Hello: It's been a long time since anyone on list has heard from me. I am doing well, although university life keeps me constantly weighed down. Anyway, one of the few things holding me back from a complete transition from Windows to Mac OS is Pages-if I could solidly rely on a word processor on the Mac side, I would be much closer to abandoning Windows and Microsoft Office. So, I have a few questions.
Recently, I tried to write a sample APA-formatted document. I successfully set the font, however I ran into a few issues with the rest of the formatting. I found that when I leave the "body" edit field and return to it, I must press VO+shift+space to simulate a mouse click before I can type or navigate within the text field. Also, although some formatting commands work when typing (i.e. italic toggle, bold toggle, etc.), when I leave the "layout area" and navigate amongst the various options with Voiceover, everything appears to be dimmed, including the option to toggle italics, bold, etc. I tried to change the line spacing and modify other things, but literally everything was dimmed, even the majority of the options in the menus. I thought that this might be because the mouse had to be focused in the edit field before changes can be made; I thought this because keystrokes to turn italics and bold text on and off worked when I was typing in the body field. Even after fiddling with some VO cursor tracking options, I still encountered these issues. So, in short, how does one use Pages? I'm sure I could learn keystrokes for every action, but I'm out of luck if I go browsing through the various options, unsure of exactly what I wish to change. I will do some fiddling, but I would like to get this figured out. Here's what I need to do to set up an APA-style document. The font needs to be 12-point and Times New Roman. The document needs to be double-spaced, with a 0pt "spacing after" option (no extra spacing between paragraphs). The document needs to have a running header and a plain page number in the top right corner of each page. All margins must be set to one inch. So, how do I do all that? Those are the general guidelines for the initial set up of an APA-style document. Of course, there are countless rules regarding writing style, formatting of figures, equations, numbers, abbreviations, etc. I should note that I don't want a template-a template teaches me nothing; I need to figure out how to change these settings myself, and build my own template, if I so desire. I appreciate anyone's input on this matter. Thanks, Robert Hooper hooper...@buckeyemail.osu.edu The Ohio State University, Department of Psychology; Department of Neuroscience 572 Stinchcomb Drive #3 Columbus, Ohio 43202 (740) 856-8195 -- 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.
