Something else that I've found that's better than Preview is a app called
Skim. I have been in close contact with the developers and we have made it
totally accessible. You can also do annotations with it as well. Take a look
in Google and you should find it. I'm not on the Mac right now or else I
would forward you the link. Remember I'm on Skype as well for future help.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cara Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: new to all of this mac stuff
Damon, in regard to pdf files, Preview is your friend! It's the
default app (or at least, should be) to open all pdf files, and is a
terrific option to use to read them. it should be fairly self-
explanatory, but a couple of things to note, once you find / interact
with the content area are that the Apple or command key plus left
arrow moves you back a page and apple right arrow moves you forward.
There are also a plethora of options you can set in the menus for
reading the document continuously etc. if you choose.
HTH and have a great evening!…
Smiles,
Cara :)
On Jun 30, 2008, at 5:01 PM, Damon Fibraio wrote:
OK, I bought a macbook pro and have a mini. The macbook pro already has
win
xp on it as well as os 10.5.3. I have the windows side well covered,
naturally, but I want some pointers on how to get started with the mac
side.
I know voice over to a basic degree. I would like to know everything I
can
about doing the following:
messengers on the mac. What works best for aol and windows messenger
web browsing, best place to go to learn how to read in html areas
reading pdf documents.
playing music over a network, i.e. music stored on a shared hard drive on
a
windows box
basic operating system operation, i.e. burning CDs, moving, copying
files,
etc.
Whatever else you can pint me to that will give me a push in the right
direction.
I am a native windows user. I don't plan on dumping windows anytime soon,
but I do want to learn the Mac and use it. My plans for the mac mini were
to
use it for shoutcast radio streaming, but again, I do want to do email,
browsing, etc. The macbook pro is mainly for work, but I also want to do
music related stuff with software instruments, recording and the like.
Any
pushes in the right direction will help. i am a techie geek kind of
person,
so don't need a ton of hand holding, just point me to documentation and
keyboard shortcuts and I'll figure it out.
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Damon Fibraio
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