That's' an interesting work around. What about numbers? I am going to install a trial of IWork 09 in a minute and give it a go. Also, there is an application called Tables. This offered some VO support if I remember correctly.
TC James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny On 3 Feb 2010, at 22:33, Chris Blouch wrote: > I've not found a good text editor that handles tables well. I can navigate > tables in Open Office ok but it doesn't give me any context as to the column > and row I am in. The odd thing is that in the window chrome at the bottom it > has the actual text I want such as > > TableTitle:A3 > > which is the name of the table and my cursor is in the first column and the > third row. Only workaround I could come up with was to set a VO hot spot on > the chrome with VM-Shift-Number (usually number 1) and then set VO to > announce changes in the hotspot with VO-command-shift-number (usually number > 1). Of course to set that up I need to first get into a table because > otherwise that location in the chrome is simply read as 'blank text'. So the > process is to navigate somewhere in a table, stop interacting with scroll > area, VO down once and right until I get to the spot with the table name > row:header (VO-right 7 times), set the hotspot, then return back to the > content area. From then on VO will announce the columns and rows as I move > around the table. Not great, but it kinda works. > > CB > > Mary Otten wrote: >> Thanks, James, for that speedy reply. I have not yet bought any application >> for word processing hoping to benefit from others' experiences and just get >> one app that will do the job. I don't mind tables on the Windows side in >> Word with Window Eyes or Jaws. But prior to the implementation of good >> support for them by the screen reader vendors, they were indeed horrible, so >> I sympathize with your frustration with trying to use tables without good >> accessibility support. >> Mary >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
