Hi Erik, Dan, and James, Just to summarize about using the spell checker in different apps:
In TextEdit, if you use Command-Semi-Colon to go to the next misspelled word, you can use VO-Shift-M to bring up a contextual menu and arrow down to select alternative spellings. In Mail, VO-Shift-M doesn't work, but instead you can use Command- Shift-Semi-Colon (that is, you add "Shift" to the "Command-Semi-Colon" key sequence) to bring up the "Spelling and Grammar" window. Then, you can tab to the table of alternative spellings and make your selection, or you can continue tabbing to the buttons for "Ignore", "Learn", "Find Next", and "Change" (or I use VO-right arrow if I want to go directly to "Ignore"). This command-sequence works for both TextEdit and Mail, so Dan is correct in saying it is more general. However, the "Spelling and Grammar" window only come up when your spell checking command includes the "Shift". Then, in order for the window to get focus in TextEdit you must indeed use the window chooser menu (VO-F2 twice). You can also navigate to the next misspelled word using the keys in this window and close it (Command-W) when you're done. However, Erik used "Command-Semi-Colon", and stated that he was using TextEdit, which is why I phrased my reply: "If Erik is using the spell checker in a TextEdit window, and has pressed Command-semi-colon to go to the next misspelled word, he can use VO-Shift-M to bring up a contextual menu of possible choices and make his selection." Hope this helps to explain. Cheers, Esther On Mar 8, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Dan wrote: > > Hello, > I agree with you, however, consider this. That works fine in TextEdit > or Pages 9, but it doesn't work in Mail. That's why I mentioned that > way of doing it, because it works across most applications. > And the real nice thing is that there are always different ways to do > things and that makes it more exciting to figure out. > > > Dan > > [email protected] > > > > > On Mar 8, 2009, at 11:57 AM, James Dietz wrote: > >> >> Alternatively, you could hit vo+shift+m once misspelled word is >> announced to get to a menu of suggested words. >> >> On 3/8/09, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> You need to use VO F2 twice then select the spelling and grammar >>> window. >>> >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
