I just reported this along with some other issues to apple in an email. Jessica [email protected]
On Apr 11, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Tim, > > The VO-t command doesn't help in identifying the position along the line. > VO-F4-F4, although giving wrong information, is nonetheless useful as you can > tell whether one part of the line is further away from another part than just > the width of one character. So, with Jim's problem, pressing VO-F4-F4 just to > the right of the last character of the lefthand part of the line, then doing > it again just after the tab, will show whether the righthand part of the line > is much further across the page than the lefthand part. > > I wish more people would report the VO-F4-F4 problem to Apple as we've had > several updates to Pages since I reported it a few months ago. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 11 Apr 2014, at 15:40, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Have you tried navigating into the text you wish to know attributes about, >> then pressing VO-t. The VO-t command usually gives a set of relevant >> attributes including text size, color, style and alignment. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Apr 10, 2014, at 3:42 PM, Jim Gatteys <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Ok I may have gotten it to work. Just wasn't going down fare enough but >>> now I have no way of telling that the text is right aligned from what I can >>> tell. >>> Jim >>> >>> On Apr 10, 2014, at 3:43 PM, 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, >>>> >>>> Anne >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10 Apr 2014, at 18:19, Jim Gatteys <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi! >>>>> Just wondered if anybody had looked at my earlier post about changing the >>>>> alignment of tabs in pages. Its a combo box but when I up or down arrow >>>>> it just blinks at me. >>>>> Any ideas would be helpful. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > -- > 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. 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