>From memory paragraph styles aren’t scriptable in Pages version 5, but things >might change. I’ll keep an eye on it.
You can assign descriptions to images in Pages through the format inspector. VoiceOver then announces the description when navigating to the image. I think it’s a good practice for us to get into doing, and hopefully it’s something that will become more widespread. > On 13 Jan 2015, at 11:34 am, Jonathan C Cohn <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, you know I suggested watching out for 4.3 vs 5.5.2? Well, I was looking > at the IWOrk 09 version of Pages which is 4.3. There are a few neat > applescript functions there. > > I did see that images have a description which is what VO will read in the > latest Pages. > >> On Jan 12, 2015, at 15:37, Alex Hall <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I just had a look through the Pages scripting dictionary. Oddly, I didn't >> see anything about styles. Might it be called something odd that I'm not >> thinking of? >>> On Jan 12, 2015, at 3:24 PM, Jonathan C Cohn <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Alex, >>> >>> I tried to get paragraph style 1 of document 1 of pages >>> (make sure you are firing up against Pages 5 and not 4.3 I thought perhaps >>> I could run >>> create style with Name MyStyle Layout centered >>> >>> >>> Bu I could not even get paragraph style to be recognized as an object it >>> kept showing me get style in the log file. >>> >>> If you want to give it a try feel free. I think the primary thing that Ann >>> wants to do is be able to assign a short cut key such as F1 to a given >>> style. >>> Jonathan Cohn >>> >>>> On Jan 12, 2015, at 15:12, Alex Hall <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> That used to be true, but it was fixed a while ago. Alert boxes now work >>>> as expected, to my knowledge. I don't use Pages enough to know what could >>>> do with some scripting, but if anyone identifies a case where a script >>>> might be faster, it's worth looking into. This is what scripting is for, >>>> after all. >>>>> On Jan 12, 2015, at 12:08 PM, Jonathan C Cohn <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hmm, I have not played much with the applescript with dialogs and >>>>> Yosemite, but I seem to remember somebody saying the dialog boxes don’t >>>>> work right anymore. I suppose one could use commanders to execute the >>>>> applescript or require keyboard maestro. I believe I could set up either >>>>> VoiceOver applescript scripting Events or Pages applescript to automate >>>>> the routine but then what? Just add into the Pages pull down of the >>>>> AppleScript Menu? >>>>> >>>>> Also, I don’t think the jump to next control VoiceOver command is that >>>>> convoluted. >>>>> Best wishes, >>>>> >>>>> Jonathan Cohn >>>>> >>>>>> On Jan 12, 2015, at 10:06, Alex Hall <[email protected] >>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Let me ask this: is any of this doable with ApleScript? It seems like, >>>>>> with so many convoluted keystrokes and command sequences, scripting >>>>>> would be a huge help here. >>>>>>> On Jan 12, 2015, at 9:57 AM, Jonathan C Cohn <[email protected] >>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I verified my pages version it was upgraded on January second, so was >>>>>>> exactly one version older than the current version. In any case, I am >>>>>>> glad that Barry was able to confirm! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best wishes, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jonathan Cohn >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Jan 12, 2015, at 07:41, Jonathan C. Cohn <[email protected] >>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I upgraded to Yosemite last week and thought pages was upgraded on >>>>>>>> Saturday. I'll go there five. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Jan 12, 2015, at 3:44 AM, Anne Robertson <[email protected] >>>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hello Jonathan, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> You must be running Mavericks rather than Yosemite as your copy of >>>>>>>>> Pages is not the latest one. In your version, there is no problem >>>>>>>>> getting to the menu, but this is broken in Yosemite where we are now >>>>>>>>> up to version 5.5.2 (2120) of Pages. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Anne >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 12 Jan 2015, at 02:15, Jonathan C. Cohn <[email protected] >>>>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I was able to get to control button for renaming a style or creating >>>>>>>>>> a shortcut by hitting command-control-option-J (jump to next >>>>>>>>>> control) I believe this will work from anywhere in the style table, >>>>>>>>>> but I was also attempting combinations of vo-spacebar or >>>>>>>>>> vo-command-shift-spacebar. I am fairly confident that I got this to >>>>>>>>>> work 2 times in a row. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> This should be great news for folks. >>>>>>>>>> Version: 5.1.1 (2111) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> 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] >>>>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>>>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>>>>>>>>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>>>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>>>>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe 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