Hi!
I have had success with reading books in HTML format by simply
interacting with the HTML content and using VO keys plus right arrow
to scrol through the book.
I have found that I read Ebooks faster in HTML format by putting the
Control option lock on (Control key+function key+ semicolon.) Putting
the control option lock on lets you simply navigate through the book
by using the arrow keys, and I have found this works well.
Unfortunately, Microsoft Office is not yet accessible, so word 2004
will not work for you. Your best bet is to use text edit, which can
be found under appplications. I have been able to write my papers
with this program with no problems. It doesn't have all the fancy
formating of MS word, but I have been able to make it work for what I
need to do.
If you have any questions, feel free to email me off-list and I will
do my best to help.
Good luck, and welcome to Voice over, and Leopard!
Olivia
On Jul 25, 2008, at 11:50 PM, Charlie Bates wrote:
Hi everyone
I am new to the list. I have only just updated to leopard (New imac)
and
find that voiceover is much better than it was in tiger. I'm just
starting
to get the swing of things but have a few questions.
1) I have an ebook in html format which I need to read fairly
urgently. How
do I read the text? when I try to get into the screen it says "HTML
content". I picked up that in order to interact with the HTML, I
need to
press control+options+shift+down but it only really reads the link
on the
page and does not progress to the actual text. So how do I get
around this
and read my book?
2) How do I get voiceover to read the text in word 2004? Or should I
be
using another word processor? If so which one? I am a university
student so
I need all the bells and whistles that word can offer.
3) When in finder, how do you open a file using the keyboard? I tried
vo+space but that didn't work, and pressing enter simply gave me the
option
to edit the name of the file.
Sorry for all the questions, but I'm starting to get frustrated and
really
didn't know where else to find the answers.
Charlie bates
