Re: iWork accessibility on the Mac.

Hello, iWork is very accessible and would work for the tasks you mention. The preview of MS Office, at least when it comes to Word, is a long way behind iWork. However, don’t expect Pages to be like Word. It does most of the same things, but in a different way. If you haven’t got it already, g

Re: iWork accessibility on the Mac.

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Re: iWork accessibility on the Mac.

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Re: business cards and pages

Hello Jim, I haven’t made business cards using a Pages template, but I have used other templates in Pages. Here are a few tips. VO-Shift-h will tell you the size of an item. If an item has width but no height, then it’s a line. In the Formatter, select the Arrange button and in the scroll area,

Re: VoiceOver Commands List

Hello Sandy, You can’t provide a shortcut using the VO keys for the commands with no associated shortcut, but those commands are available for us to provide a shortcut using one of the commanders, as you’ve done. It’s a pity our personal shortcuts don’t show up when we do VO-h-h. Cheers, Anne

Re: business cards and pages

ls for ms word and I might give one of those a try > as well. Cards are just fancier labels from my standpoint. > > thanks again for your help. > Jim > >> On Jun 3, 2015, at 4:54 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >> >> Hello Jim, >> >> I haven’t

Re: business cards and pages

Hello Jim, I just entered “Business Card” into the search box in the templates window in Word and they appeared in the grid. I then opened one at a time to see if it was accessible. Some of them made no sense to me at all, but others were quite straightforward. I’m not a Windows user, so I’m n

Re: turning off the preview pane in Mac mail

Hello Frank, To turn off the preview pane in Mail, first set Mail to Classic view in the Viewing pane in Mail preferences. Close Preferences and navigate to the Messages table. Turn off the TrackPad commander and Quick Nav. Press VO-Down Arrow to be on the horizontal splitter. Bring the mouse (V

Re: Clickable items in Safari

Hello Jean, Often, clickable items are places where either a mouse hover or a mouse click will change what is shown on the page. Try bringing the mouse with VO-Cmd-F5 and doing a VO-Shift-Space type of click and see whether new items have appeared. Cheers, Anne > On 8 Jun 2015, at 06:32, Je

Re: Customizing envelope printing in Contacts

Hello Phil, I’ve had a good look at this problem and can’t find a way to edit the layout. Maybe selecting a different envelope type could help? Otherwise, I would have to suggest editing one of the envelope templates in Pages to suit your needs, but that doesn’t allow you to import a card from

Re: web site navigation by group verses DOM: Opinions wanted

I prefer groups mode in general as I find it more efficient. DOM mode seems tedious to me as it’s harder to skip elements when you know a website well. I have a short cut to switch between navigation modes for those times when DOM mode is better, such as when using the Safari Reader. In Groups m

Re: web site navigation by group verses DOM: Opinions wanted

Hello Tim, The command to switch between DOM and Groups mode exists but has no shortcut. You have to use one of the commanders for this. The command is in the Web menu and is "Toggle Web Navigation DOM or Group”. Cheers, Anne > On 17 Jun 2015, at 16:30, Tim Emmons wrote: > > How does one s

Re: can't add a signature

Hello Donna, Try this: • Select the signature you wish to apply to an account; • Bring the mouse (VO-Cmd-F5); • Turn cursor tracking off (VO-Shift-F3); • Press VO-Cmd-Shift-Space to hold the mouse down; • Navigate to the appropriate account; • Bring the mouse (VO-Cmd-F5); • Press VO-Cmd-Shift-Spac

Re: can't add a signature

anks, > Greg > >> On Jul 1, 2015, at 11:17 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >> >> Hello Donna, >> >> Try this: >> • Select the signature you wish to apply to an account; >> • Bring the mouse (VO-Cmd-F5); >> • Turn cursor tracking off (VO-Shift-

Re: can't add a signature

ccount and not the account I wanted. Any idea what I’m doing wrong? >> >> Thanks, >> Greg >> >>> On Jul 1, 2015, at 11:17 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >>> >>> Hello Donna, >>> >>> Try this: >>> • Select the signature you

Re: What's the deal with syncing contacts between iPhone and Mac these days

Hello Donna, You can either use iCloud or sync directly when you connect your iPhone to your Mac. I sync my contacts when I connect my iPhone to my Mac, but I sync calendars via iCloud so that my husband and I can share them and keep track of appointments. Cheers, Anne > On 1 Jul 2015, at 20

Re: Strange issue with Microsoft Word on my mac

Hello Krister, I’m not having your problems with the latest version of MS Word on my MacBook Air. Are you interacting far enough with the document? I interact with the document layout area and then with the text and the up and down arrow keys work fine. I do notice that the VoiceOver cursor and

Re: Strange issue with Microsoft Word on my mac

with the layout area VO can sometimes read one letter of >> a word and then is silent. If i interact with the text, nothing whatsoever >> is spoken except for the occational font- and size change, nothing more. >> /Krister >> >>> 16 juli 2015 kl. 13:38 skrev Anne

Re: Pages &/or Numbers?

Hello Eileen, You can get a free iBook that will help you with most aspects of the Mac. The book is called: Mastering the Macintosh with VoiceOver, and is written by Tim Sniffen. He approaches the Mac from the point of view of someone who is used to the gestures on an iPhone, but he does include

Re: Pages &/or Numbers?

Yes, you can. > On 17 Jul 2015, at 14:52, Eileen Scrivani wrote: > > Thanks a lot. I suppose I can find this title in ITunes? > > Thanks again. > > Eileen > > > From: Anne Robertson <mailto:a...@anarchie.org.uk> > Sent: Friday, Jul

Re: Pages &/or Numbers?

an iBook? Can I read it in the mac? > Thank you, > Rena > > > http://www.greenpathtowellness.com/ > Author of Dear Suzie, Rivers Of Light and Annie's Journal > > From: Anne Robertson <mailto:a...@anarchie.org.uk> > Sent: Friday, July 1

Re: Difficulty Using Latest Build of Word 2016 Entering Text

Hello Eileen, I’m using the same version as you and when I open Word, I’m presented with a screen where I have to choose between opening an existing document or creating a new one. When I create a new document, I interact with the layout area and then with the document, and I can type into my d

Re: creating EPUB documents

Hello Phil, Yes, that’s all there is to it with Pages. You can certainly create a hierarchical table of contents if you set different levels of headings. Everything you want to show up in the table of contents for each heading should all be on one line, and if it’s too long, use a line separator

Re: creating EPUB documents

There is no specific command to insert headings into a Pages document. You have to set a shortcut for each type of heading you wish to use and you can create your own. There are 8 available shortcuts that you can assign to paragraph or character styles: F1 through F8. Once you have a shortcut as

Re: creating EPUB documents

othing. I know it's a pain, but could you remind me of any > salient points and how this is done and thank you. > > > Sent from my IPhone > > >> On Jul 18, 2015, at 5:02 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >> >> There is no specific command to insert headings into

Re: Difficulty Using Latest Build of Word 2016 Entering Text

Hello Eileen, When I open Word, I hear: "Word Open new and recent files dialog”. I can interact with the templates grid, open an existing document or create a new one. > On 18 Jul 2015, at 00:41, eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: > > 1. When adding bullets to a list, does VO announce the bullet

Re: Question about safari

Hello Rena, VO-u gives you lists of all the types of elements on the web page that you’ve chosen to show under Web Rotor in the VoiceOver Utility. Having done VO-u, you can go right or left to select the list you want. To get the numbers of all the links, headings etc on the page, press VO-Shift

Re: Question about safari

ng something. > > http://www.greenpathtowellness.com/ > Author of Dear Suzie, Rivers Of Light and Annie's Journal > > From: Anne Robertson <mailto:a...@anarchie.org.uk> > Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 2:35 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups

Re: Question about safari

; Perhaps I misunderstood some answers, but I find your answer different to > others, and I am confused. > > http://www.greenpathtowellness.com/ > Author of Dear Suzie, Rivers Of Light and Annie's Journal > > From: Anne Robertson <mailto:a...@anarchie.org.uk>

Re: Text boxes in Pages?

Hello Alex, I think you’d find placeholder text a better way for entering text that changes. Just type in some typical text in the format you want, then select that text, press VO-Tab for VO to ignore next key press, then press Ctrl-Option-Cmd-t to make it placeholder text. When using your temp

Re: Text boxes in Pages?

Hello Eileen, Pages is a very different word processor from Word. You can achieve the same results but the approach is completely different. I’m very comfortable with Pages, but find Word 2016 very confusing. When asking how to achieve something in Pages, it’s better to describe the desired out

Re: Text boxes in Pages?

y selected text is de-selected. > Is there something I have to do before I can use this mode again? >> On Jul 26, 2015, at 3:34 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >> >> Hello Alex, >> >> I think you’d find placeholder text a better way for entering text that >> cha

Re: Text boxes in Pages?

uot;, then the end embedded object sound. The rest of the line > doesn't read at all. Is this expected behavior? >> On Jul 26, 2015, at 10:14 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >> >> Hello Alex, >> >> You have to press the VO-Tab command before each time you use th

Re: Text boxes in Pages?

Hello Eileen, > On 26 Jul 2015, at 17:16, eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: > > > after all the placemarkers are set? Is there a way to place the document in > protective mode and then use the tab key to jump from one place marker to > another or will the keystroke VO-J accomplish this action?

Re: Editing/Working with Pages Template

Hello Alex, You have to add the template to your templates list to be able to open it and modify it. You can use an existing template as the basis for a new template and you can turn placeholder text back into normal text using the same command that made it placeholder text in the first place.

Re: default word processor

Hello Stacey, You have to do this for each type of file you want to edit with TextEdit. So, normally, RTF will open with TextEdit but DOC and DOCX will have to be changed. Select a file of the type you wish to change and press Cmd-i to open the Information window. Interact with the scroll area.

Re: Editing/Working with Pages Template

Hello Alex, > On 27 Jul 2015, at 06:03, Alex Hall wrote: > > How do I go in and modify the template itself, though, so that documents I > make in future using it will look different? It's a test, as I said, so I'll > want to do more than just the three lines I have now. Do I have to just keep

Re: default word processor

things I > have to type/edit, I really don't have much of a choice but! to learn how to > use it. I'm not you by any means. I probably only know the very very most > basics of Pages, if even that, but I can at least get by. > > Chris. > >>

Re: Insert current date in Pages template?

Hello Alex, Here’s how to manage date fields in templates in Pages. Go to the Insert menu and choose Date & Time. Press Return (by default, Pages takes the Date and Time format from the Full definition in System Preferences, Language & Region pane). However, you can change the date and time form

Re: Insert current date in Pages template?

it manually, I > guess I'm just surprised I have to, if that makes sense. >> On Aug 2, 2015, at 1:15 PM, Anne Robertson > <mailto:a...@anarchie.org.uk>> wrote: >> >> Hello Alex, >> >> Here’s how to manage date fields in templates in Pages. >>

Re: Text boxes in Pages?

ieTest Clientnt name: [client name] > > What did I do wrong, to not have the placeholder placed correctly? Vo spoke > the placeholder text, so it picked it up somehow. It just didn't override it > with what I was typing. Thanks for any suggestions. >> On Jul 26, 20

Re: Text boxes in Pages?

. Is there more to replacing placeholder text > with actual text that I'm missing? >> On Aug 4, 2015, at 1:52 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >> >> Hello Alex, >> >> When you want to modify placeholder text to create new placeholder text, you >> have to set it

Re: Text boxes in Pages?

> template like this at all; it's sounding less and less convenient. Hopefully > I'm missing a key step. :) Thanks for your patience. >> On Aug 4, 2015, at 7:40 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >> >> Hello Alex, >> >> To replace placeholder text, you need

Re: Focus 40 blue key command issues

Hello Scott, I know of no way of mapping Mac commands to a Braille display. It only uses VO commands so you have to use menu commands to close windows, quit applications, save files, etc. Cheers, Anne > On 10 Aug 2015, at 20:23, Scott Granados wrote: > > Hi, > So I am very new to bra

Re: pages and text edit question

Hello Denise, In Pages, go to the View menu and from the Inspector submenu, select Document Setup. In the Formatter, interact with the scroll area and uncheck the hyphenation checkbox. In TextEdit, the choice of whether or not to allow hyphenation is in the Format menu. Cheers, Anne > On 14

Re: pages and text edit question

is it ment for all documents? > So, do I need to activate this in every new document? > > All the best > Jürgen > >> Am 14.08.2015 um 15:25 schrieb Anne Robertson > <mailto:a...@anarchie.org.uk>>: >> >> Hello Denise, >> >> In Pages, go to

Re: Yosemite 10.10.5 and IOS 8.4.1 released

I did the update to 10.4.1 yesterday and Mail went constantly busy. Having had to force quit it, I repaired disk permissions again (I always do that immediately after an update), but no joy. I reinitialised the PRAM with no success either. So finally I resorted to downloading the combo updater a

Re: Yosemite 10.10.5 and IOS 8.4.1 released

;https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1832?locale=en_US>> Cheers, Anne > On 15 Aug 2015, at 15:19, Phil Halton wrote: > > OK, I'll ask. What is the combo updater Ann? > > Sent from my IPhone > > >> On Aug 15, 2015, at 8:37 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >> >> I did

Yosemite and voice commands

Hello listers, Those of you who do Mac training might be interested in the experience we had this week, teaching a Mac beginner with very little computer experience of any kind. Our client has problems with his hands. He can only press one key with each hand and has trouble finding his way arou

Re: Yosemite and voice commands

I can't currently do so for VO > users. > > All that to say: have you overcome this problem? Is there a setting or > feature I'm missing that lets VO and dictation work together? I really hope > there is! I'd also be curious about adding custom commands. Thanks!

Re: Yosemite 10.10.5 and IOS 8.4.1 released

> > As for me, even though I've never experienced any difficulties, using > SuperDuper, I always make a copy of my hard drive before updating the OS. > > Mark > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.

Re: Yosemite and voice commands

r using a Mac) but I can't currently >>> do so for VO users. >>> >>> All that to say: have you overcome this problem? Is there a setting or >>> feature I'm missing that lets VO and dictation work together? I really hope >>> there is! I'd als

Re: ms office 2016 for mac?

Hello Anouk, While it was still in beta, I really tried to work with Word, and although it was technically accessible, it was horrible to work with. Several people on this list had even worse experiences with it than I did. Cheers, Anne > On 19 Aug 2015, at 00:47, Anouk Radix wrote: > > Hi,

Re: Double clicking on the mac was Re: Problem with dropbox please help

Hello, This guy keeps giving visual ways of doing things. Where he says to double-click, just do Cmd-o, and when he says to right-click, do VO-Shift-m. Cheers, Anne > On 21 Aug 2015, at 09:38, christopher hallsworth > wrote: > > Hi all sorry about this I might be having a blond moment. How

Re: Dictation commands on the Mac

Hello Wayne, There are lots of dictation commands on the Mac. First, make sure that you have selected Use Enhanced Dictation in the Dictation & Speech pane of System preferences. Then go to the Accessibility pane and select Dictation in the Accessibility features table. Now click the Dictation

Re: Dictation commands on the Mac

len wrote: > > Hi Anne, > > May I ask the earliest edition of os x for which dictation commands are > included? > thanks, > Kare > > > On Mon, 24 Aug 2015, Anne Robertson wrote: > >> Hello Wayne, >> >> There are lots of dictation commands on th

Re: a new macvisionaries list

Hello Tyler, Are you aware that there are several other lists for VoiceOver users? The one that comes to mind immediately is Mac-Access, which is a very quiet list and I know there are others. I agree with Jonathan that using the name MacVisionaries is dishonest and you should find your own li

Re: i-mac loading issue

Hello Faith, I’m afraid your iMac can’t locate its System Folder. You’ll need to boot into the Recovery partition and use the Disk Utility there to Repair Disk. Cheers, Anne > On 28 Aug 2015, at 18:52, Faith Girvan wrote: > > Hello, all; > > When I got in and turned on my i-mac, you woul

Re: i-mac loading issue

Faith > > On Aug 28, 2015 1:40 PM, "Anne Robertson" <mailto:a...@anarchie.org.uk>> wrote: > Hello Faith, > > I’m afraid your iMac can’t locate its System Folder. You’ll need to boot into > the Recovery partition and use the Disk Utility there to Repair Disk

VO-Cmd-F3 and VO-Cmd-F3-F3, how did I miss them?

Hello listers, I recently discovered the immense value of VO-Cmd-F3 and VO-Cmd-F3-F3 in showing the size of an object and its position on the page. Since we still have an ancient Mac Mini running Snow Leopard, we tried these commands on that and they were there! How did I miss them? One oddity

Re: i-mac loading issue

That’s where you should find Repair Disk. Cheers, Anne > On 28 Aug 2015, at 19:52, Faith Girvan wrote: > > What am I suppose to fix in disk utility? > > On Aug 28, 2015 1:49 PM, "Anne Robertson" <mailto:a...@anarchie.org.uk>> wrote: > Shut down your

Re: Moves iTunes library

I teach the Mac with VoiceOver here in France and I always teach people to launch applications from the Dock with Return, specifically to avoid these problems with iTunes and Photos. Cheers, Anne > On 31 Aug 2015, at 06:48, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Option held down dur

Re: signatures drag and drop problem

Hello Ray, You need first of all to bring the mouse, then turn cursor tracking off before doing Mouse Down. You then navigate with the VO keys to where you want to drop the signatures, bring the mouse, then do the Mouse Up. Then remember to put cursor tracking back on. I’ve never tried moving

Re: more on signatures

Hello Ray, Shift-VO-F5 routes the VO cursor to the mouse. You want VO-Cmd-F5. • To assign a signature to an account, select its name in the central table; • Turn off cursor tracking; • Bring the mouse (VO-Cmd-F5) and Press VO-Cmd-Shift-Space to do mouse down; • Navigate left to the accounts table;

Re: KNFB reader double charge problem solved?

Hello Phil, Below my signature are three versions of the same page from a book scanned using the StandScan Pro with the 12 v battery pack. I used Prizmo, KNFBReader and TextGrabber. Cheers, Anne Prizmo The "Modern" History of Carbohydrate Restriction clear from the beginning that the outcome

Re: KNFB reader double charge problem solved?

Hello Phil, If you never need to scan anything freehand, Prizmo is definitely your best value for money. You can even do a pretty good job without a stand. TextGrabber needs a stand to get anything like good results, and KNFBReader just makes the whole job so much quicker and easier, although fo

Re: Problem with text editor help please

Hello Rena, I’m assuming you’re talking about working in TextEdit. When you hear “Ruler”, just do VO-Right Arrow then interact with the text. All your VO commands should work fine after that. Cheers, Anne > On 8 Sep 2015, at 15:27, gracewelln...@atlanticbb.net > wrote: > > Hello, > > Wh

Re: right mouse click

Hello Christina, On a Mac, the contextual menu is obtained with a Control-Click. So you bring the mouse, hold down the Control key and click the trackpad. Cheers, Anne > On 14 Sep 2015, at 20:19, Christina C. wrote: > > This is not an actual click of the mouse pointer. yes, it does bring up

Re: Learning Pages for the Mac

Hello Craig, You could do worse than to get the free iBook “Mastering the Macintosh” by Tim Sniffen. This book approaches the Mac from the perspective of an iOS user, but it’s full of useful information. And, of course, it’s free! Cheers, Anne > On 13 Sep 2015, at 21:54, Craig Werner wrote:

Re: Question about links in mail

Hello Rena, You need to press VO-Cmd-l to get to the link and then VO-Space to activate the link which will open Safari. VO-l just reads the line. Cheers, Anne > On 17 Sep 2015, at 16:42, gracewelln...@atlanticbb.net > wrote: > > Perhaps I don't know how to explain correctly. I want to act

Re: tables in pages

Hello Marie, I don’t know of any command to read down a column of a table, but one trick that works is to select the whole column using Cmd-Shift-Down Arrow then press VO-F6 to read the selection. Cheers, Anne > On 16 Sep 2015, at 21:23, Marie Lyons wrote: > > Does anyone know how to have

Re: Viewing all pages of a PDF at once?

Hello Alex, Have you tried selecting Continuous reading in the View menu? I think the short cut is Cmd-1. Cheers, Anne > On 18 Sep 2015, at 05:32, Alex Hall wrote: > > Hi all, > When I look at a PDF, I see one page at a time and have to go to subsequent > pages with the "page X" buttons to

Re: A Pages spelling alert issue

ries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: Re: A Pages spelling alert issue >> >> go to voice over preferences then go to verbosity the text, then change when >> encounter misspelled words. >>> Il giorno 02 mar 2016, alle ore

Re: A Pages spelling alert issue

groups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson > Sent: Monday, March 07, 2016 1:15 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: A Pages spelling alert issue > > Hello Bill, > > A

Re: iBooks issue

Hello Donna, Like you, I can read with iBooks on my Mac with no trouble. However, a couple of things worth noting: Having pressed VO-Space on a book title, I often have to turn VoiceOver off and back on again to be able to navigate; The text area is to the right of the Previous Page button and i

Re: iBooks issue

> >> On Mar 10, 2016, at 10:05 AM, Anne Robertson > <mailto:a...@anarchie.org.uk>> wrote: >> >> Hello Donna, >> >> Like you, I can read with iBooks on my Mac with no trouble. However, a >> couple of things worth noting: >> Having pressed V

Re: ibooks storage?

Hello Caitlyn, Here’s where to find your iBooks: ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/ Unfortunately, the names are not meaningful and the file type is epub. Cheers, Anne -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. I

Re: Hotspot number 3

Hello Peter, I think you’ve just spotted a bug on the British Keyboard. Since I use a laptop, I normally set hotspots on the righthand side so I hadn’t picked up on this one. Shift on the 3 key is one place where a British keyboard differs from the American one. Cheers, Anne > On 15 Mar 20

Re: transferring a file from KNFB reader to IMAC

Hello Marie, Go into the File Explorer and double-tap on Edit. Double-tap on the file you want to share to select it. Double-tap on the Share button. Now select the file type. You’ll get an alert saying “Airdrop recipient” and there’s an explanation what to do on the receiving device. However, th

Re: Page Breaks

Hello Sandy, In TextEdit, a page break is Cmd-Return. To do a line break, it’s Ctrl-Return. Cheers, Anne > On 16 Mar 2016, at 02:18, Sandy Finley wrote: > > How do Ii d a page break in text edit? I cannot find this command. Thanks. > Sandy > > -- > The following information is important f

Re: Hotspot number 3

again with this additional knowledge. > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan > > > >> On 18 Mar 2016, at 04:12, Anne Robertson wrote: >> >> Did you explain to the accessibility team that they had to set the keyboard >> to British to show up this bug? >

Re: Hotspot number 3

Did you explain to the accessibility team that they had to set the keyboard to British to show up this bug? Cheers, Anne > On 17 Mar 2016, at 21:08, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > This is something the accessibility team can not reproduce so it wont be > fixed sadly. > I have been in con

Re: ibooks storage?

I don’t like iBooks and rarely buy them. I prefer to buy from Kobo. The Kobo app works fine on my iPhone, less well on an iPad, and on the Mac, Adobe Digital Editions reads Kobo books. Adobe Digital Editions puts a folder in the Documents folder and the files have meaningful names. Also, Kobo bo

Re: How to emulate numeric keyboard in a Macbook air keyboard?

Hello Daniela, Before the Intel Macs, there used to be a Numloc key on a laptop keyboard, but this is no longer the case. There may be a utility out there somewhere to do this, but I don’t know of any. External numeric keypads aren’t expensive and would do the job. Cheers, Anne > On 20 Mar

Re: How to emulate numeric keyboard in a Macbook air keyboard?

gt; From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson > Sent: Monday, 21 March 2016 6:51 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: How to emulate numeric keyboard in a Macbook air keyboard? > > Hello Daniela, > >

Re: setting margins in either textedit or pages

Hello Jim, In TextEdit, there are preset tab stops but they don’t change the actual margin. In Pages, you should create a new paragraph style with the Left and First indents set to the value you want. All this and more is explained in our book on Pages which you can purchase for $35 US here:

Re: converting a file into pages

Hello Walter, As far as I know, the only way to convert a PDF into Pages is to select all, copy to the clipboard then paste into a blank Pages document. However, if your book isn’t reading correctly in iBooks, then I suspect there’s a problem with the layout in the PDF and you might have to do

Re: Hotspot number 3

>> >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Jonathan >> >> >> >>> On 21 Mar 2016, at 10:11, Anders Holmberg wrote: >>> >>> Hi! >>> On my mac its hotspot number 2 that does not work. >>> But if i change to English US

Re: Does anyone have experience with mustek scanners on the mac.

Hello Annie, I have no direct experience with these scanners, but there’s a driver for Mac OS X 10.11 for the one that interests you. I imagine therefore that it’s accessible. Cheers, Anne > On 30 Mar 2016, at 19:47, Annie Skov Nielsen > wrote: > > Hi all. > Does anyone know if mustek sc

Re: Filling out an attached form

Hello Traci, What happens when you try to open the document? If it launches Pages, then filling in the form is easy. Cheers, Anne > On 1 Apr 2016, at 00:26, Traci Duncan wrote: > > Hi all, > > This is a Mac 1st for me. I’ve received an email attachment which is a form > I need to fill o

Re: Pdf reader and editor

OK. Filling out PDF forms can be done with Skim, but it’s complicated. It’s best if you have installed the utility MoveMouse and you should go to VoiceOver Utility and check the checkbox to speak item under mouse and set the delay to zero. Navigate to the character to the left of the field to be

Re: Pdf reader and editor

on either on or off list. > > Thanks,, > > Jonathan Cohn > > > >> On 2 Apr 2016, at 17:34, Anne Robertson wrote: >> >> OK. Filling out PDF forms can be done with Skim, but it’s complicated. >> It’s best if you have installed the utility MoveMouse and y

Re: Pdf reader and editor

? I feel it would be very useful since I do come across websites > where there are clickable graphics to which VoiceOver cannot get. > > Many thanks for your help. > > Andrew >> On 3 Apr 2016, at 09:11, Anne Robertson wrote: >> >> Hello Jonathan, >> &g

Re: Best accessible alternative To Mac OS X pages?

Hello, If you need to handle tables in your documents, I think that Pages is your only choice. What is your problem with Pages anyway? Cheers, Anne > On 5 Apr 2016, at 10:18, Trahern Culver wrote: > > Hi thanks for message I'm good :-) text edit is not advanced enough for my > needs but th

Re: Voiceover number of character repeats

Where did you find this setting? I can only find a repeat setting for punctuation in VoiceOver Utility/Verbosity/Text. Cheers, Anne > On 9 Apr 2016, at 16:37, - wrote: > > > Hello all, > > When one has a number of characters in a row vo can be set to speak them or > not depending on thei

Re: Mail Signatures

Hello Kat, To check that your signatures have been assigned properly, open Mail Preferences and go to the Signatures pane. Select an account in the lefthand table and navigate right to the list of signatures for that account. If there is nothing there, no signature has been assigned to that acc

Re: Jumping to top or bottom of messages List in Mail

Hello Jeff, The Option-Up or Down Arrow works for me, but some people find they have to do Cmd-Option-up or down arrow. Cheers, Anne > On 11 Apr 2016, at 19:42, Jeff Berwick wrote: > > Hi all, > > I did a clean install of el Capitan on a new drive and now the option down > arrow and opti

Re: Mail Signatures

The signature text is there. Everything looks as it > should, but there's no option to select it in the pop up button when you go > to compose a new message. > > Kat > > On Apr 11, 2016, at 3:05 AM, Anne Robertson <mailto:a...@anarchie.org.uk>> wrote: > >&g

Re: Download audible book on mac?

Hello Christina, What I always do in my Audible library is go to the second table on the page by pressing VO-Cmd-t twice, then interact. I navigate across the table to the Download column where I can click on the link. Cheers, Anne -- The following information is important for all members of

Re: something's seriously different on audible.com/library

Hello Christina, I’ve just visited my audible.com library and everything is exactly as it was with two tables, the second being the one with my books in it. Have you installed any software recently that could have affected Safari? Several people I know have downloaded Mac Keeper and had endless

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