Re: drawing a blank on how to rid myself of the preview pain

2014-02-07 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Caitlyn, When the preview pane is there, VO users can’t leave any messages unopened as just the fact of landing on a message, opens it. Without the preview pane, we can choose whether or not to open a message. Cheers, Anne On 5 Feb 2014, at 23:20, Caitlyn and Maggie

Re: drawing a blank on how to rid myself of the preview pain

2014-02-07 Thread Anne Robertson
? thanks so much! Cait On Feb 7, 2014, at 8:58 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Caitlyn, When the preview pane is there, VO users can’t leave any messages unopened as just the fact of landing on a message, opens it. Without the preview pane, we can choose whether

Re: reading books on the mac with Ibooks.

2014-02-07 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Stuart, I’m no expert with iBooks, but this is how I make it work for me. When I open iBooks, I’m on Library list where I can interact and select a book. I press Cmd-o and the book opens. This is where it gets complicated. When you first open a book, it will open at the beginning. You

Re: drawing a blank on how to rid myself of the preview pain

2014-02-05 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Sarah, I did this yesterday with a student. Navigate to the horizontal splitter and bring the mouse. Make sure that track pad commander is off. Press down on the track pad with one finger and stroke down the track pad with another finger. This should drag the horizontal splitter to the

Re: Fixed Date In Pages Document

2014-01-31 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Nic, The date is set to today if you open a template, but once a document is saved as a Pages document, it retains the date. This is normal behaviour. Cheers, Anne On 1 Feb 2014, at 07:19, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: I think the date fields have been fixed

Re: Fixed Date In Pages Document

2014-01-30 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Dane, If you create a template for your shopping list, you can insert a date field that will be set to today’s date each time you open the template. Go to the Insert menu and choose Date Time. Press Return (by default, Pages takes the Date and Time format from the Full definition in

Re: Fixed Date In Pages Document

2014-01-30 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Nic, The normal Date field in the Insert menu works fine, it’s just date fields in predefined templates that are flaky. Cheers, Anne On 31 Jan 2014, at 04:43, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: I think at this stage you need to update the date manually. Some word

Re: ITunes and Column Browser

2014-01-25 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello David, You need to have the side bar visible. Cmd-Option-s is the toggle to show or hide the side bar. If you select Music in the side bar, then navigate right past the vertical splitter and click the Songs button, VO-Cmd-t will take you to the Music table. VO-Up Arrow twice will put you

Re: iwork updates: super news.

2014-01-24 Thread Anne Robertson
this with things like multimedia (video audio) etc, but it’s certainly a step forward. 2. Here’s one for Anne Robertson: You can once again assign shortcuts to styles. This, again, is great because it speeds things up. Now I’ve not tested the updates in any great depth, but wanted to post

Re: Is an iPad Mini / air a feasible netbook replacement?

2014-01-24 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello David, I’m sure that an iPad is not a good replacement for a netbook, but a MacBook Air would definitely work for you. You can quickly switch between open documents in Pages using Cmd-Accent sign which on a British keyboard is to the left of z. The smallest MacBook Air is the 11-inch

Re: doing invoices

2014-01-24 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello John, For your invoicing and accounting, you’d probably want both Pages and Numbers. Tables certainly work fine in Pages now, but Numbers is the spreadsheet app. Cheers, Anne On 24 Jan 2014, at 13:57, John Gallagher j...@pianotuner.plus.com wrote: Hi all Well back from tuning loads

Re: Seeking Advice On Purchasing iWorks

2014-01-24 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Eileen, Some of your questions are hard for me to answer as the terminology is different between Windows and the Mac, and I’ve never used Windows, but I’ll do my best. On 24 Jan 2014, at 16:34, Eileens Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: I am using Mountain Lion, so I am not

Re: I'd Like To Get The Apostrophe Back!

2014-01-15 Thread Anne Robertson
I open a new document, or is it global? Desi On Jan 14, 2014, at 10:55 PM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Desi, In the Edit menu, go to Substitutions and in the submenu, uncheck Smart Quotes. Cheers, Anne On 15 Jan 2014, at 00:05, Desi Noller desi.nol

Re: I'd Like To Get The Apostrophe Back!

2014-01-15 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Desi, You need to be in an editable field for the option to become available. Just open a new message or start a reply, and it should work. Cheers, Anne On 15 Jan 2014, at 17:09, Desi Noller desi.nol...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Anne, Thanks again. When I went into the e-mail menu

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-14 Thread Anne Robertson
, for IOS? i know we have 4 down etc. but they are not taken from local media but rather, from the developers own creative thinking On 6 Jan 2014, at 13:56, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Will, The Guardian crosswords online are completely accessible. I do the cryptic

Re: I'd Like To Get The Apostrophe Back!

2014-01-14 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Desi, In the Edit menu, go to Substitutions and in the submenu, uncheck Smart Quotes. Cheers, Anne On 15 Jan 2014, at 00:05, Desi Noller desi.nol...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, Ever since I updated to Mavericks, a weird thing is happening when I type in either Mail or TextEdit.

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Will, The Guardian crosswords online are completely accessible. I do the cryptic crossword most days on my Mac. You just need to set a Hotspot on the current clue, press VO-Space to jump to the grid where you can check to see whether you have any letters for the solution, and then jump

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread Anne Robertson
know anne, for IOS? i know we have 4 down etc. but they are not taken from local media but rather, from the developers own creative thinking On 6 Jan 2014, at 13:56, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Will, The Guardian crosswords online are completely accessible. I do

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Will, Try interacting with the clue to read the text more slowly. You set a Hotspot before doing VO-Space to jump to the grid where you just start typing the solution. You then jump back to the Hotspot to go to the next clue. I reuse the same Hotspot all the way through. Cheers, Anne

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Will, From the page I linked to, select the crossword you want and click on the Standard version. A new page will open. Here, use the Web rotor to find the first level 4 heading, the Accross clues. Without interacting with the clue, press VO-Space to jump to the grid where you’ll be on

Re: Another OCR Question About the iPad this time

2014-01-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Martin, My base model iPad Mini works fine for OCR using either Prizmo or TextGrabber. Cheers, Anne On 6 Jan 2014, at 20:27, Martin G. McCormick mar...@server1.shellworld.net wrote: I bought my iPad last February and it has the Lightning connector so it is a newer design. It

Re: What to do about the battery on the Mac if not using it for several weeks?

2014-01-04 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, Don’t worry about the battery. Just shut down your Mac and leave it unplugged. It won’t come to any harm. Cheers, Anne On 4 Jan 2014, at 13:13, Andy Collins a...@recreation.plus.com wrote: Hi all - I'll not be using my Macbook air for four weeks. I can't rememberr what the

Re: numbers automatically open last file

2014-01-02 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Mark, This is a preference in System Preferences. Select General and look for Close windows when quitting an application and uncheck the check box. Cheers, Anne On 2 Jan 2014, at 20:25, Mark Furness flintma...@gmail.com wrote: Currently I am running numbers 3.0.1 under mavericks.

Re: Suggestions for scanning printed books with an iPhone

2013-12-31 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello James, The best OCR apps for iPhone are TextGrabber and Prizmo. Prizmo is easier to use freehand, but TextGrabber normally gives better results and is faster, as long as you use something like a StandScan Pro or ScanBox to provide optimal lighting and positioning. You can buy the

Re: selecting more than one item in mavericks

2013-12-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Mike, To select multiple non-contiguous items in Mavericks, press VO-Cmd-Return to enter selection mode, then press the same combination to select the first item. Navigate using the VO keys to the next desired item and press the same combination again. Do this until you have selected all

Re: TeamViewer on the Mack.

2013-12-26 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Jim, I’ve just tested controlling another Mac using TeamViewer and it works just fine from my MacBook Air. Another twist to the test was that the computer I was controlling is in French with a French keyboard, but my own MBA has a British keyboard and the keystrokes corresponded to the

Re: ABBYY FineReader-Advice on Purchasing From The Website or App Store

2013-12-11 Thread Anne Robertson
I purchased FineReader Pro from the website because it was considerably cheaper than the Appstore, €65 instead of €89. Cheers, Anne On 11 Dec 2013, at 05:08, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Eileen, If you are using lion, you want the version of fine reader from ABByy. Otherwise,

Re: ABBYY FineReader Pro now available for the Mac

2013-12-10 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Gordon, If you bought the new FineReader from the Appstore, you shouldn’t need an activation code. If you bought it from the website, as I did, the code comes in an email along with the serial number, customer number and all kinds of other stuff. Cheers, Anne On 10 Dec 2013, at

Re: ABBYY FineReader Pro now available for the Mac

2013-12-10 Thread Anne Robertson
or will it go online to do the ocr just come in on this thread. - Original Message - From: Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Date: Tuesday, 10 December 2013 6.19 pm Subject: Re: ABBYY FineReader Pro now available for the Mac

Re: ABBYY FineReader Pro now available for the Mac

2013-12-05 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Esther, I bought the upgrade last night for €65 rather than the €89.99 in the Appstore. I just looked at the FineReader website on a whim, thinking there might be a discount available. I haven’t installed it yet but will give feedback when I do. Cheers, Anne On 6 Dec 2013, at 02:10,

Re: scanner not detected

2013-11-29 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Mark, Did you check that your scanner is Mac compatible? I have a feeling that one isn’t. Cheers, Anne On 29 Nov 2013, at 18:16, Mark Furness flintma...@gmail.com wrote: attached my optic book 3600 went to system preferences checked add printer/scanner. all I saw was my printer,

Re: please can someone advise?

2013-11-22 Thread Anne Robertson
- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson Sent: 21 November 2013 17:55 To: OS X iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: please can someone advise? Hello Andy, If you don't repair permissions regularly, your Mac can start

Re: please can someone advise?

2013-11-21 Thread Anne Robertson
the Mac app store, and the second from a third party provider, will this be ok, or should I do a permissions repair? Thanks for any clarification - Andy On 20 Nov 2013, at 22:01, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Henry, Here are a few things you should know about. You

Re: please can someone advise?

2013-11-21 Thread Anne Robertson
:00, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Andy, You should repair permissions after installing software whatever the source. It doesn’t take long and it can save trouble later. What Chris had to say was, in the strictest sense accurate, but it’s still worth repairing

Re: please can someone advise?

2013-11-20 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Henry, Here are a few things you should know about. You should repair permissions every time you install new software, and when your machine is behaving erratically, you should reset the PRAM. Instructions follow. You can shut down your computer tidily with Ctrl-Option-Command-Eject key

Re: update, trying to convert pages document

2013-11-17 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Laurel, I already answered this question for you two days ago but here’s the answer again. To export to the correct format, a VoiceOver user has to interact with each Unknown to hear the name of the format, then bring the mouse and do a VO-Shift-Space bar click to select the format.

Re: Printing Word Document Correctly.

2013-11-17 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello David, Although VoiceOver can’t see the automatically generated table of contents, it is there and will be printed correctly. If you can find what looks like a highlighted space, press Cmd-c and paste it into a TextEdit document and you’ll see the table of contents. Cheers, Anne On

Re: trying to convert pages document to word using mac

2013-11-14 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Laurel, Here’s the workaround I sent to Accessibility when I reported this bug. To export to the correct format, a VoiceOver user has to interact with each Unknown to hear the name of the format, then bring the mouse and do a VO-Shift-Space bar click to select the format. Cheers, Anne

Re: Finder problems

2013-11-11 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello William, The short cut is Cmd-Option-l as it has been since this short cut was introduced and it still works. Ctrl-Option-l is the VO command Read Line. Cheers, Anne On 11 Nov 2013, at 13:25, William Mutch wmmu...@icloud.com wrote: Hi, since upgrading to Mavericks I am unable to

Re: Finder problems

2013-11-11 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Krystal, Try switching to list view. Mavericks seems to have a problem with column view. To change to List view, just press Cmd-2. You can navigate the table just with up and down arrows without interacting. You open a folder by pressing Cmd-Down Arrow and go back up a level by pressing

Re: Finder problems

2013-11-11 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello William, All I can think of is that you should repair permissions and if that doesn’t help, try resetting the PRAM. This weekend, I had a horrible issue with Pages where Cmd-z caused the VO command “Save last spoken phrase to desktop as audio file” to be executed. Resetting the PRAM

Re: Prizmo And Textgrabber, OCR for IOS

2013-11-11 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Glenn, TextGrabber works great if you have a StandScan Pro. I really like TextGrabber because I don’t need to know in advance whether my document is in French or English, as TextGrabber can handle three languages in one document. Cheers, Anne On 11 Nov 2013, at 15:25, Glenn

Modifying date in Pages

2013-11-07 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello everyone, We’ve worked out how to change the date format in Pages. Instructions below. Cheers, Anne Highlight the date and time. Bring the mouse and do VO-Shift-Space. You’ll hear the current date followed by “Pop up button”. Click this button to get a menu giving various forms of the

Re: Working with Teamviewer, Skype, for remote access.

2013-11-07 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Jim, Yes. We use TeamViewer along with Skype and the VO commands work to pilot the other person’s machine. You need Skype for the audio feedback. Cheers, Anne On 7 Nov 2013, at 19:18, Jim Noseworthy jim.nosewor...@compuconference.com wrote: Hi Folks: Has anyone had any

Re: How to change where the insertion point is when entering text

2013-11-03 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, When filling in text fields on the web, always interact so that you can use just the arrow keys to navigate as you would anywhere else. And make sure that Quick Nav is off! Cheers, Anne On 3 Nov 2013, at 20:15, Andy Collins a...@recreation.plus.com wrote: Zack - Sorry, but I'm

Pages: exporting to other formats

2013-11-01 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello everyone, If you’re using the new Pages, the export function does not work as expected. Whatever you select in the Export submenu has no effect on the format. You have to interact with each Unknown on the next screen until you find the format you want, then bring the mouse and do a

Re: OCR Solutions for The Mac

2013-10-31 Thread Anne Robertson
For anyone using languages other than English, DocuScan is not for you. Cheers, Anne --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either

Re: Update: Jump to top / bottom of column in Mavericks Mail message list

2013-10-30 Thread Anne Robertson
For me, both Option plus arrow key and Cmd-Option plus arrow key take me to the top or bottom of the message table in Mavericks and always in the same column. The commands also both work for me when not interacting with the table. I’m in classic view. Cheers, Anne On 30 Oct 2013, at 14:53,

Re: Has anybody else noticed a recent change in the interpretation of Headings in the web rotor?

2013-10-30 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Bryan, I’m seeing the same thing here. VO is only seeing the second element in the heading when in the rotor. This is independent of whether I’m in DOM or Groups mode. Cheers, Anne On 30 Oct 2013, at 15:13, Bryan Jones openses...@me.com wrote: Hi Zack and Others — After upgrading to

Re: pages on mac

2013-10-29 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Doug, The new `pages for Mac is indeed much simpler to use but, unfortunately, it’s also a much simplified application with many functions missing that used to be there. As long as you don’t want to use merge fields, have a choice in the date format or want a quick way of setting

Re: Pages and inserting dates

2013-10-28 Thread Anne Robertson
iPhone On 28 Oct 2013, at 19:25, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: I’m going through my teaching materials for Pages and finding problems. The latest one is that we can no longer modify the date style in a document using a contextual menu. Pages takes the date style from System

Problems with new Pages

2013-10-26 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello everyone, I seriously hope I’m wrong about this, but I can’t find the merge fields anywhere in the new Pages. This makes it very complicated, if not impossible, to use Pages for mail shots and invoices. Another problem I’ve found is the lack of hotkeys for setting styles. Where have

Re: a question about list view in finder

2013-10-23 Thread Anne Robertson
To add to this, you can also open folders with Cmd-down arrow then return to the parent folder with Cmd-up arrow. Cheers, Anne On 23 Oct 2013, at 16:09, Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net wrote: I have not used mavericks yet, but assuming it's similar to mountain lion, here are a few hints.

Re: Creating EPub books

2013-10-18 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Debbie, Where did you get the idea that Pages wasn't very accessible? There are a few problems with it, but most can be overcome. Lots of us on this list use Pages regularly. Cheers, Anne On 18 Oct 2013, at 11:09, Debbie April Yuille debbiey1...@optusnet.com.au wrote: Hi James

Re: Creating EPub books

2013-10-18 Thread Anne Robertson
to perform a word count? Debbie -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson Sent: Friday, 18 October 2013 9:15 PM To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Creating EPub books Hello Debbie

Re: Creating EPub books

2013-10-18 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Chris, In Pages, as long as you set the paragraph styles correctly for the body text and headings, you can create a table of contents automatically using the appropriate command in the Insert menu. Before putting much text into your document, you should set hotkeys for all the paragraph

Re: Creating EPub books

2013-10-17 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello all, From Pages, as long as you've put in the correct paragraph styles for headings, subheadings, body, etc., just create a table of contents then export to epub format, filling in the necessary details such as title and Author. Cheers, Anne On 17 Oct 2013, at 23:18, JAMES AUSTIN

Re: iBooks For OSX?

2013-10-13 Thread Anne Robertson
Adobe Digital Editions can open several DRM protected file types such as Kobo, but not iBooks. Cheers, Anne --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the

Re: Using Pac Mate Braille Display with mac.

2013-10-02 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Linda, When your PAC Mate is connected to your Mac, open the VoiceOver utility (VO-F8) and go down to the Braille category. I think you have to click on Add command to see the table of preprogrammed commands for your display. If you don't like any of the key combinations already there,

Re: Apple's response to my enquiry about flash accessibility

2013-09-28 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Will, I'm going to post them on the cecimac site. Cheers, Anne On 28 Sep 2013, at 12:47, William Lomas w.d.lo...@btinternet.com wrote: You mind sending me the french instructions? Many thanks Will --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your

Re: Apple's response to my enquiry about flash accessibility

2013-09-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, Try the Safari extension Click2Flash. It's a bit of a struggle to configure but it really helps with flash content. Cheers, Anne On 27 Sep 2013, at 21:07, Andy Collins a...@recreation.plus.com wrote: Hi all - In my frustration at not being able to listen to a sports stream,

Re: Apple's response to my enquiry about flash accessibility

2013-09-27 Thread Anne Robertson
, it isn't in the downloads folder, so not sure what I'm supposed to do next? - Andy On 27 Sep 2013, at 20:40, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Andy, Try the Safari extension Click2Flash. It's a bit of a struggle to configure but it really helps with flash content. Cheers

Re: Apple's response to my enquiry about flash accessibility

2013-09-27 Thread Anne Robertson
ClicktoFlash short cut recommendations to the list as well? I suspect several of us would be interested in them. Many thanks. Paul Hopewell On 27 Sep 2013, at 21:59, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Andy, Extensions are not like normal apps. You don't see them in your

Re: Russian-English Dictionary accessible on a Mac with VO

2013-09-23 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Mary, Word Reference is really easy to use. After entering your word and clicking the button, just do VO-Cmd-h once or twice to get a heading level 3, then navigate straight down. Sorry, I use Groups mode in Safari as it's quicker. Cheers, Anne On 23 Sep 2013, at 20:57, Mary Otten

Re: Web links

2013-09-17 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, This sort of thing happens to me quite frequently. I just quit Safari then reopen it and use the History menu to find the page I was on. It usually works after that. Cheers, Anne On 17 Sep 2013, at 21:40, Andy Collins a...@recreation.plus.com wrote: Hi all - Anybody

Re: epub from mac to ipad

2013-09-17 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Doug, Importe your epub documents into iTunes then sync with your iPad. They should appear in iBooks. Cheers, Anne On 17 Sep 2013, at 05:47, Rudolph, Douglas douglas.rudo...@usask.ca wrote: hey guys this has prob been asked before, but i am looking for a way i can put epub file

Re: Decimals in spreadsheets

2013-09-15 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, Sorry I've taken so long to reply to this message. In the Cell inspector, there's a pop up menu labeled Cell Format. If you press VO-Space on this you can choose Number. This then gives you the chance to specify the number of decimal places. I hope this helps. Cheers, Anne On

Re: Finding an unread email message

2013-09-10 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, Have you got the preview pane showing? If so, that would explain the inconsistencies. Just landing on a message marks it as read because it automatically opens the message. This is why I always get rid of the preview pane. I prefer to decide for myself whether I want to open a

Re: Finding an unread email message

2013-09-09 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, Interact with the Messages table, go to the Status column, press VO-Virtical line which is shift on backslash, then press VO-Space and VO-Virtical line again. Your messages will now be sorted by status and the unread messages will be at the bottom of the table. You can set it to be

Re: Creating a group in Contacts.

2013-09-03 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, In Contacts, you can create a new group then copy the appropriate cards to that group, or you can create a new group from the cards you've already selected. These options are in the File menu. To e-mail a group, interact with the Groups table, navigate to the appropriate group,

Re: Question about a new macbook air and set up

2013-08-28 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Matt, You can use the backup from your old machine to repatriate all your data and applications. After that, it's a good idea to wipe the old backup and start from scratch. Cheers, Anne On 27 Aug 2013, at 03:51, Matthew Carello mcarell...@comcast.net wrote: Hello all. I am going to

Re: voiceover settings with mail

2013-08-25 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Phil, I don't know why double clicking on the splitter isn't working for you. I just tried it clicking with the trackpad and it brought back the preview pane for me. Cheers, Anne On 25 Aug 2013, at 15:38, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ann, Well, I tried your method of

Re: Increasing decimal places in Numbers

2013-08-23 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, Numbers isn't really my area of expertise, but have you looked in the Inspector? That's where I go first in any of the iWork applications. Cheers, Anne On 23 Aug 2013, at 18:08, Andy Collins a...@recreation.plus.com wrote: Hi all - I've been looking around in the menus,

Re: Do I need to buy pages to password documents?

2013-08-18 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, I've never had to deal with password protected documents, but the ability to password protect is there in Pages in the Document inspector. Cheers, Anne --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You

Re: Selecting and deleting text. help please.

2013-08-17 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, Once text is selected, pressing Delete will delete all the selected text. You can also select text then either copy it with Cmd-c or Cut it with Cmd-x and paste it elsewhere with Cmd-v. As for spell checking, Cmd-Semicolon allows you to step through the document one misspelt word

Re: More Pages strangeness

2013-08-17 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Jonathan, You have to bring the mouse to the VO cursor with VO-Cmd-F5 before doing the mouse click. Otherwise, you just bring the focus to wherever the mouse happens to be. Cheers, Anne --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: More Pages strangeness

2013-08-16 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Jonathan, In Pages, if you want to type in the Header or Footer field, you have to interact with it then bring the mouse and do a VO-Shift-click to bring the focus to that field. Cheers, Anne with new guide dog, Galda On 15 Aug 2013, at 19:48, Jonathan Tyrer jonathan.ty...@gmail.com

Re: A really no nonsense look, was: Pages

2013-08-05 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Chris, On 5 Aug 2013, at 13:20, Chris Gilland ch...@clgproductions.com wrote: I know that editting and creating tables is pretty much mearly impossible with Voiceover. It is perfectly possible to create and edit tables in Pages. You just have to make the table a Floating object

Re: A really no nonsense look, was: Pages

2013-08-05 Thread Anne Robertson
training on Pages on list for free, but can you at least give me a sense of where to start to get Voiceover to let me create a table accessibly? Chris. On Aug 5, 2013, at 8:10 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Chris, On 5 Aug 2013, at 13:20, Chris Gilland ch

Re: Selecting text using QuckNav in pages

2013-08-04 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Jonathan, If you're talking about the Pages application, Quick Nav is a bad idea. Having interacted with the item on the page, such as body or header, you have to bring the mouse and do a VO-Shift-Space bar click then just use the arrow keys to navigate or edit. What does the VoiceOver

Re: Help please with Numbers

2013-08-04 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, There are two scroll areas. Having stopped interacting with the one containing the layout area, you have to navigate down to the other scroll area which contains a table in which you find any results from your search. I agree that it's convoluted, but it's all we have for now.

Re: Opening and closing the disclosure triangle in email

2013-08-03 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, Try this. Open the message by pressing Return. If you want to read the other messages in the conversation, stop interacting and do VO-Right arrow. The next message should be read, and VO-right arrow should read the one after that. If you want to know what number message it is in

Re: Opening and closing the disclosure triangle in email

2013-08-03 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, On 3 Aug 2013, at 18:43, Andy Collins a...@recreation.plus.com wrote: Haven't quite got fn VO right arrow to show me the message number in the thread, when looking under headers. You need to interact twice with the headers to get to where VO-FN-Right Arrow takes you to the

Re: Help please with Numbers

2013-08-03 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, Here's how to do a find in Numbers: Turn cursor tracking off; Press Command-f and enter search term; Stop interacting with everything; Navigate down and interact with scroll area; Interact with table: Find desired result; Bring mouse to VO cursor and do a mouse click

Re: having trouble changing the default font in text edit.

2013-08-02 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Linda, To change the default font, open TextEdit and open the preferences (Cmd-Comma). Select the Rich Text radio button. Navigate right to Rich text font and click the Change button to the right. The Fonts palette will open and you can use VO-Cmd-t to get to the first table where you

Re: Downcast and Prizmo for iOS are also on sale [was Re: down cast for mac]

2013-08-01 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello all, While Prizmo for IOS is brilliant, I've had horrible results from Prizmo for the Mac. I tried scanning a double page of a book with both Prizmo and ABBYY FineReader and Prizmo produced gibberish while FineReader did a very good job. Prizmo may be OK for single pages, but that's no

Re: Re-installing the OS on a MacBook Air

2013-07-31 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, On 30 Jul 2013, at 21:06, Andy Collins a...@recreation.plus.com wrote: Is a thunderbolt adapter one that has a standard rj45 on the other end, that goes in to the router? - Yes, that's the one. Cheers, Anne --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post,

Re: Get Iplayer is always busy

2013-07-31 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, Get iPlayer Automator is rarely busy for me. Cheers, Anne --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own

Re: page wrap in pages

2013-07-30 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Linda, Pages is not good for reading straight through a document. Sometimes it works but most often it doesn't. If this is a document created in Pages, then I'd just select all (Cmd-a), copy to clikpboard and paste into a TextEdit document which will read straight through just fine. I

Re: Re-installing the OS on a MacBook Air

2013-07-30 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, You might find it useful to buy a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adaptor for your MBA so that you aren't solely dependent on wi-fi. Cheers, Anne --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an

Re: Multilingual texts with VO

2013-07-30 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Fresco, VoiceOver doesn't automatically switch languages, but if you leave the Voice rotor on Voice, VO-Cmd-Down Arrow will switch voices rapidly. Cheers, Anne On 30 Jul 2013, at 09:03, Fresco Sam-Sin fresco.sam...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Another question, is there a way to

Re: to anne r.RE: page wrap in pages

2013-07-30 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Linda, TextEdit is a simplified word processor which is very useful, but it isn't a professional tool. Pages, on the other hand, is much more sophisticated and can produce all kinds of professional documents. Everyone has different requirements. I couldn't work as a professional

Re: Re-installing the OS on a MacBook Air

2013-07-29 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, First of all, no Macs come with boot disks anymore. That ended with the arrival of the Appstore, much to my regret. All Macs running Lion or later have a recovery partition which is where you go to reinstall the system. Alternatively, you can download the OS again and make a

Re: Numbers and Excel spreadsheets

2013-07-28 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy and James, To make a Numbers document readable in Excel, you need to use the Export command from the File menu. In the submenu, you'll find several options including Excel. Cheers, Anne --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: Typing accented characters in iOS on the virtual keyboard

2013-07-24 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Esther, I use the accented azerty keyboard on my iPhone, but I always seem to get an extra letter that I have to delete before continuing. I'd use autocorrect but the bubbling noises irritate me. Cheers, Anne On 23 Jul 2013, at 19:22, Esther mori...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi All,

Re: the font in OSX

2013-07-24 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Linda, To change the font, you need to select the text to be changed before pressing Cmd-t to open the fonts palette. You can then use VO-Cmd-t to jump to the first table where you select the Collection. You can just use VO-Right arrow after that to go to the next table where you select

Re: Sharing calendars.

2013-07-23 Thread Anne Robertson
Cheers, Anne On 22 Jul 2013, at 23:36, Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie wrote: Hi Anne, I've looked at that site and I'm not seeing busy sync. I just want to check: does it come as part of busycal? Thanks, Dónal On 22 Jul 2013, at 22:26, Anne Robertson

Re: Sharing calendars.

2013-07-23 Thread Anne Robertson
, and she can also see my work one. DO you reckon busysync would handle it? As I said I'm happy enough to stick with google Calendar but just said I'd throw this out there. Dµnal On 23 Jul 2013, at 07:25, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Dónal, BusyCal is a different

Re: Reading to the end of a document

2013-07-23 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, As long as you're interacting with the text, VO-a will read from where you left off and VO-b will read from the beginning. Cheers, Anne On 23 Jul 2013, at 15:24, Andy Collins a...@recreation.plus.com wrote: Hi all - I know that VO a will read an entire document, but if I'm

Re: Reading to the end of a document

2013-07-23 Thread Anne Robertson
a key combination to do it. I have seen this elsewhere in VO help, where a task is listed, but no key combination to activate it. I can't believe it's because there isn't one, otherwise why include the task in the table in the first place? - Andy - Original Message - From: Anne

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