Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual

2011-01-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
Do you have a bookshare account, all of the missing manual books are available from bookshare. On Jan 23, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi: > I wanted a purchased copy of this book, and thought I was finding a gem at > the app store. I bought an iPad version, and it is a mess with VO.

Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual

2011-01-24 Thread Teresa Cochran
Thank you, Esther. It's good to know that OReilly are making their books available to Bookshare directly, so as to minimize scanning errors. Teresa On Jan 24, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Teresa, Heather, Carolyn, and Others, > > As Teresa notes, if you want to get any of the books pub

Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual

2011-01-24 Thread Zachary Kline
recently, I can say that >>> Bookshare's copy works fine for me. >>> >>> On Jan 23, 2011, at 6:59 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote: >>> >>>> I don't know if bookshare ever fixed their coppy or not, it wasn't working >>>> the last

Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual

2011-01-24 Thread Carolyn Haas
kshare ever fixed their coppy or not, it wasn't working >>> the last time I tried. Heather >>> - Original Message ----- From: "Candie Stiles" >>> To: >>> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 8:50 PM >>> Subject: Re: Switching to Mac the miss

Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual

2011-01-24 Thread Esther
Hi Teresa, Heather, Carolyn, and Others, As Teresa notes, if you want to get any of the books published by O'Reilly, such as "Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Snow Leopard Edition" by David Pogue as an eBook that you can read on your iPad, and do not have access to Bookshare, the best

Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual

2011-01-24 Thread Jim Barbour
t; To: >> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 8:50 PM >> Subject: Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual >> >> >> That book is available from book share if you'd like to download it there. >> On Jan 23, 2011, at 2:03 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: >> >>

Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual

2011-01-24 Thread heather kd5cbl
yes it still is availble. heather - Original Message - From: "Teresa Cochran" To: Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 10:35 AM Subject: Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual Hi, all, I have to say that I'm puzzled. This book is available from OReilly media in bo

Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual

2011-01-24 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, all, I have to say that I'm puzzled. This book is available from OReilly media in both epub and pdf formats. I find it quite easy to read in Preview. I did have to pay $9 for it, but that's cheaper for me now than getting another Bookshare subscription. IMO, Bookshare seems to have too many

Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual

2011-01-24 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Candie: Thank you for that. I've never done bookshare. Guess it's time. Again, thank you. Carolyn H On Jan 23, 2011, at 7:50 PM, Candie Stiles wrote: > That book is available from book share if you'd like to download it there. > On Jan 23, 2011, at 2:03 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > >> Hi: >>

Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual

2011-01-24 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
aries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Haas > Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 5:03 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Cc: carolyn Haas > Subject: Switching to Mac the missing manual > > Hi: > I wanted a purchased copy of this book, and thought I was finding a gem at >

Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual

2011-01-23 Thread Zachary Kline
> Cc: carolyn Haas > Subject: Switching to Mac the missing manual > > Hi: > I wanted a purchased copy of this book, and thought I was finding a gem at > the app store. I bought an iPad version, and it is a mess with VO. I > brought it into my Apple store, and my trainer says in

Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual

2011-01-23 Thread Kaare Dehard
ne from the publisher and downloaded it > because, I no longer have a membership with bookshare. Heather > - Original Message - From: "Zachary Kline" > To: > Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 9:08 PM > Subject: Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual > >

Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual

2011-01-23 Thread heather kd5cbl
Sunday, January 23, 2011 9:08 PM Subject: Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual As someone who just downloaded the book recently, I can say that Bookshare's copy works fine for me. On Jan 23, 2011, at 6:59 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote: I don't know if bookshare ever fixed their coppy

Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual

2011-01-23 Thread Zachary Kline
; - Original Message - From: "Candie Stiles" > To: > Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 8:50 PM > Subject: Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual > > > That book is available from book share if you'd like to download it there. > On Jan 23, 2011, at 2:03 PM, C

RE: Switching to Mac the missing manual

2011-01-23 Thread Scott Ford
: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: carolyn Haas Subject: Switching to Mac the missing manual Hi: I wanted a purchased copy of this book, and thought I was finding a gem at the app store. I bought an iPad version, and it is a mess with VO. I brought it into my Apple store, and my trainer says indeed it

Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual

2011-01-23 Thread heather kd5cbl
I don't know if bookshare ever fixed their coppy or not, it wasn't working the last time I tried. Heather - Original Message - From: "Candie Stiles" To: Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 8:50 PM Subject: Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual That book is availabl

Re: Switching to Mac the missing manual

2011-01-23 Thread Candie Stiles
That book is available from book share if you'd like to download it there. On Jan 23, 2011, at 2:03 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi: > I wanted a purchased copy of this book, and thought I was finding a gem at > the app store. I bought an iPad version, and it is a mess with VO. I > brought it int

Switching to Mac the missing manual

2011-01-23 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi: I wanted a purchased copy of this book, and thought I was finding a gem at the app store. I bought an iPad version, and it is a mess with VO. I brought it into my Apple store, and my trainer says indeed it isn't accessible. Guess I waisted $5.99. That store can sure confuse me easily. I