I thought I'd done that. I down arrowed, heard VoiceOver speak my placeholder, and typed. Is there more to the process? If I have to manually select the placeholder text anyway, I'm not sure I see the value of using a template like this at all; it's sounding less and less convenient. Hopefully I'm missing a key step. :) Thanks for your patience. > On Aug 4, 2015, at 7:40 AM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Alex, > > To replace placeholder text, you need to navigate with only the arrow keys so > that the whole placeholder text is highlighted before you start typing over > it. The whole piece of placeholder text will then be replaced. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > >> On 4 Aug 2015, at 12:58, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm happy with my placeholder text, but Pages won't replace it with the >> actual text I want. I thought, when I made a document based off my template, >> I could just type and what I typed would override the placeholder, replacing >> it with the text I was writing. Is there more to replacing placeholder text >> with actual text that I'm missing? >>> On Aug 4, 2015, at 1:52 AM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Alex, >>> >>> When you want to modify placeholder text to create new placeholder text, >>> you have to set it back to normal text then edit it as usual and then turn >>> it back into placeholder text. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>>> On 3 Aug 2015, at 06:22, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> 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. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > -- > 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.
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