Seems to me they already have the capabiolity to get this output. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 5:12 PM Subject: Re: Open Office Release CAndidate 4 Available
Chris, is that tool a part of the developer suite? Also, you might want to send those results to the Open Office folks, they probably would find it interesting. On Oct 7, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > On taking a closer look with the Apple Accessibility Verifier (part > of their free developer tools) I opened Open Office Writer with a > blank document and inserted a single empty 4x8 table. In this state > the verifier found 73 warnings and 59 errors. Included in this list > were several attributes which were missing related to the Table. > These include > > AXRows > AXSelectedColumns > AXHeader > AXColumns > AXVisibleRows > AXSelectedRows > AXVisibleColumns > > So if these are missing and should be there then it's no wonder VO > can't work with the table. > > CB > > Chris Blouch wrote: >> One area I was having trouble with hasn't improved. If I hit Apple- >> F12 to insert a new table into a Writer document, I can navigate >> around the document and then enter an object announced as "Table 1 >> on Page 1 Table". But if I VO shift down to interact with the table >> nothing happens. I can tab from cell to cell and edit the content >> of the cells but I have no way of knowing what cell, column or row >> I'm in other than by the context of the cells I've already put >> stuff into. VO-C just beeps instead of reading the column. VO-shift- >> T just beeps instead of giving the column and row number. VO-shift- >> H just beeps instead of reading the column header. VO-R just beeps >> instead of reading the row. >> >> I was hoping I could interact with the table to navigate around and >> then interact with a cell to make changes. Right now tables are >> pretty much unusable with VO. Anyone else figured out how to work >> with tables in Open Office Writer documents? >> >> CB >> >> Fonzie wrote: >>> Hey everyone, for those who are interested. >>> >>> Open Office RC 4 is out today. >>> >>> I haven't downloaded it to check out the accessibility yet, but >>> just thought I would let those know who were keeping track of it. >>> >>> Take care, >>> >>> Best >>> >>> Fonzie >>> >> > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
