Hello Mike, Unfortunately, VO can't read tables in Pages. However, there is a workaround.
A table in Pages shows up as a highlighted space to VoiceOver. To read the table and/or modify it, you have to copy it into a Numbers document where it becomes completely accessible. To copy a modified table back to Pages, just go to the last item in the table you want to copy over, make sure the mouse is on that cell, turn cursor tracking off, do a Mouse Down on that cell, go to first item, bring mouse to VO cursor and you'll hear the number of cells highlighted. You can then do Cmd-C and switch back to Pages where you can paste the table back in its place. This sounds much more complicated than it is in practice. Cheers, Anne On 21 Nov 2010, at 18:06, Mike Arrigo wrote: > Hi everyone, I'm actually writing for a friend of mine, she needs to know if > there is any way to read tables and forms in Word documents. She sent me one, > and we tried it in pages, text edit, and open office. Open office seemed to > work the best, though it would still be very difficult to work with. She > wants to get a mac, but whether or not this can be done pretty much makes or > breaks it for her. And she figures that if she needs to use fusion to do it, > she may as well just get a PC. > > -- > 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.
