Frank: Can you put it into pages? Carolyn On Dec 6, 2010, at 8:54 AM, Frank Carmickle wrote:
> Hello > > Does anyone know if there have been any improvements. This problem is > killing me. I have a 1200 page document that I need to read and this keeps > being a huge pain. I will certainly be logging out and turning VO on and > off. Also remembering to turn off cursor tracking will certainly find me at > the top of the document in no time for I'm sure that I will forget and ... > Any other pdf reading apps that may do better? > > Thanks > --FC > > On May 11, 2010, at 4:05 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Olivia, >> >> You need to set a hot spot if you want to go back to the same location in >> Preview after shifting to another app. Before you navigate away from >> Preview, press VO-Shift-1 (or any other number key that you want to assign >> to th hot spot). You'll hear VoiceOver say, "Save as hotspot 1". Then, you >> can switch applications with Command-tab, do something else, and when you >> return to Preview press VO-1 to get back to your hot spot location so you >> can resume reading where you left off. This is a workaround, and the hot >> spot won't be saved if you have to restart VoiceOver or if you log out. >> >> This is a bug in Preview. Preview is one of the few apps that, at least >> with respect to VoiceOver Navigation and focus on this point, behaved better >> in Tiger than in Leopard. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On 11 May 2010, at 09:56, olivia norman wrote: >> >>> Interesting. I also find that I loose focus when I navigate to another >>> application. For instance, if I am reading a PDF in prieview, and go to >>> text edit to take notes on what I'm reading, when I return to the PDF, I am >>> placed back at the beginning of the document. This makes reading articles >>> a frustrating experience at times. Is there a work around for this? >>> Thanks! >>> Olivia >>> On May 11, 2010, at 3:53 PM, Esther wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> As Marie says, the key is interacting with the text in Preview. If you >>>> can't read continuously after interacting, check your PDF Display settings >>>> under the View menu on Preview's menu bar (VO-M to the menu bar, press "V" >>>> to go to the View menu, arrow down, press "P" to go to PDF Display, right >>>> arrow to the submenu, then arrow down to see which display mode is >>>> checked. The default is "Single Page Continuous". If "Single Page" is >>>> checked, VoiceOver will stop reading at the end of each page. This >>>> setting can be useful if, for some reason your PDF book starts reading >>>> each page in the middle due to a conversion or format problem. >>>> >>>> In Preview you can Command-Right arrow to move to the next page, >>>> Command-Left arrow to move the previous page. Also, if your PDF supports >>>> Table of Contents organization, and you have navigated and interacted with >>>> the Outline View where the contents are listed and selected a section >>>> (e.g., for one of the Take Control guides, after downloading and opening >>>> the eBook in Preview, tab to "Outline View, Table, no selection"; >>>> interact, and select a section, then stop interacting and VO-Left arrow to >>>> the main document section of Preview, you can then use Command-Up arrow >>>> to move to the start of the previous chapter and Command-Down arrow to >>>> move the start of the next chapter. These correspond to the places you >>>> would select by navigating up and down in the Outline View. If the >>>> sidebar is not showing "Outline" view, but is instead displaying >>>> "thumbnails" or "search results" because you used Command-F to find a >>>> string in the document, you can use item chooser menu to search for "Menu >>>> Button" (e.g., VO-I, then type "b u t", press return, and arrow down to >>>> the selection and either press return or VO-Space), then bring up the >>>> contextual menu (VO-Shift-M) and arrow up to "Table of Contents". VO-Up >>>> arrow to the Outline view, interact, and select a section from the >>>> contents. This only works if the PDF document was constructed with a >>>> viewable table of contents -- you won't find this menu option in PDF files >>>> you simply create by printing with Command-P and saving to PDF. > > -- > 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.
