Creating Documents on an iPod

2012-06-24 Thread Christopher Edwards
Hello, First of all, thank you for all the good information I have gained while lurking on this list. I bought a Macbook Pro a few weeks ago and am gradually getting used to it. I know I will have a lot of questions for you about that soon. I also have an iPod touch which I bought at the end of

Re: Creating Documents on an iPod

2012-06-25 Thread Christopher Edwards
re.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jun 24, 2012, at 4:19 PM, Christopher Edwards wrote: Hello, First of all, thank you for all the good information I have gained while lurking on this list. I bought a Macbook Pro a few weeks ago and am gradually getting used to it. I kno

Log-in Password on Macbook Pro

2012-07-14 Thread Christopher Edwards
Hello, I have an MBP running Lion which I bought at the end of April. It was set up by a member of staff at the Apple store where I bought it. He suggested that I should have a password when starting the OS and I quite agree with this. However, at a subsequent one-to-one training session it beca

Re: Log-in Password on Macbook Pro

2012-07-15 Thread Christopher Edwards
g, etc. I think it is more secure this way. So yes, passwords are always a good idea; they just seem to work a bit better for VoiceOver if you have the OS prompt for a username and password instead of having you choose from a list of accounts. Harry On Jul 14, 2012, at 3:51 PM, Christopher Edw

Re: Log-in Password on Macbook Pro

2012-07-15 Thread Christopher Edwards
installing twice rather than once. HHope this helps. Daniel On 15 Jul 2012, at 19:17, Christopher Edwards wrote: Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@

Re: Log-in Password on Macbook Pro

2012-07-16 Thread Christopher Edwards
le2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jul 15, 2012, at 7:03 PM, Christopher Edwards wrote: Daniel, That is a good idea. I was certainly thinking about upgrading although I know some people prefer to wait. However, my MBP is working now well enough (i hope) for me to wait until Mountain Lion is released. I would

Re: Log-in Password on Macbook Pro

2012-07-16 Thread Christopher Edwards
weird Lion thing. Sometimes VO talks automatically, and other times you need to toggle VO with command F5. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jul 15, 2012, at 2:17 PM, Christopher Edwards wrote: Harry and Daniel, Thank you for yo

Partitioning and External Drive

2012-08-01 Thread Christopher Edwards
Hello, I want to partition an external drive but I want one partition to be considerably smaller than the other. From reading the Disk Utilities help and some other sources it seems you are supposed to adjust a slider to set the sizes. Is this accessible by Voiceover and does it tell you the s

Re: Partitioning and External Drive

2012-08-01 Thread Christopher Edwards
a again, only this time move to the "untitled2" and perform the same actions here as you had done with "untitled1'. Then again, as soon as you physically click the trackpad, turn Voiceover off, and then turn it on again, and then stop interacting with the scroll area and move to

Re: Mountain Lion User Administration

2012-08-19 Thread Christopher Edwards
Jeff, I don't know if this will help or not. I have only been using a Mac since April. Suddenly, in the middle of July I could not enter passwords however many times I tried. At the Genius Bar the technician could, like me, hear the clicks that indicated that I was typing characters but we cou

Problem Inserting Formulas in Numbers in Mavericks

2014-03-05 Thread Christopher Edwards
Hello, On my Macbook Pro I am still using iWork 2009 under Mountain Lion. However, I am using some of my One-to-One training to get familiar with Mavericks and the new versions of Pages and Numbers. I am having a problem in Numbers which I hope is caused by me doing something wrong. However, as

Useing The Calendar With Mavericks

2013-12-26 Thread Christopher Edwards
Hello, Happy New Year to you all. I have been using some of my One-to-One training sessions at the local Apple store to have a look at Mavericks before upgrading. The first problem I encountered is with the Calendar. In Month View, I cannot navigate to either the end of the month or the beginn

Re: Useing The Calendar With Mavericks

2014-01-08 Thread Christopher Edwards
vo-up or down to move by week, remembering your command-left and command-right to move by month. Using tab, you can move through your appointments during the selected month too. Cheers Dave On 26 Dec 2013, at 22:28, Christopher Edwards wrote: Hello, Happy New Year to you all. I

Inserting Formulas in Numbers Under Mavericks

2014-01-08 Thread Christopher Edwards
Hello, I was trying out Numbers under Mavericks in the Apple store the other day. I know you can type a formula into a cell but if you want to check the parameters or look for the right formula I know you can select the formula you want from a list. However, I could not find out how to do this w

Re: A Look at Protools Part 3 was For David and others: Resending A Look at ProTools part 4

2013-06-18 Thread Christopher Edwards
Chris, Thank you for doing these. They are very interesting. I have only listened to one so far but downloaded them all. Unfortunately I cannot now find part 3. Please can you post the link again. Many thanks, Chris Edwards -Original Message- From: Chris Gilland Sent: Tuesday, Ju

Questions About Numbers

2013-06-19 Thread Christopher Edwards
Hello, I have just started using Numbers on my Macbook Pro running Mountain Lion and, so far, have two questions. 1. How can I select a whole row or column? A trainer at the Apple Store says you have to click on the row number or column letter. I cannot find a keyboard shortcut to do this n

Re: Questions About Numbers

2013-06-19 Thread Christopher Edwards
and holding down the Shift key, use either the right arrow key for a row, or the down arrow key for a column. As for your Busy problem, are you by any chance running Windows as a virtual machine? If so, you'll need more memory. Cheers, Anne On 19 Jun 2013, at 17:09, Christopher Ed

Re: Questions About Numbers

2013-06-19 Thread Christopher Edwards
money … you would not listen to me anyway :). To reiterate however, if you can swing it swing it :). Hopefully this information was useful to you. Please let us know. Take good care and I wish you enough. Patrick On Jun 19, 2013, at 4:28 PM, Christopher Edwards wrote: Anne, Thank you for

Formatting Cells in Numbers

2013-07-04 Thread Christopher Edwards
Hello I have two nmore questions about Numbers. 1. I can use the Inspector to format cells and see their font etc. However, shouldn't I be able to read the attributes by using VO+T? When I do this I just get a bell sound. I have tried this when interacting with the text in the cell and not in

Re: Apple one-on-one training

2013-07-26 Thread Christopher Edwards
Hello, Pam makes a very good point. However, the stores open for training sesions an hour before normal opening time. At least they do here in the UK. As I live quite close to a store I usually book an 8 a.m. appointment. I have found these sessions very valuable. I always put that I am a Voic

Numbers Cell References being read with VoiceOver

2013-08-14 Thread Christopher Edwards
Hello, I am running Numbers using Mountain Lion on a Macbook Pro. As I move around the cells with the arrow keys Voiceover says the cell references in the form Column 3 Row 7. Sometimes it starts to read the Column letter but this gets chopped off and the column number is spoken instead. Is t

Re: Numbers Cell References being read with VoiceOver

2013-08-15 Thread Christopher Edwards
aring column and row reference numbers kind of useless anyway, but that's just personal preference. Hope this helps. Kevin On 2013-08-14, at 5:54 PM, Christopher Edwards wrote: Hello, I am running Numbers using Mountain Lion on a Macbook Pro. As I move around the cells with the

Problem with Safari running on Yosemite

2015-01-22 Thread Christopher Edwards
Hello, I have just upgraded my Macbook Pro to Yosemite. As far as I can tell the upgrade ran smoothly and without any obvious problem. However, when I tried to book an Apple one-to-one training session I could not find any trace of an HTML area in Safari. I tried going to other sites with the

Another Question about Pages

2013-05-29 Thread Christopher Edwards
Hello, Now I am gradually getting back to normal after several months of building work on my house I am trying to get to grips with Pages again. I have compiled a small archive of messages about this program and found it most useful. However, when it comes to giving a paragraph a particular st

Re: Another Question about Pages

2013-05-29 Thread Christopher Edwards
47 PM, Christopher Edwards wrote: Hello, Now I am gradually getting back to normal after several months of building work on my house I am trying to get to grips with Pages again. I have compiled a small archive of messages about this program and found it most useful. However, when it com

formatting Text in Pages

2012-09-20 Thread Christopher Edwards
Hello, I recently bought pages and am gradually finding my way around. I am running it on a 2012 MBP under ML. When I was at a training session at my local Apple store yesterday I came across a problem which the trainer and I were not able to solve. I typed some text into the body of the do

Re: formatting Text in Pages

2012-09-30 Thread Christopher Edwards
ks, Chris Edwards - Original Message - From: "Eugenia Firth" To: Cc: Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:18 PM Subject: Re: formatting Text in Pages Hi there Once you select the words you want to bold command B should do it. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2012, at

Re: formatting Text in Pages

2012-10-01 Thread Christopher Edwards
d. Cheers, Anne On 1 Oct 2012, at 01:00, Christopher Edwards wrote: Thanks to all who answered my questions. I am sorry I did not reply before but I am up to my ears in boxes as I prepare for some major alterations to my house. I am therefore also behind with my emails. I think I gave

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2011-05-02 Thread Christopher Edwards
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Is This Normal Behaviour With iPhone Keypad?

2016-01-05 Thread 'Christopher Edwards' via MacVisionaries
Hello, I have recently bought an iPhone 6s+. This is my first smart phone but I have used an iPod Touch 4th Generation for a few years. I have made good progress with the phone but have come across the following issue which occurs when using the phone without headphones. If I make a call by ty

Re: Is This Normal Behaviour With iPhone Keypad?

2016-01-06 Thread 'Christopher Edwards' via MacVisionaries
k Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com On Jan 5, 2016, at 3:44 PM, 'Christopher Edwards' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hello, I have recently bought an iPhone 6s+. This is my first smart phone

Re: From Moderator Mark: I just Want You All To Know

2017-12-25 Thread 'Christopher Edwards' via MacVisionaries
Hello Mark, Thank you very much for your good wishes, your sensitive moderation and the interesting articles you post. I too hope that you had a very merry Christmas. Best wishes for the New Year, Chris From: M. Taylor Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2017 2:26 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.