How to read a pdf file?

2013-05-12 Thread Catherine Turner
Hi, I have a pdf I want to read and am wondering how to do this. When I opened it from Finder it opened in Preview and I was able to read some of it but not all. I'm wondering howI scroll down to read the rest, or is there a different app I should use to red the file? There was an option to

Re: How to read a pdf file?

2013-05-12 Thread JAMES AUSTIN
Hi Catherine, On 12 May 2013, at 10:30, Catherine Turner catherineturner2...@googlemail.com wrote: I have a pdf I want to read and am wondering how to do this. When I opened it from Finder it opened in Preview and I was able to read some of it but not all. I don't use Preview as my default app

anyone on list use ABBYY fine reader for mac?

2013-05-12 Thread Michael Marshall
hello listers, the reason i'm asking if anyone usis fine reader for mac is because i'm having a small problem. i have a bunch of PDFs that i want to scan into HTML. i tryed scaning one of the documents into HTML and it put a hole bunch of tables in the document. on windows when i scan the same

help using voiceover pronunciation dictionary

2013-05-12 Thread Michael Marshall
hey listers, i'm having a real problem with voiceover pronunciation dictionary. this is my problem, i change a word to something elce but a lot of the time if i come accross the word on the web it doesn't say the word right even after changing. i told VO to ignore kace and to use the entry in

Re: help using voiceover pronunciation dictionary

2013-05-12 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, thanks for getting back to me. the word i want to change is a name kickett the last name of an australian footballer. changing the name is no problem it just doesn't read the change in safari. thanks Michael On 12/05/2013, at 10:17 PM, Zachary Kline zkl...@speedpost.net wrote: Could you

Re: How to read a pdf file?

2013-05-12 Thread Josh Gregory
I generally use preview, just turn the quick nap on then interact with the text to read it. It may take a couple of tries, but it does eventually work. Sent from my iPhone On May 12, 2013, at 5:30 AM, Catherine Turner catherineturner2...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, I have a pdf I want to

Re: extending a wifi network using airport extreme or express.

2013-05-12 Thread John Panarese
That's interesting. Then again, my gateway is my Time Capsule, so I can easily extend the network outside in the yard with my Express. I have never tried it with non-Apple equipment. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com

Re: anyone on list use ABBYY fine reader for mac?

2013-05-12 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Michael, I'm not sure what you mean by scanning in this context. If you have PDFs, they are already scanned or created from text files. If they've been scanned, just go to the PDF file, do VO-Shift-m to get a contextual menu, then navigate down to Open with then right to the list of

RE: anyone on list use ABBYY fine reader for mac?

2013-05-12 Thread Paula
Hi Michael I have been thinking about your quandary. I wonder whether the pdf has columns in it, hense the reason it is converting to tables. I only say this because when I scan journal articles and try and read them in MS Word, it puts the text into 2 columns. Would saving the documents as

Re: extending a wifi network using airport extreme or express.

2013-05-12 Thread Esther
Hello Dónal, The most complete description of AirPort networking, including the features of the AirPort Express, may be found in the Take Control guide by Glenn Fleishman. The original volume on Take Control of Your AirPort Network, released in 2005, was the first Take Control guide I bought,

Re: anyone on list use ABBYY fine reader for mac?

2013-05-12 Thread Michael Marshall
hello, thanks for your reply. i've been wondering the same thing about that. i will try later and see if RTF does the trick. thanks again. MichaelOn 13/05/2013, at 9:28 AM, Paula hobley_pa...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Michael I have been thinking about your quandary. I wonder whether the pdf has

using fined in text edit

2013-05-12 Thread Michael Marshall
hello listers, i have an RTF document witch i converted from a PDF that was over 900 pages. how do i go about searching for a word to jump to? EG i want to look for text with the word trile in it, how do i go about jumping through the document to fined what i kneed? thanks for any help Michael

anyone know of a good DVD ripper for mountain lion?

2013-05-12 Thread Michael Marshall
hello listers, i'm wondering if anyone would know of a good DVD ripper for mountain lion? i had a play with DVD remaster but i want to back up a DVD i brought an it can't rip it because of incription. thanks for any help. Michael --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post,

Re: anyone know of a good DVD ripper for mountain lion?

2013-05-12 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Is there a equivalent of DVD shrink? for osx? I don't know as I don't use dvds anymore. lol! Take care. On May 12, 2013, at 9:15 PM, Michael Marshall mightymaggie...@gmail.com wrote: hello listers, i'm wondering if anyone would know of a good DVD ripper for mountain lion? i had a play with

Re: anyone know of a good DVD ripper for mountain lion?

2013-05-12 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, thanks for getting back to me. i will keep looking On 13/05/2013, at 2:37 PM, Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a equivalent of DVD shrink? for osx? I don't know as I don't use dvds anymore. lol! Take care. On May 12, 2013, at 9:15 PM, Michael Marshall