The left and right arrows by themselves should move you by character. Another option is VO+Shift+ left or right arrow.
Hope this helps. On Mar 20, 2011, at 12:26 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > Christine, > > Editing on a Mac using VoiceOver is different than using Windows and a > windows screen reader. Some may explain it more effectively; however, has to > do with how the cursor behaves. Not sure about the characters in the > document, but sounds like a conversion problem. > > Scott Howell > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 20, 2011, at 9:50, Christine Grassman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, everyone. I am rather frustrated with Text Edit.n Whenever I review >> something I've written (after saving,) there is always a whole lot of >> numbers letters, and symbols at the top of the file. Also, whenever I enter >> a "new line" there appears a backslash. What is going on? Does this get >> sent with the file if I attach it to an e-mail? Thus far, the only thing >> I've been able to do is erase all the symbols at the top, then edit the file >> for backslashes. >> A somewhat related question: is there a way, simply by using the keys and >> without switching from words to characters and vice bersa, to move to >> characters -- I can read by character, but although cursor tracking is on, I >> always seem to be at the beginning or end of a word, rather than on the >> character being read. >> Additionally, sometimes when VO says a particular word, I am at the end, and >> other times I am at the beginning. This makes editing frustrating. How can >> I tell where I am? Thanks. >> Christine (slowly transitioning from Windows and Word) . . . >> >> -- >> 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.
