Mark, In order to send selected text from anywhere on your mac into TextEdit, you have enable it in system preferences / keyboard and choose keyboard shortcuts tab. Then vo+right arrow to the first table of available categories. Interact with it and arrow down to services. Stop interacting and move right to the second table which will now say "services shortcuts keys" or something obviously relevant. Interact with the table and now you have a long list of possible services. Either you arrow down to the item "new text edit window containing selection, or use item chooser menu to jump there by beginning to type new textedit window containing selection, which should take you straight to the item. Vo+spacebar to choose this. First you have to check the box to the left of "new TextEdit window containing selection' item in order to enable it in your services menu in each application's menu. once the box is checked, move right to press the button which says "add shortcut. vo+spacebar and you should be presented with the text box where you want to put your shortcut keys. Just press them, and they will be registered. Remember that you need to make sure that they do not conflict with other cross system shortcut keys. I've made mine to be command+control+t. Close system preferences and you can start using your shortcut. Now whenever you select a piece of text or even an entire document or webpage, you can just press your shortcut key combination and TextEdit should open up with a new document containing your selection. I find this very useful and fast, especially when I highlight a whole webpage with an article that's already been stripped of all the junk by readability services.
All this knowledge has been gleaned off Esther's posts in the archives on the subject. Thanks Esther. Others have also posted on this services frequently. So there is more in the archives. Best wishes Andrew On 14 Nov 2012, at 22:29, [email protected] wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/topics > > TextEdit becomes unusable after sending selected text to it. [5 Updates] > Received warning while repairing disc permissions [3 Updates] > trying to identify a bug with VoiceOver in Mountain Lion [1 Update] > iPhone says "no simcard installed" [2 Updates] > mail not auto-correcting? [3 Updates] > changing the genre of iTunes Albums? [1 Update] > conference call for blind VMWare Fusion users [1 Update] > Bookshare files again. [2 Updates] > VoiceOver behaviors in Safari [1 Update] > TextEdit becomes unusable after sending selected text to it. > Andrew Lamanche <[email protected]> Nov 14 03:58PM > > Dear Listers, > > I've come across a very strange behaviour when sending selected text to > TextEdit. As far as I can recall it has only happened thus far when I was > trying to select a portion of an e-mail and then executed the command to have > it send to textedit. > > Textedit will open a new window in which I can read the text I have sent to > it. But what happens next is peculiar. If I try to save this text, and press > command+s, I get a response from Voiceover "untitled" but I cannot actually > see the window in which to make the usual save choices. In fact I can't do > anything at all. When activating window chooser menu to ascertain whether a > save file dialog is open or not, TextEdit reports no windows at all. In order > to come out of this problem I have to press escape and again I can see and > read my text. But now, if I want to close this window or quit TextEdit > altogether, I can't do it either. TextEdit is stuck and when attempting to > close it, I get again the same "untitled" response from VoiceOver. At this > point, I have to force quit textEdit. Another strange thing is that normally, > if one force quits an application, the force quit window remains open in the > finder and one has to close it manually. This is not the case here. The force > quit window is not there. > > Has anyone seen this behaviour?Is this a Voiceover problem? I use Macbook air > with Mountain Lion. > > Andrew > > Harry Hogue <[email protected]> Nov 14 10:50AM -0600 > > Hello, > I have experienced this problem as well. Interestingly, it seems as if you > command tab way from the window after pressing command S to save, once you > command tab back, if I remember right, you will have the regular save > dialogue, etc. It is as if VoiceOver loses focus. It might be a useful > exercise to see where the mouse pointer and VoiceOver cursers are during all > of this. As for TExtEdit freezing and having to be force quit, that is > something I have no answer for but have also noticed. Again it might be some > sort of focus issue. > > Hope this helps, some at least, > > Harry > > > Maria & Joe Chapman <[email protected]> Nov 15 07:12AM +1100 > > Hi. i didn't even realize you could send text to text edit. I have always > just opened text edit and copy and pasted. > > how do you do this? > > I will try it and see if I get the same results. > > > God Bless! Maria from australia > Newbie mac user. > [email protected] > will get you fb as well as email & iMessage. > skype same as email,without the gmail part. twitter bubbygirl > > > > > > > > > > > Harry Hogue <[email protected]> Nov 14 02:31PM -0600 > > Maria, > > You want to setup a shortcut in System Preferences for "New TextEdit > Containing Selection," which is the easiest way to send text to TextEdit. > Alternatively, you can go down to the Services menu and find it there. > > Hope this helps, > > Harry > > > Mark Baxter <[email protected]> Nov 14 02:19PM -0800 > > Which command is this? I can select any portion of an Email, copy it to the > pasteboard, then launch Textedit with a keystroke and paste it in. Which > other way is there to do this? > > > • Mark BurningHawk Baxter > • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 > • MSN: [email protected] > • My home page: > • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ > > Received warning while repairing disc permissions > Traci <[email protected]> Nov 14 10:02AM -0800 > > Hi all, > > Could someone explain this to me, and if there is further action I should > take? > > Warning: SUID file > “System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent” > has been modified and will not be repaired. > > Thank you, > Traci > > Chris Blouch <[email protected]> Nov 14 01:50PM -0500 > > This seems to be one of many errors that can just be ignored. Here is > Apple's list of bogus errors: > > http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448 > > CB > > On 11/14/12 1:02 PM, Traci wrote: > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > Traci <[email protected]> Nov 14 01:51PM -0800 > > Thank you for this. I'm new to Mac maintenance. > > :) > Traci > Sent by Macbook Air Mail > > > trying to identify a bug with VoiceOver in Mountain Lion > Rodney Haynie <[email protected]> Nov 14 03:59PM -0500 > > Wow, talk about timing. > I have just found that UltraEdit will read correctly in Lion, but not > in MountainLion. > > > > > iPhone says "no simcard installed" > Mary Scott <[email protected]> Nov 14 02:50PM -0500 > > My phone occasionally notifies me that there is no sim card installed. > Usually it works fine but right now turning and off again is not fixing it. > Any ideas what is going on? Mel > > Rodney Haynie <[email protected]> Nov 14 03:00PM -0500 > > I have not come across that personally. But I would definitely place a > call to Apple on it. > > HTH. > -Rodney > > > > mail not auto-correcting? > Alex Hall <[email protected]> Nov 14 11:16AM -0500 > > Hi all, > I have decided to try out the auto correct feature on the mac. It worked in > something I was writing in safari just now, but it does not do anything in > mail. I have selected "check spelling as I type" in preferences, but it does > not appear to be working. I have been through the other preference tabs but > see nothing related to this setting. What am I missing here? I'm running the > latest OSX if that matters. Thanks. > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > [email protected] > > Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> Nov 14 10:10AM -0800 > > Hi Alex, > > Go into the edit menu in Mail and find the "spelling and grammar submenu, > then the check spelling" submenu. There you will find three options: before > sending, while typing, and never. Choose "while typing" if you want to have > suggestions displayed while you type. You can also find these options in > preferences in the composing area. > > HtH, > Teresa > > > Slow down; you'll get there faster. > > > Alex Hall <[email protected]> Nov 14 01:23PM -0500 > > I've already set that preference in mail preferences. I went to the menu just > the same, and the "while typing" option is indeed checked. I have restarted > both mail and the entire machine since I made the change, and it is working > in other apps. > > 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 Mac Mini) > [email protected] > > changing the genre of iTunes Albums? > Traci <[email protected]> Nov 14 09:38AM -0800 > > Just an extra tip here. > > I use command-I as well, when I want to make changes. A further change I made > to all my holiday music, is put something in the grouping field. Sometimes > holiday genres are different, but I can keep the grouping field the same. I > even did this for my holiday ringtones. > > Traci > Sent by Macbook Air Mail > > > conference call for blind VMWare Fusion users > Alex Hall <[email protected]> Nov 14 12:02PM -0500 > > Hi all, > I just saw this tweet and thought some of you might be interested. I'll paste > it below. > Chat session for blind VMWare Fusion users on Wed Nov. 14, 7 p.m. PST, 10 > p.m. EST. Call 605-475-5900 & enter PIN code 8824727 to join us. > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > [email protected] > > Bookshare files again. > Christine Grassman <[email protected]> Nov 14 09:01AM -0500 > > Did you go into the developer menu and turn off file restrictions? > > Harry Hogue <[email protected]> Nov 14 09:12AM -0600 > > Good morning, Jesús, > > Once you have the "Develop" menu checked, you need to go into the develop > menu and make sure that "Disable local file restrictions" is not checked. > > Hope this helps. > > > Harry > > > VoiceOver behaviors in Safari > Chris Blouch <[email protected]> Nov 13 05:32PM -0500 > > Curious as to what benchmarks you used which found Safari slower than > other browsers. Everything I could find shows Safari either the fastest > or maybe #2. Maybe there is something wrong. I've heard Safari > preferences can get corrupted and bog things down. 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