Hello again, I just realized I'm having a problem. I saved the template with its placeholders in place, then made a new document based on that template. As I down arrowed through the document body, VO announced my placeholder text, so I typed in values for it. M text got inserted, but in the middle of the line and *without* replacing the placeholder! For instance, a line in my template looks like the following, where text in brackets is the placeholder:
Client name: [client name] After I "filled in" my file, that line looked like this: clieTest Clientnt name: [client name] What did I do wrong, to not have the placeholder placed correctly? Vo spoke the placeholder text, so it picked it up somehow. It just didn't override it with what I was typing. Thanks for any suggestions. > On Jul 26, 2015, at 3:34 AM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Alex, > > I think you’d find placeholder text a better way for entering text that > changes. Just type in some typical text in the format you want, then select > that text, press VO-Tab for VO to ignore next key press, then press > Ctrl-Option-Cmd-t to make it placeholder text. When using your template, the > placeholder text will be highlighted when you navigate to it using just the > arrow keys, and typing will replace it but keep the formatting. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > >> On 26 Jul 2015, at 00:58, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hey list, >> I'm trying, once more, to get more into Pages. Hopefully, this time, I can >> make myself stick with it long enough to get a handle on this thing. >> >> Currently, I have a few basic questions: I'm making a template I can use to >> fill out client reports and bills (I'm an AT instructor and have to email my >> clients this information). I thought I'd put text boxes in where I'll be >> entering text that can change, and just type the text that won't. Here's a >> super simple example: >> >> Alex Hall >> [auto-inserted date] >> >> Client Name: [text box for client name] >> Number of Hours: [text box for hours] >> >> You get the idea. I'm running into a few questions, though. >> >> 1. How do I get the text box to fit the height of the line of text it's on? >> VO reports that it's 1.2 inches tall, which strikes me as rather large. >> 2. Do I even need a text box, or am I trying to use one where a different >> item would work better? >> 3. If I do need one, how can I insert text around it? I inserted one, but >> even if I go to the end of the line and hit return, then type, the box is >> pushed along to the end of my new line of text instead of staying where I >> put it. >> >> Thanks in advance for any answers anyone can provide. >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> [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. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall [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.
