I don't use pages but does that work pretty well with VO? S On Aug 4, 2010, at 6:33 AM, Michael Busboom wrote:
> Hello Rajiv, > > I partially share your sentiments. I am ecstatic about my Mac, love a lot of > its functionality but find myself wishing that I had more word processing > options that worked well with VoiceOver. If I discover a word processing app > that works well on the Mac with VO and gives me the same level of > accessibility that I have with Window-Eyes and MS Office, I will let you know. > > All of that having been said, I love my Mac, and find myself using Windows > less and less. > > Take care, > > Mike > > On 4,Aug,2010, at 2:57 AM, Rajiv Shah wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> With OpenOffice or any Word Processor, how do you read tables along with >> column headings efficiently. Despite all the declarations to the contrary, >> this is one area where I really miss Windows for any reading and, frankly, >> Parallels is not the answer for me. After all, this is why I partially left >> Windows in the first place. >> >> Rajiv >> >> >> >> ---- Original message ---- >>> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 19:36:26 +0200 >>> From: Michael Busboom <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Reopen office >>> To: [email protected] >>> >>> Just out of curiosity, Sarah, what text editor do you use when or if you >>> have to produce DOC files? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Mike >>> On 3,Aug,2010, at 6:39 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>> >>>> OPen office tends to have some odd issues since it is is written in java. >>>> I don't get the clicking sound when it reads a paragraph but i can >>>> interact with th etext. I don't use open office for anything I do. >>>> >>>> Take care. >>>> On Aug 3, 2010, at 6:41 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Erik, >>>>> >>>>> You may have missed this note but then again, maybe not. I sent the >>>>> following to the Macvisionaries List but didn't get any real helpful >>>>> responses. I'm not trying to badger you at all, but you may have missed >>>>> my note and you may have some thoughts. I would be curious to know if >>>>> you have the same issues when using Open Office. >>>>> >>>>> I wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi. >>>>> >>>>> I am running the latest version of Open Office and am having an annoying >>>>> problem reading documents. >>>>> >>>>> Whenever I arrow up or down through a document, VO will make a soft >>>>> clicking sound, say "edit Text" and then read the text on that particular >>>>> line. Whenever I try to interact with the document, I am only permitted >>>>> to interact with the line that I am currently on. >>>>> >>>>> Is there a way to change the behavior of either VO or Open Office to make >>>>> listening to text easier as I arrow through it, or is this something with >>>>> which one must live when using Open Office and VoiceOver? Are there any >>>>> "must settings" in the View menu options that need to be taken into >>>>> consideration? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks and best regards, >>>>> >>>>> Mike >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > -- > 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.
