Hello Alex, You need to hear VoiceOver say “Placeholder selected” to know that the placeholder text is actually selected as it reads the placeholder text even when it isn’t selected. You can also use VO-F6 to check that it is selected. It needs to be selected to type over it.
Cheers, Anne > On 4 Aug 2015, at 15:49, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > > -- > 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. 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