Re: How to use Help and Google Searching to learn about your Mac [was Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor]

2009-11-03 Thread Scott Howell
ion menu bar. The ones that have shortcut keys > may be worth exploring, because that indicates that some people use > that often enough to warrant assigning a system shortcut. That's a > great way to learn about new features you didn't even know you > wanted. That's the way I f

Re: How to use Help and Google Searching to learn about your Mac [was Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor]

2009-11-02 Thread linzy buhr
com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Esther > Sent: Tuesday, 06 October, 2009 21:42 > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Cc: mac-acc...@tft-bbs.com > Subject: TIP: How to use Help and Google Searching to learn about your Mac > [was Re: Latest article on usi

RE: How to use Help and Google Searching to learn about your Mac [was Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor]

2009-10-07 Thread Michael Busboom
: TIP: How to use Help and Google Searching to learn about your Mac [was Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor] Hello Mike, "Option-Return" to download a file is indeed a Safari shortcut with a VoiceOver flavor. This is going to sound like the argument ma

TIP: How to use Help and Google Searching to learn about your Mac [was Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor]

2009-10-06 Thread Esther
> > http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm09/bm0909/bm0909tc.htm > > Then use item chooser menu to look for "A Second Look at Apple's > VoiceOver", VO-RIght arrow to the "Listen Now" link, and press Option- > Return to download the mp3 file." > >

Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor

2009-10-05 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
; knowledge, this is not a VO command, so I am assuming it is a >>>> Safari >>>> command.; Is there a list of Safari keyboard commands that can >>>> easily be >>>> downloaded? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Mike &

Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor

2009-10-05 Thread VaShaun Jones
VO command, so I am assuming it is a Safari >>> command.; Is there a list of Safari keyboard commands that can >>> easily be >>> downloaded? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> -Original Message- >>

Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor

2009-10-05 Thread Ben King
t; knowledge, this is not a VO command, so I am assuming it is a Safari >> command.; Is there a list of Safari keyboard commands that can >> easily be >> downloaded? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mike >> >> -Original Message----- >> From:

Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor

2009-10-05 Thread VaShaun Jones
ooglegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Esther > Sent: Sunday, 04 October, 2009 00:11 > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor > > > Thanks, Rich, for posting this link to the Braille Moni

RE: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor

2009-10-05 Thread Michael Busboom
ober, 2009 00:11 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor Thanks, Rich, for posting this link to the Braille Monitor. For those of you who have not yet read the article, The Braille Monitor invited a commentary on the original article fr

Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor

2009-10-04 Thread Dean Hudson
FOr the word completion, just press the escape key to see the suggested items. On Oct 4, 2009, at 10:06 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > > Hi, > > Yep. This is definitely a neat way of seeing the suggestions. Thanks. > Makes it a lot easier. > > Isn't word completion kind of the same as a spel

Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor

2009-10-04 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Yep. This is definitely a neat way of seeing the suggestions. Thanks. Makes it a lot easier. Isn't word completion kind of the same as a spellcheck? And for some odd reason, option-escape didn't work. Regards, Nic On Oct 4, 2009, at 7:03 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Oh, good deal. than

Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor

2009-10-04 Thread Donna Goodin
Oh, good deal. thanks, Dean. Donna On Oct 4, 2009, at 12:29 PM, Dean Hudson wrote: > > Hi: > > To use the quick spellcheck: > > • in a document/email/text field, press cmd-; to highlight/navigate > to the next miss spelled word, > • press VO-shift-m to bring up the context menu, > • if there a

Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor

2009-10-04 Thread Donna Goodin
Oh, that is really cool! thanks! Donna On Oct 4, 2009, at 12:25 PM, Søren Jensen wrote: > > You can also press option escape to bring up a word-completion. This > is a really awesome feature if you don't know how to complete the > word. > Best regards > Søren Jensen > Mail & MSN: > s...@coolfor

Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor

2009-10-04 Thread Donna Goodin
OK. That's what I thought. Who knows, maybe I just misunderstood. Best, Donna On Oct 4, 2009, at 12:14 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > > Hi, > > The only way I know of doing this is command-colon to invoke the > suggestions, and command-semicolon to just highlight the next > misspelled word. > >

Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor

2009-10-04 Thread Dean Hudson
Hi: To use the quick spellcheck: • in a document/email/text field, press cmd-; to highlight/navigate to the next miss spelled word, • press VO-shift-m to bring up the context menu, • if there are suggestions for the miss spelled word, you can use the VO-arrow keys to select a suggestion, • pre

Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor

2009-10-04 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Nice. I've never heard of that. Thanks. Regards, Nic On Oct 4, 2009, at 6:25 PM, Søren Jensen wrote: > > You can also press option escape to bring up a word-completion. This > is a really awesome feature if you don't know how to complete the > word. > Best regards > Søren Jensen > Mail &

Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor

2009-10-04 Thread Søren Jensen
You can also press option escape to bring up a word-completion. This is a really awesome feature if you don't know how to complete the word. Best regards Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ On Oct 4, 2009, at 6:14 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote:

Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor

2009-10-04 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, The only way I know of doing this is command-colon to invoke the suggestions, and command-semicolon to just highlight the next misspelled word. I've never heard of other ways to do this. Regards, Nic On Oct 4, 2009, at 5:54 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > This is a great article, very well

Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor

2009-10-04 Thread Donna Goodin
This is a great article, very well written and balanced. Well worth the read. I did find one surprise though. When Steven was talking about the announcement of mis-spelled words, he mentions that when you are told that a word is misspelled, there is a way to pull up a list of possible s

Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor

2009-10-03 Thread Esther
Thanks, Rich, for posting this link to the Braille Monitor. For those of you who have not yet read the article, The Braille Monitor invited a commentary on the original article from a Mac user (who is a member of this list, and who some of you may recognize as the host of the ATMaine acc

Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor

2009-10-03 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, It's a Mac user who wrote it. No, he definitely didn't. Regards, Nic On Oct 3, 2009, at 11:50 PM, hank smith wrote: > > did they bash it again? > - Original Message - > From: "Rich Ring" > To: > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 10:55 AM >

Re: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor

2009-10-03 Thread hank smith
did they bash it again? - Original Message - From: "Rich Ring" To: Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 10:55 AM Subject: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor > > Here is the link: > http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm09/

RE: Latest article on using the Mac from the Braille Monitor

2009-10-03 Thread Cameron
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2009-10-03 Thread Rich Ring
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