Re: iPhone - onscreen keyboard and braille displays

2014-12-20 Thread Earlene Hughes
Thank you, everything is working fine now. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 20, 2014, at 12:52 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: It almost sounds like you've brought up Spotlight. I don't know how you could have done so accidentally, and perhaps is a Focus series problem, but try a

Re: visual capcha question

2014-12-20 Thread BobH.
The Applevis site has a question for humans, and a text field for the simple answer. Wish they'd all do that. R. - Original Message - From: Jean radiofore...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2014 5:11 AM Subject: visual capcha question Hello

Re: Filling out pdf forms

2014-12-20 Thread Nicholas Parsons
1. You can download a trial version of PDFPen Pro for free. 2. The standard version of PDFPen can likely be used to fill PDF forms with VoiceOver, but I have not tried it personally. The pro version is required to create PDF forms. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: MS Office Accessibility

2014-12-20 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I read on this list a while back that Microsoft listed on their website that Office 2011 for Mac was accessible with VoiceOver, even though it clearly is not. So maybe that’s y the Commission thinks that it is accessible. I’ve found this to be a fairly common situation in the work environment,

Re: How do I shut down my macbook pro using the keyboard?

2014-12-20 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! You can also press control command option f12 to shutdown or ctrl command f12 to restart. /A 19 dec 2014 kl. 06:02 skrev 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com: press the power button and then you will have the options of shut down restart or sleep, On

Re: How do I shut down my macbook pro using the keyboard?

2014-12-20 Thread Kliph
You can also push control eject, this wil give you all options. Restart, sleep, shut down. HTH Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? Then come join a list where questions are

Re: MS Office Accessibility

2014-12-20 Thread erik burggraaf
That'll be a hard road for you I'm afraid. Iwork does not have an equivilant to microsoft access that I know about. In this case, you might be stuck with windows. Best, Erik Burggraaf On Dec 19, 2014, at 10:25 PM, Christine Olivares rafael4...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I am the

Re: Filling out pdf forms

2014-12-20 Thread Alex Hall
I'll give the trial a shot, but even the non-pro app is $60. That's a whole lot for the occasional form; too bad there isn't anything else out there. Thanks for the reminder about the trial version. On Dec 20, 2014, at 3:12 AM, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: 1. You

iPhoto automatically launching once daily

2014-12-20 Thread Phil Halton
Ever since my last app update under Yosemite, iPhoto automatically launches when I open my MBA each morning. I can’t find any settings in the app preferences and wonder how I can stop this annoyance. Any suggestions? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: iPhoto automatically launching once daily

2014-12-20 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Two things to check. First, go to your Dock, to the iPhoto Dock item, VO-shit-m to bring up its Contextual menu, down to Options and right to open its sub-menu. If the Open at Login reads as “Checked”, then press return on that option to uncheck it. Second thing is to make sure that

Re: question about notification center

2014-12-20 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I wonder if your Location Services are turned off for Weather and such things. Go into System Preferences, Security Privacy, then select the Privacy tab. Select Location Services from the first table, and investigate what has asked for your location lately. You can modify things in

keyboard shortcuts for safari extensions?

2014-12-20 Thread Justin Mann
Hi Folks, I’ve installed multiple Safari extensions, and I can see their respective buttons in Safari’s toolbar. If I would like to have a keyboard shortcut to enable any of these extensions do i need to create my own under system preferences, or do most Safari extensions come with their own

Re: iPhoto automatically launching once daily

2014-12-20 Thread Anne Robertson
Another possibility is that you have chosen to sync an iDevice over wi-fi, in which case, connect your iDevice using the USB cable, open iPhoto preferences and dismount your iDevice. It shouldn’t happen again. Cheers, Anne On 20 Dec 2014, at 16:45, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi,

Re: Using Google Hangouts?

2014-12-20 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Max, Thanks so much for the info. I'd actually like to do a trial run if you don't mind, I don't want to look like an idiot when I have to do it for my job. :) I have a G+ account on my current work addie. Once I get past the holidays, I'll try and invite you to a hangout. Thanks for

Re: removing filler from Pages Template

2014-12-20 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: That is exactly what I’m doing. Press add short cut button then type in short cut keys, IE contro t. On Dec 18, 2014, at 11:13 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: I haven't been following this thread very closely, but how are you typing the shortcut? You need only press the shortcut

Re: Using Google Hangouts?

2014-12-20 Thread 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries
hey donna; people did it for me. robin hallett helped me when i started with Skype and mitchell walker stepped up when i did my first hangout. will be very happy to help whenever you are ready. have a merry christmas, ps one thing about google hangouts is they don't always work right even for

Re: keyboard shortcuts for safari extensions?

2014-12-20 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi Justin, To activate 1password extension, press command+backslash,. I don't know any shortcut keys for duckduckgo. Andrew On 20 Dec 2014, at 16:23, Justin Mann w9...@me.com wrote: Hi Folks, I’ve installed multiple Safari extensions, and I can see their respective buttons in Safari’s

Re: Filling out pdf forms

2014-12-20 Thread Andrew Lamanche
I've purchased pdf pro but i have no idea how to use it with Voiceover. If anyone could give me some clues, I'd be grateful. I had to fill in a pdf form a few weeks ago but all I could find on the page was groups and in each a page but was not able to navigate any boxes in which to input

viewing home videos on itunes for mac?

2014-12-20 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
Hello I recorded a video using the camera on the iphone where on itunes for mac do you go to watch the videos on itunes? I am also wanting to download video to my hd so I can post it on to a youtube channel Hank -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: question about notification center

2014-12-20 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Tim, I'm not the original poster, but have tried your suggestion. I've turned on location services now (it was off) but I don't see weather in that table of apps in system prefs. There was one table which just had system services in, and another table headed location services. This has

Re: removing filler from Pages Template

2014-12-20 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Sarai, Please be careful when creating shortcuts. Simple shortcuts are usually already taken. For example, in Pages, Ctrl-t is Transpose the characters on either side of the insertion point”. This is why I always choose shortcuts using Cmd-Ctrl-Shift since as VoiceOver users, we can’t

RE: question about notification center

2014-12-20 Thread george b
Go to system preffs. Notification center and you should find it there to actavate -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lisette Wesseling Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2014 11:50 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: iPhoto automatically launching once daily

2014-12-20 Thread Phil Halton
Thanks Anne, that did the trick. I remember doing this when I upgraded to Mavericks, but of course, I forgot about this fix. On Dec 20, 2014, at 12:47 PM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Another possibility is that you have chosen to sync an iDevice over wi-fi, in which case,

Amazon Cloud Reader

2014-12-20 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Has anybody found a way to read successfully with Amazon Cloud Reader. I have a friend whose pc Kindle application isn't working correctly and I tried to help her use the Cloud Reader on the Mac with safari. It reads everything slowly and painfully with breaks between the words. If you use full

Re: Amazon Cloud Reader

2014-12-20 Thread Joe Paton
Hi Pele, Had a break in transmission early, but we are back now. Hope you enjoy the music. Happy christmas to both of you, and I really hope that you have a good time with family and friends. It would be nice to share a glass with you, maybe one day we can do that. Warm christmas wishes, Joe

Re: scanning software for the mack

2014-12-20 Thread Maurice Mines
good afternoon, is this product still being produced? Some time ago roughly about two months the person who I asked about this title mentioned that it was no longer being produced? So I’m trying to figure out it? Is a company that makes fine reader Pro out of business and the app just so

Re: scanning software for the mack

2014-12-20 Thread jeffrey greene
Hi list, I like Docuscan Plus from Serotek. It is very easy to use and in my experience it gives better results than Abby Fine Reader Pro. Docuscan Plus is available from the mac app store. Hope this helps! Jeff On Dec 20, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Maurice Mines maurice.mi...@gmail.com wrote: good

Re: scanning software for the mack

2014-12-20 Thread Maurice Mines
I just have one word of caution about docuscan the price of this product unless I’m not mistaken is still $300. While Abby Bynum reader is $100. Concern number two as I’m not mistaken anything you scan winds up online. For many of the things I get that is the absolute last place I would want

Re: scanning software for the mack

2014-12-20 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Maurice, ABBYY FineReader is stil being updated on a regular basis. You can get FineReader Pro either from the Appstore or from the ABBYY website. Cheers, Anne On 20 Dec 2014, at 22:37, Maurice Mines maurice.mi...@gmail.com wrote: good afternoon, is this product still being

Re: scanning software for the mack

2014-12-20 Thread jeffrey greene
Hi with doc-scan plus your files do wind up on stork’s servers. But, it is very esy to delete the ones you no longer want, or to save them to your mac and then delete the copy on the server. Plus your files are password protected. Jeff On Dec 20, 2014, at 5:17 PM, Maurice Mines

Re: How do I shut down my macbook pro using the keyboard?

2014-12-20 Thread Gerry Cook
hi cliff another way of shutting down to bypass the options is command control eject i found a list of mac shortcuts and that was one of them, mac IOS 10 shortcuts entirely up to the person. cheers gerry have a nice day Email: gerryc...@optusnet.com.au Skype: gerry.cook1 Twitter: @gerrycook52

Re: viewing home videos on itunes for mac?

2014-12-20 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Two separate issues here entirely. 1. assuming you've loaded your home video to your iTunes library, (a must if you have any hope of doing your first objective) you'd want to go to the radio button that says movies and click it. Now, you will notice a series of radio buttons to the right.

Safari

2014-12-20 Thread Lorie McCloud
I’m trying to access my bookmarks in Safari. I vo-M to get into the menu but when I right-arrow it either keeps repeating the first thing I landed on which is usually Add to Reading list or open in a new tab. it doesn’t show me any other menus or submenus. is there another way to look for it?

working with iBooks On Mac

2014-12-20 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hello: I cannot figure how to create bookmarks in a book, and how to navigate to the bookmarks. I also cannot figure out how to create and navigate to notes. Also, is it just me, or does the navigate via page, and chapter shortcut key commands do not work? -- You received this message because

pressing command option u to activate the web roter does not work in the latest version of google chrome please help!!!

2014-12-20 Thread Trahern Culver
hi all, i’m running the latest version of yosemite with the latest version of google chrome. I have a big problem in google chrome when i press command option u to activate the web roter nothing happens at all. this is not the case with safari lightening or icab thoughs are the other web

Re: working with iBooks On Mac

2014-12-20 Thread David Griffith
I have not yet investigated bookmarks and notes yet but for me if I want to navigate by page I do the following. 1. Press command 1 to go into single page mode. 2. Press the down arrow to navigate one page down or up arrow to navigate one page up. 3. Pressing command 2 view will navigate you by

Re: pressing command option u to activate the web roter does not work in the latest version of google chrome please help!!!

2014-12-20 Thread David Griffith
You can still activate the web rota through use of the Quick Nav function. 1. Press left and right arrow to turn quick nav on. 2. Press left and up arrow to bring up the web rota. keep on pressing to cycle through the options or right and up arrow to cycle in the opposite direction. 3. Once the