Christine, Editing on a Mac using VoiceOver is different than using Windows and a windows screen reader. Some may explain it more effectively; however, has to do with how the cursor behaves. Not sure about the characters in the document, but sounds like a conversion problem.
Scott Howell Sent from my iPad On Mar 20, 2011, at 9:50, Christine Grassman <cgrassman1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, everyone. I am rather frustrated with Text Edit.n Whenever I review > something I've written (after saving,) there is always a whole lot of numbers > letters, and symbols at the top of the file. Also, whenever I enter a "new > line" there appears a backslash. What is going on? Does this get sent with > the file if I attach it to an e-mail? Thus far, the only thing I've been > able to do is erase all the symbols at the top, then edit the file for > backslashes. > A somewhat related question: is there a way, simply by using the keys and > without switching from words to characters and vice bersa, to move to > characters -- I can read by character, but although cursor tracking is on, I > always seem to be at the beginning or end of a word, rather than on the > character being read. > Additionally, sometimes when VO says a particular word, I am at the end, and > other times I am at the beginning. This makes editing frustrating. How can > I tell where I am? Thanks. > Christine (slowly transitioning from Windows and Word) . . . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
