----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Kilburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 12:46 AM Subject: Re: Two Basic Questions on Mac Use ... > Kelly also said: BTW, how does one read the text from the finder > help. For example: > > 1. Open help from Finder. > 2. Enterr a search phrase such as network file share. > 3. Arrow down in the table to a topic of interest. > > At this point I'm kind of stuck as to read the actual help topic.
DP If you are a windows user and link your cursors, you can type your key word in the search field, press enter and tab to the list of results. press enter on the one you want and then use control-option-left arrow to get to the html content. Interact with this and read your results. if it has links in it, use control-option-space to activate if desired. The toolbar is interactable after stopping your interaction with the html content by using control-option-arrows to find it and then control-option-shift-down arrow to interact with it. The tab key works for a good deal of help, tab to what you want and press enter if it is a topic, space if it is a button Just like windows well almost. TK: Once you've located the Help Topic you wish to read, do the following: • Make sure that you're Interacting With the Table • Bring the mouse to the VO-cursor using VO-cmd-f5 (add the FN key if on a laptop) • Double-click on the Help Topic item by pressing VO-shift-space-space quickly. You'll hear the double-clicking noise. • This will then bring focus to the HTML area for the given Help Topic. Sometimes focus is not exact so you'll have to navigate a little to find the HTML content area then Interact With it to read the specific Help info. • To get back to the topic list, Stop Interacting With the HTML Content area then navigate to the ToolBar, Interact With it and then press the Back button with VO-space. Another way to get quickly to the ToolBar is to press ctrl-f5 then use VO navigation to activate the Back button. • Follow the same steps with the new Help topic. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn & Carter the Canine Fort McMurray, AB Canada
