Hi Terry:
Welcome to the Mac and to the list. There are a lot of really resourceful and
helpful folks here. Every day, i find something out that I didn't know before.
I haven't delved into terminal. But, I wanted to give you a pointer that would
have helped me a lot when I started. When you're finding that something isn't
working, try interacting with it (vo-shift-down arrow). And, sometimes
uninteresting (vo-shift-up arrow) makes some things work better. An example of
this is the find command in Safari. If you've interacted with a website, the
voiceover cursor can seriously limit the search. I've learned that the find
command often works more effectively if you uninteract with a website.
Enjoy your Mac journey.
Care
Carolyn Haas
On May 6, 2011, at 10:07 AM, Zachary Kline wrote:
> Hi Terry,
> COncerning Terminal, you're not quite correct. It is quite possible to
> review the screen. All you need do first is interact with the shell text
> area so that you can then use standard VO commands to read the screen.
> As far as Preview is concerned, you can get it back by finding a PDF file,
> and hitting cmd-i, to open the Get Info window. One of he sections in that
> window lets you select which program to open the file with, as well as
> whether to use that same program for all files of that type.
> Hope this helps,
> Zack..
> On May 6, 2011, at 9:00 AM, Terry Klarich wrote:
>
>> Hello all:
>>
>> I have recently chunked my old pc and have obtained a nice shiny MacBook
>> Pro. I think this is one of the smartest things I've done
>> in quite some time. My experience with VO on the iPhone convenced me how
>> far ahead Apple is. So, I'm extremely impressed with Mac
>> OS and VO. More things just work.
>>
>> My natural habitat is unix and linux. I am a Unix Systems Analyst for a
>> living. And, have been doing this for 20 plus years. I
>> looked in the list archive concerning the terminal application. It seems
>> that this application will work; but, one doesn't have
>> any way to review the screen. Is this correct? Is there another
>> application that might work for shell access? I would really
>> like to chunk my work laptop as well and get away from windows all together.
>>
>> Also, I did something stupid. I installed adobe reader. No need to ask
>> why. Must have been all those years under windows. Or,
>> it could have been those beers I had. Who can say. Anyway, I need to get
>> preview back is the pdf reader of choice while browsing.
>> I have removed adobe reader. Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> So far, the switch to Mac has been pretty simple. I think those months
>> spent with the iPhone gave me a head start. I have yet to
>> dig into iTunes; but, will get to that this weekend (hopefully).
>>
>> I recognize a lot of you all from other lists. This must be where all the
>> smart people hang out.
>>
>> Terry
>>
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