Pages is accessible. That is the word equivalent in the iwork suite. Text edit does have a decent amount of features built in. Comparing it to notepad or word pat simply doesn't do text edit the proper justice. Unless you're doing complex word processing, you might not need pages. Oh, just another quick note. For those of you familiar with my site, chicksdigmacs.net, bean is up there. The Mac app entry has a link to the bean download page, and the dmg is on the old useful apps page. Hope that helps.
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 23, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > this is just an opinion / question, but my understanding has always been that > text edit was not intended to be a full word processor. > Instead it is the equal of edit and other things like notepad in Microsoft > operating systems. > My thought has been, and my question is why apple did not make i-works fully > voiceover accessible? > I-works was intended to be apple's version of word so to speak, making it the > most logical choice for maximum voiceover functionality. > It works in outspoken, so why not keep it up? > Karen > > On Mon, 23 Jul 2012, Daniel McGee wrote: > >> Hi Alex, well I use a free app called Bean and it works for me. I mainly got >> it because Text Edit can't display your word count and tell me how many >> pages I have written. Where as with Bean all I have to do is one simple >> keystroke and I get all the info in a dialog box. I have also been able to >> save in that app in .doc word format and go between windows and Mac at >> college and home. I like both systems and I'm very glad I found this app. It >> also regularly updated too and I think the developer is aware of us >> Voiceover users because he fixed some labels that wern't correct in 3.8 and >> were supposively reporting there correct status in 3.9 LOL I didn't even >> know what labels he was referring to but it was mentioned in the change log >> so I assumed it was done. >> >> Anyway hope this helps. >> >> Daniel >> On 23 Jul 2012, at 19:26, Matthew Campbell wrote: >> >>> Hi. >>> Try VO T to check formatting. >>> If it doesn't work, try highlighting the text first and then use VO T. >>> HTH, >>> Matthew Campbell. >>> >>> >>> On 2012-07-23, at 1:42 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >>> >>>> Okay, I wondered if format support would ocme into it. Still, from >>>> what I hear, any file formatted in one program will likely not be >>>> formatted correctly in another, so I don't see this as specific to >>>> Textedit. Headers and footers are things I never use, but I can see >>>> how lack of support would be limiting to other users. When using vo, >>>> is there a command equivalent to ins-f, to read formatting? I use that >>>> command to check centering, font, and other attributes. >>>> >>>> On 7/23/12, Erik Burggraaf <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> You know, for most practical purposes, it can. I haven't really had good >>>>> luck getting tables to work, but i'm still back on sl. Hopefully things >>>>> have >>>>> improved in two years, lol. I've certainly submitted professional reports >>>>> with it, and had them look reasonably attractive. >>>>> >>>>> By the way, text edit's filetype support isn't very good. If you have a >>>>> form >>>>> done up in word format, text edit will import it but pooch the >>>>> formatting. I >>>>> have to use open office writer for that sort of job, and writer irritates >>>>> me. >>>>> >>>>> Have fun, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ERIK burggraafEbony ConsultingI am currently on the road and staying in >>>>> touch on my handheld. >>>>> >>>>> Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> I have a stupid question. I was looking at Textedit yesterday, and >>>>> found it supports lists, tables, bolding, justification, centering, >>>>> and so on. So, except for embeding images, what can MS Office, Libre >>>>> Office, or Open Office do that Textedit cannot? Basically, why the >>>>> need for a more powerful editor when this one seems to have it covered >>>>> pretty well? I always hear variation of, "the mac is fine unless you >>>>> want to actually get work done", and I was wondering about Textedit, >>>>> so I had a look, and it seems quite capable. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Have a great day, >>>>> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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