For copying, think you mean command eC. Sent from my iPhone
> On Nov 8, 2013, at 6:16 AM, "David Griffith" <d.griff...@btinternet.com> > wrote: > > I am afraid there is a big gap in the market for intermediate to advanced > uses of Voiceover. > > Frankly lists of this sort are as good a place to start as any, along with > Apple Vis as a good reference point. > > If you are wanting to increase your proficiency with Office tools then Ann > Robinson on this list has helped many with training over Skype at apparently > reasonable rates I believe. > > For myself, on the Mac, I stick to TextEdit and Siri for the time being. > For what it is worth here is how I set about things. > > I have a blank Microsoft Word document on my iMac called blank.doc. > To start work I locate this document and press command D to copy it. > On the blank copy.doc I press enter and then dictate with siri a new > filename. > I then open it and start dictating my text. Probably a bit clunky but works > for me and I find it a lot easier than opening TextEdit and navigating > through the iCloud stuff etc. > I also find personally that setting pronunciation to all whilst writing on > the Mac prevents many formatting errors. > > This is great for document creation but TextEdit will not have the advance > editing and formatting tools of a full blown Word Processor. > > I cannot advise on advance tools such as indexing, table of content wizards > and text analysis as I am afraid I still do these on a Windows platform. > If anybody can tell you how to do this on the Mac platform I too would be > interested. > Apparently Pages under Mavericks can now provide Voiceover feedback on > tables though which is a good advance so I suspect that Pages under > mavericks is now important for a Mac student providing capabilities like > mail merge are not required. > > David Griffith. > > . > > -----Original Message----- > From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net > [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Ian Harrison > Sent: 08 November 2013 09:36 > To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility > Subject: Beyond voice over basics > > > Hi listers, > > I am hoping you can point me towards detailed guides or tutorials that will > help me develop a more advanced capability in using voice over on both the > mac and in IOS. > > I am hoping to start a degree next year and I suspect I will need to be much > better than I am now. I currently use a bluetooth keyboard on the mac but > have not yet paired one with my iphone. I've learned enough shortcuts to get > around but see that many other listers use far more advanced techniques when > it comes to text searching and editing and using the web. > > I am hoping to use the time I have to become much more proficient, > especially when away from home or using unfamiliar software. > > Thanks for any thoughts > > Ian > <--- 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. 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