Curser operation on Apples is different than on PCs. With all apples,
not just VO ones, the curser is not ON the letter but to the right of
the letter, and if you delete you move the curser back one letter, ie
type the word: the the curser will be just to the right of
the e when you finish. when you push delete the curser moves left one
space removing the e and is now to the right of the h. If you then type
e again, the curser moves right and the e appears and the curser is now
to the right of the e. To insert a letter or word, the letter or word
appears to the left of the curser location and the cursor moves to the
right of the word or letter you entered. Say you wanted to add a second
t to the word: the, just after the first t. Place the cursor to the
right of the letter t and push t. The letter t is added and the curser
is to the right of the second t that you just added making the resulting
word: tthe. Vickie Weir
Harry Bates wrote:
I changed the subject line to reflect the topic under discussion. I
certainly need help in using VO with TextEdit.
I have trouble editing with VO, and it seems like the VO cursor is in
one place and the active cursor is in another. What is the command to
tether the active cursor with the VO cursor?
Also when I try to shut down the computer, I am informed that the open
TextEdit program is preventing the shutdown. I am asked if I would
like to save the changes to the document, and what is the command to
say yes or no?
I am afraid my JAWS and PC habits are interfeering here, since in a PC
document all I have to do is press the "y" for yes and the "n" key for
no, then the document closes. What is the command to close an open TE
document? The command+q does not seem to be working for me.
When editing for instance removing the 2 between 123, Which number do
I focus on? Do I focus on the 1, or the 3? In a PC document with
jaws I always focus on the 2 and press the delete key, and the 2 is
removed. Also if I wanted to insert a 2 between the numbers of 13 all
I had to do is focus on the 3 and press the 2 and the number is always
inserted to the left of the character which has focus.
So far, the inability for me to edit text in a TE document with
consistency is driving me crazy. It seems that reading the keyboard
commands and trying to edit is not working out. I need to be spoon
fed one spoonfull at a time. Thanks for your help in this matter.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X
by theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: iTunes' Inaccessibility and VoiceOver
As an aside, but yet related to this topic, I've noticed a very
annoying behavior with Text Edit lately that I can't quite figure
out how to really reproduce consistantly. Basically if I'm editing a
text document, I switch to lets say Mail and come back later to Text
Edit, the arrow keys will not read the text any longer. Its almost
as though the Edit area is locked from me reading it with the
regular cursor, but yet I can read it fine by navigating it with VO.
It actually appears as though its locked as I can't seem to edit
anything. Only quiting Text Edit resolve the problem. No matter if I
bring the cursors together or turn VO on/off has no affect. Has
anyone else noticed this?
tnx
Scott
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