Hi On Dec 6, 2010, at 11:21 AM, Carolyn Haas wrote:
> Frank: > Can you put it into pages? > Sure. Actually I had put it in to text edit and similar troubles were found when switching away and back again. I'll try pages. Thanks --FC > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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