Hi Cheng Ann, Let me separate this question and address this in the context of your earlier query in a separate thread, which was about reading mail attachments and using Preview vs. Quicklook. First, if you are having difficulty reading beyond the first page in Preview, you should first check how you have set Preview to display pages -- whether the PDF Display mode under the View menu on your menu bar is set to "Single Page" or "Single Page Continuous". (Control+F2 or VO-M to move to the menu bar, press "v" to move to "View", then arrow down to "PDF Display" and check the sub-menu to find your display mode.) If your "PDF Display" is set to "Single Page", VoiceOver will stop reading at the end of the first page, and you'll have to page down to advance in a multi-page PDF document (I use Fn+Down Arrow on a MacBook). If it is set to "Single Page Continuous", then provided you have interacted before issuing your VO-A "read all" command, as Robert explained. There are also other options such as for going to specific pages and associated keyboard shortcuts in the "Go" menu as he mentioned (e.g. Command-Option-G).
Secondly, your original question was about reading a PDF document attachment in mail. Normally, if I'm sent a multi-page PDF document as a mail attachment that I know I want to keep, my first step will be to save that file in some permanent folder on disk, then open it in Preview from that location. Quick Look is meant for just that purpose -- to give you a quick peak into a document or audio file's contents. It runs only when this it is in foreground -- so if you switch apps to answer a Skype call or move to another task it is automatically paused until it is switched back as the app in focus. It's a low overhead way to view contents of files, since you don't really open the file in an application when you Quick Look it. But that also means that you can't modify your navigation within the file (e.g., go back to the beginning, or skip ahead) or edit tags (in music files). In mail you can similarly use Quick Look to examine attachments to decide how to handle them -- either by reading entire short attachments or viewing enough to decide how to dispose of the these. The default button actions beside the attachments are "Quick Look" or "Save". And as Robert noted, your question is separate from the issue in Denise's original post. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Apr 3, 2011, at 18:23, Robert Nelson wrote: > Dear Cheng Ann, > > There are two separate questions. One is that Voice Over is unable to read > certain .pdf documents. The other question is given that voice Over can read > the document what are the keyboard commands to do this. > > The read all command is vo-a. You must interact with the text first This > will read continuously. If you go to the menu bar and move to the "GO" Menu > you will find the other keyboard commands I hope this helps. > > Sincerely Yours, > Robert > . > On Apr 3, 2011, at 9:24 PM, Cheok Cheng Ann wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> This is Cheng Ann. I am also experiencing the same problem. The only way I >> can get the voice over to read is to hold down the option and control keys >> and press down the arrow key. however, I still cannot jump from page to >> page. >> >> Regards, >> >> Cheok Cheng Ann >> cheokcheng...@gmail.com >> http://www.chengann.com/ >> >> On 04-Apr-2011, at 6:32 AM, Robert Nelson wrote: >> >>> Dear Denise, >>> I sometimes run into that problem. I went to a web site to look up >>> directions for a digital recorder. there were two different products and I >>> downloaded both sets of instructions. In one case Preview and voice Over >>> were able to read the instructions in the other case all I had was that the >>> file was open in Preview. I don't have sighted assistance so I cannot >>> tell you if there was actually any printed text either. It has been >>> suggested to me that the issue is that the files may have ben created in a >>> version of Adobe Acrobat that Preview does not support. I don't know how >>> to confirm this. >>> >>> I hope someone else has an answer. >>> On Apr 3, 2011, at 5:35 PM, Denise Avant wrote: >>> >>>> hi all, >>>> I downloaded copies of flight reservations which are in a pdf format. >>>> however, when i open them in preview, i cannot get them to read. is there >>>> something i should be doing. thanks. >>>> -- 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.
