Yeah that is true, you can go to the dock and if Mail is running or I
haven't checked when its not, but you can get mail, compose, and do a
few other things without going into mail itself. I can see how that
might be handy. One thing with the Mac and this applies to VO as
well, there is always more than one way to do something. I know, I
keep finding new things.
Scott
On Mar 6, 2006, at 4:24 PM, Cheryl Stewart wrote:
Hi Louie and all,
In regards to your post...
"Another way after the prefferances is open go to the dock and
arrow up and you will find a list of all preffarnces."
This is pretty slick; thanks for sharing. Letter recognition can
be used while in the menu , them pressing return on the desired
selection opens that selection.
.
As for arrowing in the menu,, oddly enough, one can either arrow up
or down to open a menu in the Doc.
If you are new to the Mac it's important to keep in mind that the
menu choices belonging to an application in the Doc change when the
application is running. Even beloved iTunes can be manipulated
from there without having to leave the application one is working
in. May I also encourage you to really explore the Doc both when
an application is running and when it is not. It's a very
efficient way to quickly move around the computer..
Thanks again Louie!
Regards,
Cheryl Stewart
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On Mar 4, 2006, at 1:29 PM, Louie Most wrote:
Another way after the preferences is open go to the dock and arrow
up and you will find a list of all preferences.
On Mar 4, 2006, at 1:22 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
well, to each his own. My point was that tab is there and for me
for some reason, it's easier to use, less prone to error...
--
Jonnie Apple Seed
With his:
Hands-On Technology(eye)s
On Mar 4, 2006, at 3:00 PM, Jerry Halatyn wrote:
Yes, indeed, let's try this again. Regardless of whether something
starts with the same letter, it's possible to type the first two
or three letters and focus jumps right to the item. For example,
to get to the displays button in System Preferences, one need only
table once to get into the scroll area and type d i s and the
Display button is in focus. Using only the tab key, one would have
to press tab anywhere from nine to twelve or more times, depending
on what panes are installed in the system and which view option is
selected. Again, if you know which pane you want, it's actually
more efficient to type the first letter or two or even three,
rather than hitting tab a dozen or more times.
Of course, to each, his own, David, but the fact of the matter is,
first letter navigation is more efficient both timewise and
keystroke-wise.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman"
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Sorry, let's try this again. I use tab. I find tab to be more
efficient because some have the same first letter.
--
Jonnie Apple Seed
With his:
Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
On Mar 4, 2006, at 1:43 PM, Jerry Halatyn wrote:
If you know which pane you need to get to, it takes less
keystrokes to use first letter navigation.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman"
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Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: Can't open System Preferences!
H actually just tab and hit enter to open one.
-- Jonnie Apple Seed
With his:
Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
On Mar 4, 2006, at 9:50 AM, Jerry Halatyn wrote:
Actually, once the System Preferences window is opened and
VoiceOver is focused on the Back button, one can simply hit Tab
to land in the scroll area with the various buttons for each
pane and then use first letter navigation to jump to specific
buttons and then press space bar to open that pane.
Alternatively, one can choose from the menu bar as well.
HTH
