Hi Esther, Sure, this is helpful to me as well. Cheers, Estelita
----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 4:23 PM Subject: Re: miscellaneous queries > Hi Hayden, > > Go to http://w3.wmcnet.org/dtbmaker/books/vogs/ > for the VoiceOver Getting Started Guides for Leopard in various formats > courtesy of Greg Kearney. > > >There is a spoken .mp3 manual on vo in leopard. I keep forgetting where it > >is though. > > David has answered most of your other questions. > > >> 2. I notice that the "cut" function appears to be constantly greyed out. > >> Why > >> might this be? > > This function is greyed out until you have actually selected text. Otherwise, > there is nothing to "cut". Try pressing the Shift key along with movement > command keys to select text. For example: > > command+up arrow move to beginning of the document > shift+command+up arrow select to the beginning of the document > > command+down arrow move to the end of the document > shift+command+down arrow select to the beginning of the document > > command+left arrow move to the beginning of the line > shift+command+left arrow select to the beginning of the line > > command+right arrow move to the end of the line > shift+command+right arrow select to the end of the line > > option+right arrow move one word to the right > shift+option+right arrow select one word to the right > > option+left arrow move one word to the left > shift+option+left arrow select one word to the left > > option+up arrow move to the beginning of the paragraph > shift+option+up arrow select to the beginning of the paragraph > > up arrow move up from present position > shift+up arrow select upward > > down arrow move down from present position > shift+down arrow select downward > > Hope this helps. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Hayden Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby > >theblind" <[email protected]> > >Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 7:32 AM > >Subject: Re: miscellaneous queries > > > > > >Hi there, > >Thanks for that. You just reminded me - in a very round about fashion - has > >the voiceover manual for 10.5 been released as a spoken recording like the > >tiger reference as of yet? Or are there any suitable plaseboes? > >Cheers > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby > >theblind" <[email protected]> > >Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 9:11 PM > >Subject: Re: miscellaneous queries > > > > > >> In the finder, you delet files with command-backspace. > >> > >> If you reinstall the os, windows will be fine. > >> > >> What is superior depends on what you want to do. There is an accessible > >> spreadsheet called tables which goes a long way toward providing a vo > >> friendly spreadsheet environment which is currently lacking. What is > >> generic to the os will depend on they system you have but of the ones that > >> are truly generic, I would say that there are none better. safari is > >> superior to any browser I have used on the Mac. Mail is awesom and text > >> edit unless you want to get really fancy is the berries. ITunes does it > >> all > >> and most of it well. What it doesn't do well, it does not do. > >> > >> You may want to joint eh macvoiceover list on freelists to get some more > >> specific vo feedback and check the archives for both lists. There are a > >> couple of informative podcasts on blindcooltech and you will benefit from > >> listening to the podcasts at: > >> http://www.screenlessswitchers.com > >> as well as embibing in the info found at: > >> http://www.lioncourt.com > >> > >> Welcome to the Mac and VO and enjoy your journey. Please let us know how > >> you get on and if we can help, we will. > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Hayden Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OSX by > >> theblind" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 5:34 AM > >> Subject: miscellaneous queries > >> > >> > >> Hi there folks, > >> I've got a big bunch of queries - as a novis mac user transiting from > >> win32 - which I need to clear up: > >> 1. I notice that in my edit menu there is no "delete" function, neitehr is > >> there one in the file menu or anywhere else I'm looking. So, how does one > >> delete files? > >> 2. I notice that the "cut" function appears to be constantly greyed out. > >> Why > >> might this be? > >> 3. If I reinstall my mac partition, will my windows partition installed > >> via > >> bootcamp be removed as well? > >> 4. Are there any essential applications which do not come along with mac > >> which would be useful to have which either have superior functions to the > >> generic applications or make voiceovering a little easier? > >> Cheers, > >> Hayden > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
