ah, if you are reading an email message, you need to interact with the message, use vo keys with shift-fn-left/right arrows to go home and end.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruins Fan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 1:54 PM Subject: Re: A few questions thanks so much! I believe I have tried the fn key with out success, but I will try it again. When I tried with this email, for instance, the curser didn't seem to move, so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here. Olivia On Jan 28, 2008, at 1:42 PM, David Poehlman wrote: > Hi Olivia, > > Iwork 8 is patchilly accessible and I'm sure others will chime in > here with > more details. > > You can use the fn key with left arrow to go to the top, right arrow > to go > to the botton, up arrow to do page up and down arrow to do page > down. If > you want vo to move, use vo keys with these key combinations. The > difference though is that you use shift to accomplish home and end. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruins Fan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 1:35 PM > Subject: A few questions > > > Hi Everyone, > I purchased a macbook running leopard about a month ago and have been > very happy with it so far. I was previously a jaws user, and in my > oppinion anyways, voiceover is at least on par with jaws, with some > features that are superior. > I just have a few questions that I am hoping someone will be able to > answer for me: > 1. Is Iwork 8 accessible with voiceover? I tried to use the numbers > program, but it idn't seem to work; the screen reader told me that the > items were unknown. A friend who told me about this list also told me > that the program was accessible, so I am wondering if someone can give > me some pointers as to how to use it to create spreadsheets, etc. > 2. Is there a way to quickly move to the beginning and end of a > document in text edit? There are no home or end keys on the macbook, > so I am not sure how this is done. > 3. How do I quickly select something like a web address? I have been > unable to do this, though I have tried every command I can think of. > I think that's all for now. I am sure I will have more questions as I > become more involved with this list. > Thanks in advance for answering my questions! > I am so glad that apple has created such a great product which allows > us full access to any mac running leopard or tiger! > Olivia > > >
