You're my Mac hero of the day, Tim! That did it! Of course, I haven't any idea which settings caused it now . . . can anyone recommend some VO-friendly info on the use of Text Edit, preferences, etc. I could use? Thanks. On Mar 20, 2011, at 3:20 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm wondering if some text or rtf settings were modified in the Preferences. > Try going into TextEdit, press cmd-comma to bring up the Preferences window, > and press the Restore Defaults button. See what happens after that. > > Later... > > On 2011-03-20, at 11:35 AM, Zachary Kline wrote: > >> Hi Christine, >> I must admit I'm stumped if all you're doing is saving RTF. I've done this >> many times and never ran into any problems of the sort you describe. If you >> were somehow opening the RTF file as a text file, without the proper >> conversions, garbage is understandable. Other than that, I'm not sure at >> all what the issue might be. >> Sorry I'm not more helpful. >> Best, >> Zack. >> On Mar 20, 2011, at 10:31 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: >> >>> I'm not converting anything, merely writing a document and saving it as an >>> rtf file. When I go back into it, there's garbage at the top and >>> backslashes wherever I put in a "new line". >>> When I have converted Word files in rtf, then gone in to read/review them, >>> there has been no such problem. >>> Christine >>> On Mar 20, 2011, at 1:26 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > -- > 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.
