Have there been updates to Word. In the version I have, which was back when the preview first came out, VoiceOver wouldn't even read the content area of documents.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, [email protected] Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain Lion AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > On Apr 21, 2015, at 9:34 AM, Jamie Pauls <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was reading some student reports from the music appreciation class I teach > and decided to use Word to read them. It seems to me that VoiceOver has some > focus issues when just reading through a document, but it’s not anything I > can pin down enough to report to Microsoft just yet. I’m referring to > continuous reading, not line by line. > > Take care and have a great day. > Jamie Pauls > [email protected] > > > >> On Apr 20, 2015, at 9:18 PM, Barry Hadder <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Annie, >> I have been able to use the outline, but it does have problems. >> I prefer Pages over word, but the outline mode is a feature that Pages >> really should have. The old one did and I would have thought that they >> would have brought it back by now. So, it will be good to have another >> option. >> The main problem I have with Word at the moment is that it doesn’t really >> behave and feel like a native OS X app. >> >> On Apr 20, 2015, at 1:43 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Barry. >> >> Yes of course the outline view, but I can not get the outline view and the >> draft view to work, but things are promising, as far as I can see. >> >> I figured out that command option 1-3 works for headings level 1-3. >> >> Best regards Annie. >>> Den 20/04/2015 kl. 18.05 skrev Barry Hadder <[email protected]>: >>> >>> You can choose a style such as a heading level by going to the Home tab of >>> the ribbon area by activating the styles menu and interacting with the >>> styles gallery. >>> You can easily assign a keystroke to a style in the keyboard preferences in >>> the tools menu. Just select format in the categories table and then select >>> the style you want in the other table. To apply heading 1, the current >>> shortcut is command-option-1. >>> >>> You can brows the heading levels using the outline view, but note that it >>> is buggy at this time. >>> >>> >>> On Apr 20, 2015, at 10:27 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Jamie and Eileen. >>> >>> Ok this is a little tricky, I figured it out, but I have two comments. >>> 1 It would be great if we could use some keystrokes. >>> 2. When I have got the heading on e.g. level 2 added, the only way to see >>> it is a heading on level two is to press voiceOver +t, and when you will >>> get the fontsizes and you can guess, which level the heading is on, is >>> there a better way for checking that, and is there a way to navigate >>> between the headings you have set. >>> >>> Best regards Annie. >>>> Den 20/04/2015 kl. 16.05 skrev Eileen Misrahi <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> Hi Jamie, >>>> >>>> Thanks for the tip on activating all the style selections. However, I >>>> haven’t found a keystroke that will work like on the PC side. I did locate >>>> a list of keystrokes for Word 2016, but the ones for heading styles don’t >>>> work for me. It would be nice if I had a keystroke to evoke the various >>>> heading styles It would make my work more efficient. On another note, have >>>> you been able to create an envelope or label? Since I’m coming from the PC >>>> side, the dialog box for this on the Mac side is not as straight forward >>>> to me. I struggled for a while trying to make a simple mailing label the >>>> other night, but was not successful in the printing of it. It came out >>>> blank. I was able to print a label on the PC side in Word 2010, so I know >>>> that I’m not out of ink. Again, thanks for the tip. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Eileen >>>>> On Apr 20, 2015, at 6:37 AM, Jamie Pauls <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Place your cursor in the paragraph where you want to apply the style. >>>>> Then, go to format and choose styles. I had to choose all styles before I >>>>> could see the different heading levels. I am doing this from memory, so >>>>> please forgive any errors. >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>>> On Apr 20, 2015, at 7:51 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen >>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ok I have installed the preview of office. I have looked a little at >>>>>> word. How do you make a heading on a level e.g. level 2. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have never liked office on windows, but i like it on the mac. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best regards Annie. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>> >>> Barry Hadder >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> Barry Hadder >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> 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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