Thanks, and I did that. It worked fine, certainly better than having that awful Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adobe has a lot of nerve putting an accessibility option in their menu on our Mac version that I guess is basically useless, at least I have not yet been able to get it to work. In Windows it works sometimes.
Gigi On Sep 5, 2014, at 1:54 PM, CHUCK REICHEL <soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Gigi, > Try this. > Go to your file menu while your in safari and reading that text and choose > export as pdf. > I'm not sure but i did this the other day and it took that safari text and > exported or saved it out to where ever you want and it then opened up in > preview on my desk top. > I know the option is there not sure about whether it said export as pdf or > save as pdf but I got it to work. > HTH > Chuck > > > > CHUCK REICHEL > soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com > www.SoundPictureRecording.com > 954-742-0019 > Isaiah 26 : 3 > Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because > he trusteth in thee. > > In GOD I Trust > > On Sep 5, 2014, at 2:21 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > >> Hi Tim and others. >> I just made what I hope is going to work in most cases. I uninstalled Adobe >> Acrobat Reader and all those plug-ins that had the name which included Adobe >> Reader as part of their names. I test what would happen by going to the IRS >> web site which has a whole bunch of pdf files. I called up one of the >> nonaccessible ones, and lo, it talked. Then I found out that if I had the VO >> cursor sitting on the place where it started talking, that I could save it >> out as a good form file. I thought it might try and save the whole page, but >> it didn't. I thought it would call up Preview, but it didn't. I guess Safari >> is reading the text. I discovered I could interact with the text and go VO >> down arrow line by line. It wouldn't let me enter anything like it will for >> sighted people. >> >> This is a definite improvement over having Adobe installed. >> >> Regards, >> Gigi >> >> On Sep 5, 2014, at 10:21 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> It should, but, it all depends on how the uninstall progresses. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On Sep 4, 2014, at 1:47 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Tim. If I uninstall Adobe Acrobat Reader, will Safari automatically >>>> go to Preview? >>>> >>>> Gigi >>>> >>>> On Sep 4, 2014, at 12:54 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Usually, web-sites that say that they require Adobe Reader don't actually >>>>> "require" Adobe Reader. All that they require is that you have a pdf >>>>> reader installed. Normally, Preview or pdfpen would do the job. Adobe >>>>> Reader also installs an Internet Plugin that takes over Safari and other >>>>> browsers making it so that Adobe will often open within Safari in an >>>>> embedded fashion which is unusable to us VO users. You can remove this >>>>> plugin by going into your Macintosh HD, Library, Internet Plugins and >>>>> removing the Adobe Reader Internet Plugin. Adobe will still work, it >>>>> just won't force it to be opened within your browser. >>>>> >>>>> Later... >>>>> >>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 4, 2014, at 10:36 AM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi guys >>>>>> As the subject says, I have a question about Adobe acrobat reader and >>>>>> Safari. I would uninstall Adobe, except that I have some website I go to >>>>>> that say they require it. Last night, that stupid thing cause me a >>>>>> problem, and I had to get my husband to fix it. I hope this question >>>>>> makes sense, but how can I set those plug-ins so that it won't lock up >>>>>> Safari like it just did? I had it working where I could call the form up >>>>>> tell Safari to save it, and then use preview to read the PDF file. >>>>>> However, I was emailed a link to one, and when I Called up the link, it >>>>>> turned the fan on on my computer, and locked up Safari. I finally had to >>>>>> do a force quit and kill off everything. >>>>>> >>>>>> Here's another alternative I thought of, and I would like it better if >>>>>> it would work. 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