Try sorting by none with option cmd 0 on the number row then switching to list view and then hitting vo shift back slash. That should, key word should, work. I tend to work on list view as I just like it. lol! I got trained in list view and what ever cmd 1 on the number row was, I like list mode better personally.
Take care. On May 27, 2013, at 4:06 PM, David Griffith <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for tips from Ann and Sarah. > > Switching to list view I can achieve what I need to do. > I still much prefer column view for ease of use but switching to list view > for the occasions I need to sort by date will not be too onerous. > However using the keystroke Sarah recommended only provoke the message "no > header available" from Voiceover. I obviously have some setting which mens > that this will not work. > David Griffith > [email protected] > > > > On 27 May 2013, at 19:34, Sarah k Alawami <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello. it's a lot easier to sort by none, then interact with the table then >> hit vo shift back slash and hit the button for what you want the table to >> sort by. You need to be in list view to accomplish all of this. Simply hit >> cmd 2 on the number row and you are good to go. >> >> Take care >> On May 27, 2013, at 11:21 AM, David Griffith <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I am having a lot of problems using Finder in anything apart from Name >>> arrangement. >>> If I go to the view menu and change the view settings to date modified or >>> date created or any date setting I find it virtually impossible to make >>> any sense out of finder. >>> >>> I did this today in my Music folder and I was placed in a view where I had a >>> "Group" called Today. >>> However trying to interact with this group got me nowhere. I tried to >>> navigate to see if there were some sub folders without success. I could not >>> open the Today group either. >>> >>> Cursoring down I found some confusing folders which did not relate to my >>> original folder I was in . I eventually found my Music folder but again >>> could not do anything useful with this. >>> I am using column view by default. >>> I must admit I was hoping to find a simple rearrangement of the sort order >>> in the same way as you get in Windows but I am totally confused by this way >>> of doing things. >>> >>> Rearranging the sort order to name recovered the situation but I would like >>> to sort files by at least date modified on occasions to help me locate files >>> . >>> Is there any tutorial on using finder with Date arrangements which can make >>> this process useful with Voiceover? >>> >>> >>> David Griffith. >>> >>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>> >>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >>> at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>> or at the public Mail Archive: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >>> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >>> >>> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure >>> that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and >>> worm-free. 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