, Just press Escape to close the popover. This kind of thing is explained in my book on Pages. Cheers, Anne > On 5 Aug 2016, at 00:11, Agent086b wrote: > > Hi all, > when using spellcheck in Pages how can I decline a spelling suggestion. I > find Pages will change the spelling of

Re: a bug in Voice Over, Writing text when creating new folders. Please confirm.

Hello Kawal, You could try reinitialising the PRAM. To do this, first shut down your computer. Then, hold down the following four keys: Command, Option, letter p and letter r. Press the Power key and let it go, but keep holding down the four keys until you’ve heard the startup chime at least th

Re: renaming or relabeling apps on the home screen

Hello Jenine, Double-tap and hold with two fingers. You’ll hear a series of clangs, after which you can type in a new label. Click the Done button and VoiceOver will read the new name. Interestingly, in the App Switcher, VO will read the new name, but when you close the app, it will be announce

Audible.com new library view

Hello everyone, Audible has changed its library view and it’s horrible! You have to hover the mouse over the book’s cover image and click to get the download options. Sometimes, the mouse simply will not come to the VoiceOver cursor and the whole thing is very hit and miss. I’ve chatted with so

Re: Audible.com new library view

> > > Thanks for the heads up. > > > With best regards, > > > Sadam Ahmed > > > On 14/08/2016 8:24 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> Audible has changed its library view and it’s horrible! You have to hover >&g

Re: Audible.com new library view

14 Aug 2016, at 8:35 PM, Sadam Ahmed wrote: >> >> Hi Anne, >> >> >> It might just be the Mac version on Windows no issues. >> >> >> Thanks for the heads up. >> >> >> With best regards, >> >> >> Sadam Ahmed >>

Re: text navigation help

Here is a full list of the commands: Right one character - Right Arrow; Left one character - Left Arrow; Right one word - Option-Right Arrow; Left one word - Option-Left Arrow; Go to the end of the line - Cmd-Right Arrow; Go to the beginning of the line - Cmd-Left Arrow; Go to previous line -

Re: Moving by page in Text Edit/Pages/etc?

Hello Alex, In TextEdit, you need to adjust the window to the page for VO-Page Down to work. The command to change this is Cmd-Shift-w. In Pages and in TextEdit, you have to be interacting with the text area for the Page Down command to work. The Page Down key only has a visual effect, so it’s

Re: Moving by page in Text Edit/Pages/etc?

e impossible command that requires 27 fingers. > Cheers, > Donna >> On Aug 25, 2016, at 8:22 AM, Anne Robertson > <mailto:a...@anarchie.org.uk>> wrote: >> >> Hello Alex, >> >> In TextEdit, you need to adjust the window to the page for VO-Page

Re: Moving by page in Text Edit/Pages/etc?

remember trying to get my fingers to do it, and giving up. :) > Cheers, > Donna > >> On Aug 25, 2016, at 12:47 PM, Anne Robertson > <mailto:a...@anarchie.org.uk>> wrote: >> >> Hello Donna, >> >> The Page Down command is VO-Page Down, on a laptop,

Re: Moving by page in Text Edit/Pages/etc?

hat your document would > look like, and where page breaks would be, when printed out on paper? >> On Aug 25, 2016, at 09:22, Anne Robertson > <mailto:a...@anarchie.org.uk>> wrote: >> >> Hello Alex, >> >> In TextEdit, you need to adjust the window to th

Re: Moving by page in Text Edit/Pages/etc?

rokes, but they require > pressing a whole lot of keys. :) > Cheers, > Donna > >> On Aug 26, 2016, at 1:14 AM, Anne Robertson > <mailto:a...@anarchie.org.uk>> wrote: >> >> Hello Donna, >> >> No, the command has always been the same. >

Re: lables compatible in pages?

Hello Zoe, There is no label template provided in Pages, but you could create your own if you know the dimensions of the labels and the sheet they are on. You would need to create a template with text boxes of the appropriate size and in the correct positions. Cheers, Anne > On 7 Sep 2016,

Re: Ical question

Hello Marc, You can get to the first day in the grid by pressing VO-Cmd-x (go to next list). Cheers, Anne On 27 Feb 2012, at 20:33, Marc Sutton wrote: > Hi Anne, > Thanks for your ical tips. Do you know of a quick way to get to the grid of > dates? Once in add event mode things get a little u

Re: the mystery is solved! (was Another Annoying issue in mail)

Hello Steve, With Mail in classic view and having got rid of the preview pane, the messages appear as a list on the right-hand side of the screen, with the mailboxes as a list on the left. In Conversation view, you expand a thread by pressing right arrow and all the messages in that thread app

Re: Question on adding columns in Numbers

Hello Gigi, To go to the end of a Numbers document, press VO-Shift-End (VO-FN-Shift-Right Arrow on a laptop). Cheers, Anne On 3 Mar 2012, at 20:13, Eugenia Firth wrote: > The only thing I have trouble getting done is a command on the keyboard to go > to the end of the file. So, I use the tr

Re: Questions about Prismo

Hello Chris, I use Prizmo very successfully on my iPhone 4, but it's extremely difficult to get good results from a computer screen. I get really good results from books and other printed materials. I have no light perception so use the Light Detector app to check that there is sufficient ligh

Re: Questions about Prismo

Hello Paul, The Light Detector app is just called Light Detector and you just launch it and it plays a tone which rises with the light level. Here are the instructions for Prizmo that Esther posted a little while ago. Cheers, Anne One of the features that contributes to Prizmo's increased

Re: Questions about Prismo

Hello Lew, I don't know how well it would work on an iPad, but I use it on my iPhone. It costs €7.99 so I should think that would be £5.99 or something like that. The developer is Creaceed. Cheers, Anne On 19 Mar 2012, at 20:19, Lewis Alexander wrote: > sorry to ask. is this for the ipad or

Re: a guide on pages

Hello Luke, There is no guide on how to use Pages from a VO perspective. My husband and I have put together a course on Pages which we offer via Skype so that we can use screen sharing. The course costs €25 per unit and there are 5 units. Not everyone wants all the units, it all depends on wha

Re: a guide on pages

Hello Johnny, €25 in US dollars is currently around $35 but the exchange rate varies. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from thi

Re: global replace in TextEdit

Hello Gigi, To do a global replace in any application, use Cmd-f and enter the search text. Navigate right and check the Replace check box. Go further right and enter the replacement text. Twice more right and click the All button. Finally, click done. Cheers, Anne On 1 Apr 2012, at 13:44,

Re: setting view options for the documents folder

Hello Donna, On 1 Apr 2012, at 16:37, Donna Goodin wrote: > > > I would like to have my files and folders displayed as they are in Windows, > with folders listed first, and then all files in that folder listed in > alphabetical order. You can't do that on the Mac. Cheers, Anne -- You rec

Re: a guide on pages

There is no Pages guide, just a course on Pages available via Skype at a cost of €25 per unit. There are 5 units altogether but not everyone needs all 5. Cheers, Anne On 1 Apr 2012, at 17:58, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > Hi: > I missed part of this post. There is a Pages guide? -- You receive

Re: Help with an energy parameter in mac please

Hello Daniela, There's a check box in the Security & Privacy pane of System Preferences for Require password after sleep or screen saver. Also, the delay before sleep may be set too short. Cheers, Anne On 3 Apr 2012, at 12:30, Daniela Rubio wrote: > Hello All: > A friend of mine just purcha

Re: command-shift-a

Jim, just a thought, have you been creating shortcuts in System Preferences? If so, it's possible that you've used Cmd-Shift-a for something else which will have disabled this command. I know it sounds unlikely, but someone I know did this to Cmd-c. Cheers, Anne >> >> On Apr 4, 2012, at 10:2

Re: Text edit and Lion

Hello Veronica, On 5 Apr 2012, at 06:02, Veronica Elsea wrote: > One of the most annoying things I can't get around comes in Text Edit. I > can't believe there's no warning when it over writes a file and that no > matter what I do, it just saves it when I quit. I don't know what you mean about

Re: Text edit and Lion

Hello Veronica, Quite a lot has changed from Snow Leopard to Lion. One of the most annoying is that, by default, windows left open are not closed when you quit an application. You can change this behaviour in System Preferences. Go to the General pane and look for the check box labelled Restore

Re: Text edit and Lion

Hello Veronica, It's best to start from the document rather than the application. Find your document and press Cmd-o and when VoiceOver says "Edit text", interact and all the VoiceOver commands will work. However, before trying that, open System Preferences and go to the General pane and unche

Re: quick Numbers question

Hello Ricardo, There is no command in Numbers to jump to a specific cell. Join the massive band of people complaining about this. However, you can search for specific content and jump to that cell. Let me know if you need instructions on how to do this. By the way, I find the trackpad commande

Re: quick Numbers question

Hello Gigi, Here's how to find specific content, Turn cursor tracking off; Press Command-f and enter search term; Navigate down and interact with scroll area; Interact with table: Find desired result; Bring mouse to VO cursor and do a mouse click (VO-Shift-Space); Stop interacting with table and

Re: navigation and formatting questions

Hello Kirsten, In Pages, you set the type of bullets you want for your bulleted list in the Text inspector, List tab. Unfortunately, you won't be able to read the bullets with VoiceOver, however, you can check that they're there by using the very handy "New TextEdit window with selection" servi

Re: Libre and Open office

Hello Steve, On 8 Apr 2012, at 11:02, Steve Holmes wrote: > I hear about Pages > and Numbers but I understand they are rather limitted and table > manipulation is practically impossible from what I have read here I'm so tired of repeating myself, but I use Pages all the time in my capacity as a

Re: got Infovox version 3 and lost all my voices

Hello Ray, I think the new version of Infovox iVox works differently from the previous ones. Have a look in your Applications folder for one called Infovox iVox Voice Manager.app. This is what you use to enable the voices. Cheers, Anne On 12 Apr 2012, at 16:25, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Okay ok

Re: got Infovox version 3 and lost all my voices

> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! > > Skype name: > barefootedray > > Facebook: > facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 > > > > On Apr 12, 2012, at 9:58 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > >> Hello Ray, >> >> I think the new version of Infovox iVox w

Re: ABBYY Fine reader

Hello Becky, ABBYY FineReader is an OCR program so you can use it to open a PDF image and tell it to perform OCR. Just select the PDF file, press VO-Shift-m. Press the down arrow twice and you'll hear "Open with, submenu". Go right and press the letter "a" for ABBYY FineReader then press Return

Re: ABBYY Fine reader

Hello, The only version of ABBYY FineReader that works on a Mac is the Express version, but I find it does a good job. Cheers, Anne On 13 Apr 2012, at 15:45, Beefcakes wrote: > Hi and everybody, I'm wondering if someone could tell me if ABB why why > version 9 will work on the MacBook Pro w

Re: Track pads

Hello Marc, If you buy a Mac laptop, you'll have a built-in trackpad, but if you buy a desktop Mac, you'll have the option of buying the Magic Trackpad instead of, or as well as, a mouse. There are no other brands of trackpad that work with a mac. As for it's limitations, there are a number of

Re: VoiceOver practice mode

Hello Marc, To enter Keyboard Help, as it is called, press VO-k and press Escape to leave it. When in this mode, VoiceOver will identify the keys as you press them, and if you press a VO command, it will tell you what it does. This mode is very useful if you think you remember a command but yo

Re: Abby Fine Reader Question

Hello Gigi, I use VueScan to scan multipage documents as it allows me to put as many images as I like into one file which I then open with ABBYY FineReader. VueScan also does really good quality scans. Cheers, Anne On 15 Apr 2012, at 17:03, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Here's my question, and I k

Re: How do you put the name to a pages document in IOS

Hello Daniela, Here's how to rename a Pages document on an iPhone, I assume it works the same way with an iPad. Warning: you need a steady hand. You have to select Documents, then in the list of documents, the one you've just created will be called something like Blank, probably followed by a

Re: Disabling the preview pane in Lion mail

Hello Franc, First of all, you need to be in classic view to do this. You also need to have the Trackpad Commander turned off. Go to the horizontal splitter above the body of the message using the VO keys, then bring the mouse (VO-Cmd-F5) and double click using either the trackpad or the mouse

Numbers, a useful tip

Hello Numbers users, Here's a tip for moving quickly up or down a large table in Numbers. Bring the mouse to the VO cursor (VO-Cmd-F5) and make sure that Trackpad Commander is off. To go down the table, swipe up the trackpad with two fingers then click with it. Bring the VO cursor to the mouse

Re: Mail, unread versus read messages.

Hello Veronica, If you are not interacting with the messages table and just navigating up and down with the arrow keys, VO should announce unread, reply was sent, message was forwarded, and so on, but not "Read". However, if you interact with the messages table, the status column will say "Blan

Re: Mail, unread versus read messages.

Hello Veronica, It sounds as though the preview pane is still there and the messages are being opened as you arrow down through them. How do you read your messages? I read mine by pressing Return, then I close them with Cmd-w. If VO-j takes you to the body of the messages, then the preview pan

Re: Using a mouse

Hello Mike, In VoiceOver Utility, Verbosity category, select the Announcements tab and check the check box Speak text under mouse after delay. Then set the delay to zero. When you run one finger over the trackpad, VO will speak what is under the mouse. Cheers, Anne -- You received this mes

Re: Mail, unread versus read messages.

Hello Veronica, I'm confused by what you're seeing, too. When you're on the messages table but not interacting, what happens when you press VO-Down Arrow? You should find a horizontal splitter and not be able to go down any further. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are

Re: Numbers, Can it read column and row titles?

Hello Becky, Yes, VO can announce headers. In VoiceOver Utility, Verbosity, announcements, check the Speak header when navigating across a table row check box. When navigating along a row, you'll hear the column number, the contents of the cell and then the header name. You can get both cell co

Re: using the mouse.

Hello Veronica, In VoiceOver Utility, Verbosity category, select the Announcements tab and check the check box Speak text under mouse after delay. Then set the delay to zero. When you run one finger over the trackpad, VO will speak what is under the mouse. Cheers, Anne On 18 Apr 2012, at

Re: Messages table not reading subject after adding new mailboxes in Mail.

Hello Veronica, The fields that appear in the messages table are controlled by what you have selected in the View menu. You can check or uncheck whatever you like. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to thi

Re: web navigation?

Hello Alex, Even with Quick Nav on, you can still use the normal VO commands to navigate by character, word, line, sentence, etc. You can also lock the VO keys to minimise the number of keys to be pressed. Cheers, Anne On 30 Apr 2012, at 03:15, Alex Hall wrote: > I have quick nav on. However

Re: web navigation?

Hello Alex, All the VO commands are shown in the commands menus which you get to by pressing VO-h-h. When in a text area, you need to interact for VO commands to work. However, usually, you can navigate using just the arrow keys. As for editing text, the insertion point is always between two c

Re: Word count in Pages

Hello Mike, On 30 Apr 2012, at 16:56, Michael Malarsie wrote: > Can someone tell me how to find the word count in pages? It's in the Document inspector under the Info tab. > Also, is there a shortcut to start the spell check? Have you tried Cmd-colon? I use Cmd-semicolon and correct as I go throu

Re: ColorVisor, color identifier for iPhone

Prizmo is a really good multilingual OCr app for the iPhone. There's certainly a learning curve but I've had great success with it and I have no sight at all. Cheers, Anne On 2 May 2012, at 09:09, Jan Blüher wrote: > Hi Rafael, > > thanks for your suggestion. However, OCR is some quite compl

Re: Clicking Column Headers?

Hello Steve, To sort a column, just interact sufficiently to be able to place the VO cursor on your chosen column and use the VO sort command (VO-vertical line) On my British keyboard, this is shift on the rightmost key on the home row, the key in the angle of the Return key. The first time you

Re: web navigation?

Hello Steve, On 2 May 2012, at 18:45, Steve Holmes wrote: > I thought I had read that > the modes (DOM or Groups) could be selected for each site you go to Maybe if you create an ativity it could be done. I've never bothered because I have a keyboard commander shortcut and a Quick Nav shortcut t

Re: Clicking Column Headers?

Hello Steve, Have you looked at the full list of VO commands? You can find them by doing VO-h-h. You'd be amazed! Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups

Re: web navigation?

Hello Steve, Safari Reader is a normal part of Safari. You press Cmd-Shift-r, wait a second or two, and VoiceOver starts reading the article. The beauty of it is that it brings together all the pages without you having to click on "Next page". Cheers, Anne -- You received this message becaus

Re: Advice on switching from PC

Hello Will, I'm not a zoom user, but my husband sometimes uses it and he also teaches low-vision Mac users. He says that there is a random bug that causes focus to jump to one edge of the screen for no apparent reason. Apple is aware of it but so far, no fix is forthcoming. However, many peopl

Re: Data Detecter

Hello Steve, On 3 May 2012, at 20:26, Steve Holmes wrote: > I appreciate > that it tells you if it is a phone number address or whatever but it > also says that every time you cursor over a word or even individual > letters. Any way to turn this last aspect off? > If only! To have the item spel

Re: reading in files or web pages

Hello Stacey, The first thing you have to remember when reading a text file is to interact with the text, otherwise, the VO commands won't work. To read from top of document, VO-b; To read from current position, VO-a; Read next character, VO-shift-Right Arrow; Read previous character, VO-shift-L

Re: Advice on switching from PC

Hello Will, Just to clarify things. iWork is accessible with VO, Office for Mac is not. Zoom users do not have these problems of accessibility. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email

Re: language

Hello Ioana, On 16 May 2012, at 00:14, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: > I am interested in finding a setting on mac that would allow vo to change > language according to coding of web page. iPhone does this well if you are on > standard language in rotor. If you select a specific language it ignores >

Creating keyboard shortcuts broken

Hello everyone, In OS X 10.7.3 and OS X 10.7.4, it seems that VO users can no longer create shortcuts for Services or other predefined categories in System Preferences. We can still create shortcuts for commands in specific applications. Since 10.7.3, there has been an Add button next to the co

Re: Creating keyboard shortcuts broken

Hello Jonathan, No, that does not solve my problem. I interact with the second column, and if there is already a shortcut assigned, I can change it. However, if there is no shortcut assigned, the Add button does nothing. This is broken in OS x 10.7.3 and 10.7.4. Before that, there was no Add bu

Re: Creating keyboard shortcuts broken

I can create application shortcuts without trouble, my problem is with creating shortcuts for Services items. These are the ones that show up in the Services menu. I have several that I created a long time ago such as New TextEdit Window Containing Selection, but I can't create new ones. The Add

Re: Kapten GPS

Hello Mike, I've used this app and the price you see is for one month. I think the lifetime price is about ten times the monthly price. The app is good for planning routes that include both walking and using public transport, but I don't find it to be as good as Navigon for giving turn-by-turn

Re: Vuescan?

Hello Kirsten, First of all, the app for iPhone is for use with wi-fi scanners. Have you got my set-up guide for VueScan? If not, let me know and I'll send it to you. The beauty of VueScan is the quality of the scans which enables ABBYY FineReader to do a better job on the OCR. Cheers, Anne

Re: Time Shortcut Key

On older laptops, there is no Option key on the right. This is the case on my five-year-old white MacBook. The key to the right of the Command key is an Enter key, not to be confused with the Return key. In these cases, you can choose to use the left-hand Option key for the Keyboard Commander.

Re: spell checking with vo and pages help

Hello Craig, You have to use the standard spell check in Pages. Cmd-Colon will check the whole document, or Cmd-Semicolon will highlight the next misspelled word. Cheers, Anne On 30 May 2012, at 00:40, craig J Dunlop wrote: > I thought I had this info already but cant find it. I am looking f

Re: Adjusting the font size in Pages

Hello Ezzie, To change the font size, you can either highlight the portion of text you want to change and use the plus and minus keys to increase or decrease the size by 1 point, or highlight the text to change and press Cmd-t to open the font window where you can change anything you like. Che

Inability to add shortcut in System Preferences

help with this one. Cheers, Anne Robertson To reproduce this bug, Turn VoiceOver on and open System Preferences. Go to the Keyboard pane and select Keyboard Shortcuts. Select a category in the first table, then navigate to the second table and interact with it. Choose a command for which you wi

Re: Couple Safari Questions

Hello Steve, To get the actual URL for a link, navigate to the link and press VO-Shift-u. You can then copy that URL by pressing VO-Shift-c which copies the last spoken phrase to the clipboard. Cheers, Anne On 31 May 2012, at 22:49, Steve Holmes wrote: > That's one thing I miss from the Wind

Re: Inability to add shortcut in System Preferences

Hello Jonathan, Thank you so much! The one thing I hadn't tried was turning cursor tracking off. The simulated mouse click didn't work for me, but clicking with the trackpad did. The problem with Command-tab has been around for a while now. It seems to happen when you've got Keyboard Shortcuts

Re: Inability to add shortcut in System Preferences

Hello Daniela, I tried your suggestion but it doesn't work for me. The only shortcuts that give me trouble are the ones where the action is predefined in System Preferences, but there is no standard shortcut in place. However, Jonathan's method works. Cheers, Anne On 1 Jun 2012, at 14:22,

Re: Couple Safari Questions

Hello Steve, I just had a look at that page and found that VO-Shift-m on one of the language links gave me useless stuff like Reload page, whereas bringing the mouse and doing Control-Click using the trackpad gave me the full contextual menu for a link. I find that VO-Shift-m rarely works in S

Re: Changing the language

Hello Rahul, It would be cheaper for you to upgrade to Lion than to buy the pack of French voices from Assistiveware. The Infovox iVox voices from Assistiveware are much better than the Nuance voices you'll get with Lion, but they'll cost you over three times as much. Cheers, Anne On 1 Jun 2

Re: pages

Hello Luke, To change the font in a Pages document, highlight the whole document (Cmd-a) then press Cmd-t to open the Fonts pallet and select the one you want. Cmd-t will hide it again. If you want to change the font for a portion of the text, just highlight that portion and do as before. Che

Re: pages

Hello Luke, After opening the Font window, press VO-Down Arrow twice to find the row of headings. You'll land first on Collection which is a table containing choices of font collections such as English and Favorites. To the right is Family. This is where you select the font such as Calibri or

Re: pages

Hello Walter, I think I counted 17 types of résumé templates in Pages! I don't know about podcasts on Pages but I doubt it. Cheers, Anne On 4 Jun 2012, at 06:13, Walter Harper wrote: > Hello all, > Is there a template in pages for writing resumes? Also I'm looking for some > podcast on pag

Re: VO is unable to read a book in PDF format

Hello Rahul, If the book is indeed just images, then ABBYY FineReader Express for Mac will do the OCR for you. You can buy it from the Mac App Store. I think it costs around $80. Cheers, Anne On 5 Jun 2012, at 18:40, Rahul Bajaj wrote: > Hi all, > > I just downloaded a book in PDF and trie

Re: OCR for iPhone 4s or iPad

Most people find Prizmo to be the best OCR app for iPhone. Here is a link to the Prizmo guide on Applevis: I suspect it works best on an iPhone since it has a better camera than other IOS devices. Cheers, A

Re: OCR for iPhone 4s or iPad

Hello Mary, On 18 Jun 2012, at 21:54, Mary Scott wrote: > So does this maake it possible to take a picture of printed material and it > will read it back on the iPhone? Not exactly. Once Prizmo is set up correctly, you select Text, take the picture of the page, tap Use and wait for the OCR to

Re: OCR for iPhone 4s or iPad

Hello Lisette, I have an iPhone 4 and have been using Prizmo successfully in both English and French for over a year now. I'm totally blind, no light perception, and yet it still works for me, often at the first attempt! Cheers, Anne On 18 Jun 2012, at 22:24, Lisette Wesseling wrote: > My u

Re: highlighting text in pages?

Hello Maria, To highlight the passages in Pages, you could select the section and change the colour. Press Cmd-Shift-c to open the colour window where you can choose your colour. The same command closes it again. Cheers, Anne On 19 Jun 2012, at 02:10, Maria Chapman wrote: > HI. > > I am sc

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