But does VO actually report what's selected or if something gets unselected? If so, everything is fine and i might even have a look at the new openoffice to see what i think about it. /Krister
11 maj 2009 kl. 20.26 skrev Chris Blouch: > Hmm. So I created a new Writer document and typed four sets of > sentences (paragraphs) with a blank line inbetween. I then cursored > up and left until I was at the beginning of the first sentence. I > then did a shift down arrow a bunch of times and was able to select > (and copy) all four paragraphs. The use of shift and arrows is not > really a VO thing. It's a pretty common idiom for a lot of > applications and also works for Windows text editors. Is this not > what you were looking for? > > CB > > John Panarese wrote: >> >> As far as I can see, the word processor still handles text in >> the same way. I don't know why this is the case, but you cannot >> select multiple paragraphs, unless I am missing something. >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John Panarese >> >> On May 9, 2009, at 4:53 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >> >> >>> One question that became a showstopper for me with openoffice is >>> that >>> i can't select more than a couple of lines and when you come to a >>> new >>> paragraph, you unselect the previously selected piece of text. >>> That is >>> with VO commands, no other command works for me. That plus the fact >>> that you can't continously read a whole document made me stop using >>> Openoffice alltogether. If anyone has found a way to get around >>> these >>> problems, please let me know how by giving step-by-step >>> instructions. >>> /Krister >>> >>> >>> 8 maj 2009 kl. 21.27 skrev John Panarese: >>> >>> >>>> I'm not Chris, but Open Office is pretty accessible. The world >>>> processor is a bit different to use than others, but they have >>>> come a >>>> long way. I'm not sure what the problem with spreadsheets is. I >>>> am >>>> seeing the cells being read. With tables in word processor >>>> documents, >>>> however, I am not finding any success. >>>> >>>> Take Care >>>> >>>> John D. Panarese >>>> Managing Director >>>> Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. >>>> 9 Nolan Court >>>> Hauppauge, NY 11788 >>>> Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479 >>>> Email, [email protected] >>>> Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com >>>> >>>> AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS FOR PORTSET SYSTEMS LTD, COMPSOLUTIONS VA, >>>> PREMIER ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INDEX, PAPENMEIER, REPRO-TRONICS, >>>> DUXBURY, SEROTEK AND OTHER PRODUCTS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY >>>> IMPAIRED >>>> >>>> >>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>>> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>>> >>>> On May 8, 2009, at 3:10 PM, Eliza Cooper wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Chris, >>>>> How's the accessibility of the word processor in Open >>>>> Office? Is >>>>> it >>>>> any better than Writer? >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Eliza >>>>> >>>>> On May 8, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> To answer my own question, I didn't notice much difference. >>>>>> Navigation >>>>>> of a table I created in writer still didn't announce what cell I >>>>>> was >>>>>> in >>>>>> as I tabbed around. >>>>>> >>>>>> CB >>>>>> >>>>>> Chris Blouch wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Anyone try it yet? Any improvements with VO support? Mine is >>>>>>> downloading >>>>>>> right now. I couldn't find any mentions one way or the other in >>>>>>> their >>>>>>> included docs or on the web. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> CB >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
