Anne - Very good of you to provide so much help. Think I must be getting tired now, as I can't seem to recall -- if I ever knew -- how to turn off cursor tracking. I've looked under the various help menus, but can't find it. Perhaps it's time to call it a day <smile. -
Andy On 3 Aug 2013, at 22:00, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: > Hello Andy, > > Here's how to do a find in Numbers: > > Turn cursor tracking off; > Press Command-f and enter search term; > Stop interacting with everything; > Navigate down and interact with scroll area; > Interact with table: > Find desired result; > Bring mouse to VO cursor and do a mouse click (VO-Shift-Space); > Stop interacting with table and scroll area; > Navigate up to next scroll area; > Interact with scroll area, Layout area, and Layout item; > You will be on the selected cell; > Press VO-Shift-T to identify the cell. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 3 Aug 2013, at 22:25, Andy Collins <a...@recreation.plus.com> wrote: > >> hi all - >> >> I have a moderate sized Windows spreadsheet, say a couple of hundred or so >> rows of 5 columns. When I open it in Numbers, I get told that there is a >> problem with the font the spreadsheet is in, and I change the font to >> aerial. I've also tried ignoring this message about the font, as I'm not >> worried how it looks, and will never want to print it. Either way, I am able >> to get to see the spreadsheet in it's layout. The problem comes when I want >> to search the spreadsheet for certain description information. If I use VO f >> to find some text, Numbers then seems to hang, and even locks up the Mac, by >> saying "busy" all the time. Also, if I do fn VO and right arrow to get to >> the end of the spreadsheet, again, I get "busy' and it just hangs there. >> >> Anybody help me get beyond this? >> >> Thanks - >> >> Andy >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that >> the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and >> worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security >> strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something >> unpredictable happen. >> >> Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by >> visiting the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
