I don't see what the fuss is. I was able to make good documents, for a history class. I could allign things, italicize, make headings and such. What else would you want to do?
Sent from my iPod > On Apr 6, 2014, at 21:06, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Personally, I'm still having a tough time with word processing on the Mac. I > want to like and use pages, but I can't figure out styles and formatting > using pages. I still haven't found anything that compares with MS office and > JAWS for writing and formatting documents. JAWS really does work well with > Word and there's no getting around that. Pages seems clunky by comparison, > but I probably haven't given it a fair chance. Spreadsheeting with numbers is > great, but word processing is still a major deficit on the Mac in my opinion. > >> On Apr 6, 2014, at 9:09 PM, Dan Eickmeier <va3ets2...@me.com> wrote: >> >> I've been using a Mac here since February of 2008, and have not had any >> reason to switch back to Windows. Like a lot of people on this thread, , I >> got tired of having to pay to keep a JAWS SMA updated, and I also had it >> with their system of ILM authorizations. I too, had to have my activations >> reset a number of times as well. And what got me really interested, and >> wanting to go to the Mac, is the fact that we can do complete reformats, and >> OS installs with VoiceOver. Even with the unattended install scripts that >> are out there for Windows, and that Winstaller app, which has become >> popular now, we still have nothing close to being able to get the OS, and >> do an install with full speech, or even Braille. >>> On Apr 6, 2014, at 6:59 PM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> Well April, my offr is still on the table. If you like, I can teach you how >>> to use Voiceover. That goes for anyone that wants my help. Email me off >>> list and we'll set something up. >>> >>> >>> Shawn >>> Sent From My White MacBook >>> >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of April >>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 4:52 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Experience Switching to Mac >>> >>> Hello. About ten months ago, I was declared legally blind. I have been on >>> the search for a full diagnosis and prognosis since. No luck. >>> >>> In December, when my Windows 7 machine became totally unstable, and had >>> been reformatted three times in less than a month, I bought a Mac. I >>> figured, if I had to learn a screen reader, it was best to do so on one >>> where the screen reader came built in. >>> >>> So far, no luck learning how to use the screen reader though. I can turn >>> on and off. That's about it. I have a 40 page list of random commands, >>> and can't figure out what any of the are supposed to do. A dictionary >>> would help. Perhaps the lines above or below that don't make sense are >>> supposed to tell me what they do? >>> >>> I used to be a web designer, and I thought a screen reader should be easy >>> to learn to use. After all, I'm good with with computers. >>> >>> I'm also horrible with foreign languages, and figured braille would be >>> impossible to learn. I started the first contracted braille book I'm >>> reading last night. I started learning braille last November. >>> >>> I still use a Windows 7 computer at night. It takes about 15 minutes to >>> turn on, and every scroll of the screen takes forever. I don't count on it >>> for anything. >>> >>> On Saturday, April 5, 2014 4:11:11 PM UTC-4, Scott Duck wrote: >>> Hi, >>> As I have said, I am thinking about switching to the Mac and have been >>> trying to gather more information about it. To that end, I have been >>> asking specific questions. I will continue to do that but I would like >>> some general feedback from people who have made the switch from Windows to >>> the Mac. Why did you switch In the first place? Having switched, do you >>> feel that it was the right choice for you? 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