Hmm... I'm using Mountain Lion, and all that happens when I arrow in the text is the share menu opens. I can vo-arrow, but that's no better than Quicklook. I did hit cmd-2 to enter single page mode as you suggested, and I did interact with the text. On Feb 21, 2013, at 12:39 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I navigate to the pdf wherever it is located on my computer, then open it. > My default app for PDFs is Preview so it opens Preview. I then press cmd-2 > if I've not already done so in an earlier read of the PDF which puts it into > Single-page mode. I can then navigate with VO-right arrow to the text area > and either let it read the entire page or Interact with the text area then > read word by word, line by line or whatever VO method I use in any other app. > I do not use QuickNav at all in this process. QuickLook is not Preview, > they are separate entities. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2013-02-20, at 10:28 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> How do you read line by line? I can enable quick nav and rotor to lines, but >> that is not perfect and can be laggy. Up and down arrows just move to the >> previous or next item and open it in quicklook, which I understand preview >> to be. Am I missing an app others are using? >> On Feb 21, 2013, at 12:10 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Preview usually works just great for me, line by line or whatever method I >>> choose. I do, however, find it much easier to use in Single-page mode >>> which you can enter by pressing cmd-2 in ML. I use it for multi-page >>> curriculum guides, various manuals and much, much more. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On 2013-02-20, at 12:35 AM, Jürgen Fleger <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Would you really say Preview works? Please interact with the text area and >>>> try to navigate or read line by line. Preview for me is just a work around >>>> at the moment and we should let Apple know this. >>>> Jürgen >>>> Am 20.02.2013 um 03:55 schrieb Nektarios Mallas <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>>> Hi there. >>>>> I am sure you already know this, but why don't you just use preview to >>>>> read pdf files? >>>>> It is much easier and it works. >>>>> >>>>> Nektarios. >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 20, 2013, at 4:50 AM, Jessica Moss <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I've just downloaded a program I found out when doing a google search >>>>>> called Skim, that's supposed to read pdf files, however when I try to >>>>>> open one, it just says "pluggin process," and sits there like I never >>>>>> did anything extra. >>>>>> Do I need to have the aplication running in the background, or should it >>>>>> launch automaticly? 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