Here's something that might prove a big help to you. Where-as in windows, the curser is directly beneath each character you right, on the Mac, the curser is immediately to the right of each character you type. think, if you will, of the old electric typewriter. On an electric typewriter, as you will recall, the typing ball causes a letter to be typed and then moves over to the right to type the next character. Well, the Mac curser's behavior is rather more like that old typing ball than a windows curser. if, for example, you type the word "apple" as soon as you type the letter a, the Mac curser will be found just to the right of that letter a. This will allow you to type the p, just like the old typewriter ball. What you are seeing is not a characteristic of Voiceover, rather, it's a fundamental difference in how the Mac handles curser movement for everyone. So, to get back to the "apple" example, let's say you put in too many p's. How to get rid of the third p? IF you use command+left, this should put you back at the beginning of the line; and, assuming you've typed the word "apple" at the beginning of this line, the word also. IF the word is in the middle of the line, just use VO+left or right till you locate the beginning of the word. Now, move the curser right letter by letter. IF, IF you have the curser moving to the right and you hear, "space", followed by "a", that tells you that the curser is now just to the right of the letter a and is in place to either delete that A or type another letter to the right of that a. So, now, you want to find that extra p in apple. Just press the right arrow till you hear that third p spoken. Now, press the delete or backspace key. Here's what you just did. When you moved to the right of that second p, you heard the third p and were then to the right of it. Now, when you backspaced over that third p, you caused the curser to behave just like the self-correcting key on an electric typewriter. The curser deleted that third p and then moved in to it's position so that now, the curser is just to the left of the l and to the right of the second p in the word apple.
HTH. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Jun 1, 2011, at 3:22 PM, David Eagle wrote: > Hello, > I'm sure this has been asked on this list loads of times but I must > ask, since I can't find the answer in Google. I have used windows for > years, I use windows everyday at work. I cannot come home and suddenly > get to grips with the way that Voice-Over deals > with cursoring through text. I'm sure you know what I mean. If I was > using a windows computer with or without a screenreader, > I could edit text both the same way. My head is hurting with the new > way of cursoring through text and I'm making so many mistakes; It is > taking me ages to write simple documents. Is th-- > http://www.davideagle.co.uk > > -- > 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.
