Hey Anne! thanks a lot for taking the time to figure that out. I got as far as setting the position of the tab stop but couldn't do the alignment part. I have emailed apple accessibility as well to tell them that this really would be a good thing to fix. Thanks again, Jim
On Apr 10, 2014, at 3:47 PM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello again, > > One correction, I should have said 6.5 inches not 4.5. It's getting to my > bedtime and I'm not thinking straight! > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 10 Apr 2014, at 22:43, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Jim, >> >> This was a hard nut to crack but here's how to sort out the alignment. >> >> * Type the text you want to have at the left then jump to the Formatter. >> * Select layout and interact with the scroll area. >> * Go down to Tab stops and expand it with VO-Space. >> * Click the Add tab stop button and interact with the table. >> * Bring the mouse to the field showing the position of the tab stop and >> Double-click using VO-Shift-Space. >> * Type in either 16 for centimeters or 4.5 for inches. >> * Interact with the field that says Alignment Left and bring the mouse. >> * Turn on Mouse keys. >> * Move the mouse right by pressing the letter o on a laptop or the 6 key on >> an extended keyboard 52 times then click with the letter i or the 5. >> * Move the mouse down the way with either k or 2 until you hear Right then >> click with i or 5. >> * You should now turn Mouse keys off again. >> Back in your document, navigate to the end of your line and press the Tab >> key. >> * You can now enter the second part of your line and the new text will be >> right aligned. >> >> It took my husband and me over an hour to figure this one out and I need to >> report it to Apple. >> >> Cheers, >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
