You might have the toolbar of the application in focus when the file opens. Try stopping interaction with the toolbar with VO-shift-up-arrow and then navigate the text area.
HtH, Teresa On Nov 9, 2012, at 7:17 AM, Christine Grassman <cgrassman1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is it my imagination, user error, or both? I am growing increasingly > frustrated this morning with my inability to open documents quickly from > Spotlight or from the Documents folder. > Before, I would search for a title or phrase, find it with Spotlight, and > open it. Alternatively, I would choose a document from the documents folder, > open it, and no problem. > Now, unless I go into Text Edit, hit open, and use the list to locate my > document, or type in a title, I get all sorts of nonsense to slog through, > rather than a quickly opened file. > For example, when using Spotlight, clicking on a file brings up the Spotlight > preferences menu. When choosing a document in the documents folder, I get a > tool bar, search, and all the weirdness that comes up lately when I try > opening a bookshare book in Safari. Can anyone shed any light on this or tell > me what the heck I can do to get things back to some semblance of normalcy? > Thanks. > Christine > > -- > 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.
